| 1865 |
Born on June 13, in Schielo, Germany |
| 1884 - 1890 |
Studied at the Education Department of the Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin |
| 1890 - 1896 |
Traveled on behalf of the botanical documentation project initiated by his drawing teacher Moritz Meurer to Italy, Greece, and North Africa |
| 1898 |
First teaching position, responsible for the modeling class of the Royal Art Academy, Berlin (promoted to full professor in 1921) |
| 1899 |
Given full responsibility for the newly established course “Modeling after Living Plants” at the Education Department of the Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin, he started to use plant photography for instruction |
| 1912 |
Further travels to the south of Europe and north Africa |
| 1926 |
First exhibition of his plant documentation photography in the exhibition “Urformen” (Archetypes) at the Nierendorf Gallery Berlin |
| 1928 |
The catalogue subsequently issued by Nierendorf “Urformen der Kunst” quickly became an international bestseller, with a second edition in the following year. It was later translated among others to English (Art Forms in Nature) and French (Les formes originelles de l’art) |
| 1932 |
Publication of his second book “Im Wundergarten der Natur” (Magic Garden of Nature). Blossfeldt died on December 9 |