Curriculum Vitae
- Born on April 14, 1939; Family from Danzig.
- Expulsion in 1945. Via Dresden and Leipzig to Erlangen.
- From 1955 to 1963, pupil of Christian Klaiber, a former pupil of Henri Matisse and Fernand Léger. Studies of history, philosophy and history of art at the University of Erlangen.
- From 1959 to 1960, paintings of his own accord from originals of Konrad Witz (”Die Verkündigung an Maria“; 158 × 120,5 cm; 1440-1443), of Rembrandt (”Paulus im Gefängnis“; 41 × 39 cm; 1627-1630), and of Dürer (”Porträt von Michael Wolgemut“; 29 × 27 cm; 1516); all of them in original sizes.
- Within the same time period, frequent visits to the restoration workshop of the ”Germanisches Museum“ in Nürnberg, in order to learn different craft techniques.
- Regular journeys to Italy, Scandinavia, Greece, Austria, Spain, the Netherlands and Argentina during his studies.
- From 1963 to 1966, studies and diploma at the ”Kunstakademie Berlin“.
- Lives and works in Andalusia from 1966 to 1969.
- Lives and works in Paris from 1970 to 1973.
- Lives and works in Cologne from 1973 to 1975.
- Final settlement in Paris in 1975.
- Regular work trips to Andalusia and Morocco.
- From 1990 to 1991, commissioned work for the city of Erlangen: ”Tag und Nacht und Nacht und Tag I“, four slabs, 400 × 290 cm each.
- Receives the arts price of Erlangen in 1991.
- Since then, makes it his task to bring painted slabs within larger rooms into resonance.
- ”Tag und Nacht und Nacht und Tag II“, four slabs (400 × 280 cm each), owing to the support of the ministry for the arts (”Allocation de recherche de la Délégation aux Arts Plastiques“) in 1995.
- ”Gehöft“ between 1995 and 2002; four slabs (400 × 266 cm each) twice, three slabs (431 × 226 cm each),and one slab 540 × 408; cm oil on canvas, on wedge-shaped frame.
- Between 2002 und 2003, ”Lichtbäume“; 4 slabs (400 × 80 cm each).
- Between 1997 und 2002, creation of ”Bücher“ (73 × 100 cm), that is books where text, writing and illustration come into resonance with each other. It's about collections of poems by Paul Celan: ”Zeitgehöft“ as a whole, excerpts of ”Die Niemandsrose“ and of ”Lichtzwang“, ”Engführung“ as a whole and other excerpts of ”Sprachgitter“ and ”Atemwende“.
- From 1997 to 2000, new large resonance room: ”Mühle“, 4 slabs, 350 × 308 cm each, purchased by the art museum Liechtenstein in 2004.
- From 2001 to 2005, new resonance room: ”Cavatina“, 4 slabs (333 × 390 cm each).
- From 2002 to 2004, ”Cortijos caidos“, Andalusia.
- Since 2003, creation of a new resonance room: ”Amgheid“, 9 slabs (480 × 270 cm each).
- New project since 2005: ”Yeelen“.
- Regular exhibitions since 1959.
Public and Private Collections:
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, art museum Liechtenstein, Collection Peter Stuyvesant Amsterdam, Bred, collection Ludwig Aachen, city of Erlangen, Ville de Paris, l'Arche de la Défense Paris, collection Ha-mon, Mezzanin-Stiftung, Sammlung Dr. Peter Monauni.
