Great Art Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

The Great Art Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia was awarded from 1953 to 1968. Renowned artists and architects in five categories received the lavish prize.

history

The award was donated by the government of North Rhine-Westphalia with a certificate dated March 17, 1953. The creation of the award was intended as a measure to promote identity: North Rhine-Westphalia was then widely perceived as a federal state in which there was coal, steel and a working class , but was not associated with culture. The art prize, which was highly endowed for the time, was intended to counteract this one-sided image. The foundation of the prize was decided on the initiative of Prime Minister Karl Arnold after several years of planning by Interior Minister Franz Meyers on the part of the state government in its 316th cabinet meeting on January 13, 1953 as a contribution to state art funding.

"Aware of its obligation to promote the art forces active in the state and with the intention of
visibly honoring outstanding artists, the state government is donating the" Great Art Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia "."

The prizes went to established and successful artists; the gloss of the well-known names should have a positive effect on the reputation of the state.

The Great Art Prize was awarded in 5 individual prizes:

• Grand Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Architecture
• Grand Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Sculpture
• Grand Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Literature
• Grand Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Painting
• Grand Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Music

The award took place annually on July 11th in Düsseldorf until 1963 . In the first 10 years each artist was endowed with 10,000 DM, from 1963 the prize money increased to 25,000 DM per category. The North Rhine-Westphalian Art Prize was the highest endowed art prize in Germany of its time. Karl Arnold awarded the prize for the first time in 1953. In 1963, in addition to the amount of the prize money, the date of the award ceremony was re-regulated in the deed of foundation: "The prize is awarded annually in October by the Prime Minister."

In addition to the Great Art Prize , the state has also been awarding promotion prizes for young artists since 1957: Promotion Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists .

In 1968 there was a dispute over the winner Günter Wallraff at the Great Art Prize and the award was discontinued. The sponsorship award was not affected by the appointment and is still being awarded.

Jury members (incomplete)

• Stefan Andres
• Wilhelm Grenzmann
• Josef Haubrich
• Johannes Langfeld , Cologne library director
• Paul Luchtenberg
• Benno von Wiese
• Joseph Caspar Witsch

Carrier (incomplete)

1953 laureate Architecture: Wilhelm Riphahn Sculpture: Ewald Mataré Literature: Emil Barth Painting: Julius Bretz Music: Frank Martin [15]

1954 award winner Architecture: Dominikus Böhm Sculpture: Gerhard Marcks Literature: Stefan Andres Painting: Werner Gilles Music: Günter Bialas

1955 laureate Architecture: Fritz Schupp Sculpture: Ludwig Gies Literature: Gertrud von le Fort Painting: Georg Meistermann Music: Wolfgang Fortner

1956 laureate Architecture: Paul Schneider-Esleben Sculpture: Bernhard Heiliger Literature: Gottfried Benn Painting: Ernst Wilhelm Nay Music: Hans Werner Henze

1957 laureate Architecture: Hans Schwippert Sculpture: Zoltan Székessy Literature: Richard Benz Painting: Max Ernst Music: Karl Amadeus Hartmann

1958 laureate Architecture: Rudolf Schwarz , 1958 Sculpture: Hans Wimmer Literature: Ina Seidel Painting: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff , 1958 Music: Paul Hindemith

1959 laureate Architecture: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Sculpture: Kurt Lehmann Literature: Heinrich Böll Painting: Fritz Winter , 1959 Music: Giselher Klebe , 1959

1960 award winner Architecture: Walter Gropius Sculpture: Emy Roeder Literature: Friedrich Georg Jünger Painting: Joseph Fassbender Music: Bernd Alois Zimmermann / Peter Richter

1961 laureate Architecture: Bernhard Pfau Sculpture: Alfred Lörcher Literature: Georg Britting Painting: Erich Heckel Music: Boris Blacher

1962 laureate Architecture: Harald Deilmann Sculpture: Karl Hartung / Toni Stadler Literature: Max Frisch Painting: Hann Trier Music: Luigi Dallapicolla

1963 laureate Architecture: Gerd Lohmar Sculpture: Norbert Kricke Literature: Ernst Meister Painting: Emil Schumacher Music: Olivier Messiaen

1964 laureate Architecture: Emil Steffan Sculpture: Hans Arp Literature: Paul Celan Painting: Julius Bissier Music: Ernst Krenek

Prize winner in 1965 Architecture: Egon Eiermann Sculpture: Etienne Hajdu Literature: Herbert Eisenreich Painting: Bruno Goller Music:

1966 laureate Architecture: Sculpture: Literature: Siegfried Lenz Painting: Richard Oelze Music: Krzysztof Penderecki

1967 award winner Architecture: Sculpture: Literature: Painting: Music:

1968 laureate Architecture: Sculpture: Literature: Peter Huchel Painting: Music:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl Ditt : The development of spatial awareness in Rhineland and Westphalia, in the Ruhr area and in North Rhine-Westphalia during the 19th and 20th centuries: characteristics and competitions . In: Karl Ditt, Klaus Tenfelde (ed.): The Ruhr area in Rhineland and Westphalia. Coexistence and competition of spatial awareness in the 19th and 20th centuries (= research on regional history, volume 57). Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2007, ISBN 978-3-506-75748-7 , p. 461.
2. ^ GV. NW. 1953, p. 241
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Ulrich von Alemann and Patrick Brandenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia .: A country is rediscovering itself (= writings on the political geography of North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume 13). Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 978-3-17015-9-235 , p. 68.
4. ↑ Thomas Schlemmer, Hans Woller (ed.), Bayern im Bund , in: Sources and representations for contemporary history , ISBN 978-3-48656-5-966 , R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2004, p.
5. ^ Karl Ditt , Klaus Tenfelde (eds.), The Ruhr area in Rhineland and Westphalia: Coexistence and competition of spatial awareness in the 19th and 20th centuries (= research on regional history, Volume 57). ISBN 978-3-50675-7-487 , Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2007, p. 461.
6. ↑ Horst Romeyk , North Rhine-Westphalia: Heartland of the Federal Republic: an exhibition of the state archives of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Federal Republic of Germany (= publications of the state archives of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Volume 23). Franz Schmitt Verlag, Siegburg 1989, ISBN 978-3-87710-1-414 , p. 183.
7. ^ Christian Reinicke, North Rhine-Westphalia, a country in its history: Aspects and contours 1946-1996 , Volume 36 of the publications of the state archives of North Rhine-Westphalia: Sources and research , ISBN 978-3-40205-3-751 , Aschendorff , Münster 1996 p. 415.
8. ^ Cabinet submission by the Prime Minister of May 16, 1963
9. ↑ ^{a b} Kulturpolitik der Länder , Kultusministerkonferenz (Ed.), Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1963, p. 200.
10. ↑ Neue Zeitschrift für Musik Volume 123, 1962, p. 44.
11. ↑ Dieter Düding, Parliamentarism in North Rhine-Westphalia 1946-1980: from five-party to two-party state parliament , Volume 8: Handbook of the history of German parliamentarism , ISBN 978-3-77005-2-905 , Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 2008, p. 439 .
12. ↑ Volker Ackermann, Landesregierung (Ed.), The Cabinet Protocols of the State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia, 1962 to 1966: fifth electoral period , ISBN 978-3-87710-3-609 , Respublica-Verlag, Berlin 2002, p.
13. ↑ Dieter Breuer, Gertrude Cepl-Kaufmann , Public of Modernity, Modernity in Public: the Rhineland 1945-1955. Lectures by the interdisciplinary working group for research into modernity in the Rhineland , Klartext Verlag, Essen 2000, p. 204.
14. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} p. 228
15. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p} Karl-Heinz Hering , Ten Years of the Great Art Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. June 15 to July 22, 1962 , Art Association for the Rhineland and Westphalia , Düsseldorf, 1962
16. ↑ ^{a b c d} Otto Lorenz, The public of literature: case studies on production contexts and publication strategies: Wolfgang Koeppen, Peter Handke, Horst-Eberhard Richter . ISBN 978-3-48435-0-663 , Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen 1998, p. 64.
17. ^ The minster. Journal for Christian Art and Art History , 8th year, 1955, p. 265.
18. ↑ ^{a b c} Karla Fohrbeck , Andreas Johannes Wiesand , Handbook of Culture Awards and Individual Support for Artists in the Federal Republic of Germany , ISBN 978-3-77011-0-896 , Federal Ministry of the Interior (ed.), DuMont, Cologne 1978, p. 174 .
19. ^ Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Biography
20. ^ Obituary to Giselher Klebe , website of the city of Detmold
21. ↑ ^{a b} Westermannsmonthshefte , edition 7-12, 1965, p. 138.