1937
Born in Crimmitschau / Saxony
1949-1950
Participation in drawing courses at the Volkshochschule (Adult Education Center) Zwickau under Karl Michel
1952
Move to Dresden, studied under Heinz Drache, friends were Winfried Dierske, Peter Herrmann, Ralf Winkler (A.R. Penck) and Peter Makolies
from 1953
Taught in evening classes at the Volkshochschule (Adult Education Center) Strawalde (Jürgen Böttcher)
1956
Studied at the Art Academy (Kunsthochschule) Berlin-Weissensee under Toni Mau
1957
Relegation from the Art Academy (Kunsthochschule) Berlin-Weissensee (together with Georg Baselitz), then back to Dresden
1971
Co-founder of the artist group „Lücke“
from 1975
Member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR
since 1985
freelance artist (painter)
lives and works in Dresden