1929
Born in Berlin.
1948
Moved to Australia and, later in his life, to Thailand.

Most of his professional experiences were in the commercial art scene, specifically as advertising art director of a major agency in Sydney and Bangkok. As early as 1975 he also began pursuing a path as a book illustrator in less commercially oriented ventures. Even then his motivations were driven by concern for the natural environment. The self-written and illustrated coffee table book ‘A Casual Stroll Through Siam’s Orchid World’ became a milestone in that genre at the time. It was reprinted in 1983.

1986
After retiring from advertising, he became more involved in book design and illustration. Also multimedia activities began to draw his attention, culminating in producing an experimental DVD of images\sound\and text.

2005
At this time he decided to tackle the world of comics, which, because of its interplay of images and text, had intrigued him for a long time. This is an ongoing project, far from having reached conclusion. In the meantime, Manfred has come to feel increasingly enchained by ‘the inability to shake the illustrative concept’. It’s his envy of ‘pure art’ floating freer of conceptual links, that drives him.

His latest efforts reflect and express this newly found mental freedom.