1890
Born in Munich
1910–1914
Studied art history in Munich, Jena and Berlin
1918–1928
Artistic director of the Jena Art Association
1920s
Developed his constructivist painting, illuminated advertising and typography
1935
Dismissed as an ‘unreliable National Socialist’, works later confiscated as ‘degenerate’
From 1942
Worked in the field of design history and industrial design in Braunschweig
1973
Died in Braunschweig