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1938
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Born in Nürnberg, Germany.
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1959-1964
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Studies at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste, Berlin, with Fred Thieler.
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1961-1964
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Member of the group VISION in München, Germany, with Bernd Koberling.
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1964
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Founding member of the Galerie Großgörschen 35 in Berlin, Germany, with Markus Lüpertz.
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Wins Deutscher Kunstpreis der Jugend, Painting.
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Participates in the exhibition “Neodada, Pop, Décollage, Kapitalistischer Realismus” at Galerie René Block, Berlin, with Lueg, Polke, Richter and Vostell. Galerie René Block continues to represent him until 1979.
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Begins Reflexions and Passagen series.
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1966-1967
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Receives Einjähriger Aufenthalt to live one year in New York City; works on an experimental short film.
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1968
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Receives the Villa-Massimo-Stipendium and stays in Rome, Italy.
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1974
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Becomes a professor of painting at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany.
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Begins Pflaster, Fensterbilder, and Der Himmel über Schönberg series.
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1975
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Bezug des Ateliers im “Dessauer Turm”.
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1977
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First solo exhibition in New York City at René Block Gallery.
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1980
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Becomes a member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany.
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1981
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First retrospective “Bilder 1962-1980” at the Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany.
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1983
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Begins to show in many solo exhibitions at the Galerie Wolfgang Gmyrek, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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1985
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Starts working in assemblage and bronze.
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1987
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Exhibits sculptural works in the show “Achtzehn Bronzen,” at the Galerie Wolfgang Gmyrek, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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1994
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Creates fifth wall mural Nur in der City lärmen und klagen die Musen, for the Berlin House of Representatives in the former Prussian State Parliament in Berlin, Germany.
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1996
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Creates large mural for LBS Ostdeutsche Landesbausparkasse AG, Potsdam, Germany.
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1998
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Receives the Fred Thieler Prize for Painting in Berlin, Germany.
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2006
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Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
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Professor Emeritus (Emeritierung) at Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany.
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