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Biography
| 1939 | born as Ralf Winkler in Dresden |
| 1953-1954 | Painting lessons at the Folk high school, with Jürgen Böttcher (Strawalde) |
| 1955-1956 | Apprenticeship as a Advertising artist at DEWAG Dresden Dropout and working as stoker, postman and night watchman |
| 1956-1957 | Evening classes at the Dresden University of Fine Arts, with Prof. Bernhard Kretzschmar |
| 1968 | Adopting of the pseudonym A. R. Penck |
| 1970 | Co-Founder of the Artist group “Lücke” in Dresden |
| 1972-1973 | Moving to Lindenau (Schneeberg), Military service, Adopting of the pseudonym Mike Hammer |
| 1976 | Stay in Budapest, moving to Dresden, collaboration with Jörg Immendorff |
| 1978 | Co-Founder of the Obergraben Press in Dresden |
| 1980 | Forced to leave the GDR, leaving to Kerpen |
| 1983 | Stay in Israel, moving to London |
| 1988-2003 | Professorship for Painting at Düsseldorf Art Academy |
| 2003 | Moving to Dublin |
| 2017 | died in Zurich |
Awards and grants
| 1987 | Award winner of the Nord-LB, Hanover |
| 1985 | Artist’s Award by the City of Aachen |
| 1981 | Rembrandt Prize of the Goethe Foundation in Basel |
| 1975 | Will Grohmann Award of the Academy of Arts, Berlin |