Hans Martin Erhardt

• 1935 born in Emmendingen (Breisgau)

• 1954 -1961 studies at the Academy of Arts in Karlsruhe with Wilhelm Schnarrenberger and HAP Grieshaber

• Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation

• 1959 Study visit to Paris

• 1964 Encounter with Samuel Beckett

• 1965 V' Biennale des Jeunes, Paris.

• 1968 Scholarship holder at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris

• 1970 Lectureship at the Art Academy in Stuttgart

• 1973 Hans Thoma Prize, State Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg

• 1978 Picture cycle "Topography of a Silence" for the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

• 1980 Appointment at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) as head of the Institute of Fine Arts

• 1984 - 1986 Dean of the Department of Architecture
  

• 2001 Retirement from teaching
• Hans Martin Erhardt passed away on 16 November 2015

Hans Martin Erhardt exhibited many times in the Federal Republic of Germany and other countries.

He created stage sets and works for public buildings. Numerous paintings are in public possession.

He was a member of the Künstlerbund Baden-Würrtemberg, the International Association of Woodcutters

XYLON. For three decades he was a member of the German Artists' Association.

He lived and worked in Baden and in Languedoc.