Publication of the book 'GENESIS' with 18 Serigraphies in the edition Har-El, Jaffa/Israel.  1948: Kunstpreis junger westen from the city of Recklinghausen, Germany.  1955 Art award from the city of Iserlohn, Germany.  1958: Karl Ernst Osthaus Preis (Karl-Ernst-Osthaus Award), Hagen, Germany.  1958: Guggenheim Award (National Section), New York.  1959: Award from the Japanese Cultural Minister in celebration of the V. International Art Exhibition, Tokyo.  1962: Premio Cardazzo in celebration of the XXX. Venice Biennale, Italy.  1962: First prize silver medal, Bang Danh-Du Award in celebration of the 1st International Arts Exhibition, Saigon, Vietnam.  1963: Großer Kunstpreis (Great Art Award) of North-Rhine Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany.  1965: Second Prize, VI. Exposition Internationale de Gravure, Ljubljana.  1966: Prize of the Governor of Tokyo, in celebration of the 5th International Biennale Exhibition of Prints, Tokyo, Japan.  1968: Receives First Class Cross of Merit from the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.  1968: Member of the Academy of Arts Berlin, Germany.  1974: Award of the city of Ibiza in celebration of the Graphic-Biennial 1974.  1978: August Macke Prize of the city of Meschede, Germany.  1982: Member of the Order of Merit (Pour le Mérite) of Sciences and the Arts.  1982: Rubenspreis (Rubens Award) from the city of Siegen, Ring of Honor from the city of Hagen, both Germany.  1983: Receives Grand Cross of Merit with Star from the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.  1987: Jerg-Ratgeb-Preis (Jörg-Ratgeb-Award) of the city of Reutlingen, Germany.  1987: Award of the European Academy of Fine Arts, Trier, Germany.  1987: Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.  1988: Silver Medal in celebration of the 2. International Biennial in Bagdad, Irak.  1988: Honorary citizenship of the city of Hagen.  1990: Herbert-Boeckl-Award for Modern European Painting.  1990: First Prize of the 1.