| Timeline |
| 1836 |
Born 14 January in Grenoble |
| 1841 |
Family moves to Paris |
| 1850 |
Studies drawing at the school of Lecoq de Boisbaudran |
| 1858 |
Forms the Société des Trois with Whistler and Alphonse Legros |
| 1859 |
Invited by Whistler to visit London |
| 1861 |
Briefly enters the studio of Gustave Courbet |
| 1861 |
Exhibits at the Salon |
| 1862 |
Joins the Société des Aquafortistes |
| 1863 |
Exhibits at the Salon des refusés |
| 1864 |
Attends l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris |
| 1864 |
Exhibits at the Royal Academy |
| 1879 |
Awarded the Legion d’Honneur medal |
| 1904 |
Dies 25 August in Bure |
