1950 - 1960 degree after 10 year school
attendance

1958 - 1964 private lessons in drawing with Johanna und Dr. Herbert Hauschild in Leipzig

1960 - 1964  apprenticeship with Meissner & Buch in Offset-Retouching 

1965 - 1970 study at the art academy in Leipzig, 
special subject: applied graphic arts
degree: diploma in applied graphic arts 
professors: Prof. Werner Tübke,
                     Prof. Hans Mayer-Foreyt 

since 1970 freelance painter and graphic designer