| 1900 | born in Dresden | |
| 1916 - 1917 | Studies at Dresdner Kunstgewerbeschule (Dresden School of Arts and Crafts) | |
| 1917 - 1920 | Military service and hospitalization | |
| 1924 | Guest student at the Bauhaus in Weimar | |
| 1925 - 1932 | Studies at the Dresden Art Academy, master student of Max Feldbauer | |
| 1932 | Member of the Dresden Secession | |
| since 1945 | freelance artist in Dresden | |
| 1968 | First personal meeting with the pantomine M. Marceau, Beginning of systematic work on the Marcel Marceau cycle. Represented with works among others: National Gallery Berlin, Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister and Kupferstich-Kabinett. | |
| 1986 | dies in Dresden |