| 1930 | Born in Hannover, Germany |
| 1943 | Moved permanently to Zurich, Switzerland were he started painting and writing poetry |
| 1947 | Moved to bern, Switzerland with his family where he began an apprenticeship in commercial art |
| 1957 | Moved to Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 1960 | Won the William and Norma Copley Award |
| 1970 | Taught at the School of Graphic Design, Providence, RI |
| 1991 | Awarded the Genevan Prix Caran d’Ache Beaux Arts, Switzerland |
| 1998 | Deceased in Basel, Switzerland |