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1862
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First artistic training at Ghent Academy, Ghent, Belgium.
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1880
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Shows two pictures (portraits) at the triennial Ghent Salon, Ghent, Belgium.
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1882-1883
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Long stay in Spain and first trip to Morocco with Frantz Charlet and Dario de Regoyos.
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1883
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Exhibits works brought back from Spain and Morocco.
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Frequently spends time with the American painters William Merritt Chase and James McNeil Whistler.
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Founding of Les XX in October.
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Meets the writer and poet Émile Verhaeren.
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1883-1884
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Returns to Morocco in November 1883.
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1884
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First exhibition of Les XX. Submits two large canvases, one of which is In West Flanders.
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1886
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Les XX exhibition: Exposition des impressionnistes français.
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1886-1887
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First experimentation with the Impressionist technique.
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1887
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Befriends French artist Paul Signac.
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1887-1888
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1889
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Exhibits first Neo-Impressionist portraits at Les XX exhibition.
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1890
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Submits first work to the Salon des Indépendants. Meets French painter and writer Maurice Denis.
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1894
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Les XX become La Libre Ésthetique.
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1895
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Long series of trips in Europe.
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1898
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Departure from strict Neo-Impressionism.
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1899
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Exhibited in Vienna (also in 1900, and 1903).
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1901
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Submits work for exhibitions in Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany.
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Exhibited in Venice (also in 1907, 1912, and 1914).
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1908
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Exhibited in Berlin (also in 1911 and 1912).
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1913
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Exhibits Bathing Hour at La Libre Esthétique.
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Participated in Universal and International Exhibitions in Ghent, Belgium.
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1916
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Émile Verhaeren dies in November.
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1922
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Major solo exhibition at Galerie Giroux, Brussels, Belgium.
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1926
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Second exhibition at Galerie Giroux, Brussels, Belgium.
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