1938
born on 24 March in Velbert (Rhineland)
1957-1961
Studies at the Folkwang-Schule, Essen, Germany
1962-1966
Studies at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Berlin
1972
Prize of the Böttcherstraße, Bremen Prize of the Villa Romana, Florence
1974
Professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Berlin
1976
First travel sketches in Norway (water colours on the Lofoten)
1985
Book publication: "Die verschwundene Malerei", Essays on contemporary art, Siedler Verlag, Berlin
1989
Member of the Freie Akademie Hamburg
1991
Book publication: "Die Schuld der Moderne", Essays on Postmodernism, Corso/Siedler Verlag, Berlin
2004
Design of the Ullstein-Halle, Axel Springer Verlag, Berlin with two monumental paintings: "View of Berlin Mitte" (600 x 400 cm), "Landscape in the Uckermarck" (410 x 400 cm),
2005
Design of the monumental ceiling painting "Wolkenzug" in the Spiegelsaal, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Book publication/Publication: "Wahn der Malerei", Theoretical Essays on Art and Society, Siedler Verlag, Munich
2007
Book publication: Günter Kunert "Endgültig morgens um Vier", volume of poems, with lithographs by Klaus Fußmann, Eichthal Verlag, Eckernförde In winter first painting of ceramics (vases, jugs)
2008
Book publication: Siegfried Lenz "The Spirit of the Mirabelle", stories from Bollerup, with Schleswig-Holstein landscapes by Klaus Fußmann, Felix Jud Verlag, Hamburg
2009
Book publication: "Wahn der Malerei", theoretical essays on art and society, Pantheon Verlag, paperback
2011
Order of Merit of Schleswig-Holstein
2015
Price of the der Ike und Berthold Roland Foundation
2018
Price for culture of the state Schleswig-Holstein