Timeline

1936

Born in Cologne, Germany

1957 - 1960

Studies at the Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany

1962

First sculptural works

1966

Co-founder of the group K-66

1968

Award for sculpture of the City of Cologne, Germany

1973

Industrial grant of the culture group BDI, Cologne, Germany

1976 - 1978

'bunker-drawings'

1978

Since then primarily sculptural works

1982 - 1986

Professorship for sculpture at the RWTH Aachen, Germany

1983

First 'black watercolours' as independent works

1986

Grohmann-Award of the Academy of Arts, Berlin

1988 - 2001

Professorship of Sculpture at the Academy of Arts, Munster, Germany

2005

First yellow watercolour paintings

2006

The increasing domination of the line causes a renaming of the „black watercolour paintings“ into „black watercolour drawings“

The artist lives and works in Aachen, Germany and in Stäfa, Switzerland