Curriculum vitae
| 1932 | Born in Mannheim, lives and works in Freiburg |
| 1950 - 1956 | studied at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, taught by Karl Hubbuch, Erich Heckel and Wilhelm Schnarrenberger |
| 1958 | Kunstpreis der Jugend |
| 1965 | Rom–Preis Villa Massimo |
| 1965 | Chair of Painting at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe |
| 1968 | Professor of Painting |
| 1976 | Reinhold-Schneider-Cultural Prize of the City of Freiburg |
| 1979 | Hans–Thoma–Preis, State award of Federal Land Baden–Würrtemberg |
| 1995 | Erich-Heckel-Prize of the Artists' Association Baden-Württemberg |
| 2000 | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
