Chronology

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and constant modifications

pics will be added by years as the story evolves.

 'the last canvas' is planned as a series of conversations between the main character Laurent D'Allegro and the other characters in the novel; their biographies can be read here.

This is a brief and intimate chronology, and I've tried to avoid spoilers -- if you haven't read the novel from the FIRST CHAPTER, this is a rather simple overview.

1969 

 Carlo (19 y.o.) arrives in Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts; 

 Carlo & Armand de Montbelle (22 y.o.) meet

1972

 Armand's family crisis and his first trip to India

1973 

Armand's trip around the globe; 

Carlo sets his atelier in an old factory in Paris 

1974 

Carlo travels to the Indian Ocean;

Carlo & Armand at the Île du Blanchomme; 

Carlo & Catherine Mortinné (both 24 y.o.) meet

1975 

 Laurent  D´Allegro is born in Punaouilo, on the Pacifi Ocean

1979 

Catherine's first novel "Thy Dreaded Deeds" is published in France;
Laurent learns from Carlo how to swim

1981 

 

                       

Carlo meets the rockstar Dave Drew in Punaouilo; 

the "All things transient" album is released with Carlo's painting on the cover;

Catherine returns to France

1983 

Carlo & Laurent move to France

        

1987

            

Laurent has to deal with being constantly bullied at school;

Carlo & Laurent visit the D'Allegro farm in the Apennines;

Laurent falls in love for the first time;

Laurent joins the swim team

1988 

Carlo and Catherine are constantly quarreling;

Carlo leaves home

1989 

a tragic event leads Laurent to quit the swim team

1990 

 Laurent & Angelo (both 15 y.o.) meet

1994 

Laurent & Angelo move to Vice City

1998 - Laurent & Angelo part

2008 

Laurent & Carlo meet in Vice City

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