Timeline

1890

Born (Baroness Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen) in Strasbourg, France

1906

Studied at the Academie Julien under Rollais and Bouche

1910

Continued studies in Munich, Germany

1913

Moved to Berlin

1915

Met Jean Arp in Zurich

1917

"Galerie Dada", Berlin Germany (group exhibition)
"Galerie Der Sturm", Berlin Germany (group exhibition)

1927

Moved to the USA; became artistic advisor to Solomon R. Guggenheim; Served as the first director and curator of Guggenheim's Museum of Non-Objective Painting (renamed the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1952)
Befriended Wassily Kandinsky and Marc Chagall

1936 - 1939

Organized exhibitions of Guggenheim's collection in Charleston, South Carolina; Philadelphia, and Baltimore

1937

Helped Solomon Guggenheim establish the Guggenheim Museum in New York City

1939

Museum Opened in New York with inaugural exhibition, "Art of Tomorrow"

1943

Rebay commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a permanent museum for the Guggenheim collection

1952

Resigned as director of the Guggenheim Museum; retained role of director emeritus

1967

Died on September 27th