Timeline |
1836 |
Born 8 January in the village of Dronrijp, Holland |
1851 |
Begins studies at the Antwerp Academy |
1859 |
Becomes a pupil of Henrik Leys, joining his studio in Antwerp |
1863 |
Marries Marie Pauline Gressin de Boisgirard |
1863 |
Visits Pompei |
1865 |
Only son dies of smallpox |
1869 |
Wife dies |
1870 |
Moves to London |
1871 |
Marries his seventeen-year-old pupil, Laura Epps |
1876 |
Becomes an Associate of the Royal Academy |
1879 |
Elected to a full Royal Academician |
1899 |
Knighted by Queen Victoria |
1905 |
Receives the Order of Merit |
1909 |
Lady Laura dies |
1911 |
Resigns from the Royal Academy committee |
1912 |
Dies 25 June while taking the waters at Wiesbaden, Germany |