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| 1889 | Born in Cárdenas, Matanzas. |
| 1892 | His family moves to Havana. |
| 1896-1908 | Lives in Mérida, Yucatán. Publishes his first caricatures in magazines and newspapers. |
| 1908 | Moves back to Havana. Works as a baseball caricaturist for “El Mundo.” Collaborates with “El Figaro,” “Cuba,” “América,” “Letras,” and others. |
| 1910 | Founds “Mercurio,” his first advertising agency, together with Laureano Rodríguez Castells. |
| 1911 | Sets up his first solo exhibition of caricatures in the Havana Athenaeum. |
| 1912 | Publishes his first Broadway drawings in the New York American Journal. |
| 1913-1918 | Works as an editor for “Gráfico.” |
| 1916 | Starts “Social” with his brother Oscar. Contributors: Carpentier, Guillén, Chacón y Calvo, Enrique José Varona and others. Establishes la Unión de Artes Gráficas and the advertising agency Kesevén Anuncios. |
| 1919 | Publishes “Carteles.” Exhibits in the gallery “Jean Charpentier” in Paris and goes to the League of Nations in Geneva as the art editor of the King Features Syndicate. |
| 1921 | Founds la Primera Exposición de Humor (the First Humor Exhibition). |
| 1923 | Publishes the book “Guignol,” a collection of his caricatures. |
| 1924 | Temporarily moves to New York. Collaborates with “Life,” “The New Yorker,” “Collier’s,” “Vanity Fair,” “American Magazine,” “Red Book,” “Cosmopolitan,” “Literary Digest,” “Sunday World,” “Town and Country.” |
| 1927 | Publishes “Sobremesa sabática,” immensely successful among the members of Grupo Minorista. It features the caricatures of Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring, Fernando Ortiz, José Manuel Acosta, Juan José Sicre, Jaime Valls Díaz, Rubén Martínez Villena, Juan Marinello, Jorge Mañach, Alejo Carpentier, José Antonio Fernández de Castro, Antonio Gattorno Águila, José Zacarías Tallet. |
| 1929 | Exhibits in the gallery “Jean Charpentier” in Paris and goes to the League of Nations in Geneva as the art editor of the King Features Syndicate. |
| 1931-1937 | Political exile in the US. |
| 1933 | Illustrates the book “People worth talking about” by Cosmo Hamilton. |
| 1944 | Awarded the rank of Knight of the National Order Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Commander of the National Order of the Red Cross and Knight of the Finlay Order. |
| 1945-1949 | Works as a caricaturist for the newspaper “Información.” |
| 1952 | Accepted the position of public relations director of the Cuban Institute of Tourism. |
| 1965 | Publishes his autobiography. Dies on October 18, 1965 in Havana. |
(Retrieved from the website Cubarte Gallery)
