Biography

1932

born on 21 February in Furth im Wald in the Upper Palatinate

1938–1952

schooldays in the Upper Palatinate, Abitur (higher education entrance qualification)

1952-1958

studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, ultimately as a master student of Erich Glette

1956

Sturm and Prem travel together to a Rembrandt exhibition in Amsterdam

1957

close contact to Lothar Fischer and Heimrad Prem, acquaintance with HP Zimmer

1958

six-month Paris scholarship from the French government

1957/1958

co-founder of the artists’ group SPUR

1959–1962

member of the Situationist International (S.I.)

1962

marries Maria Matuella, birth of their son Andreas

1964

birth of their second son Meinhard

1965

SPUR cooperates with the group WIR, publication of the magazine SPURWIR

1966

SPUR and WIR adopt the common group name GEFLECHT

1968

cooperation in the university group of socialist art students

1970

co-founder of the Kinderforum (children’s forum), Forumgalerie van de Loo, Munich (collaboration until 1980)

1971

birth of his daughter Katharina

1976

co-founder of the artists’ association KOLLEKTIV HERZOGSTRASSE

1980–1982

guest professorship at the Berlin University of Arts

1985

death of Maria Sturm

1985–1998

professorship for painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

1986

Fritz Winter Award

1988

marries Veronika Jacquet

1994

Member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

2006

death of his son Meinhard

2007

Friedrich Baur Award granted by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts

2008

Helmut Sturm dies in Pullach near Munich on the 19th of February