1939
Born in Allenstein.
1945–1957
Secondary school and graduation exam in Genthin.
1957–1958
Labourer in a factory in Genthin.
1958–1962
Studies at Dresden University of Fine Arts and Pedagogy Institute
in Dresden.
1962–1964
Mentor and art teacher in Sebnitz.
1964–1966
Art education clerk in Pioneer House in Dresden-Radebeul, external studies
of art education (obtained secondary school qualification) at Humboldt
University in Berlin.
1966–1971
The head of the House of Culture in Strausberg near Berlin.
1971–1990
An art professional in the Center of Culture in Berlin-Friedrichshain.
1990–1995
The head of the gallery in Berlin-Friedrichshain.
1996–1999
The head of a creative workshop – Glatzkasten (Berlin-Friedrichshain).
1999
From that time, he was only a free-lance artist and traveller. In that period,
thanks to his ambitious dilligence, every year he created several art cycles.
The woodcut technique, which he had fancied during his studies, became
his main long-life method of expression.
2003
In 2003 he accepted the invitation of his longtime friend Andrej Bielak
to stay in his studio in Vranov u Brna during summer. There, during that
summer and the following few years, the author created the essential graphic
works of his late production. We could admire his woodcuts at a large number
of exhibitions all around South Moravia (Brno, Vranov u Brna, Jevišovice,
Vranovice, Mikulov, Valtice, Pavlov).
2005
In 2005 the Vranov Municipality issued its first village calendar of his art prints
featuring Vranov. In summer 2010 in Vranov u Brna he created his last art cycle.
In South Moravia, he spent in total more than two years of his creative life.
2013
He died in 2013 and is buried in a small cemetery on the edge of Berlin
in the village of Schulzendorf.
Knut Norbert Felix Firchau
