1937 born on May 18, in Großschönau near Zittau
1939 Move to Breslau
1944 Evacuation to Dresden
from 1951 Apprenticeship as Chemigraph.
1954 Decision, to become a painter, after participation in a painting course at Volkshochschule in Dresden by Jürgen Böttcher/Strawalde. Classmates and friends: Peter Graf, Winfried Dierske, Peter Makolies und Ralf Winkler/A. R. Penck
since 1971 a freelance painter
1977 Co-founderder of Obergrabenpresse in Dresden
1982 Application to leave GDR
1984 Departure from GDR. Arrival in Hamburg
1985 First trip to London to visit his friend A. R. Penck, painting in his studio
1986 Move to West Berlin
1987 Work scholarship from the Senate Office for Cultural Affairs
1988/1989 Travels to Algeria, France and Italy
1994 first acquaintance with Anke Appuhn
1995 Travel to Brasil
1998 Villa Romana Prize, ten-month-stay in Florence
1999 Scholarship from Konrad Adenauer Foundation; Full Member of  Saxon Academy of Arts
2001 Fred Thieler Prize for Painting 2001, Berlinische Galerie, Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Fotografie und Architektur, Berlin

Peter Herrmann lives and works in Berlin