1928 Born in Laasphe, DE

2014 Deceased in Berlin, DE

Education

1948–50 Blocherer Art School and the Academy of Art, Munich, DE

1950-53 Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, DE

1953-57 University of Cologne, DE

1964 Artist-in-residence, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

1959 Prize, Deutsche Kunst, Baden-Baden, Germany

1963 Grand Prize for Group ZERO, IV Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, San Marino, IT

1967 Prize, International Exhibitions of Graphic Art, Ljublijana, LT

1968 Konrad von Soest Prize, Munster, DE

1969 Prize, International Exhibitions of Graphic Art, Ljublijana, LT

1970 Prize, Ile Exposition International de Dessins Originaux, Rijeka, HR

1972 Prize of the National Museum of Modern art, The Eighth International

1972 Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo, JP

1976 Prize, International Graphics Biennale, Frederikstad, NO

1994 Honorary doctorate by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland, US

1996 Sculpture Prize of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, US

2003 UNESCO Joan Miro Medal, presented at the Bremen Kunsthalle, DE

2003 Leonardo da Vinci World Art Prize from Consejo Cultural Mundial of Mexico City, MEX

2013 Max-Beckmann - Prize of the city of Frankfurt