Travels through Tunisia and winter stay in Hammamet.
Member of the Order of Merit for Sciences and the Arts, France.
Rubenspreis (Rubens Award) from the city of Siegen, Ring of Honor from the city of Hagen, both Germany.
Travels to Marocco where Suite Maroc, encompassing 36 pages, is created
Great Cross of Merit with Star from the Order of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany.
In his studio, 1984
Guest of Honor of the German Academy of Rome, Villa Massimo, Italy.
Jörg-Ratgeb-Preis (Jörg-Ratgeb-Award) of the city of Reutlingen, Germany.
Award of the European Academy of Fine Arts, Trier, Germany.
Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.