Birth and education in Barcelona (1899-1919)
1899 He was born on May 16 at 213 Sicília Street in Barcelona. He was the youngest son of a working-class, vegetarian, Esperantist, and anarchist family.
1899-1902 He grew up in Almatret (Lleida), where his family was from. He returned to Barcelona at the age of 3.
1905 The family settled at 15 La Rambla, and Apel·les enrolled in Pau Vila’s Horaciana School.
1906 He returned from a coma treated by his father, which left him with a tremor in his left hand.
1909 His father, Francisco Fenosa, opened the vegetarian boarding house and restaurant “Esperanto” at 15 La Rambla.
1913 He announced to his father that he wanted to be a sculptor, left home, and visited Antoni Gaudí for advice. This was the year he attended the French Impressionist exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants in Barcelona.
1913 He enrolled in the School of Arts and Crafts in the Fifth District, where he studied until 1918.
1916 He joined the studio of sculptor Enric Casanovas, a representative of the Noucentisme movement, as an assistant.
1918 He collaborated on the Monument to Narcís Monturiol (Figueres) with his teacher Enric Casanovas.
1918-1919 He traveled to Madrid to visit his friend from Almatret, Victor Viladrich. There he visited the Prado Museum and worked in a toy factory. He made the return trip on foot to Almatret.
1919 He joined the Evolutionists group.

First move to France, 1920-1929
1920 He became a conscientious objector and escaped military service by fleeing to France. He settled in Toulouse, where he began a relationship with the soprano Marthe Morère.
1921 In February, he arrived in Paris and his first visit was the Louvre.
1922 He lived with the painter Pere Pruna, with whom he became friends, and became part of Picasso’s circle. Picasso offered him his unconditional support, becoming his main collector.
1924 He first exhibited at the Galerie Percier (Paris) with Pere Pruna and with the catalogue preface written by Max Jacob.
1927 He first solo exhibition at the Galerie Zborowski (Paris).

Return to Catalonia and the Civil War 1929-1939
1929 He returned to Catalonia for an exhibition at the Sala Parés (Barcelona), but his sculptures were held up in customs and the exhibition had to be postponed.
1930 He exhibited at the Sala Parés and at the Salón de Montjuïc.
1931 He began a relationship with the painter Montserrat Fargas. With whom he lived until his return to France.
1932 He exhibited at the Salon des Evolucionistas.
1936 He participated in the 20th International Venice Biennale, in the Spanish Pavilion.
1936 At the outbreak of the war, he participated in the Union of Painters and Sculptors of Catalonia.
1936-1938 He traveled throughout Catalonia and Aragon to safeguard the artistic heritage that was endangered in the churches from the war.
1939 After the war was lost, he went into exile in France, settling in Limoges and Versailles, in the homes of the Albis family, friends, and collectors.

In the midst of the intensity of the Parisian circle, 1939-1957
1939 Jean Cocteau introduced Fenosa to Coco Chanel in July, with whom he began a relationship and realized the project for the Bachannale of Dalí and Chanel.
1939 Chanel installed him in the Ritz Hotel in Paris, but Fenosa exchanged apartments with Cocteau and He moved to Limoges and worked in the ceramics workshops of the Habiland-d’Albis family, where he created his series of plates with bas-reliefs of doves. In 1942 He returned to Paris and settled in the workshop on Boulevard Saint Jacques, where he began to work on his monumental works. In 1944, Brassaï took part in the Paris photograph of Picasso’s circle, which included Fenosa. In 1945, he presented the Monument aux Martyrs d’Oradour-sur-Glane at the Salon des Surindependants. 
1946 He participated in the exhibition of Spanish Republican artists from the Paris School in Prague and held his first exhibition at the Galerie Jacques Dubourg (Paris).
1946 He began to work on the theme of metamorphoses with the work Metamorphose des soeurs de Phaéton.
1948 He married Nicole Damotte, who adopted the surname Florensa as her own
1948 They established friendships with their neighbors and artists, Mª Helena Vieira da Silva and Arpad Szenes.
1948 Mercè Rodoreda elected Nicole as queen of the Jocs Florals (Floral Jocs) held in exile in Paris.
1952 He exhibited at the Salon de Mai and the Galerie Jacques Dobourg, with texts by Jean Cocteau, Paul Éluard, and Jules Supervielle in the catalog.
1954 They frequently visited London and the circles of friends formed by the Gili family, Irving Davis, and Patience Gray. She exhibited at the Hanover Galerie (London).
1957 He participated in the first Biennale Internationale de Sculpture in Carrara, Italy.

The Golden Years between El Vendrell and Paris 1958-1975
1957 He exhibited at the Galería Jardin (Barcelona) and decided to invest the money in a house on the Catalan coast with a Gothic window.
1958 They acquired the Nin Palace in El Vendrell, which became their summer home where their friends were always welcome.
1958 The work Tempête pourchasée par le Beau Temps was acquired by the Musée Rodin (Paris).
1960 He held his first solo exhibition outside Europe at the Galerie Paul Rosenbert (New York).
1966 He traveled to Japan and exhibited at the Takashimaya Gallery (Osaka).
1967 He exhibited at the Galería Biosca (Madrid).
1969 Raymond Cogniat wrote the first major monograph on Apel·les Fenosa for the publishing house Polígrafa.
1972 The Sphinx relief was installed on the main entrance of the building. Conseil Constitutionel of Paris. A retrospective exhibition is held at the Centre Artistique et Cultural de Rochechouart
1973 Exhibition of lithographs at the Gallerie Balanci Graham (Paris) with a catalog by Roger Callois

International recognition 1975-1988
1977 The high relief of Sant Jordi is installed at the Center for Catalan Studies in Paris
1979 Retrospective exhibition at the National Library of Spain (Madrid)
1980 Retrospective exhibition at the Musée Rodin (Paris)
1981 Exhibitions in Tokyo and Osaka at the Galerie Yoshii
1981 Creates the sculpture Olivier as an award for the UNESCO Peace Education Prize
1982 The Monument to Pau Casals, begun in 1975, is inaugurated in Turó Park in Barcelona
1982 Receives the Gold Medal from the Generalitat of Catalonia
1983 Retrospective exhibition at the Palau de la Cultura the Vicereine
1983 Receives the Legion of Honneur medal from the French Ministry of Culture
1983 The sculpture Orlando Furioso is installed in the public space of Montpellier
1985 The sculpture Tempête pourchasée par le Beau Temps is installed on Avenida de Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona and in La Defénse, Rue Salvador Allende (Nanterre, Paris)
1986 Exhibition at the Fundació Miró and the Sala Gaspar (Barcelona)
1987 Receives the Gold Medal of the City of Barcelona
1988 Died in Paris on March 25
1989 Nicole Florensa founded the Association des Amis de Apel·les Fenosa, which will be followed by the establishment of the Apel·les Fenosa Foundation (1998) and the inauguration of the Apel·les Fenosa Museum (2002) in the Vendrell house
1999 The Monument aux Martyrs d’Oradour-sur-Glane, which had been commissioned by the French Forces of the Interior in 1944, in Oradour-sur-Glane
1999 In commemoration of the centenary of his birth, a retrospective exhibition was held at the MNAC (Barcelona) Museum of Modern Art.