1924
born in Alsdorf
1946-47
Schlüterschule in Nienborg Heek
1947-54
Teaching activity as an assistant and working as an employee of Prof. Anton Wendling at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Techn. Hochschule Aachen, architecture department, chair for freehand drawing
1975
Lecturer at Burleighfield House in Loudwater, England, leading the master class; Lecturer at the invitation of the British Craft Council in England, Wales and Scotland
1976-88
Lecturer in Berkeley and Pilchuk, lecturing in the USA
1981
Lecturer at the University of Adelaide and the Caulfield Institute of Technology in Melbourne; Lecturing in Australia at the invitation of the Goethe-Institut and the Crafts Board of Australia Council
1981-84, 1997
Teaching in Tokyo, Kyoto, Okinawa, Osaka; Lecturing in Japan
1985-93
Professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.
1993 -2011
Freelance in Alsorf.
† 2011