biography

1928
born on 22nd April in Weißenstein, Carinthia, Austria
1932
move to Graz, Austria
1943 - 1948
Kunstgewerbeschule Graz (School of Arts and Crafts Graz, Styria) in the class of Fritz Silberbauer and Alfred Wickenburg
1948
move to Vienna, Austria
1948 - 1949
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien (Academy of fine arts Vienna) in the class of Robin C. Andersen and Albert Paris Gütersloh
1950
General-Béthouart-Award
1951
Member of the "Art Club"
1952
1st solo show at the "Art Club" (Strohkoffer, Vienna)
Rome scholarship of the Ministry of Education
1954
Participation at the Venice Biennale
1957
Mosaik at the Stadthalle Vienna
married to Christa Hauer
1958
Member of Wiener Secession, Vienna
1960
Founding the Galerie im Griechenbeisl (Vienna) together with Christa Hauer and Leopold Hauer, which existed until 1971
1962
Kastner & Öhler Art Award
1964
Mosaik for the Austrian Pavilion at the New York World Expo
1965
Austrian State Award for painting
1967
Installation of Light Environment at the World Expo in Montreal
Kastner & Öhler Art Award
1971
move to Lengenfeld, Lower Austria
Art Award for painting "Dreiländer Biennale Intart", Klagenfurt, Carinthia
1972 - 1984
Sgraffito on the façade of Schloss Lengenfeld
1981
Culture Award of the State of Lower Austria
1985
died on 27th of January in Lengenfeld, Lower Austria