1881
Was born December 31, 1881 in Zwickau
1896-1900
Apprenticeship as stage painter
1900-1903
Began his studies at the School of Applied Arts in Dresden
1903-1906
Study at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
1906
Academy-graduation was honored with the Saxony State Price. Joined the artist group “Die Brücke” as only academic member
1908
Relocation to Berlin
1910
Co-founder of the “Neue Berliner Sezession”
1912
Design of the mural paintings for Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s “Villa Perls”
1914
Journey to Palau with his wife Charlotte Kaprolat where many watercolors and drawings were produced
1915/16
Military service at the Western front near Somme/Flanders
1922
Admission to the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin
1927
Pechstein was awarded the Garden Club Prize by the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh/USA for his painting “Calla”
1928
Prussian state prize for his painting “Nordweststurm”
1937
A total of 326 of his paintings was seized by the Nazis
1945
Large sections of his studio were destroyed by bomb attacks
1951
Honorary senator of the Berlin Academy of Arts
1952
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1955
Pechstein died June 29, 1955 in Berlin