| 1880 |
Chatterton is born in Newburgh, New York. |
| 1900-1904 |
Chatterton attends New York School of Art and studies under Willim M. Chase, Robert Henri, Luis Mora, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. His fellow classmates are George Bellows, Gifford Beal, Edward Hopper, Guy Pene DuBois, and Rockwell Kent. |
| 1910 |
Chatterton begins exhibiting by invitation with Henri group at MacDowell Club in New York. |
| 1910 |
Snow Clad Town is exhibited at first showing of U.S. art in South America. |
| 1913 |
Chatterton wins the Isidor Prize for best work in watercolor exhibition at Salmagundi Club. |
| 1915 |
Chatterton begins 33 year career at Vassar College as artist-in-residence. |
| 1920-1948 |
Chatterton spends summers in Ogunquit, Maine. |
| 1925 |
One-man exhibit at Wildenstein Gallery in New York. |
| 1926 |
"Clinton Square" is selected by Wildenstein for Tri-National exhibition sent abroad and to South America. |
| 1927 |
One-man exhibit at Wildenstein Gallery. |
| 1927 |
Becomes associated with Macbeth Gallery in New York. |
| 1927-1945 |
Chatterton exhibits in major group shows such as Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Toledo Museum of Art, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Montclair Art Museum, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, University of Minnesota, National Academy of Design, Art Institute of Chicago, World's Fair, Brooklyn Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Carnegie International, and others. |
| 1929 |
One-man exhibit at Macbeth Gallery. |
| 1931-1936 |
One-man exhibits at Macbeth Gallery. |
| 1936 |
Chatterton is represented in first National Exhibition of American Art at Rockefeller Center. |
| 1936-1943 |
Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, Pittsburgh. |
| 1936 |
"House on the Cliff" is acquired by the Brooklyn Museum. |
| 1940 |
Chatterton is represented at the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco. |
| 1941-1943 |
Chatterton exhibits at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C. |
| 1944 |
"House on the Cliff" is made into a print, represented at the Tate Gallery in London. This was one of only 29 American prints, both historical and contemporary, in the exhibit. |
| 1948 |
Chatterton retires from Vassar College as Professor Emeritus of Art and artist-in-residence. |
| 1965 |
One-man exhibit at Chapellier Gallery in New York. |
| 1973 |
Chatterton dies in Poughkeepsie, New York. |
| 1977 |
One-man exhibit at Robert Rice Gallery in Houston, Texas. |
| 1989 |
One-man exhibit at ACA Galleries in New York. |
| 1999 |
One-man exhibit at ACA Galleries in New York. |