| 1927 | Born in Düsseldorf |
| 1947–1949 | Studies art history at the University of Freiburg |
| 1949–1951 | Studies ceramics under Erika Opitz and H. K. Starke at the Wiesbaden School |
| of Applied Fine Arts | |
| 1951–1953 | Studies ceramics under Friedrich Theodor Schroeder at the Darmstadt School |
| of Applied Fine Arts | |
| 1953–1956 | Workshop in Lottstetten together with Karl Scheid |
| 1953–1957 | Porcelain designs for the firms of Rosenthal, Selb |
| 1953–1972 | Participates at the Internationale Messe in Frankfurt am Main |
| 1957 | Moves to Düdelsheim; builds an independent workshop on property owned by Karl Scheid |
| 1968 | Appointed member of the Académie internationale de la céramique, Geneva |
