| Timeline |
| 1841 |
Born 25 February; Limoges, France |
| 1854 |
Apprenticed to a firm of porcelain painters, Levy Freres et Compagnie |
| 1860 |
Studies under Charles Gleyre, enrols at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts |
| 1864 |
Exhibits at the Salon |
| 1868 |
Shares a studio with Bazille |
| 1869 |
Spends summer with Monet at Bougival on the Seine |
| 1874 |
Exhibits with Impressionists |
| 1876 |
Exhibits with Impressionists |
| 1877 |
Exhibits with Impressionists |
| 1877 |
Founding member of L’Impressionniste |
| 1879 |
Chooses not to exhibit with the Impressionists, submits and is accepted by the Salon |
| 1881 |
Three month tour of Italy |
| 1882 |
Exhibits with Impressionists |
| 1883 |
Establishes his reputation with a solo exhibition held at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris |
| 1883 |
Visits the English Channel island of Guernsey |
| 1890 |
Marries Aline Charigot |
| 1891 |
Invited by the French government to execute a painting for a new museum in Paris, the Musée du Luxembourg |
| 1907 |
Purchases the estate of Les Collettes at Cagnes on the Mediterranean near Nice |
| 1919 |
Dies 3 December at Cagnes |
