1882 | born in Rosenberg |
1896 | Apprenticeship as a carpenter with master painter Severin Weber in Ellwangen; first drawing lessons at evening school |
1906/07 | Attends the School of Arts and Crafts in Stuttgart with Prof. Hans Kolb |
1913 | Illustrations for the "Stuttgarter Hutzelmännlein" by Eduard Mörike |
1913/14 | First trip to Biskra in Algeria |
1915-20 | Stay in Switzerland |
1916 | Collaboration with Hermann Hesse on book publications for German prisoners of war |
1919 | Meets E. L. Kirchner on the Stafelalp near Davos, Stirner is influenced by Kirchner's expressionist style of painting |
1920/21 | First trip to Sicily (Taormina) |
1921 | Return home |
1925 | Trip to Capri |
1929/30 | Second trip to Biskra in Algeria |
1930/31 | Journey to Palestine together with painter friend Alois Schenk from Schwäbisch Gmünd |
1932/33 | Illustration and publication of the "Fibel für die katholischen Volksschulen in Württemberg" (Primer for Catholic Elementary Schools in Württemberg) |
1933/34 | Trip to Sicily |
1937 | Trip to Italy. On the return trip, visit to Hermann Hesse in Montagnola/Ticino |
1943 | died in Schwäbisch Hall |