| 1943 |
His father dies. |
| 1951–1961 |
Studies at the Secondary School of Applied Art and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (painting and printmaking), and on Saturdays and Sundays plays the drums with bands at dances in the Rakovník and Beroun districts. |
| 1961–1969 |
Works in the Black Theatre of Jiri Srnec. Tours with the company in Europe, Australia, Africa and America. |
| 1962 |
His work is exhibited for the first time at the Guests of the Hollar Association exhibition, Prague. He first encounters contemporary 20th-century art at museums in Edinburgh and London. |
| 1963 |
He sees a retrospective of work by Max Ernst in Cologne. |
| 1964 |
He studies the ethnic art of Australian aborigines and tribes of Oceania in Australian museums. It has a major influeuce on his own work, and he acquires the first objects for his future collection. Marries his first love, Milada, a former fellow student and member of the Black Theatre company, at the Czechoslovak Consulate in Sydney.
He first sees the Biennale di Venezia.
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| 1966 |
First solo exhibitions at the Liberec Regional Gallery and the Gallery on Charles Square, Prague. Takes part in the CURRENT TRENDS IN CZECH ART exhibition held for the AICA Congress in Prague. |
| 1967 |
Takes part for the first time in the International Biennial of Prints in Ljubljana. First solo exhibition abroad: Galerie im Centre, Göttingen. |
| 1968 |
Exhibits for the first time in the USA: Recent Graphics from Prague, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. (Jan and Meda Mladek Collection). |
| 1969 |
Starts to work with the Jacques and Anne Baruch Gallery, Chicago, which would subsequently organise Anderle's exhibitions and promote his work throughout the USA. For the first time wins prizes at international print biennials in Cracow and Liege. Participates in an exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of Albrecht Dürer organised by the Albrecht Dürer Society in Nüremberg - Albrecht Dürer zu ehren (Albrecht Dlirer Geselschaft Nüremberg). Jacques Ludovicy from Luxemburg introduces the Baukunst Gallery, Cologne, to Jiri Anderle's work. Directed by Irene Gerlind and Gerd Köhrmann, this gallery begins to publish a catalogue of Jiri Anderle's graphic works. |
| 1969–1973 |
Assistant to professors Jiri Trnka and Zdenek Sklenar at the College of Applied Arts in Prague (Prints and Illustration Studio). |
| 1970 |
Exhibition of Prints at the Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague (together with Stanislav Kolibal). |
| 1971 |
Exhibition of Prints Konsthallen, Uppsala (jointly with Jiri John and Adriena Simotova). |
| 1972 |
A Francis Bacon retrospective in Düsseldorf makes an unexpectedly strong impact on him. |
| 1979 |
He is deeply impressed by the Pablo Picasso retrospective in Paris. |
| 1980 |
In the magazine Art News, Harold Joachim (director of the department of prints at the Art Institute of Chicago) calls Anderle's print CRUEL GAME FOR A MAN the most important print of the 1970s: Art News had asked prominent curators and print experts to pick their favourite image of the past decade, Art News (New York - Sept. 1980). |
| 1981 |
Wins the Grand Prix at the International Biennial of Prints, Ljubljana, for the ILLUSION AND REALITY cycle. |
| 1982 |
Pictures from the ILLUSION AND REALITY cycle are exhibited at the central pavilion of the Biennale di Venezia, at the thematic exhibition ARTE COME ARTE: PERSISTENZA DELL'OPERA (Art as art: the persistence of the work). Retrospective of prints at the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. |
| 1983 |
Mladinska Knjiga Ljubljana and Edition Baukunst Köln publish a monograph of Anderle's works (texts: J. Kotalik, J. Masin, G. Köhrmann, B. Hrabal).
Participates in the exhibition DESSINS TCHEQUES DU 20E. SIECLE at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. |
| 1984 |
Further presentation of Anderle's works at the central pavilion of the Biennale di Venezia at the thematic exhibition, ARTE ALLO SPECHIO (Art in the Mirror). |
| 1986 |
Teaches at the Summer Academy in Salzburg. |
| 1990 |
Collaboration with the Baukunst Gallery in Cologne ends. Work on publishing the catalogue of his prints is continued by the Götz Gallery in Stuttgart. First short trip to New York after an interval of 28 years. |
| 1994 |
The Munich exhibition, Élan Vital - a selection of 550 pivotal works by Kandinsky, Klee, Miró, Calder and Arp - makes a strong impression on Anderle. He begins the cycle, RETURNS. |
| 1995 |
Retrospective of prints and drawings at the National Gallery, Prague. The Slovart Press published a major monograph of his works with texts by Jiri Machalicky and Jiri Anderle himself. |
| 1996 |
Retrospective of paintings at the Imperial Stables of Prague Castle. |
| 1997 |
Ethnic art in exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Naprstek Museum in Prague affects him powerfully and once again has a strong influence on his work (THE PRIMORDIAL cycle), as well as inspiring him to build up his own collection of ethnic art from Africa.
First short trip to Chicago to attend the 30th anniversary of the Jacques and Anne Baruch Gallery. |
| 1998 |
Begins work on the cycles AT THE CLOSE OF THE CENTURY and AT THE CLOSE OF THE MILLENNIUM.
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Jiri Anderle lives and works in Prague, the Czech Republic.
