Timeline
1873 – Berlin, Germany – Born 12 November
1878 – New York – Emigrated to New York
1893-5 – New York – Studied at Cooper Union
ca 1895-1900 – Various – Continued art and architecture studies
ca 1895-1913 – New York – Worked as
ca 1900-1913 – New York – Served as an officer of the Socialist Party of America
1902 – New York – Married Margaret Higgins on 18 August
1906 – New York – Designed two tenements on 213th Street
1906-1910 – Hastings, NY – Moved to Hastings, designed four houses
1910 – New York – Moved to New York City
1911 – New York – Worked on loft manufacturing safety after Triangle Fire
1911 – New York – Ran for NYC Board of Aldermen on Socialist Party Ticket
1912 – New York – Organized Syndicalist Education Society
1912 – New York – Organized mass rally for Lawrence Textile Strike
1913 – New York – Worked on Paterson Silk Strike Pageant
1913 – New York – Visited Armory Show
1913-4 – Paris, France – Moved to Paris to paint
1915 – New York – Arrested and tried for distributing Family Limitation. Served 30 days in jail.
1915-7 – New York – Working as painter and architect in New York
1917 – New York – Exhibited at Society of Independent Artists
1917-8 – Spain – Moved to Spain to paint
1919 – New York – Solo Exhibit at Touchstone Galleries
1920 – New York – Designed Townhouse at 114 Waverly Place, New York City
1920 – New York – Group Exhibit at St. Marks Church in-the-Bowery
1921 – New York – Divorced from Margaret Sanger
1921 – New York – One-man Show at The Brown Robertson Gallery
1922 – New York – Painted Portraits of the children of collector T. Catesby Jones
1922 – New York – Group Exhibit at the Anderson Gallery, Salons of America
1924 – New York – Married Vidya Merz on 3 July
1927 – Chicago – Group Exhibit at Art Institute of Chicago
1928 – New York – Group Exhibit at Architectural League and Allied Arts at Grand Central Palace
1929 – Chicago – Group Exhibit at Art Institute of Chicago
1930 – New York – Exhibited at Society of Independent Artists
1930-2 – Albany – Moved to Albany to work as
1931 – New York – Exhibited at Society of Independent Artists
1932 – Woodstock, NY – Moved to Woodstock and painted in artists’ colony
1931 – New York – One-Man and Group Shows at Delphic Studios
1934 – Philadelphia – Group Exhibit at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
1934 – New York – Group Exhibit at Municipal Art Exhibition
1935 – Brooklyn – Moved to Brooklyn and became WPA Artist
1935 – Brooklyn – Worked on
1939 – New York – Exhibited at Society of American Etchers
1939 – New York – Exhibited at Graphic Workshop of the Federal Art Project, WPA, at Federal Art Gallery
1941-5 – Brooklyn – Worked as
1945-ca 1950 – New York – Worked as architect for Board of Education
ca 1950-1955 – New York – Worked as architect for NYC Water Department
ca 1955 – Ridgefield Park, NJ – Moved to Ridgefield Park, NJ
1961 – Ridgefield Park, NJ – Died 25 July age 87
