Curriculum vitae
| 1925 | Born in Löchgau, Baden-Württemberg |
| 1940 | Craftsman apprenticeship, initial undergraduate studies in Aeronautical Engineering |
| 1945 | Amputation of both forearms, loss of one eye (war injury) |
| 1945-46 | Invitation by Fritz von Graevenitz to work in the atelier at Solitude Palace near Stuttgart |
| 1946 | Studies (with interruptions to finish his high school diploma) at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design with Willi Baumeister, Henninger and Son |
| 1950 | High school diploma |
| 1953 | State examination in Art |
| 1953-58 | Studies at the University of Tübingen |
| 1956 | State examination in Germanics |
| 1658-80 | Teaching and examination positions at various high schools (Gymnasien) in the State of Baden-Württemberg and at the University of Tübingen, Chair for the State Examination in Art History, member of various expert commissions |
| 1963 | Completion of doctoral thesis; awarded Dr. phil. (Art History, Archeology, Germanics) Met H.D. Kahnweiler in Paris in conjunction with doctoral thesis (participation in the organization a Picasso exhibition)Founding member of the Künstlerbund (artists' coalition) Tübingen Member of the Württemberg Kunstverein (art society) |
| Seit 1969 | Development of an individual painting and spraying technique. Novel representation of form and space: multivalent depiction of space and time, the painting as a process-related energy field of ecological/worldly experiences and purposes. |
| 1972 | Solo exhibition at the Kusthalle Tübingen |
| 2005 | Died in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg |
Exhibitions
National and international exhibitions, e.g. Aix-en-Provence, Ann Arbor, Baden-Baden, Bremen, Durham, Mainz, Munich, Nuremberg, Perugia, Reutlingen, Tübingen, San Diego, San Francisco, Sindelfingen, Strasbourg, Stuttgart
Literature
Lexikon der bildenden Künste des Landes Baden-Württemberg, Internationales Kunstadressbuch, International Directory of Arts (Frakfurt/M.), Adressbuch bildender Künstler, hrg. vom Deutschen Kunstförderungswerk e.G. Berlin, Allgem. Lexikon der Kunstschaffenden in der bildenden und gestaltenden Kunst des 20. Jh.