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235 1920  im Januar Austritt aus der Sezession 1919; Auszeichnung mit dem Sächsischen Staatspreis für das Bild »Schwangere im Herbstwald«; Umwandlung der mit dem Preis verbundenen Rom-Reise in eine Reise ins Ruhrgebiet, dessen Reviere zum Motiv seiner Werke werden; Geburt des Sohnes Titus 1924  Mitglied der Dresdner Ortsgruppe der im Juni in Berlin gegründeten Roten Gruppe; Austritt aus der KPD; Beteiligung an der Ersten Allgemeinen Deutschen Kunstausstellung in Moskau, Leningrad und Saratow 1924–1926  Reisen nach Helgoland, in die Tschechoslowakei und nach Südfrankreich 1928  Auszeichnung mit dem Großen Preis für Malerei des Sächsischen Kunstvereins in Dresden 1933  im September/Oktober werden auf der Dresdner Ausstellung »Entartete Kunst« 40 frühe Werke gezeigt; Ausschluss aus dem Vorstand des Reichsverbands Bildender Künstler 1934  Übersiedlung nach Berlin 1937/38  im Rahmen der Aktion »Entartete Kunst« Beschlagnahmung von mehr als 150 Werken aus öffentlichen Sammlungen; in der Münchner Ausstellung »Entartete Kunst« werden vier Gemälde und drei Grafiken gezeigt 1938/39  Reise nach Norwegen und England 1941  Zerstörung von Berliner Atelier und Wohnung durch Bomben; Umzug nach Damsdorf bei Potsdam 1944  Umzug nach Tautenhain bei Leipzig; Einzug zum Kriegsdienst und sowjetische Kriegsgefangenschaft 1945  im Herbst Rückkehr nach Tautenhain 1949–1961  Professur für Zeichnung und Malerei an der Pädagogischen Fakultät der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle; Umzug nach Berlin-Köpenick und Emeritierung 1967  Übersiedlung nach Berlin-Zehlendorf (West-Berlin) 1970–1973  zahlreiche Ausstellungen in Italien und Deutschland 1974  Auszeichnung mit der Goldmedaille der IV. Internationalen Grafik-Biennale in Florenz 1977  gestorben am 24. März in West-Berlin | TE 1897  Born on May 21 st in Dresden as Conrad Felix Müller; his father worked as a blacksmith in a Dresden piano factory, his mother was first housewife, later owned a dairy; as child, took piano and violin lessons at Royal Conservatory 1911/12  Drawing lessons at the School of Applied Arts and Crafts in Dresden 1912  Painting lessons at Ferdinand Dorsch’s private art school; in December, early admission to the Dresden Kunstakademie (Art Academy) through the intercession of Carl Bantzer, whom he would study with 1913  Study travels to Hessen with painting class; acquaintance with Arnold Schönberg (series of woodcuts and etchings created to Schönberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire”) and Peter August Böckstiegel 1914  Studio on Johannstadt side of Dresden; supported by gallerist Hofrat Holst (Richter art gallery); master student under Carl Bantzer at the Kunstakademie; aquainted with Ludwig Meidner; first exhi- bition in the I.B. Neumann graphic arts collection in Berlin 1915  Finished studies and began working as freelance artist; exhibitions in Richter art gallery and Herwarth Walden’s Sturm Galerie in Berlin; worked for the magazine “Der Sturm” (The Storm); contract with Richter art gallery for a fixed monthly sum of 100 marks, in return for delivering prints (contract renewed 1918) 1916  Travels through southern Germany; left “Der Sturm” for the magazine “Die Aktion” (The Action); first Expression- ist evenings in his Rietschelstraße studio 1917  Brief employment as medical orderly for the armed forces; in October, together with poet Walter Rheiner and publisher Felix Stiemer, founded the “Expressionis- tische Arbeitsgemeinschaft” (Expressionist Working Group); Founded the Gruppe 1917; sold two paintings to sculptor Bernhard Hoetger 1918  Co-founder and contributor to the magazine “Menschen” (Human Beings); married Londa Freiin von Berg; in summer, the Wiesbaden art collector Heinrich Kirchhoff began to pay him a fixed monthly sum of 250 marks (until August 1920), in return for purchase option and preferential prices; birth of son Luca 1919  January 29 th , founding member and first director of Sezession 1919; joined the Communist party; finished building stage set for Expressionist play “Das bist Du” (That’s You) by Friedrich Wolf 1920  In January, left the Sezession 1919; awarded the Saxon State Prize for his painting “Pregnant Woman in Fall Forest”; instead of traveling to Rome with prize money, traveled to Ruhr Valley, which provided motifs for new works; birth of son Titus 1924  Member of the Dresden chapter of the Rote Gruppe (Red Group), which had been founded in Berlin in June; left the Communist party; took part in the First German Art Exhibition in Moscow, Lenin- grad and Saratov 1924–26  Traveled to Helgoland, to Czecho- slovakia and to southern France 1928  Awarded the Great Prize for Painting by the Sächsischer Kunstverein (Saxon Art Association) in Dresden 1933  In September/October, 40 early works of his included in the Dresden “Entartete Kunst” (Degenerate Art) exhi­ bition; expelled from the board of the Reichsverband Bildender Künstler (Asso­ ciation of Visual Artists) 1934  Moved to Berlin 1937/38  As part of the “Entartete Kunst” initiative, more than 150 works of his con- fiscated from public collections; in the Munich “Entartete Kunst” show, four paintings and three prints included 1938/39  Traveled to Norway and England 1941  Berlin studio and apartment destroyed in bombing; moved to Damsdorf near Potsdam 1944  Moved to Tautenhain near Leipzig; drafted for military service and was Soviet prisoner of war 1945  Returned to Tautenhain in the fall 1949–1961  Professor of Drawing and Paint- ing in the education department of the Martin Luther University in Halle; moved to Berlin Köpenick and retired 1967  Moved to Berlin Zehlendorf (West Berlin) 1970–1973  Numerous exhibitions in Italy and Germany 1974  Awarded the Gold Medal at the Fourth International Graphic Design Bien- nale in Florence 1977  Died on March 24 th in West Berlin | TE