1871
Was born July 17, 1871 in New York
1888
Was accepted to attend the Royal Academy in Berlin
1892
Studied at the “Academie Colarossi” in Paris
1909
Member of the Berlin Secession
1919
Appointment to the “Bauhaus” in Weimar
1924
Formation of “Die Blaue Vier” (the Blue Four) in conjunction with Alexej von Jawlensky, Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky
1937
Escape from the Nationals Socialists to New York. 400 of Feininger’s artworks were seized and defamed as “degenerate”
1947
President of the “Federation of American Painters and Sculptors”
1956
Died January 15, 1956 in New York