1917 | Born in Stolberg near Aachen |
1931-33 | Attends arts and crafts school in Aachen |
1933-38 | Work as freelance painter and graphic artist |
1938-45 | Labor and military service; campaign in France and Russia |
1953 | Co-founder of the Düsseldorf artists' association "Gruppe 53" (with Peter Brüning and Gerhard Hoehme) |
1956 | Examination of earth formations comes to a more pronounced expression |
1958 | Gold medal of the First International Art Prize for Abstract Art of Switzerland in Lausanne |
1959 | Participation in the documenta II |
1962 | Publication of the book "Something like a story of something" (Galerie Müller, Stuttgart) |
1963 | first montage paintings |
1966 | Member of the 'Neue Gruppe' in Munich |
1967 | assumes the Meistermann chair for painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich |
1968 | Appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich; first "upholstery paintings |
1975 | Full member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts |
1977 | first furrow pictures |
1981 | Death in Preinersdorf, Chiemgau |