Years |
What happened |
1876 |
On July 12th Max Jacob was born in Quimper. His family owned 2 shops : a menswear shop and an antique shop. |
1887 |
Max Jacob attended a grammar school. He obtained the school prizes in 1893 and 1894. |
1888 |
Alexandre was replaced by Jacob, Maxs mothers surname. |
1893 |
Max got a philosophy prize. |
1895 |
He enrolled in Paris Colonial School which he left in 1897 for an artistic career. |
1898 |
He became an art critic for Moniteur des Arts under the pseudonym of Léon David. |
1901 |
Meeting with Pablo Picasso in Paris. |
1902 |
Max Jacob was successively a clerk in a lawyers office, a preceptor, a storeman. He shared a room with Picasso, Boulevard Voltaire. |
1903 |
Meeting with André Salmon. First edition of Histoire du roi Kaboul Ier et du marmiton Gauvain. |
1904 |
Picasso introduced Apollinaire to Max Jacob. |
1907 |
He lived at Number 7, rue Ravignan. He met the painters and poets from Bateau-Lavoir. Apollinaire introduced him to Braque. |
1909 |
He had his first vision of the Christ and converted to catholicism. |
1911 |
He settled 13, rue Ravignan in the studio where André Salmon and Pierre Mac-Orlan lived previously. Kahnweiler published Saint-Matorel illustrated by Picasso. |
1912 |
Kahnweiler published uvres burlesques et mystiques du frère Matorel, illustrated by Derain. |
1913 |
He spent the summer in Céret with Braque, Picasso, Juan Gris. |
1914 |
Invalided out of the army, he lived in Paris and acted as a go-between between his mobilized friends. Le Siège de Jérusalem illustrated by Picasso, was published. |
1915 |
On Feb 18th, Cyprien Max Jacob was baptized at the couvent of Sion. Picasso was his godfather. |
1916 |
He saw a lot of Montparnasse. Modigliani made a portrait of him. Les alliés sont en Arménie. |
1917 |
He participated in the choirs of his friends Apollinaires surrealistic drama : Les Mamelles de Tirésias. Publication of Le Cornet à Dés at authors expense. |
1918 |
Le Phanérogame. |
1919 |
Pierre Bertin produced a comedy by Max Jacob, Ruffian toujours, truand jamais. Publication of La Défense de Tartufe. |
1920 |
Exhibition of gouaches. |
1921 |
Max Jacob settled in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, and lived at the monastery. Publication of Le Laboratoire central, Dos dArlequin, Matorel en province, Le Roi de Béotie, Ne coupez pas Mademoiselle ou les erreurs des PTT (illustrated by Juan Gris). |
1922 |
Le Terrain Bouchaballe, Art Poétique, Le Cabinet Noir, Poèmes burlesques. |
1923 |
La Couronne de Vulcain. |
1924 |
Visions infernales. |
1925 |
Les pénitents en maillots roses. |
1926 |
He participates in La Ligne de cur under the name of Morven le Gaélique. |
1927 |
He came back to äris and published Fond de leau. |
1928 |
He lived in the hotel rue Nollet where the musician Henri Sauguet lived. |
1930 |
He met Jean Moulin, who was the sous-préfet of Châteaulin. |
1933 |
He became Chevalier de la Légion dhonneur. |
1936 |
He recited his poems on the stage of Noctambules. He exhibited his gouaches in the gallery Christian Dior had just opened. He settled for good in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. |
1942 |
In April, last trip to Quimper for his sisters funeral. |
1943 |
Picasso visited him in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. His brother was deported to Auschwitz. |
1944 |
His sister Mirthé-Léa and her husband were deported. Max arrested on Feb 24th, put into Orleans prison and transferred to Drancy on Feb 28th. Died on March 5th from pneumonia. First buried in Ivry, his corpse was transferred to Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire cemetery on March 5th 1945. |