Hans Grundig Medal
The Hans Grundig Medal was an award given by the Association of Visual Artists in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) . The award winners included well-known visual artists, cultural politicians and art scholars. The medal was donated as the highest honor of the association on the occasion of its 30th anniversary on June 7, 1982. The award was made by the president of the association.
Appearance and wearing style
The obverse of the non-wearable medal with a diameter of 79 mm shows the portrait of Hans Grundig looking to the right from the viewer and his name underneath: HANS GRUNDIG . The reverse of the medal shows the inscription VERBAND / BILDENDER / KÜNSTLER / DER / DEUTSCHEN / DEMOKRATISCHEN / REPUBLIK in the center .
Award winners
- 1982: Theo Balden , Fritz Duda , Richard Horn , Ernst Jazdzewski , Gerhard Kettner , Otto Knöpfer , Gabriele Mucchi , Herbert Sandberg , Klaus Wittkugel , Walter Womacka
- 1983: Hermann Glöckner , Bernhard Heisig , Elisabeth Sittig
- 1984: Günther Friedrich , Rudi Gruner , Siegfried Kraft
- 1985: Wolfgang Mattheuer , Alfred Priebe , Werner Schwarz
- 1986: Erwin Andrä , Eberhard Frey , Heinrich Engel , Vera Kopetz , Jürgen von Woyski
- 1987: Heinz Böhm , Walter Gebauer
- 1988: Jan Buck , Fritz Diedering , Wolfgang Frankenstein
- 1989: Horst Naumann , Klaus Zürner