Timeline

1863

Born Engelhangen, Norway

1879

Enters Technical College to become an engineer

1880

Leaves College to purue painting and joins the Realist Painters

1881

Enrolls at the Royal School of Art and Design

1882

Exhibits at the Industries and Art Exhibition

1889

Attends Bonnat School of Art in Paris

1892

Invited by the Berlin Artists’ Association to exhibit in Berlin, Germany

1895

The press urges a boycott of Munch’s exhibition at Blomquist’s gallery in Christiana, Norway

1902

Exhibits the “Frieze of Life” at the Berlin Secession

1908

Entered a hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark following a nervous breakdown

1910

Participates in the Berlin Secession

1911

Wins the Oslo University Aula competition

1913

Resigns from the Berlin Secession and exhibits new versions of the “Frieze of Life” paintings at the Autumn Exhibition in Berlin with Picasso

1915

Exhibits graphic works at the Panama-Pacific International exhibition in San Francisco

1923

Becomes a member of the German Academy of Fine Art

1927

Exhibits over 223 works at his retrospective exhibitions at the National Galleries in Berlin and Oslo

1928

Designs murals for central hall, Oslo City Hall

1944

Died Ekeley, Norway

Died January 23rd in Ekely, Norway