Upper Swabian Art Prize

The Upper Swabian Art Prize is one with a prize money of 15,000 euros to the most lucrative art prizes in Germany. It was donated in 1951 by the then districts of Biberach , Ravensburg , Saulgau and Wangen and was first awarded in 1952. In 1976 the energy supply company Zweckverband Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke (OEW), which is owned by nine Baden-Württemberg districts, renewed the foundation.

The prize was last awarded every two years from 2001 to 2013; the award has been suspended since 2015. Can be distinguished artists who either within its territory for the OEW ( Alb-Donau-Kreis , district of Biberach , Bodenseekreis , district of Freudenstadt , Ravensburg county , district of Reutlingen , Rottweil district , district Sigmaringen and Zollernalbkreis ) including Stadtkreis Ulm were born or at least the last resided there for five years without interruption.

The prize is awarded either in recognition of the complete oeuvre of an already established artist or as a sponsorship prize for artists under 35. The OEW Board of Directors decides on the recognition award and a jury decides on the sponsorship award. The award includes an exhibition of works by the winner (selected by the jury).

Award winners

1952: Karl Caspar and Maria Caspar-Filser , painters
1953: Hugo Häring , architect
1954: Wilhelm Geyer , painter
1956: Josef Henselmann , sculptor
1957: HAP Grieshaber , wood cutter
1959: Erwin Henning , painter
1960: Toni Schneider-Manzell , sculptor
1961: Hans Kayser , musicologist
1962: Theodor Werner , painter
1977: Jakob Bräckle , André Ficus , Werner Höll , all painters
1989: Romane Holderried Kaesdorf and Julius Kaesdorf , painter
1990: Ernst Jünger , writer
1993: Heinz Schanz , painter
1995: Erich Hauser , sculptor
2001: Paco Knöller , painter
2003: Abraham David Christian , sculptor
2005: Martin Walser , writer
2007: Rudolf Wachter , sculptor
2009: Rupert Leser , Photographer
2011: Rüdiger Safranski , philosopher, and Hans Dieter Schaal , architect
2013: not awarded
from 2015: suspended

literature

Wolfgang Schürle (Ed. In connection with the OEW): 50 Years of the Upper Swabian Art Prize 1951–2001 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Ulm 2001.
Wolfgang Schürle (Ed. In the order of the OEW): Young South. 50 years of the Upper Swabian Youth Art Prize . Accompanying publication to the exhibition of the same name, Städtische Galerie, Albstadt 2003.

Web links

The Upper Swabian Art Prize

References and comments

↑ The 2013 Art Prize was a sponsorship prize for artists under 35 years of age. After viewing the submissions, the jury made the decision not to award the prize. Source: Upper Swabian Art Prize 2013 for young artists will not be awarded ( Memento from April 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) , The Screen Newspaper, October 23, 2013
↑ According to the OEW email information from April 2017, the 2015 Art Prize was not awarded for financial reasons. However, the awarding of the prize is to be resumed in the future if the financial situation improves.

[1] The 2013 Art Prize was a sponsorship prize for artists under 35 years of age. After viewing the submissions, the jury made the decision not to award the prize. Source: Upper Swabian Art Prize 2013 for young artists will not be awarded ( Memento from April 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) , The Screen Newspaper, October 23, 2013

[2] According to the OEW email information from April 2017, the 2015 Art Prize was not awarded for financial reasons. However, the awarding of the prize is to be resumed in the future if the financial situation improves.