Lucas Cranach Prize
The Lucas Cranach Prize is an international art prize awarded by the city of Kronach , the birthplace of Lucas Cranach the Elder . The prize has been awarded for the 7th time since 1992 and is endowed with a total of 12,000 euros; The patron is the Bavarian State Minister for Research and Culture Ludwig Spaenle . The prize is an award and promotion for visual artists. The art prize was conceived for 1992 and currently for 2011 by Ingo Cesaro , who is also the chairman of the association "Regional Art Funding Kronach eV". For 2011, an exhibition of the results of the 110 nominated artists will take place from July 2 to October 31, 2011 at Rosenberg Fortress .
Award winners
8th Lucas Cranach Prize: 2015
- Main prize: Katerina Belkina
- Art Prize of the Christian Art Foundation: Edgar Knobloch
- 2nd special prize: Ralf Raßloff, Pia Hardy
- 3rd special prize: Thomas Straub
7th Lucas Cranach Prize: 2011 | Topic: Images of people | Technique: painting
- Main prize: René Schoemakers
- 1st special prize: Raymond Unger (founder of the Kiwanis Club Kronach-Frankenwald)
- 2nd special prize: Jun Ho Cho (founder of Raiffeisen-Volksbank Kronach-Ludwigsstadt)
- 3rd special prize: Römer + Römer (donor district of Kronach)
6th Lucas Cranach Prize: 2007 | Topic: Time phenomena | Technology: video
- 1st main prize: Elke Marhöfer
- 2nd main prize: Judith Hopf and Debora Schamoni
- Sponsorship award: Sean Lynch
5th Lucas Cranach Prize 2004 | Topic: Scholarship | Technology: Video | In 2004, the Lucas Cranach Prize was awarded as a scholarship.
- Scholarship holders: Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann.
4th Lucas Cranach Prize 2001 | Topic: Nature | Technique: painting
- Main prize: Cornelia Genschow
- Special prize: Harald Becker
- Special prize: Helmut Helmes
- Special prize: Michael Huth
- Special award: Lars Reiffers
- Sponsorship award: Verena Schaukal
3rd Lucas Cranach Prize 1998 | Topic: Images of women | Technique: painting
- 1st main prize: Christoph Wetzel
- 2nd main prize: Norbert Kiby
- Special award: Thomas Sperl
- Special prize: Michael Fieseler
- Special prize: Cornelia Langmaier
- Special prize: Christoph Rehlinghaus
- Sponsorship award: Brigitte Ostertag
2nd Lucas Cranach Prize 1995 | Topic: Images of people | Technology: graphics
- 1st main prize: Linde Bishop
- 2nd main prize: Ekkehard Thieme
- Special prize: Horst Peter Meyer
- Special prize: Jürgen Stimpfig
- Special award: Christine Perthen
- Sponsorship award: Andrea Lange
- Sponsorship award: Christofer Kochs
1st Lucas Cranach Prize 1992 | Topic: Images of people | Technique: painting
- Main prize: Felix M. Furtwängler
- Special prize: Klaus Schröter
- Special award: Chris brother
- Special award: Stefani Schneider
- Sponsorship award: Jürgen Durner
Web links
- International Lucas Cranach Prize 2015 - Cranach 2.0. Special exhibition in the Fürstenbau of Rosenberg Fortress. City of Kronach, accessed on March 26, 2016 .
- 1000 years of Kronach eV