1884 | Born on June 15 in Bohemian-Kamnitz (Česká Kamenice) as the son of a glass manufacturer and glass refiner |
1905 | Moved to Dresden |
1905-1908 | Artistic activity under the guidance of his cousin Emanuel Hegenbarth |
1908-1915 | Attends the Dresden Art Academy as a student of Carl Bantzer, Oskar Zwintscher and master student of Gotthardt Kühl |
1914 | First exhibition with Emil Richter in Dresden |
1915 | Member of the Dresden Artists' Association, later on its jury and participation in its exhibitions until 1939 |
1917-1919 | Stay in Prague. Collaboration in the Brömse circle |
1919 | Return to Dresden, studio in the Künstlerhaus in Loschwitz |
1920-1936 | Participation in the exhibitions of the Deutscher Künstlerbund and its member, renewed regular participation since 1951 in the Federal Republic of Germany |
1921 | Purchase of the house at Calberlastraße 2 in Dresden-Loschwitz, the second floor of which he lived in until his death and which today houses the Josef Hegenbarth Archive of the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) |
1924-1936 | Collaboration with the Munich "Youth |
1925-1944 | Collaboration with the Munich "Simplicissimus |
1926 | Member of the Vienna Secession, participation in its exhibitions between 1914 and 1938, renewed membership as of 1960 |
1929 | Member of the Prague Secession and participation in its exhibitions until 1936 |
1936 | Marriage to Johanna Aster (1897-1988), who founded the Josef Hegenbarth Archive after Hegenbarth's death |
1943-1945 | Stay in Bohemian-Kamnitz. Expulsion and loss of essential parts of his life's work |
1945 | October return to Dresden |
1946-1950 | Collaboration on the Berlin "Ulenspiegel |
1946 | Employment at the Academy of Applied Arts in Dresden |
1947 | Professorship at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts |
1949 | Abandonment of teaching post |
1954 | National Prize of the GDR |
1955 | Corresponding member of the German Academy of Arts |
1956 | Associate member of the Academy of Arts Berlin |
1957 | Restitution by Czechoslovakia of most of the works left behind in Bohemian-Kamnitz in 1945 |
1959 | 75th birthday exhibition at the National Gallery in Berlin and in Munich |
1960 | Member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich |
1962 | Died on July 27 in Dresden |