"Colors are effects of light and forces, that move the mind and the artist gives them form in his creations. The radiance of the image testifies to the colorful creative power of its creator; the clearer and purer the color, the stronger the concentration; the more distinct the color, the more convincing the tone. One must not interpret or meddle with the colors; they resonate to the degree that they are given and reflect the inner world of the creator."
| 1893 | born in Glauchau |
| 1907-1910 | apprenticeship as a lithographer |
| 1910-1913 | visit of the Kunstgewerbeschule Dresden |
| 1913-1914 | Study at the Kunstakademie Dresden under Oskar Zwintscher and Richard Müller |
| 1914-1918 | volunteer soldier in the First World War, wounded several times |
| 1918 | member of the Spartakusbund and on the committee of the Künstlerrat |
| 1919-1922 | continued his study as a master student under Robert Sterl, then worked as a freelance artist |
| 1920 | study trip to Holland |
| 1921 | member of the artists' group ″Die Schaffenden″, Grand State Prize and Jubilee Foundation of the City of Dresden |
| 1925-1926 | numerous study trips (Netherlands, Spain, Bohemian Forest, Styria, Tyrol) |
| 1926 | participation in the Internationale Kunstausstellung in Dresden |
| co-founder and head of the ″Neue Dresdner Sezession 1932″ (banned in 1934) | |
| 1933 | defamation as a ″degenerate″ artist |
| 1935 | revoked artist status as a result of his fierce criticism of the ban on the ″Neue Dresdner Sezession 1932″ |
| 1942 | study trip to Galicia (together with Bernhard Kretzschmar) |
| 1945 | destruction of the studio in the Ammonstraße and loss of a large part of his work, participation in the board of the anti-fascist ″Vertrauensrat Bildender Künstler″ |
| 1947 | working as a lecturer at the Kunsthochschule |
| 1951 | since then participation in all major art exhibitions in the GDR |
| 1953-1958 | lecturer for painting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) Dresden |
| 1959 | Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Kunstpreis of the City of Dresden |
| 1974 | died in Dresden |
| 1927 | Deutscher Künstlerbund, Dresden (participation) |
| 1929 | Sächsischer Kunstverein, Dresden (participation) |
| 1932 | Dresdner Sezession 1932, Brühlsche Terrasse, Dresden (participation) |
| 1933 | Neues Städtisches Ausstellungsgebäude der Künstlervereinigung, Dresden (participation) |
| Dresdner Sezession 1932, Galerie Arnold, Dresden »Christmas aid« (participation) | |
| 1945 | Stadt- und Heimatmuseum, Glauchau (participation) |
| 1945/1946 | Dresdener Kunstakademie, Dresden »Freie Künstler. Ausstellung Nr. 1« (participation) |
| 1947 | Galerie Hennig, Halle/Saale |
| 1948 | Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum, Freiberg (participation) |
| Mittelsächsische Kunstausstellung, Schlossberg-Museum, Chemnitz & Stadt- und Heimatmuseum Glauchau (participation) | |
| 1951 | Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden »Das Ufer : Gruppe 1947 Dresden artists« (participation) |
| 1951/1952 | Museumsbau am Kupfergraben, Berlin (participation) |
| 1953 | Freital |
| 1959 | Albertinum, Dresden |
| 1963 | Haus der Heimat, Freital |
| 1969 | Club der Kulturschaffenden Johannes R. Becher, Berlin (participation) |
| 1973 | Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden |
| 1974 | Altes Museum, Berlin (participation) |
| 1976 | Albertinum, Dresden »200 years of painting in Dresden« (participation) |
| 1984 | Pretiosensaal des Schlosses, Dresden »Das Ufer. Gruppe 1947 Dresden artists. Painting, graphic art, sculpture 1947–1952« (participation) |
| Galerie Döbele, Ravensburg »Dresden painting and drawing before 1945 and afterwards: bridges to the present day« | |
| 1985 | Gelände der Internationalen Gartenbauausstellung, : Erfurt (participation) |
| 1988 | Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden |
| 1997 | Kultur im Dresdner Umland e.V., Reichenberg »Die Sieben. Werke einer Dresdner Künstlergruppe« |
| 2012 | Kunsthandlung Koenitz (jetzt GALERIE HIMMEL), Dresden |
| 2015 | Galerie Kunstgehaeuse, Dresden |
| 2023 | Kunstausstellung Kühl, Dresden (participation) |
| 2024 | Kunstausstellung Kühl, Dresden (participation) |
