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Biography
| 1916 | born als Fritz Wilhelm Richard Thieler in Königsberg |
| 1937-1939 | Studies of Medicine at the Albertina, Königberg Labour and military service in Poland and France |
| 1941-1943 | Suspending from military service and Ban on studying Visit of the private Hein König painting school in Munich |
| 1946-1950 | Studies of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, with Prof. Carl Caspar |
| 1952 | Member of the Avantegarde group “ZEN 49”, Munich |
| 1951-1953 | Stay in Paris, Work in “Atelier 17” with Stanley William Hayter |
| 1953 | Moving to Munich, member of the “New Group” |
| 1954 | Member of the Association of German Artists |
| 1959-1981 | Professorship of Art Education at the Berlin University of Fine Arts |
| 1972/1973 | Vitsiting profesorship at the College of Art and Design, Minneapolis (USA) |
| 1976-1983 | Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany at the “International Association of Art” (1979 Vice President, 1983 Honorary President) |
| 1978 | Member of the New Darmstadt Secession and the Academy of Arts, Berlin (1980-1983 Vice President) |
| 1989 | Deckengemälde im Residenztheater, München |
| 1991 | Foundation of the Fred Thieler Award for Painting |
| 1999 | died in Berlin |
Awards and grants
| 1988 | Harry Graf Kessler Award of the Association of German Artists |
| 1985 | Lovis Corinth Award, Regensburg |
| 1984 | Federal Cross of Merit, First class |