1939 | born in Osnabrück |
1958-1961 | Werkkunstschule Hanover |
1961-1962 | studied painting at the HdK Berlin with Alexander Camaro |
1969 | Scholarship of the Academy of Arts Berlin, Villa Serpentara, Olevano Romano |
Since 1970 | Member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V. |
1970-1971 | Villa Massimo Prize, stay in Rome |
1972 | Appointment at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart |
1974 | Appointed professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart |
1980 | on the board of directors of VG Bild-Kunst Bonn |
1985 | 1st prize at the International Graphic Prize of the Südwestdeutsche Landesbank Stuttgart |
1986-1988 | Jury member at the Kunstfonds Bonn |
1987-1991 | Rector of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart |
1992-1997 | First Chairman of the Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V. |
1998 | Art Prize of the Landschaftsverband Osnabrücker Land (Regional Association of Osnabrück) |
1998-2004 | Rector again of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart |
1999 | Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Art and Science, Vilnius, Lithuania |
2003 | Appointment as honorary senator of the Art University Bucharest, Romania |
2004 | Receipt of the Centenary Medal of Honor of the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland |
2005 | Received the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
2008 | died in Stuttgart |