1908 |
born in Munich on January 26, son of the painter and graphic artist Willi Geiger |
1923–1925 |
Relocation of the family to Madrid |
1926–1929 |
Studied architecture at the Munich School of Applied Arts under the neoclassicist Eduard Pfeiffer |
1930–1932 |
Bricklayer apprenticeship in Munich |
1933–1935 |
Architectural studies at the Staatsbauschule Munich |
1936–1940 |
Worked for various Munich architectural firms, including Oswald Eduard Bieber |
1940–1944 |
War service on the Eastern Front in Poland and Russia (1941-42), deployment as a war painter in Ukraine (1943) and Greece (1944) |
1945 |
First participation in a group exhibition - Amtsgericht, Prien |
1948 |
first participation in an international exhibition abroad - Réalités Nouvelles 1948, 3ème Salon in Paris |
1949 |
Co-founder of the artist group ZEN 49 (until 1957) |
1949–1962 |
Activity as an independent architect together with his wife Monika Geiger |
1951 |
Design of the façade at Munich Central Station as the first public commission in the field of art in architecture |
1953 |
First solo exhibition - Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich |
1955 |
Start working with oil paint |
1963–1964 |
Poster series for the 'Musica Viva' concert series |
1964 |
'Catalogue raisonné of graphic works 1948-1964'. |
1965–1976 |
Professorship for painting at the State Academy of Arts Düsseldorf |
1970 |
Member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin |
1972 |
'Catalogue raisonné of prints 1948-1972' |
1978 |
First retrospective - Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich |
1979 |
Honorary member of the State Academy of Arts, Düsseldorf |
1983 |
Member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
1993 |
Honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich |
1999 |
Honorary member of the Förderverein Lenbachhaus e.V., Munich |
2002 |
Representative of Germany at the XXV Bienal de São Paulo |
2003 |
'Catalogue raisonné 1942-2002, paintings and objects, architecture-related art'. |
2007 |
'Catalogue raisonné of prints 1948-2007'. |
2008 |
On the occasion of his 100th birthday, numerous exhibitions and retrospectives, including Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich, Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen |
2009 |
died in Munich on December 6 |