| 1866 |
born in Moscow |
| 1886 |
enrolled at the University of
Moscow, chose to study law and economics |
| 1895 |
attended a French Impressionist
exhibition where he saw Monet's Haystacks at Giverny |
| 1897 |
went to Munich
to study art |
| 1900 |
accepted to
study at the Munich Academy of Art under Franz von Stuck |
| 1901 |
co-founded the
artists' group "Phalanx" |
| 1908 |
married Gabriele Münter |
| 1909 |
helped found the New Artists'
Association in Munich |
| 1910 |
painted first abstract watercolor |
| 1911 |
formed Der Blaue Reiter (the Blue
Rider) a group of artists who shared a belief that they should be in the
service of the spiritual and transcendent rather than a description of the
material world |
| 1912 |
published Concerning
the Spiritual in Art |
| 1913 |
began working
on paintings that came to be considered the first totally abstract works
in modern art |
| 1916 |
separated from Gabriele
Münter, returned to Moscow |
| 1917 |
married Nina Andreewsky |
| 1920 |
appointed as
Honorary Professor of Art Theory at the University of Moscow |
| 1921 |
became one of the principal
teachers at the Bauhaus school in Weimar, remaining with the school until
it was closed by the Nazi regime in 1933 |
| 1922 |
joined the Bauhaus group at Weimar
where he was to develop his distinct geometric style |
| 1928 |
Became a German citizen |
| 1933 |
left Germany and settled near
Paris, in Neuilly |
| 1934 |
met Joan Miro, Robert Delaunay and
Piet Mondrian |
| 1939 |
received French citizenship |
| 1944 |
died December 13 |
