Richard Oelze (German, 1980)

Timeline

1900
Born in Magdeburg, Germany
1921–1925
Studied at Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany
1926–1929
Studies at Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany
1930–1932
Residence in Berlin, Germany
1932
Travels to Franfurt/Main and Mainz, Germany
1933
Emigration to Paris; admission to Salon des Surindépendants
1936
Move to Switzerland
1937
Residence in Ascona, Switzerland
1938
Return to Germany: Essen, Mühlheim, Magdeburg and Berlin
1940–1945
Military service; American captivity
1951
Marriage with Hedwig Rohde
1953
Travels to Paris, Bavaria and Austria
1954
Meeting with the writer Ellida Schargorodsky von Alten in Worpswede, Germany
1939–1962
Residence in Worpswede, Germany
1962
Emigration to Posteholz near Hameln, travels to Frankfurt/Main, Cologne, Basel, Bremen, Hamburg and Harz
1964
Karl-Ernst-Osthaus prize of Hagen, Germany
1964
Burda prize of Große Kunstausstellung Munich
1965
Appointment to membership of Akademie der Künste in Berlin
1966
Großer Kunstpreis - prize of German Federal Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
1973
Lichtwark prize of Hamburg
1978
Max Beckmann prize of Frankfurt
1980
Died in Posteholz/Weserbergland, Germany