Art Prize of the GDR
The Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic was founded on January 22, 1959 by the government of the GDR and awarded annually in October by the Minister of Culture. It was a high state award for individual artistic achievements that were considered to be trend-setting for the development of culture. The art prize was awarded annually in particular to personalities who had made merits in the fields of music, visual arts, applied arts, film, television, radio and entertainment.
The award was presented to individuals and collectives awarded up to six people. It could only be awarded once to the individual or the same collective. The award included a medal , a certificate and a cash donation for individuals of 6,000 marks and for collectives up to 20,000 marks.
Award winners
The winners of the GDR Art Prize include:
- Hartwig Albiro
- Ulrich Aust
- Rudolf Austen
- Theo Balden
- Conny Bauer
- Arndt Bause
- Hannelore Bey
- Gerhard Bienert
- Thomas Billhardt
- Irmgard Boas
- Manfred Bofinger
- Kurt Böwe
- Fritz Bornemann
- Gudrun Brüne
- Victor Bruns
- Albert Burkat
- Volker Büttner
- City
- Peter Damm
- Mathilde Danegger
- Fred Delmare
- Angelica Domröse
- Dietrich Dorfstecher
- Fritz Duda
- Wolfgang Engel
- Gunther Erdmann
- Veronika Fischer
- Erich Franz
- Erich Geister
- Erich Gerlach
- Rainer Genss
- Erwin Geschonneck
- Bernd Göbel
- Helga Goering
- Christa Gottschalk
- Günter Grabbert
- Roland Graef
- New Music Group Hanns Eisler
- Ulrich Hachulla
- Hartmut Haenchen
- Harald Hakenbeck
- Gisela Heller
- Barbara Henniger
- Peter Herd
- Peter Herrmann
- Rudi Högner
- Hans-Dieter Hosalla
- Walter Howard
- Klaus Hugo
- Jo Jastram
- Günter Junghans
- Ernst Kahler
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- Herbert Kegel
- Inge Keller
- Helmut Klotz
- Günter Kootz
- Olaf Koch
- Günter Kochan
- Gottfried Kolditz
- Peter Konwitschny
- Wilfried Krätzschmar
- Henry Krtschil
- Eberhard Kube
- Walter Kubiczeck
- Jürgen Kuttner
- Reinhard Lakomy
- Christian Lehmann
- Georg Leopold
- Siegfried Lorenz
- Nora Mank
- Guido Masanetz
- Wolfgang Mattheuer
- Gisela May
- Otto Möhwald
- Alfred Muller
- Gustav Müller
- Helmut Müller-Lankow
- Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Karlheinz mouth
- Willi Neubert
- Walter Niklaus
- Friedel Nowack
- Carlernst Ortwein
- Henry Pacholski
- Ralf Petersen
- Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky
- Otti planner
- Barbara Plensat
- Puhdys
- Heinz Quermann
- Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
- Frank Ruddigkeit
- Christine van Santen
- Manfred Scherzer
- Christfried Schmidt
- Dieter Schneider
- Klaus Schneider
- Siegfried Schreiber
- Paul-Oskar Seese
- Elizabeth Shaw
- Willi Sitte
- Günter "Baby" summer
- Star combo Meissen
- Rudi Stolle
- Adele Stolte
- Peter Strand
- Hilmar Thate
- Siegfried Thiele
- Bärbel Wachholz
- Lothar Warneke
- Heinz Werner
- Richard O. Wilhelm
- Gerhard Wohlgemuth
- Alfons Wonneberg
- Marianne Wünscher
- Gerhard Zachar
- Ludwig Zepner
- Jutta Zoff
More art prizes
Thematic art prizes have also been awarded by mass organizations in the GDR since the 1960s :
- Erich Weinert Medal of the FDJ for youth art;
- FDGB art prize for the world of work ( FDGB );
- artistic topics on sport by the DTSB ;
- Art and culture for friendship with the Soviet Union through DSF ;
- The Association of Mutual Farmers' Aid awarded their art prize for the first time on May 16, 1986, among others to Jurij Brězan , Erwin Strittmatter , Walter Womacka .
Further art prizes were awarded by the districts of the GDR to freelancers and artist collectives, provided that there was a special regional connection or special achievements were recognized.
Web links
- The Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic. In: Stefan Hornbostel's website . Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 .