| 1902 |
born on the 7th of August in Rochlitz |
| 1903 |
death of the father |
| 1907 |
relocation with mother and sister to Niederlößnitz (Radebeul) |
| 1918 |
graduation from secondary school |
| 1918-1923 |
study of painting and graphic art at the Dresdner Kunstgewerbeakademie under Paul Hermann, Arno Drescher, Georg Erler, Joseph Goller and Max Frey |
| 1922 |
acquaintance with the painter Georg Richter-Lößnitz, in whose workshop he prints etchings and lithographs starting in 1922 |
| 1923 |
residence in Lübeck at his uncle's house, the painter Leopold Thieme, in whose studio he creates further etchings |
| 1926 |
furnishing a room in Dresden as a studio |
| 1926-1931 |
studied at the Dresden Academy of Art under Richard Müller, from 1928 master student of Otto Dix |
| 1929 |
study trips to Paris |
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artistic acquaintance and friendship with Karl Kröner and Paul Wilhelm, takes over Willy Kriegel's studio in Dresden |
| 1930 |
marriage with Gisela Hergesell, furnishing the studio as an apartment |
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purchase of the first works by the Schlesisches Museum in Wroclaw |
| 1932 |
freelance work as an artist |
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Jubilee Prize of the City of Dresden, resulting in a residency in Berlin and in Nidden on the Curonian Spit, membership in the Deutscher Künstlerbund |
| 1933 |
Rome Prize of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, the associated stay in Rome was prevented by the German National Socialist authorities |
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Otto Dix portrays the Richter couple |
| 1935 |
rent of an additional studio next to Albert Mann and Johannes Beutner |
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summer stay in Niehagen |
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first encounter with Gerhard Marcks |
| 1937 |
visited the widow of Franz Marc |
| 1938 |
promotion through the collector Dr. Kobes in Jonsdorf |
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First prize for graphics at the Internationale Graphik-Ausstellung in Chicago/USA |
| 1940 |
exemption from military service due to thyroid disease and cardiac insufficiency |
