Timeline

1910

Born in Posen

1911

Moves to Berlin

1924–1927

Apprenticeship at Schildermalerei Ladewig & Co

1929–1930

Evening classes at Meisterschule für Grafik Berlin

1933

Studies two semesters at Vereinte Staatsschulen für Freie und Angewandte Kunst (today: Berlin University of the Arts)

1939–1945

Soldier

1946

Returns home to Berlin; Participates in the first post war exhibitions; Invitation to teach at the newly founded Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee

1949

Founder and director of the studio for graphic arts and prints at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee

1950

Since 1950: Increase in popularity of his graphic art

1958

Since 1958: Exhibitions in in Budapest, Moscow, Paris and Vienna

1959

Series of portraits of Helene Weigel

1960–1961

Drypoint series „Mein Lebenslauf"

1961

Käthe-Kollwitz-Prize of Akademie der Künste

1962

Goethe-Prize of Berlin

1972

Full member of Akademie der Künste

1974

Director of the master class at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee; woodcuts referring to Erwin Strittmatter's "Der Laden"

1981

Woodcut series "Tagebuchnotizen"

1985

Woodcut series "Berliner Bilder"

2001

Dies in Berlin

Exhibitions