1898 |
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born in Königsberg |
1924 - 1926 |
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Studied typography and applied graphics at the Städelschule in Frankfurt/M. Subsequently teacher of applied graphics at the Städtische Handelsschule in Frankfurt/M. |
1930 |
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works as a freelance artist in Berlin, friendship with Wassily Kandinsky |
1933 |
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Closing of the exhibition with Josef Albers in Braunschweig, exhibition ban, continues to paint abstract pictures in secret |
1936 |
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Denunciation leads to imprisonment in Dachau concentration camp |
1949 |
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Co-founder of the artist group "ZEN 49" in Munich with Willi Baumeister, Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff, among others |
1954 |
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Guest professorship at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg |
1956 - 1973 |
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Teaching at Munich Community College |
1957 |
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Art Prize of the City of Munich as one of the most important representatives of non-figurative painting in Germany |
1979 |
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dies in Munich |