Edwin Scharff Prize
The Edwin Scharff Prize was donated by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 1955, the year of the death of the namesake Edwin Scharff . The prize has been awarded annually since 1955; it was originally endowed with 15,000 DM, now with 7,500 euros.
The artist Edwin Scharff, born in Neu-Ulm in 1887, was appointed to the State Art School in Hamburg after the war , where he lived and worked until his death. Scharff was a 20th century sculptor .
The Edwin Scharff Prize is awarded to artists whose works shape the cultural life of the city of Hamburg. A seven-person jury appointed by the Senate decides on the award. It also decides whether the work of the award candidates corresponds to the claim set by the award's namesake.
List of award winners
- 1955: Erich Hartmann and Hans Martin Ruwoldt
- 1956: Arnold Fiedler and Fritz Husmann
- 1957: Karl Kluth and Herbert Spangenberg
- 1958: Fritz Kronenberg and Richard Steffen
- 1959: Willem Grimm and Eylert Spars
- 1960: Tom Hops and Martin Irwahn
- 1961: Fritz Flinte and Karl August Ohrt
- 1962: Ivo Hauptmann and Alfred Mahlau
- 1963: Joachim Albrecht and Ursula Querner
- 1964: Werner Reichold and Gustav Seitz
- 1965: Horst Janssen and Paul Wunderlich
- 1966: Fritz Fleer and Hans Sperschneider
- 1967: Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann
- 1968: Gisela Bührmann and Diether Kressel
- 1969: Volker Detlef Heydorn and Hans Kock
- 1970: Werner Bunz and Harald Duwe
- 1971: Knud Knabe and Jörn Pfab
- 1972: Armin Sandig and Manfred Sihle-Wissel
- 1973: Volker Meier and Hans Hermann Steffens
- 1974: Almut Heise and Karin Witte
- 1975: Edgar Augustin and Anna Oppermann
- 1976: Ingrid Webendoerfer and Wilhelm M. Busch
- 1977: Kai Sudeck
- 1978: no award winner named
- 1979: Dieter Glasmacher
- 1980: Detlef Birgfeld
- 1981: Christa Lühtje and Holger Matthies
- 1982: Klaus Kröger
- 1983: Ulrich Rückriem
- 1984: Claus Böhmler
- 1985: Hanne Darboven
- 1986: Gudrun Piper and Max Hermann Mahlmann
- 1987: Jan Meyer Rogge
- 1988: Gustav Kluge
- 1989: Franz Erhard Walther
- 1990: Stanley Brown
- 1991 and 1992: no award winners named
- 1993: Jürgen Bordanowicz
- 1994: Rolf Rose
- 1995: Hyun-Sook Song
- 1996: Anna Blume and Bernhard Blume
- 1997: Klaus Kumrow
- 1998: Andreas Slominski
- 1999: Gisela Bullacher
- 2000: Nicola Torke
- 2001: Bogomir Ecker
- 2002: Wiebke Siem
- 2003: Daniel Richter
- 2004: Till Krause
- 2005: Jochen Lempert
- 2006: Michael Dörner
- 2007: Anna Gudjónsdóttir
- 2008: Jeanne Faust
- 2009: Linda McCue
- 2010: Frank Gerritz
- 2011: Peter Piller
- 2012: Ort des Gegen eV
(processing of the estate of Annette Wehrmann ) - 2013: Gunter Reski
- 2014: Christoph Schäfer
- 2015: Stefan Kern
- 2016: Silke Grossmann
- 2017: Thomas Baldischwyler
- 2018: Michaela Melián