Painter, Draughtsman, Motion picture artist, Collage artist (male), Commercial artist (male), Sculptor (male), Philosopher (male), Art historian (male), Poet (male), Academy director and College professor (male)
1955-1959 and 1965-1968 studies philosophy, art history and archaeology. Earns his doctorate. 1967-1971 teaches at the art academies in Karlsruhe and Munich. 1971-1997 professor at the Städel School, Frankfurt am Main.