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| 1865 | born in Soest/Westfalen | |
| 1874 | the family moves to Münster, Westphalia | |
| 1884 | studies at the Academy of Arts, Duesseldorf | |
| 1889 | first journey to Worpswede with Fritz Mackensen | |
| 1893 | Fritz Overbeck comes to Worpswede | |
| 1894 | Heinrich Vogeler and Hans am Ende follow their friend | |
| 1895 | in spring the five Worpswede artists exhibit in the Kunsthalle Bremen in autumn large success in the ' Internationale Glaspalasausstellung' in Munich | |
| 1897 | marriage with Helene Schröder | |
| 1898 | birth of daughter Elsbeth. Paula Becker comes to Worpswede as an art student | |
| 1899 | Modersohn leaves the Worpswede Artists Association | |
| 1900 | Modersohn and Overbeck meet Paula Becker and Clara Westhoff in Paris. Carl Hauptmann and Rainer Maria Rilke in Worpswede | |
| 1901 | marriage with Paula Becker | |
| 1907 | november, 2nd, birth of the daughter Mathilde. November, 20th, death of Paula Modersohn-Becker | |
| 1908 | move to Fischerhude | |
| 1909 | marriage with Louise Breling | |
| 1913 | birth of his son Ulrich | |
| 1916 | birth of his son Christian | |
| 1922 | - 1932 several long study trips to Wertheim, Würzburg and the Allgäu. Friendship with the painter Ahlers-Heestermann | |
| 1930 | purchase of a farmhouse in Gailenberg/Allgäu where he spends the following summers working | |
| 1935 | last stay in Gailenberg. He looses sight in his right eye | |
| 1943 | March, 10th, death after short illness. His son Ulrich dies in Russia | |
| 1948 | Louise Modersohn and her son Christian open a family gallery in Gailenberg/Allgäu | |
| 1950 | death of Louise Modersohn-Breling | |
| 1974 | opening of the Otto-Modersohn-Museum in Fischerhude | |
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