Born near Hamburg

Formation as a teacher, later student of F. Ahlers-Hestermann and P. Kayser at the  Kunstschule (Academy of Arts) Gerda Koppel

First trip to Florence

Stay in Paris

Journeys to Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy; construction of an own studio

Trip to England; member of the Hamburgische Sezession

Teacher at the Kunstschule (Academy of Arts) Koppel

Grant of the city of Hamburg for a longer stay in Paris

Journeys to England and Italy, stay in Rome and first trip to Ischia; first encounter with Paul Klee in Bern

Journeys to Denmark and Ischia, gets to know Werner Gilles; Besuch bei Paul Klee in Bern

stays on Ischia, in Florence and Hamburg

Move to Italy (Florence, Ischia); friendship with Rudolf Levy

Interpreter of the navy in La Spezia

Appointee for the art trasure in Florence; destruction of the studio in Hamburg

Lives in Forio d‘Ischia

Honorary citizen of Forio d’Ischia

Gets to know Werner Gilles and Hans Purrmann on Ischia

Lives in Forio d’Ischia and Hamburg-Blankenese

Visiting professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Academy of Fine Arts) in Hamburg

Professor at the Hochschule der Künste (Academy of Arts) in Berlin

Founding of the Eduard-Bargheer-Stiftung in order to support young artists

Died in his house in Hamburg-Blankenese; his houses in Forio d’Ischia and Hamburg-Blankenese are used as exhibition space now