| 1941 | born in Liberec (formerly Reichenberg/Böhmen), Czech Republic |
| 1956-1961 | studied at Werkkunstschule Krefeld, worked in coal mine, then road construction, followed by further studies in Krefeld and at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Germany |
| seit 1961 | independent artist and poet |
| 1962 | began "dithyrambish painting" in Berlin, Germany |
| 1964 | opening of the Galerie Großgörschen 35 in Berlin |
| 1970 | Villa Romana Prize for a one-year residence in Florence, Italy, began the "German Motifs" |
| 1971 | German Critics’ Prize |
| 1973 | Survey of work at the Staatlichen Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany |
| 1974 | organized the first Biennale Berlin, Germany |
| 1976-1987 | Professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 1977 | began "Style-Pictures", withdrew participation in "documenta 6" with Georg Baselitz |
| 1980 | began the "Alice in Wonderland" Cycle |
| 1982 | Participation in "documenta 7" in Kassel, stage design for the opera Vincent by Rainer Kunad at the Staatstheater Kassel, Germany |
| 1983 | Stage design for the opera Werther by Jules Massenet at Ulmer Theater (before the premiere, the set was removed at the request of the actors), Ulm, Germany, Professor at the Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria, Publication of the collection of poems Poems 1961-1983, Selection |
| 1984 | Residence in New York, creation of the pictures "Pierrot Lunaire" |
| 1985 | began pictures after Corot |
| 1986 | Professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Rector since 1988, creation of the "Interspace-Ghost Series" |
| 1989 | Retrospective of paintings, sculptures, and drawing from 1964 to 1988 at Abbaye Saint-André and Centre d'Art Contemporaine in Meymac, France, began pictures after Poussin |
| 1989-1990 | Church window design for the Nevers cathedral, France |
| 1990 | Lovis Corinth Prize of the Essling Artist Guild |
| 1991 | Stage design and costumes for the opera The Storm by Frank Martin (after William Shakespeare) at the Bremer Theater, Germany |
| 1993 | Creation of the first pictures in the series "Men without Women – Parsifal" |
| 1996 | Creation of the "Othello" Cycle, design, stage design, and costumes for Verdi’s opera Troubadour at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Duisburg and Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1998 | Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany |
| 1999 | Began the cycle "Vanitas", Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany |
| 2000 | Outfitted the Bensberg Palace park with an ensemble of three sculptures, Germany |
| 2001 | Wrap-around wall images "The Six Virtues" and the bronze "The Philosophers" for the Berlin Kanzleramt, Germany |
| 2002 | Exhibition at IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia and at Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany |
| 2003 | "Markus Lüpertz: The Augsburg Aphrodite with the preliminary works", Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany, "German Art Now", Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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| 2004 | "Painting is dead – long live Painting. 150 Years Academy of Arts Karlsruhe. Professors from 1947 to 1987", Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| "German Art from an American View", Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2005 | "Markus Lüpertz", Nationalmuseum Breslau, Breslau, Poland, "Ways of the Expressive. Baselitz, Lüpertz, Rainer and Contemporaries. An Insight in a Private Collection", Schlossmuseum Murnau, Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany
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| 2006 | "Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck", Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China, "Markus Lüpertz: Daphne", Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland, Germany, "ROMA: Rosemarie Trockel/Markus Lüpertz", Museum Kuppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Germany |
| 2007 | "Markus Lüpertz", Imperial Museum Beijing, China |
