1881
Max Pechstein was born in Zwickau, in Eastern Silesia.
1886-1900
In Zwickau Pechstein is an apprentice to a painter/decorator. He receives his diploma.
1900
Leaves for Dresden to study at the School of Applied Arts. There he works for the architects Wilheim Kreis and Otto Gussmann.
1902
Pechstein is admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden.
1905
Pechstein makes his first color woodcuts.
1906
He leaves the Dresden Academy with the highest honours- the Saxony art prize. In collaboration with the architects Lossow and Kühne, Pechstein is responsible for the decorations for the third Exhibition of Applied Arts in Dresden. This is where he meets Heckel and in May and becomes a member of the Die Brücke group.
1907
Spends the summer near Dresden at Goppein with Kirchner.
In the autumn he travels, in his capacity as winner of the Saxony art prize, to Florence, Ravenna, Rome and Castelgandolfo.
In December, Pechstein travels to Paris for a 9-month stay, during which time he comes into contact with the artists of the Fauve movement.
1908
In the autumn of 1908, Pechstein moves to Berlin and takes a studio in the Kurfürstendamm.
1909
Pechstein becomes a member of the Berlin Secession and participates in the spring exhibition. The summer is spent in Nidden, a fishing village on the Baltic coast.
1910
In the spring, Pechstein leaves the Berlin Secession to found the New Secession, becoming president of that group. He makes the poster for their first exhibition. In June he is at the Lakes of Moritzburg near Dresden with Heckel and Kirchner. He and Heckel then go to visit Schmidt-Rottluff in Dangast. Pechstein moves to an atelier in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Durlacher Strasse.
1911
In the spring, Pechstein travels to Italy and in the summer of 1911 he returns to Nidden with his wife Lotte. He becomes close to the playwrights Felix Hollander and Max Reinhardt.
In the autumn, the other Brücke artists join him in Berlin.
Co-founds with Kirchner the MUIM (Institute for the modern teaching of painting).
1912
Along with the other members of Die Brücke, Pechstein exhibits at the second Blaue Reiter exhibition at the Gallery Goitz in Munich, as well as at the first exhibition of Herwarth Walden's Sturm gallery in Berlin.
Die Brücke leaves the New Secession and Pechstein, who is the sole exhibitor at the XXIV Secession, is expelled from Die Brücke.
He puts together the seventh annual Brücke portfolio that is barely distributed.
In the summer Pechstein works in Nidden and later in the year exhibits 3 paintings at the Sonderbund in Cologne.
1913
Pechstein travels for the third time to Italy, staying in Florence and in Monterosso al Mare.
On the return voyage he stops in Gand and Paris.
1914
Travels to the south seas and the Palau islands. Upon returning to Germany he is called to the Front.
1917
Pechstein is released from military service following a nervous collapse. Founds the Novembergruppe with Heinrich Richter-Berlin, César-Klein, Georg Tappert and Moritz Meizer.
Co founds the Arbeitsrat für Kunst (Worker's Arts Council)
1933
Labeled as a degenerate artist by the Nazis, Pechstein is not allowed to exhibit. 326 of his works are removed from German museums.
1937
6 paintings, 6 watercolors and 6 drawings by the artist are shown at the exhibition of Entartete Kunst.
1945
Pechstein takes a teaching position at the Berlin School of Fine Arts.
1955
Pechstein dies in Berlin.
Max Pechstein was born in Zwickau, in Eastern Silesia.
1886-1900
In Zwickau Pechstein is an apprentice to a painter/decorator. He receives his diploma.
1900
Leaves for Dresden to study at the School of Applied Arts. There he works for the architects Wilheim Kreis and Otto Gussmann.
1902
Pechstein is admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden.
1905
Pechstein makes his first color woodcuts.
1906
He leaves the Dresden Academy with the highest honours- the Saxony art prize. In collaboration with the architects Lossow and Kühne, Pechstein is responsible for the decorations for the third Exhibition of Applied Arts in Dresden. This is where he meets Heckel and in May and becomes a member of the Die Brücke group.
1907
Spends the summer near Dresden at Goppein with Kirchner.
In the autumn he travels, in his capacity as winner of the Saxony art prize, to Florence, Ravenna, Rome and Castelgandolfo.
In December, Pechstein travels to Paris for a 9-month stay, during which time he comes into contact with the artists of the Fauve movement.
1908
In the autumn of 1908, Pechstein moves to Berlin and takes a studio in the Kurfürstendamm.
1909
Pechstein becomes a member of the Berlin Secession and participates in the spring exhibition. The summer is spent in Nidden, a fishing village on the Baltic coast.
1910
In the spring, Pechstein leaves the Berlin Secession to found the New Secession, becoming president of that group. He makes the poster for their first exhibition. In June he is at the Lakes of Moritzburg near Dresden with Heckel and Kirchner. He and Heckel then go to visit Schmidt-Rottluff in Dangast. Pechstein moves to an atelier in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Durlacher Strasse.
1911
In the spring, Pechstein travels to Italy and in the summer of 1911 he returns to Nidden with his wife Lotte. He becomes close to the playwrights Felix Hollander and Max Reinhardt.
In the autumn, the other Brücke artists join him in Berlin.
Co-founds with Kirchner the MUIM (Institute for the modern teaching of painting).
1912
Along with the other members of Die Brücke, Pechstein exhibits at the second Blaue Reiter exhibition at the Gallery Goitz in Munich, as well as at the first exhibition of Herwarth Walden's Sturm gallery in Berlin.
Die Brücke leaves the New Secession and Pechstein, who is the sole exhibitor at the XXIV Secession, is expelled from Die Brücke.
He puts together the seventh annual Brücke portfolio that is barely distributed.
In the summer Pechstein works in Nidden and later in the year exhibits 3 paintings at the Sonderbund in Cologne.
1913
Pechstein travels for the third time to Italy, staying in Florence and in Monterosso al Mare.
On the return voyage he stops in Gand and Paris.
1914
Travels to the south seas and the Palau islands. Upon returning to Germany he is called to the Front.
1917
Pechstein is released from military service following a nervous collapse. Founds the Novembergruppe with Heinrich Richter-Berlin, César-Klein, Georg Tappert and Moritz Meizer.
Co founds the Arbeitsrat für Kunst (Worker's Arts Council)
1933
Labeled as a degenerate artist by the Nazis, Pechstein is not allowed to exhibit. 326 of his works are removed from German museums.
1937
6 paintings, 6 watercolors and 6 drawings by the artist are shown at the exhibition of Entartete Kunst.
1945
Pechstein takes a teaching position at the Berlin School of Fine Arts.
1955
Pechstein dies in Berlin.
