Timeline

1876

Born February 19 in Hobitza, Romania

1894 - 1898

Studied art at the Scoala de Meserii in Craiova

1898 - 1902

Attended the Scoala Natzionala de Art Frumoase in Bucharest

1905

Enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France

1913

Five of Brancusi’s sculptures included in the Armory Show in New York

1914

Represented by Alfred Stieglitz’s gallery “291” in New York

1926

Exhibited solo shows in Wildenstein and the Brummer Gallery in New York

1928

U.S. court determines “Bird in Space” a work of art and exempt from taxing by U.S. Customs

1935

Commissioned by the maharajah Jaswant Rao Holkar II of Indore to build a Temple of Deliverance in the ground of his palace in India

1938

Inauguration of the Tirgu-Jiu Complex in Romania – Brancusi’s only completed monumental complex

1957

Died March 6 in Paris, France