
Self portrait with skeleton, 1896
1858 | born in Tapiau/East Prussia |
1876 | Studies with the genre painter Otto Günther in Königsberg |
1880 | Continued studies at the Munich Academy |
1887|| After study visits to Upper Italy, Antwerp and Paris, returns to Königsberg. | |
Königsberg | |
1888 | Moves to Berlin; first self-portraits |
1892 | After moving to Munich, member of the "Münchner Secession |
1893 | Founds the "Free Association |
1900 | Commutes between Munich and Berlin; friendship with Max Liebermann, |
Gerhart Hauptmann and Walter Leistikow | |
19091/02 | Moves to Berlin; member and from 1902 board member of the "Berliner |
Secession"; subsequently numerous travels | |
1911 | Corinth succeeds Max Liebermann as president of the Secession; |
hemiplegia after stroke | |
1913 | Retrospective at the "Berliner Secession |
1915 | Re-president of the "Berlin Secession |
1918 | Awarded the title of professor; internal crisis after the collapse of the |
Empire | |
1919 | Member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin; retreat from big city life |
1925 | Honorary membership in the Bavarian Academy of Arts; |
died in Zandvoort, Netherlands. |