1921 Member of the group The Young Rheinländers
Exhibition at the home of Mutter Ey
1928 Teaches at the Volkskunstschule, Düsseldorf
1930 Director of the Academia de pintura y esculera, Instituto de Bellas Artes,
Medellin, Columbia
1931 Returns to the Volkskunstschule, Düsseldorf
1933 Dismissed from his teaching post by the Nazis, Branded a "Degenerate Artist"
1933-43 Travels to and exhibits in France, Jugoslavia and Italy
1943 Unwillingly drafted into the German Army
1943 Captured by American Troops, Incarcerated. Loses most of the early work
when the home in which paintings are stored is burned in a bombing
1944 Released from prisoner of war camp
1945 Continues to work as an independent artist
Exhibits at Galerie Gerd Rosen and Galerie Brenner, Berlin.
1947 Gains post at University in Halle, Germany
1948 Begins a second position at the Hochschule fur Bildende Künste, Berlin, travels
between jobs by train
1949 Leaves post at Halle after warnings from colleagues regarding new Communist
government threat to him. He is also considered a degenerate artist by the
communists.
1952 "Stahl und Eisen" Prize for painting, Düsseldorf, Germany
1954 Kunspreis from the City of Berlin
1958 June 11 - Dies in his sleep of heart failure
