Farblithografie, unten rechts handsigniert, o. Datum; Titel: Komposition.
Vita: 1924 Born in Aachen, Germany, 1946 – 1950,
Studies at the Public Academy of Arts (Staatliche Kunstakademie), Düsseldorf,
Germany, 1953, Member since 1953 of the Group 53, 1957 –
1960, Leader of the Group 53 in Düsseldorf1960 Starts to
create collages of newspapers, 1961 Sponsorship award of federal
state North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,1964 Creates: advertising
pillar / For the first time: stay in New York,1969 Uses negative
films for his collages, 1971 Acrylic paintings as painted collages,
1977 Returns to the pure technique of collage, 1984 Starts
to work with paperboard packaging materials, 1982 – 1985 2.
leader of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, 1967 – 1990 Professorship
at the Academy of Arts (Hochschule der Künste) Berlin, 1990 End
of teaching activity . Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
Exhibitions
(selection): 2014 GERMAN POP, Schirn Kunsthalle,
Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 2012 Aufbruch Realismus. Die neue
Wirklichkeit im Bild nach ’68, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Germany, 2009
Kunststiftung Poll, Berlin (solo), 2004 Galerie Vömel,
Düsseldorf, Germany (solo), 1995 Galerie Heseler, Munich (solo),
1994 Galerie Niepel, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo), 1994 Schloß
Neersen, Willich, Germany (solo), 1993 Trinkaus & Burkhardt,
Düsseldorf, Germany (solo), 1989 Galerie Numaga, Auvernier,
Switzerland (solo), 1980 Kunstavillon, Soest, Germany (solo),
1967 Galerie Cadario, Milan, Italy (solo), 1962 Galerie
König, Hannover, Germany (solo), 1961
Galerie Orez, Den Haag, The Netherlands (solo), 1960 u. 1959
Long Beach Museum of Art, California, USA (solo), 1958 Galerie
Apollinaire, Mailand, Italy (solo), 1954 – 1955 Galerie Arnaud,
Paris (solo), 1954 – 1955 Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo),
1954 – 1955 Galerie Schaumann, Essen, (solo)