Gustav Weidanz Prize for plastic
The Gustav Weidanz Prize for Plastic has been awarded by the Gustav Weidanz Foundation at the Burg Giebichenstein Art College in Halle since 1975 . It is awarded in accordance with the will of the sculptor from Halle and professor Gustav Weidanz (1889–1970) who has worked at the art college for many years .
Young sculptors who are not older than 35 and who are resident in Germany are funded. The award includes prize money of 2,500 euros and an exhibition in the Moritzburg Art Museum Halle (Saale) . Furthermore, the award winners have the opportunity to work in the Strassacker art foundry in Süßen.
The prize is awarded by the Board of Trustees of the Gustav Weidanz Foundation, which consists of members of the Rectorate, the professors for sculpture from Burg Giebichenstein University of Art in Halle and the director of the Moritzburg Art Museum in Halle (Saale). The number of applicants continues to rise every year. In 2019, the award was presented for the 20th time, and over 100 artists applied.
Award winners
The artists who have received the Gustav Weidanz Prize for Sculpture include:
- 1975: Emerita Pansowová , Bernd Göbel
- 1976: Johannes Baumgärtner
- 1977: Horst Brühmann , Dietmar Lenz
- 1978: Sonja Eschefeld , Wolfgang Dreysse
- 1979: Sabrina Grzimek
- 1980: Reinhard Jacob , Christoph Reichenbach
- 1983: Uwe Kracht, Robert Metzkes
- 1985: Reinhard Buch
- 1989: Michael Mohns
- 1992: Michael Weihe
- 1994: Bärbel Dieckmann
- 1996: Bruno Raetsch
- 1998: Susanne Ring, Carl Constantin Weber
- 2002: Janusz Janczy
- 2004: Anna-Kavata Mbiti
- 2006: Sarah Esser , Anne Kückelhaus
- 2008: Sina Heffner
- 2012: Anne Caroline Zwinzscher
- 2016: Lisa Seebach
- 2019: Hannah Schneider
history
Gustav Weidanz was a German sculptor, medalist and university teacher. He was one of the founders of the art school in Halle, known under the name of the "Burg". He was the second teacher whom the director Paul Thiersch (1879–1928) called in 1915 to set up a sculpture class at the crafts and arts and crafts school in Halle in order to develop a new kind of art school. In 1920 Weidanz was appointed professor. Until a year after his retirement in 1958, he worked at the art college.
In his will of May 1, 1964, Gustav Weidanz named Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle as his heir. The purpose of the foundation was to promote young sculptors in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It was to be fulfilled by awarding a prize to sculptors who were not yet 30 years of age and who had their permanent residence in the German Democratic Republic. After reunification, the scope of the award was extended to the entire Federal Republic.
literature
- Angela Dolgner, Anne Pollak: Gustav Weidanz Prize for Plastic 1975–1996. Friends and Sponsors of Burg Giebichenstein - University of Art and Design e. V., Halle 1996, ISBN 3-86019-011-3 .
- Angela Dolgner: The Gustav Weidanz Prize in the German “price structure”. In: Kulturreport . Quarterly issue of the Central German Cultural Council, No. 10, 1997, pp. 17-19.
Web links
- Gustav Weidanz Foundation , Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Individual evidence
- ↑ Important sculptor award for Cologne artist. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur Köln, July 3, 2019, accessed on July 5, 2019.
- ↑ Gustav-Weidanz-Stiftung In: Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle Halle (Saale), July 3, 2019, accessed on July 5, 2019.