1925 | born in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia |
from 1950 | studies at the Stuttgart Art Academy (Manfred Henninger) |
1956 | founded Gruppe 11 (with Georg Karl Pfahler, Günther C. Kirchberger and Attila Biró), which was oriented towards Action Painting and Informel |
beginning 1960s | he turned away from Informel and found a formal language that combined constructive elements with those of color field painting |
2002 | died |