Timeline

1886

Born in Villeréal, Lot-et-Garonne, France

1905

Studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, France

1910 - 1911

Studied at the École des Beaux-arts, Paris, France

1912

Wrote exhibition reports for the weekly Parisian newspaper L'Opinion

1918 - 1920

Painted several Cubist paintings; participated in a group exhibition held at the Galerie Berthe Weill, and sold his first painting; began exhibiting regularly at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants and at the Salon d'Automne (until 1923); wrote the preface of a book about Georges Braque edited by Léonce Rosenberg (Effort moderne publications); first issue of the magazine L'Esprit Nouveau, founded by Le Corbusier, was published, with his notes about Seurat’s art; his notes about Ingres were in the fourth issue, and his notes about Corot were in the ninth issue

1919

Married Catherine Lucie Lotte, nicknamed Mousse; ended his collaboration with L'Opinion

1923

Served as a painting and sketching teacher at the Ranson Academy; at the recommendation of Maurice Denis, he took part in an exhibition at the Eugène Druet gallery, and participated in group exhibitions (until 1937)

1934

Opened a fresco workshop at the Ranson Academy

1939

After the outbreak of World War II, Bissière took refuge in his house in Lot; the war greatly affected him and he stopped painting for a while

1950

After a double glaucoma surgery, he painted a series of small paintings using egg as medium; he participated in a highly successful exhibition at Jeanne Bucher gallery in Paris

1958

Designed the mock-ups of the two skylights of the Cathedral Saint-Étienne in Metz

1964

Died in Boissièrettes, France