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1849 |
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Born at Gournay, Seine-et-Marne |
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1851 |
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Moves to Strasbourg |
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1862 |
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Attends courses at the Strasbourg Academy and wins regular prizes |
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1864 - 1867 |
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Works with the lithographer, Auguste Munch |
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1868 |
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Leaves Strasbourg for Saint-Quentin to work for the lithographer Moureau Sees portraits by Quentin La Tour in the Musée Lucyer and joins the La Tour school |
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1869 |
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Sees works by Rubens in Louvre and enters Cabanel's studio at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris |
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1870 |
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Unable to return to Strasbourg then besieged by Germans, enlists and joins garrison of Neuf-Brisach and taken prisoner and interned at Dresden where he visits the Dresden museums |
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1871 |
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Returns to Strasbourg |
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1872 |
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Moves to Paris and re-enters l'Eocle des Beaux-Arts with a grant from the Department of Seine-et-Oise. Works in the studio of Jules Chéret |
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1877 |
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Marries Sophie Desmousseaux, daughter of a Paris tanner. Obtains first prize for a drawing and his name is put forward for the Prix de Rome |
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1877 - 1878 |
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Goes to London with his wife and works for Marcus Ward & Co.
Birth of his daughter, Elise |
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1878 |
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Exhibits Le Premier Voile at the salon and it is acquired by the state |
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1881 |
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Birth of his first son, Eugene Leon Carriere (died 1885) |
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1882 |
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Birth of Marguerite |
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1885 |
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The Sick Child gains a medal at the Salon and is bought by the state |
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1886 |
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Birth of Nelly |
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1887 |
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Travels to Belgium and Holland to see Rembrandts with Jean-Louis Henri Devillez |
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1888 |
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Birth of son, Jean-Rene |
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1889 |
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Birth of Lucie
Represented at the Exposition Universelle and made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by Georges Clemenceau |
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1890 |
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Leaves the Salon des Artistes Francais and associates himself with the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts |
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1891 |
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One man exhibition which includes his portrait of Gauguin and attends Gauguins's farewell banquet before he leaves for Tahiti, and Gauguin offers him his portrait in exchange |
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1891 |
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One man exhibition which includes his portrait of Gauguin and attends Gauguins's farewell banquet before he leaves for Tahiti, and Gauguin offers him his portrait in exchange |
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1892 |
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A Materniteé acquired by the state for the Musée du Luxembourg |
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1892 |
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A Materniteé acquired by the state for the Musée du Luxembourg |
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1893 |
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La Famille acquired for the Luxembourg. Paints the Symbolist writer Charles Morice and visits Brittany |
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1893 |
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La Famille acquired for the Luxembourg. Paints the Symbolist writer Charles Morice and visits Brittany |
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1894 |
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Lithographs for L'Estampe Originale |
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1894 |
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Lithographs for L'Estampe Originale |
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1895 |
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Writes the preface for the Art Nouveau exhibition at the Galerie Bing. Exhibits in Brussels, Geneva and London. First of a regular series of winter visits to Pau, which continue until 1902 |
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1895 |
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Writes the preface for the Art Nouveau exhibition at the Galerie Bing. Exhibits in Brussels, Geneva and London. First of a regular series of winter visits to Pau, which continue until 1902 |
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1898 |
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Travels in Spain with Devillez. Sets up Academie Carriere, Cours du Vieux-Colombier, attended by Matisse, Derain, Puy and others |
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1898 |
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Travels in Spain with Devillez. Sets up Academie Carriere, Cours du Vieux-Colombier, attended by Matisse, Derain, Puy and others |
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1899 |
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Birth of Arsene Carriere |
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1899 |
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Birth of Arsene Carriere |
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1900 |
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Exhibition at Bernheim-Jeune, rue Laffitte |
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1900 |
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Exhibition at Bernheim-Jeune, rue Laffitte |
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1901 |
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His Christ on the Cross offered to the State by public subscription. In March he expounds his evolutionary thought in a lecture at the Museum of Natural History 'Man the Visionary and Reality' |
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1901 |
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His Christ on the Cross offered to the State by public subscription. In March he expounds his evolutionary thought in a lecture at the Museum of Natural History 'Man the Visionary and Reality' |
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1902 |
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Undergoes the first operation for cancer of the throat |
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1902 |
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Undergoes the first operation for cancer of the throat |
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1903 |
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Travels in Italy
Becomes first President of the newly founded Salon d'Automne. In December a banquet is held in his honour with 500 guests |
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1905 |
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Second throat operation, although in still at work on portraits nad decorative panels |
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1906 |
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Carriere dies age 57
Post humous exhibitions at the Salon de la Societe Nationale and Salon d'Automne. Exhibition and sale of works from his studio at the Hotel Drouot |
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1907 |
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Major retrospective at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts |
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