| 1910 |
Rudolf Ubac was born 31 August 1910 in Malmedy in Wallonia. |
| 1928 |
First visit to Paris. |
| 1930 |
Moves to Paris, makes acquaintances with the surrealist group, including that of Man Ray. Little by little he abandons painting for engraving. |
| 1934 |
Studies applied arts. Held his first own exhibition at the Louis Gattiaux gallery. He publishes in collaboration with Camille Bryen a collection of poems and photographs. Raoul Ubac participates in the demonstrations of the surrealist group until 1940. |
| 1936 |
Start of the series of photos Struggle of Penthesilea. He learns engraving at the workshop of Stanley Hayter, british painter in the Ecole de Paris who is trying to revive this technique. |
| 1938 |
First pen drawings of simple objects |
| 1938 |
André Breton commissions Raoul Ubac to photograph models which is presented in the International Exhibition of Surrealism. |
| 1940 |
He runs the review Collective Invention with Magritte. |
| 1941 |
Last photography exhibition by Raoul Ubac. |
| 1942 |
Illustrates Exercise of purity by Jean Lescure. |
| 1945 |
Abandons photography |
| 1946 |
Raoul Ubac starts to use slate. |
| 1951 |
First exhibition at the Maeght gallery.
Exhibition at the Parnass gallery in Wuppertal.
Ubac works with paint and slate.
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| 1961 |
Makes stained glass windows for the church at Varengeville-sur-mer. |
| 1967 |
Makes stained glass windows for the Maeght Foundation chapel at Saint-Paul de Vence. |
| 1968 |
Retrospective of Raoul Ubacâs work at Charleroi, Bruxelles et Paris. |
| 1985 |
Death of Raoul Ubac on the 24th March in France in Dieudonne (Oise). |
