1904
Born September 21, 1904 in Leipzig
1924
Studies philosophy and art history at the university of Leipzig
1925
Studies painting at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig and Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Dresden
1928
Relocates to Munich to study in the class of Max Doerner
1939
Joining of the Foreign Legion
1945
Returns heavily injured from war
1946
Hartung receives the french citizen ship and enters the Légion d’honneur
1955-1964
Participates in the first three editions of Documenta
1956
Receives Prix Guggenheim Appointed as an associate member of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin
1957
Receives Rubenspreis by the city of Siegen
1960
Receives the award of the Venice Biennale
1977
Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
1981
Receives Oskar-Kokoschka-Preis by the republic of Austria
1982
Inauguration of the Hartung room in the Staatsgalerie Moderne Kunst Munich
1989
Hans Hartung died December 8, 1989 in Antibes, France