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1860

A job at the Paris–Orléans railway company

Takes a job at the Paris–Orléans railway company but does not give up art and soon begins attending the Académie Suisse.

1861

The Académie Suisse: Pissarro, Cézanne, Oller

Studying at the Académie Suisse, he meets Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne, with whom he will maintain lifelong friendships, and Francisco Oller.

1863

The “Salon des Refusés” with Manet, Pissarro and Cézanne

Exhibits at the famous Salon des Refusés alongside Édouard Manet, Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne, although the works of Guillaumin (and Cézanne) were not listed under his name.

1868

Leaves his job for painting; hard times

Leaves his job to devote himself entirely to painting but is in need and earns his living by painting window blinds.

1870s

Painting alongside Pissarro and Cézanne

In the 1870s the three friends — Guillaumin, Pissarro and Cézanne — often paint in each other's company; for a time the studios of Guillaumin and Cézanne on the Île Saint-Louis in Paris are next door to each other.