1895: TOSHIO BANDO IS BORN IN TOKUSHIMA.
1913: AT 18 YEARS OLD, BANDO LEAVES FOR TOKYO TO STUDY ART UNDER TAKEJI FUJISHIMA.
1924: BANDO LEAVES MONTPARNASSE, ARTIST QUARTER, IN PARIS AND MOVES TO PIERREFITTE-SUR-SEINE, A SUBURB OF PARIS. THERE HE CONTINUES TO PAINT AND TO DEVELOP HIS OWN DISTINCTIVE STYLE BASED BOTH ON REALISM, PRECISION AND CREATIVE SELF EXPRESSION. HE WAS A SHY MAN AND USED THE CANVAS TO SHOW HIS SENSITIVITY AND INDIVIDUALITY.
1924-1932: BANDO’S WORKS, TOGETHER WITH THOSE OF
FOUJITA AND KOYANAGUI ARE EXHIBITED AND SOLD AT THE
CHERON GALLERY IN PARIS.
1944: HIS DAUGHTER KIMIE IS BORN AND BANDO BECOMES A
DEVOTED FATHER AND ART TEACHER TO HIS DAUGHTER.
1951-1957: KIMIE PRODUCES SIX EXHIBITIONS AND ONE OF THESE WAS WITH HER FATHER.
1973: BANDO DIES FOLLOWING A FALL DOWN THE STAIRS. HE
WAS IN FRAGILE HEALTH AND IS BURIED NEXT TO HIS WIFE
IN PÈRE LACHAISE CEMETERY IN PARIS.