Timeline

1860

Born August 5th in Toulouse

1879

After winning the Grand Prix, moved to Paris where a scholarship enabled him to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Jean Paul Laurens

1880

Exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris

1883

At the age of 23, was awarded his first medal at the Paris Salon

1885

Won a trip to Italy where he studied masters Giotto and Masaccio and, shedding his earlier academic approach, turned almost exclusively to landscape painting upon his return to France

1889

Submitted a Pointillist style painting to La Fete de la Federation where he was presented with a gold medal

1892

Exhibited in the first Salon de la Rose Croix

1893

Featured work in the Munich Secessionist exhibition

1896

Exhibited in La Libre Esthetique in Brussels; was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honour

1898

Featured work in the Vienna Secessionist exhibition

1900

Won the grand prize at the Exposition Universelle

1914

Named Commander of the Legion of Honour

1918

Became a member of the Institute

1943

Died