1903 | born in Karlsruhe |
1922/23 | studies sculpture at the Landeskunstschule Karlsruhe with Georg Schreyögg and studied in the drawing class of Hermann Gehri |
1923-27 | studies with Karl Albiker at the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden (from fall 1926 as a master student) |
1927-45 | Freelance sculptor in Berlin |
1939-45 | technical draftsman with the air force |
1955-1987 | freelance sculptor in Freiburg im Breisgau |
1973 | guest of honor at the German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome |
1977 | Awarded the title of Professor (h. c.) by the Minister President of the State of Baden-Württemberg |
1986 | Honorary membership of the German Artists' Association |
1987 | Died in Freiburg im Breisgau |