| Timeline |
| 1877 |
Born 3 June at Le Havre |
| 1891 |
Takes a job as a clerk |
| 1892 |
Enrols at the Ecole Municipale des Beaux-Arts at Le Havre |
| 1898 |
Serves in the army |
| 1900 |
Studies under Léon Bonnat at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris |
| 1910 |
Woodcuts for Le Bestiaire, ou le cortège d'Orphée of Guillaume Apollinaire |
| 1911 |
Works in a small textile shop called "Petite Usine" in Montmartre |
| 1912 |
Works as art director at the silk producing company of Atuyer-Bianchini-Férier in Lyons |
| 1920 |
Creates the stage set for The Ox on the Roof by Cocteau |
| 1922 |
Travels in Italy |
| 1925 |
Travels to Morocco with Poiret |
| 1927 |
Mural decorations for Dr. Viard's dining room in Paris |
| 1937 |
Decorations for the Palais de l'Electricité |
| 1937 |
First signs of polyarthritis |
| 1944 |
Designs the sets for Armand Salacrou's Les Fiancés du Havre at the Comédie Française, Paris |
| 1950 |
Spends time in U.S. taking a course of cortisone treatments |
| 1952 |
Wins the first prize for painting at the 26th Venice Biennale |
| 1953 |
Dies of a heart attack on 23 March in Forcalquier |
