| 1878 |
Born in Tyumen, Siberia. Walkowitz's father was a European rabbi, who came to Siberia to give spiritual guidance.
The date is given variously as 1878 or 1880. Walkowitz claimed his mother falsified his birth date to avoid conscription into the Russian army. |
| 1889 |
Walkowitz's widowed mother emigrated to the United States with four children, one of whom died en route. The family settled on Essex Street in New York where the mother supported Abraham and his two sisters by running a newsstand on Delancey Street |
| 1898 |
Studied at the National Academy of Design. |
| 1899 |
Studied etching with Walter Shirlaw. |
| 1900 |
Started teaching at the Educational Alliance with Henry McBride and Jo Davidson. |
| 1906-07 |
Arrived in Paris, fall, 1906 to study at the Académie Julien. Visited Rodin and saw Isadora Duncan dance at a private salon. Spent several months in Italy, visiting Rome and Venice. He lived for some time at Anticoli Corrado. |
| 1907 |
First one-man show after returning to the United States in the gallery/frame shop of Julian Haas. |
| 1908 |
Max Weber lives for a time with Walkowitz on 23rd Street. |
| 1912 |
Met Alfred Stieglitz through Marsden Hartley. Walkowitz arranged an exhibition of children's art at Stieglitz's gallery, 291. In December, Walkowitz had his first exhibition of drawings and paintings there. |
| 1913 |
Exhibited ten works in the Armory Show. Second Exhibition at 291 (November 19, 1913-January 10, 1914). |
| 1914 |
Traveled to Europe visiting Greece and Italy. Returned to the United States in September. |
| 1915 |
Third exhibition at 291 (February 4 – March 12). Active in founding People's Art Guild. |
| 1916 |
One of fourteen artists selected for Forum Show at Anderson Galleries March 13-25. Fourth exhibition at 291 (December 27, 1916 – January 17, 1917). |
| 1917 |
Active in founding the Society of Independent Artists and showed in their inaugural exhibition in March. Stieglitz's 291 closed. Exhibited Interpretation of the Dances of Isadora Duncan at the Daniel Gallery (April 21 – May 12). |
| 1918 |
Elected a Director of the Society of Independent Artists, holding that office until 1938. |
| 1920 |
Exhibited in Galleries of Société Anonyme with Derain, Hartley, Kandinsky, Man Ray, and Stella. |
| 1929 |
Moved to his niece's home in Brooklyn where he lived for the rest of his life. |
| 1930 |
Exhibition at Galerie Brummer, Paris (April 1-14) Exhibition Commemorativ des Dessins: Isadora Duncan par A. Walkowitz. |
| 1931 |
Traveled to Europe, spending summer in Salzburg with Isadora Duncan's sister Elizabeth. |
| 1934-38 |
Vice-President of the Society of Independent Artists. |
| 1939 |
Exhibited Paintings, Drawings and Prints 1900-34 at the Brooklyn Museum (July 31 – September 10). Did a drawing for New Masses, December 20. |
| 1944 |
One Hundred Artists and Walkowitz at Brooklyn Museum (February 9 – March 12). During 1942 and 1943, Walkowitz wanted to prove his theory that "every artist paints himself." He persuaded more than a hundred painters and sculptors to do his portrait. |
| 1945 |
Spent the summer at Kansas farm of E. Haldeman-Julius, the publisher of the "Big Little Books." While there Walkowitz prepares books about his life and work, which Haldeman- Julius publishes |
| 1957 |
Group exhibition The City: 1900-1930 at Zabriskie Gallery (June 17 – July 31). |
| 1958 |
Group exhibition A Decade of American Cubist Painting 1913-1923 Zabriskie Gallery (September 15 – October 4). |
| 1959 |
Solo exhibition Works 1895-1932 Zabriskie Gallery (January 5 – 31). |
| 1962 |
Marjorie Peabody Waite Award for distinguished elderly artist, American Academy of Arts and Letters. |
| 1965 |
Died in Brooklyn, January 18. |
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