1901-1902
Travels to the Alps, Pyrenees and Italy
1900
Exhibits at the world fair Exposition Universelle in Paris. Resides in New York with Edith Wessel in the hope of an international breakthrough. Starts collecting images from newspapers and magazines, which he glues into albums of cuttings, as well as dried plants for a herbarium
1898
Architect of Den Frie Exhibition Hall
1897-1900
Appointed artistic director at the Bing & Grøndahl porcelain factory
1895
Designs his own (now demolished) villa in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen
1893
Purchases his first camera and starts experimenting with photography – including self-portraits and portraits of his family and friends – and using photographs as a basis for his paintings
1893
Purchases his first camera and starts experimenting with photography – including self-portraits and portraits of his family and friends – and using photographs as a basis for his paintings
1891
One of the founders of Den Frie Exhibition Hall, started in protest against censorship at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition. Exhibits the etching Fertility, which contributes to the exhibition becoming a succès de scandale
1890-1894
Lives in Paris, meets Paul Gauguin and other French artists. Visits Norway and Chicago, where he sees the 1893 world fair
1890
Marries the sculptor Juliette Meyer, divorces in 1902. Father to two sons: Jan Bjørn and Bode Bertel