1887
Born February 25, 1887 in Aachen-Burtscheid
1905–1907
Studies at Technische Hochschule Aachen
1907
Studies painting at Akademie für Bildende Künste Berlin in the class of Julius Ehrentraut
1914
Shortly student of Lovis Corinth, finishes as Meisterschüler of Arthur Kampf
1918
Becomes a member of Novembergruppe
1924
Multiple participation at Große Berliner Kunstausstellung
1932
Professorship at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, moves to the rhine region
1937
Diffamed by the Nazis, dismissed from his teaching position at Kunstakademie
1946 - 1957
Second appointment as professor for sculpturing at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, among his students are Joseph Beuys, Günter Haese
1947
Important commissions by the church, like the bronze doors of the south portal of the dome in Cologne
1953
Receives the Kunstpreis of North Rhine-Westphalia
1955
Medalled by the Triennale Milan
1958
Mataré receives the Orderof Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1965
Died March 29th, 1965 in Meerbusch-Büderich