Timeline

1901

Born in 1901 in Hamburg, Germany to an American mother and a German father

1924 - 1927

Lived in Munich

1925 - 1927

Studied at the Kunstakademie

1927 - 1928

Lived in Berlin

1928

Returned to Munich to become art director of a publishing firm

1933

Forced to flee to Paris, where he became politicaly engaged, sought contact with French artists and earned his living as a commercial artist

1939

During the War served in the French army

1941

Immigrated to New York where he quickly became a highly successful illustrator for such magazines as Fortune, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue.

1948

Became an American citizen

1952 - 1967

Teacher at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

1965

Became Guest Professor at the Akademie für Bildende Künste, Hamburg

1967

Teacher at Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven

1978

Died in New York, 1978