1916 born in Königsberg
1935 Abitur in Königsberg / Labor Service
1937-1941 Medical studies in Königsberg / work and military service
1941-1943 study ban
Visit of the private painting school Hein König in Munich
Working student of a lighting and photo workshop in Munich
1946 friendship with Rupprecht Geiger
1946-1950 studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Carl Caspar
1948 friendship with Gerhard Fietz, Rolf Cavael, Willy Hempel, Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff, Fritz winter and
Willi Baumeister, with Rupprecht Geiger the founding members of the group "ZEN 49" / meeting with
John Anthony Thwaites / Design of Schwabinger pubs together with Mac Zimmermann
1950-1951 stay in Holland
1951-1953 stay in Paris, choice of "Studio 17" of his friend Stanley William Hayter as a place of work
Meeting with Hans Hartung, Serge Poliakoff and Pierre Soulages
1952 marriage with Mienske Janssen
1953 moved to Munich
Member of the "Neue Gruppe", Munich
1954 member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin
1955 contact to Will Grohmann, Carl Linfert and Werner Haftmann
1957 meeting with Manfred de la Motte
1959-1981 Professor at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
1959 move to Berlin
1972-1973 Visiting Professor at the College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1976-1983 representative of the Federal Republic of Germany in the "International Association of Art (IAA)"
1978 Member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin and the New Darmstadt Secession, Darmstadt
1979 election as Vice President of the International Association of Art (IAA)
1980-1983 Vice President of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Journey through Burgundy with Manfred de la Motte
1981-1983 member of the jury of the foundation Kunstfonds for the promotion of contemporary fine arts, Bonn
1983 election as Honorary President of the International Association of Art
1989-1991 work on the ceiling painting "night sky" for the Residenztheater, Munich
executed with the help of Matthias Hollefreund
1991 Foundation of the "Fred Thieler Prize for Painting" of an art prize for younger artists
1999 Died in Berlin