Victor Vasarely当时的生活
完整生平1966–1969
Honorary citizen of New Orleans and other honours
In 1966 he is made an honorary citizen of New Orleans and wins a prize in Kraków and a gold medal in Rimini; in 1967 a prize of Japan's foreign minister at the Tokyo Biennale and a Carnegie Institute prize; in 1968 the “Prestige du Papier”; in 1969 a first prize in Kraków and the first “Golden Palette” at Cannes.
1969
A professorship title in Budapest
In 1969 Vasarely is awarded the title of professor at the Higher School of Applied Arts in Budapest.
1969
Vasarely's work on a David Bowie album cover
The original British cover of David Bowie's second album, “David Bowie” (1969, also called “Space Oddity”), features Vasarely's work in the background.
1970
Knight of the Legion of Honour
In 1970 Vasarely becomes a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.
5 June 1970
The first Vasarely museum opens in Gordes
On 5 June 1970 Vasarely opens his first dedicated museum, with over 500 works, in a Renaissance palace in Gordes; it was closed in 1996.
1970s
Decorating the “Suomi” tableware for Rosenthal
Vasarely tries industrial design: he decorates a run of 500 pieces of Timo Sarpaneva's upscale “Suomi” tableware for the Studio Linie of the German porcelain maker Rosenthal.
