1923 | Born into the world in Munich |
1940 | begins to study architecture at the Technical University in Munich |
1941 | War volunteer to serve; begins to draw and paint in watercolors |
1945 | Private studies with the painter and graphic artist William Straube, once a student of Hölzel and Matisse |
1948 | acquaintance with Willi Baumeister and in 1949 with Julius Bissier; turns to abstract art |
1954 | Scholarship from the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Gouvernement Français; in Paris he works in the studios of Fernand Léger and Hans Arp |
1961 | Prix Jean Arp |
1966 | Silver medal of the Prix d'Europe in Ostend |
1963 | Retrospective held at the Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund |
1967/68 | Begins teaching at the Munich Art Academy; participates in documenta 4 |
1982 | takes his own life in Munich |