Federal Prize for Fine Art

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The Swiss Federal Art Prize (formerly Federal Art Scholarship ) is a Swiss art prize for young artists, which is awarded annually by the Federal Department of Home Affairs .

History and regulations

The prize was first awarded in 1899 as a federal art scholarship for travel grants to Munich , Paris and Florence as part of an annual competition. The winners, talented, younger Swiss artists, are selected by the Federal Office of Culture after consulting with the nine-member Federal Art Commission . Since 1916, the maximum age (exceptions are possible) has been set at 40 years. The work of the award winners has been on public display since 1944 and the work of all applicants since 1947.

In 1994 the “Federal Art Scholarship” was renamed “Federal Prize for Free Art” . The amount of the scholarships in the “Federal Competition for Fine Art” is determined on a case-by-case basis. A scholarship amounts to at least 18,000 francs and a maximum of 25,000 francs; an artist can receive a study grant a maximum of three times. Between 20 and 40 prizes are awarded each year. In the almost 110-year history of the art prize, 15,000 participants have applied for a prize, around 1,400 of whom have received the prize. The "Federal Prize for Free Art" is awarded in the fields of art, architecture and art and architecture education.

Well-known scholarship holders (1950 to 2009)


Other art prizes awarded by the Federal Office of Culture

The Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation scholarship is awarded to several artists under the age of 30 as part of a competition. So far, scholarship holders have included John Armleder , Samuel Buri , Martin Disler , Leiko Ikemura , Markus Raetz , Klaudia Schifferle , Andro Wekua , Christoph von Tetmajer , Rémy Zaugg and Urs Fischer .

The Meret Oppenheim Prize is awarded annually to one or more recognized Swiss artists, architects and art mediators over 40 years of age by the Federal Office of Culture on the recommendation of the Federal Art Commission . It is endowed with 40,000 francs each.

literature

  • Federal Office of Culture (Ed.): Prix ​​conseille 1899-1999. 100 ans de Concours fédéral des Beaux-arts = We can talk about prices. 100 years of the Federal Competition for Free Art = Premi apprezzati. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-280-02403-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nicola Dischinger-Hoch: Federal Art Scholarship Forms of Financing Art: An investigation into art financing from client to sponsorship. LIT, Berlin / Hamburg / Münster 2002, p. 240 ( online ).
  2. ↑ We can talk about prices. 100 years of the Federal Competition for Fine Art. on ofv.ch ( Memento from July 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. Website of the Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation