Artists' support of the Deutscher Künstlerbund

»If we want art to prosper, it needs footing and promotion«, Harry Graf Kessler wrote 1903 on the occasion of the establishment of the Deutscher Künstlerbund in Weimar. One of the most important goals of the Deutscher Künstlerbund should be the support and promotion of younger artists and their work.

Glenfiddich Förderpreis für junge Kunst

2002 Isa Melsheimer, Berlin

Deutscher Künstlerbundpreis der Sparkasse

In 1990 two art awards emerged from the Stiftung des Deutschen Sparkassen und Giroverbandes, which were assigned until 1999 by an annually changing jury. The award consisted of a promotion endowed with DM 30.000.- and was awarded as a one-off payment to a younger participant of the exhibition. The subsidy award was assigned to:

2000 Fritz Schwegler, Breech

1999 Jürgen Drescher

1998 Tyyne Claudia Pollmann, Berlin

1997 Martin Dörbaum, Berlin

1996 Suse Wiegand, Düsseldorf

1995 Jörg Sasse, Düsseldorf

1994 Hermann Pitz, Düsseldorf

1993 Tilo Schulz, Leipzig

1992 Andrea Ostermeyer, Hannover

1991 Friedhelm Falke, Hannover

1990 Bernhard Garbert, Berlin

Harry Graf Kessler-Preis

This honorary award acknowledges the complete oeuvre of a renowned artist. To symbolize the honouring, a sphere consisting of a semiprecious stone and an engraved gold plate is handed over to the artist, designed by the Hamburg goldsmith Gerda Stelzer. The honorary award was assigned to:

1998 Anton Stankowski, Stuttgart

1997 Reiner Ruthenbeck, Ratingen

1996 Rune Mields, Cologne

1995 Erwin Heerich, Meerbusch

1994 Rupprecht Geiger, Munich

1993 Ernst Hermanns, Gauting/Munich

1992 Carlfriedrich Claus, Annaberg-Buchholz

1991 Emil Schumacher, Hagen

1990 Rolf Szymanski, Berlin

Kunstpreis des Deutschen Künstlerbundes

In 1988 another sponsor for an art award of the Deutscher Künstlerbund could be won – the Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband. The award, endowed with DM 30.000.-, was awarded in equal shares to:

1989 Heinz Breloh, Düsseldorf and Beate Terfloth, Berlin

1988 Fred Thieler, Berlin and Hartmut Neumann, Cologne

Furthermore in 1988, the Landesgirokasse Stuttgart donated two special prizes endowed with DM 10.000.-, which were awarded to the artist duo Klaus Geldmacher/Edmund Kieselbach, Düsseldorf and the artist Hans-Jürgen Breuste, Hannover.

Marianne und Hansfried Defet-Preis

From 1981 to 1985 already the Marianne und Hansfried Defet-Preis was donated by the identically named couple from Nuremberg for the exhibition of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. The award was endowed with DM 10.000.- and it was primarily awarded to younger artists for an artistic overall performance. The awardees were:

1985 Timm Ulrichs, Hannover

1984 Gisela Walther, Munich

1983 Hiromi Akiyama, Karlsruhe

1982 Johannes Brus, Essen

1981 Albrecht von Hancke, Karlsruhe