Biography
1941 | Born in Oels, Silesia, (now Poland) | |
1945 | Family moved to Thuringia, East Germany | |
1953 | Emigrated to West Germany, settled in Düsseldorf | |
1959-60 | Apprenticed as a glass painter | |
1961-67 | Studied at the Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf | |
1963 | Exhibition with Gerhard Richter. Co-founded "Capitalist Realism" with him | |
1972 | Documenta, Kassel | |
1975 | Prize for Painting, Saõ Paulo Biennale | |
1978 | Moved to Cologne | |
1983 | Restrospective exhibition at Kunsthalle, Bonn | |
1986 | Grand Prize for Painting, Venice Biennale | |
1988 | Grand Exhibition, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris | |
1991 | Professor at the Academy of Modern Art, Hamburg | |
1991-92 | First Grand Retrospective Exhibition in USA | |
1994 | Private exhibition in Tokyo. | |
1995 | Exhibition, Tate Gallery Liverpool, UK. Carnegie Prize, USA |
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1998 | Group Exhibition, the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan | |
1999 | Exhibition "Works on Paper 1963-74", Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
2002 |
Awarded the Praemium Imperiale Prize for Painting, the Japan Art Association, Tokyo |
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2005-06 |
Solo Exhibition "Alice in Wonderland" at the Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo and the National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
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2009 |
Completed 12 windows for the Grossmünster Zurich cathedral, Switzerland |
2010 |
Died June 11, Cologne, Germany
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