1936 | Born in Heppenheim an der Bergstraße |
1957-59 | studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe under HAP Grieshaber |
1959 | Art Prize of the City of Hanover, Pankofer Prize on the occasion of the German |
| Art Prize of the Youth |
1960 | Scholarship Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft (Cultural Circle of German Business) |
1960s | Introduction of the "Cephalopod" figure, inspired also by the representations of collected Kachina dolls (North American Pueblo Indians) |
1961 | Art prize "Young West" of the city of Recklinghausen |
1962 | Villa Romana Prize, Florence |
1963 | Scholarship of the Villa Massimo, Rome |
1964/68/77 | Participation in Documenta III, IV, VI |
1965-67 | Lectureship at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe |
1966 | Prize for painting at the XXXIII Venice Biennale |
| Scholarship of the Aldegrever Society, Münster |
1967-73 | Professorship at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe |
1967-68 | Visiting professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin |
1980s | instead of cephalopods, tall, almost otherworldly shadow figures; votive pictures; occupation with object and installation art |
1984-2000 | Professorship at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe |
1985/86 | Interruption of cephalopod painting and preoccupation with cubic forms: Houses, windows, doors |
1986 | First small house painting in the year of his father's death; large-format village paintings follow, preoccupation with the past and family |
1989 | Hans-Molfenter-Prize of the state capital Stuttgart |
| Cross of Merit 1st class of the Federal Republic of Germany |
1991 | Cultural Prize of the State of Hesse |
1992 | Grand Prize of the XXI São Paulo Biennial |
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| lives in Berlin, Karlsruhe and Sicellino, Italy |
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| Solo exhibitions (selection) |
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2019 | Forum Würth Chur, Chur, Switzerland |
2017 | Kunstsammlung Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz, Germany |
2013 | Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany |
2011 | Schlichtenmaier Gallery, Dätzingen Castle, Germany |
2006 | Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, Germany |
| Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Koje, Karlsruhe, Germany |
2004-2005 | Antes and Katsinam - Contemporary German Artist and the Spirit of the Hopi, Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Takamatsu (traveling exhibition) |
2004 | Old City Hall, Bayreuth Art Museum, Bayreuth, Germany |
2003 | Foundation Schleswig-Holstein State Museums, Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Germany |
2002 | Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany |
2001 | Museum Heppenheim, Kurmainzer Amtshof, Heppenheim, Germany |
2000 | Schlichtenmaier Gallery, Dätzingen Castle, Germany |
1999 | Piepenbrock Collection, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Germany |
| Art Museum, Silkenborg |
1998 | Deschler Collection, Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Dettmann Collection, Richard Haizmann Museum, Niebüll, Germany |
| House of Culture, Waldkraiburg, Germany |
1997 | Museum Mordernr Art Foundation Wörlen, Passau |
| State Gallery Moritzburg, Halle, Germany |
| Rupertinum Salzburg State Collections |
| Stadtmuseum im Spital, Crailsheim, Germany |
| Kulturhaus Graz |
1996 | Gallery Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Germany |
| Kunsthalle in Emden Henri Nannen Foundation, Emden, Germany |
| Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany |
1995 | Städtische Galerie im Prinz-Max-Palais, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Badisches Landesmuseum, Museum in the Majolika Manufactory, Karlsruhe, Germany |
1994 | Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany |
| Mosigkau Castle Museum, Dessau, Germany |
| Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany |
1993 | Bayerische Vereinsbank Palais Preysing, Munich, Germany |
| Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Germany |
1992 | Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany |
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| Group exhibitions (selection) |
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2018 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Hurrle Collection in Durbach, Durbach, Germany |
2017/2018 | Municipal Gallery Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany |
2016 | Neues Museum - State Museum of Art and Design, Nuremberg, Germany |
| Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany |
2015 | State Museum Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany |
2014-2015 | Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe visiting ZKM, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany |
2013-2014 | Foundation Schleswig-Holstein State Museums, Gottorf Castle, Schleswig, Germany |
2012 | Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz, Germany |
2010 | Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See, Germany |
2009 | Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany |
| Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Dätzingen Castle, Stuttgart, Germany |
| kunst raum rottweil - museum der gegenwart, Rottweil, Germany |
| Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg i. Br., Germany |
2008-2009 | Städel Museum, Frankfurt a. M., Germany |
2007-2008 | Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany |
| Gustav Lüncke Museum, Hamm, Germany |
| Ulm Museum, Ulm, Germany |
2007 | Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands |
2006 | Schlichtenmaier Gallery, Dätzingen Castle, Germany |
| Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| Katzen Arts Center, American University Museum, College of Arts & Science, Washington, D.C., USA |
2004 | Städtische Galerie Karlsruge, Karlsruhe, Germany |
2003 | Städtische Galerie Karlsruge, Karlsruhe, Germany |
2002 | Schlichtenmaier Gallery, Dätzingen Castle, Germany |
2001 | Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Schloß Gottorf, Kreuzstall, Schleswig, Germany |
| Museum Heppenheim, Kurmainzer Amtshof, Heppenheim, Germany |
2000 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Freiburg, Germany |
| Gallery of the City of Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany |
| Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany |
| Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister im Residenzschloß, Dresden, Germany |
1999 | KunstvereinAugsburg, Tuscan Column Hall, Augsburg, Germany |
1998-1999 | Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
1997 | Bank Austria Forum, Kunstforum Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
1996 | Kunsthalle Recklinghausen/Art Exhibition of the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany |
1995-1996 | Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany |
1992 | Ulm Museum, Ulm, Germany |
| Landesgirokasse, Stuttgart, Germany |
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| Public Collections (Selection) |
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| Bavarian State Painting Collections |
| German Bank |
| Würth Collection |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Freiburg |