Markus LÜPERTZ Artist, Berlin/ Düsseldorf
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| 1948 | Family emigrates to Rheydt, Rhineland in the West |
| 1956-1961 | Studies at the Werkkunstschule Krefeld with Laurens Goosens and educational stay at Kloster Maria Laac (Kreuzigungsbilder); works as a coalminer for one year; further studies in Krefeld and at the Academie Düsseldorf; works in road construction; travels to Paris |
| 1962 | Moves to Berlin and begins series of "Dithyrambic" paintings |
| 1964 | Opens Galerie Grossgörschen 35 in Berlin with the exhibition Dithyrambische Malerei |
| 1966 | Publishes "Art that gets in the way. Dithyrambic Manifesto." |
| 1968 | Publishes the manifesto "The Grace of the 20th Century is rendered visible by the dithyrambs I have invented" |
| 1970 | Lives for one year in Florence on a prize from the Villa Romana |
| 1971 | Awarded German Critic s Association Prize |
| 1974 | Participates in the 1st Berlin Biennale Guest lecturer and professor at the Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe |
| 1975 | Publishes first collection of poems, "9 x 9" |
| 1977 | Completes wall painting for the Ruhleben crematorium in Berlin Withdraws participation in documenta 6 |
| 1981 | Publishes collection of poems "und ich spiele, ich spiele..." |
| 1982 | Participates in documenta 7; completes stage design for the opera "Vincent" by Rainer Kunad at the Staatstheater Kassel; publishes collection of poems "Ich stand vor der Mauer aus Glas" |
| 1983 | Designs set for the opera "Werther" by Jules Massenet at the Ulm Theater |
| 1961-1983 | Teaches at the Sommerakademie in Salsburg Publishes the anthology "Gedichte, Auswahl" |
| 1984 | Travels to New York, publishes "New York Diary 1984"; on the occasion of the exhibition in the Wiener Sezession, publishes the Text "Bleiben Sie sitzen Heinrich Heine". |
| 1986 | Professorship at the Staatlichen Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| 1989-1990 | Designs church windows for the gothic choir in the cathedral in Nevers, France; |
| 1990 | Receives Lovis Corinth Prize of the Artist's Guild, Esslingen |
| 1991 | Designs set and costumes for the opera "The Storm" by Frank Martin at the Bremen Theater Publishes book "Poems and Lithographs" |
| 1999 | Begins work on "Vanitas" cycle |
| 2000 | Provides three sculptures for Palace Bensberg First presentation of the "Vesper" cycle in the exhibition Lost Paradise Lost |
| 2005 | Completes first of twelve cathedral windows for "Machabäerchor" at St. Andreas Cathedral, Cologne |
