1950-1956 studies at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Duesseldorf, MA in philosophy at the University of Cologne
1957 co-founder of the ZERO-movement in Duesseldorf together with Otto Piene
1958 first "lightreliefs", "light-pillars" and the so-called "Sahara-Projekt"; art award of the town of Krefeld
1963 painting his last picture on canvas, since then chromatic colour pictures on paper are created, in which the spectrum of light varies; Premio Marzotto, Italy
1965 1. Prix arts plastiques, 4. Biennale Venice
1970 chair in Osaka/Japan; Adolf-Grimme-Award for his film "Tele-Mack", 1968
1971 appreciation award of the biennial film-festival in Venice
1979 1. Award of the international competition "Light ´79", Netherlands
since 1991 restarts painting on canvas (chromatic constellations)
1992 Großer Kulturpreis of the Rheinischer Sparkassenverband
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