| Timeline |
| 1839 |
Born 19 January in Aix-en-Provence |
| 1857 |
Attends the Free Drawing School |
| 1858 |
Enters the drawing academy in Aix |
| 1859 |
Unwillingly begins to study law at the University of Aix |
| 1861 |
Abandons law and visits Paris (meets Pissarro) |
| 1863 |
Exhibits in the Salon des Refusés |
| 1864 |
Rejected for the Salon (every year until 1869) |
| 1864 |
Works in the Atelier Suisse |
| 1870 |
Begins relationship with Hortense Fiquet |
| 1870 |
Outbreak of Franco-Prussian war, Cézanne travels to L'Estaque |
| 1872 |
Son, Jean, is born |
| 1873 |
Spends the year in the rue Rémy in Auvers with Hortense and their son Jean. Works daily with Pissarro |
| 1874 |
Exhibits three paintings at the first Impressionist exhibition |
| 1877 |
Returns to Aix |
| 1877 |
Shows 16 paintings at the third Impressionist Exhibition |
| 1886 |
Father dies, leaving him an appreciable fortune |
| 1886 |
Last Impressionist exhibition took place in which he exhibits paintings |
| 1886 |
Marries mistress Hortense |
| 1889 |
La Maison du Pendu shown at the Paris World Fair |
| 1894 |
Spends summer at Giverny at the home of Monet |
| 1899 |
Mother dies, Jas de Bouffan is sold to settle the family estate |
| 1901 |
Purchases land north of Aix-en-Provence and builds a large studio and house |
| 1906 |
Dies 22 October |
