1937 | born in Lindau on Lake Constance |
1958-1962 | studied at the Karlsruhe Art Academy with HAP Grieshaber and Herbert Kitzel |
1966 | German Art Prize of Youth for Painting, Baden-Baden |
1968 | Prize of the organizers of the Biennial Danuvius 68, Bratislava |
1969 | Art Prize of the Böttcherstrasse, Bremen |
1970 | Art Prize of the City of Darmstadt |
1971/72 | Guest lecturer at the Academy of Arts Karlsruhe |
1975/76 | Guest lectureship at the Städelschule, Frankfurt |
1978 | Participation in the Venice Biennale, German Pavilion |
1978-2002 | Professorship at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf |
1985 | Karl-Ströher Prize, Frankfurt |
1989 | International Art Prize of the State of Vorarlberg |
1993 | Hans-Thoma-Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg |
1998 | Hans-Molfenter-Prize of the city of Stuttgart |
2005 | died in Quadrath-Ichendorf |
2006 | [posthumous] Cologne Fine Art Prize |