| 1870 |
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Born the son of a country doctor in Wedel, Holstein |
| 1888 - 1891 |
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1888 - 1891 Studies at the vocational school in Hamburg |
| 1891 - 1895 |
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Studies at the art academy in Dresden |
| 1895/96 |
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Studies at Academie Julian in Paris |
| 1906 |
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Travels to Russia and Ukraine |
| 1907/08 |
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Sketches for the Munich satirical magazine "Simplicissimus". Becomes
a member of the Berlin Secession; simultaneously begins
his work as an author. |
| 1909 |
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Sojourns in Florence |
| 1910 |
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Moves to Güstrow, Mecklenburg |
| 1919 |
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Becomes member of the Prussian academy of the arts:
this membership, as well as the publication of his dramas
and woodcut cycles, earn him widespread public recognition
as a graphic artist |
| 1925 |
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Honorary membership in the academy of visual arts,
Munich
Starting in 1926 Begins public commissions to create sculptural anti-war monuments |
| 1937 |
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National Socialists confiscate 371 of his artworks
and prohibit him from exhibiting his work |
| 1938 |
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Ernst Barlach dies in Rostock |
