1928
Born on July 9 in Dusseldorf
1948
Gaul begins a sculpture apprenticeship
1949-1950
Studies Art History and German Studies at the University of Cologne
1950-1953
Studied under Willi Baumeister and Manfred Henninger at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart
1955
Becomes a member of “Gruppe 53”
1956
First solo exhibition at Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt in Munich
1957
First solo exhibition in Dusseldorf at “Galerie 22”
1958
Art Prize of Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft
1959
Participation in documenta II, Kassel
1962
Solo exhibition at Robert Elkon Gallery, New York
1964
Villa Romana Prize, Florence
1964/65
Visiting Lecturer at Staatliche Kunstschule Bremen and in 1965/66 at Bath Academy and at Regional College of Arts, Hull
1977
Participation in documenta 6, Kassel
1978
Kunsthalle Kiel organizes a retrospective of his prints on the occassion of the publication of the Catalogue Raisonné of his prints and objects
1982
Pinacoteca di Macerata shows a retrospective of his drawings
1984
The state of North Rhine-Westphalia appoints him professor h.c.
1987/88
Retrospective of the works on paper, Museum Morsbroich
1994
Lovis-Corinth-Award
2003
Winfred Gaul dies in Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth on May 3rd