At the end of World War II he formed part of a Dresden artistic group known as "Künstlergruppe der ruf - befreite Kunst (Call to an art in freedom)" along with Karl von Appen, Helmut Schmidt-Kirstein and Christoph Hans, among others. In this city he made an experimental report named "Dresdner Totentanz (Dance of death in Dresden)" as a condemnation of the bombing of the city. In 1946 he was named a member of the Academy of Art in the city.