Hermann Serient

1935 born in Melk, Lower Austria
1940 moves to Vienna
1948 first drawings and paintings, mostly phantastic visions
1950 studies goldsmith
1955 works as musician and freelance painter
1956 hitchhikes throughout Europe
1962 first exhibition in Vienna
1963 atelier in Vienna
1965 moves to Rohr in southern Burgenland
1968 first paintings for a series of works about life and people in Burgenland
1970 experiments with musical instruments, works for the ORF
1976 political engagement
1980 works on a cycle the artist calls "Icons of the 20th century"
1983 starts painting landscapes and teaching
1992 opening of his own gallery (until 1995)
1995 makes woodcuts and monotypies
1999 lives and works mostly in Vienna and works on various projects