August 8, 1929 born in vienna

1946-1948

Attended the graphic art school Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Vienna

1948-1955
Attended the painting master class of Josef Dobrowsky at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1951-1955
Member of the Vienna Art Club

1956

Cofounded the artist group Galerie St. Stephan (with Wolfgang Hollegha, Markus Prachensky and Arnulf Rainer)

1968

XXXIV. Venice Biennal

1969
Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (painting master class)

1972-1997
Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (so called: Abendakt)

1975-76
Mural painting (oil on canvas, 300 m²), Kapelle Bildungshaus St. Virgil, Salzburg

1983, 1985, 1988 and 1990

Taught master classes for painting, nude drawing and sculpture at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts

1990
Austrian Decoration of Honour for Science and Art

1994-97
Painted the large ceiling mural and twenty-two wall murals for the Großer Redoutensaal hall at the Vienna Hofburg palace

2004
Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria

2008 Josef Mikl died in Vienna