| 1881 |
Born in Byalostol, Russia. |
| 1891 |
To America with parents, settling in Brooklyn. |
| 1897 |
Graduated from Boys' High School, Brooklyn. |
| 1897-1900 |
Studied at Pratt Institute under Wesley Dow. |
| 1900-05 |
Taught drawing and painting at public schools in Virginia and Michigan. |
| 1905 |
To Paris and studied at the Julian Academy under Jean Paul Laurens. Frequents the Louvre, the Trocadero, and the Guimet museum of Oriental Art. |
| 1906 |
To Spain in the summer: El Greco, Velasquez, and Goya. Met Rousseau, Matisse, Marquet, Picasso, and Delaunay. |
| 1907 |
To Italy: Giotto, Masaccio, and Donatello. Back to Paris to study with Matisse. Went to the great Cezanne exhibit. |
| 1908 |
First noticed in America in a NY Times article. |
| 1909 |
returned to New York. First on e man show at Haas gallery. |
| 1910 |
Exhibited at the 291 Gallery with Marin, Maurer, Hartley and Dove. |
| 1911 |
One man show At 291, "a brutal, vulgar, and unnecessary display." |
| 1912 |
One man show at Murray Hill Galleries. |
| 1913 |
Cubist poems published in London. Exhibited at the Alpine Club Gallery. |
| 1914-18 |
Lectured on history and appreciation of art at the White School of Photography. |
| 1915 |
Exhibition at Ehrich and Montross galleries. |
| 1916 |
Essays on Art published. |
| 1920-21 |
Taught at the art students' League. |
| 1923 |
One man show at the Montross gallery. |
| 1924-25 |
One man shows at JB Neumann gallery. |
| 1926 |
Primitives published. Taught at the Art Students' League again. |
| 1927-28 |
One man shows at JB Neumann gallery. |
| 1929 |
Exhibited at MOMA. Moved to Great Neck, NY. |
| 1930 |
Retrospective at the MOMA. One man show at JB Neumann gallery. |
| 1931 |
Guest Teacher at University of Minnesota. |
| 1935 |
One man shows at JB Neumann gallery. |
| 1937 |
National chairman, American Artists' Congress. One man show at JB Neumann gallery. |
| 1938-40 |
Honorary national chairman, American Artists' Congress. |
| 1941 |
Awarded numerous art prizes which included the Temple Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Ada s. Garrett Prize, Art Institute of Chicago. One man show at the Associated American Artists Galleries, NY. |
| 1942 |
One man show at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Several shows at Paul Rosenberg & Co., NY. |
| 1943 |
One man show at the Baltimore Museum of Art. One man show at the Carnegie Institute. |
| 1945 |
Awarded Second Prize, Pepsi-Cola Exhibition, NY. |
| 1949 |
Large retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. |
| 1951 |
Guest teacher, Humanities Department, University of Minnesota. |
| 1954 |
Taught art workshop at Bowling Green State University. |
| 1955 |
Elected member of The National Institute of Arts and Letters, NY. |
| 1956 |
Awarded Lippincott Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. |
| 1957 |
Doctor of Humane Letters, Brandeis University. |
| 1958 |
Retrospective at The Downtown Gallery. |
| 1959 |
Life Fellow, National Institute of Arts and Letters, NY. Doctor of Fine Arts Zurich and Pratt Institute. Retrospectives at Pratt Institute and Newark Museum. |
| 1961 |
Dies at Great Neck on October 4. |
In a long career covering more than half a century, reflecting various revolutionary art movements of those years, and containing more than its share of adversity, Max Weber produced a body of work that is passionate and articulate, triumphant in its conspicuous excellence. At various times the consensus of art criticism has favored one or another phase of it, but as the totality of his huge output becomes clearer to us, its common characteristics are more noticeable than its frequent metamorphoses. It is the product of a man who was responsive to new stimuli, but who reinterpreted them with lyrical intuitiveness and a penetrating intellect. A Weber of any period is recognizable for its rich brushwork, for the swift lines darting over the canvas, for its intensity and eloquence.