The Eckersberg Medal (originally the Akademiets Aarsmedaille or Annual Academy Medal) is an annual award of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It is named after Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, known as the father of Danish painting.
The Eckersberg Medal was created in 1883, on the 100th birthday of its namesake.John L. Loeb Jnr, The Ambassador John L. Loeb Jnr Danish Art Collection, John L. Loeb Jnr, New York, 2005, Appendix A: An Overview of Danish Royal and Secular Art Collections, Exhibitions, Museums and Art Associations in Denmark Retrieved December 2008
Eckersberg Medal recipients Source (1940 onwards): Akademiraadet
1880s Year Recipient(s) Field 1887 Michael Ancher Painter Christian Blache Painter 1888 Christian Blache Painter Valdemar Irminger Painter 1889 Michael Ancher Painter Valdemar Irminger Painter
1890s Year Recipient(s) Field 1890 Georg Achen Painter Erik Henningsen Painter Edvard Petersen Painter Theodor Philipsen Painter 1891 Edvard Petersen Painter 1892 Ludvig Brandstrup Sculptor Joakim Skovgaard Painter 1893 H. A. Brendekilde Painter Niels Pedersen Mols Painter Laurits Tuxen Painter 1894 Niels Pedersen Mols Painter Knud Larsen Painter Hans Ole Brasen Painter 1895 1896 Ludvig Brandstrup Sculptor Gunnar Jensen Medallist/sculptor L.A. Ring Painter 1897 1898 Heinrich Wenck Architect Lauritz Jensen Sculptor Knud Larsen Painter 1899 Peter Ilsted Painter
1900s Year Recipient(s) Field 1900 Rasmus Andersen Sculptor Carl Bonnesen Sculptor 1901 Martin Borch Architect Thorvald Jørgensen Architect Lorenz Vilhelm Hinrichsen Painter Carl Holsøe Painter L.A. Ring Painter Carl Wentorf Painter 1902 Gotfred Tvede Architect Carl Wentorf Painter 1903 Anna Ancher Painter Hans Nikolaj Hansen Painter Carl Locher Painter Carl Mortensen Painter Henrik Jespersen Painter 1904 Anna Ancher Painter Victor Nyebølle Architect Niels Vinding Dorph Painter Edvard Eriksen, Sculptor Viggo Jarl Sculptor Carl Locher Painter 1905 Lauritz Jensen Painter Charles Lindstrøm Hans Smidth Painter 1906 Hans Smidth Painter Agnes Slott-Møller Painter 1907 Carl Brummer Architect Niels Vinding Dorph Painter Vilhelm Arnesen Frederik Lange Painter J.C. Schlichtkrull Painter 1908 Gotfred Tvede Architect Carl Holsøe Painter Ejnar Nielsen Sculptor Ingeborg Plockross Irminger Sculptor Peter Alfred Schou Painter Herman Vedel Painter Sigurd Wandel Painter 1909 Anton Rosen Architect Josef Theodor Hansen Painter/illustrator Johannes Magdahl Nielsen Architect Carl V. Meyer Herman Vedel Painter Carl Mortensen
1910s Year Recipient(s) Field 1910 Axel Berg Architect Jens Jacob Nielsen Bregnø Sculptor Hans Nikolaj Hansen Painter Frederik Lange Johannes Wilhjelm Painter 1911 Carl Brummer Architect Vilhelm Th. Fischer Lorenz V. Hinrichsen Carl V. Meyer Einar Utzon-Frank Sculptor Johannes Wilhjelm 1912 Vilhelm Th. Fischer Svend Hammershøi Painter/ceramist Gunnar Jensen Medallist/sculptor P.A. Schou Sigurd Wandel 1913 Carl Møller Painter/Architect Svend Hammershøi Painter/ceramist 1914 Rasmus Harboe Sculptor Kristoffer Varming Architect Axel Poulsen Sculptor Eiler Sørensen Painter 1915 Henning Hansen Architect Eiler Sørensen Painter Valdemar Neiiendam Painter 1916 Thyra Boldsen Sculptor Hans Knudsen Painter 1917 Hans Knudsen Painter 1918 Maleren Tycho Jessen Painter Carl Harild Architect 1919 Knud Kyhn Painter(ceramist/sculptor Karl Larsen Painter Jens Lund Painter/illustrator Sigurd Swane Painter
1920s
Year Artist Medium 1920 FilePoul Holsøe Architect Jens Lund Painter 1921 Axel Ekberg Architect Niels Hansen Painter Hans Henningsen Painter 1922 Carl Fischer Painter 1923 Emanuel Monberg Architect Niels Bjerre Kræsten Iversen Painter Svend Jespersen Sculptor 1924 Olaf Rude Painter William Scharff Painter 1925 Edvard Weie Painter 1926 Kay Fisker Architect Axel P. Jensen Painter Ernst Zeuthen Painter 1927 Johannes Ottesen Painter Knud V. Engelhardt Architect Kay Fisker Architect 1928 Ludvig Find Painter Kaare Klint Architect Hans W. Larsen Painter 1929 Bent Helweg-Møller Architect Jais Nielsen Painter/ceramist
1930s Year Recipient Field 1930 Thorkild Henningsen Mogens Bøggild Ebba Carstensen ArchitectSculptorPainter 1931 Johan Vilhelm AndersenJens SøndergaardPoul Andreas Kiærskou PainterPainterSculptor 1932 1933 Oluf Høst Einar Packness Arno Malinowski Siegfred Neuhaus PainterArchitect Sculptor Painter 1934 Harald Quistgaard Kaj Søren Sørensen Harald Hansen Sculptor PainterPainter 1955 Thomas Havning Architect 1936 Arne Jacobsen Aage Rafn Adam Fischer Georg Jacobsen Herluf Jensenius Arnoff Thomsen ArchitectArchitectSculptorPainterIllustratorSculptor 1937 Gudmund Nyeland Brandt Niels Lergaard Landscape architect Painter 1938 Mogens Koch Axel SaltoKnud Agger Architect Sculptor Painter 1939 Egil Fischer Poul HømSigurjón Ólafsson Johannes Hansen Architect PainterPainterSculptorSculptor
1940s Year Recipient Field 1940 Henrik StarckeAstrid NoackFlemming LarsenErik Møller Lauritz Hartz Søren Hjorth Nielsen SculptorSculptorArchitectArchitectPainterPainter 1941 Aage PetersenGunnar HansenVilhelm LauritzenFrits Schlegel Otto Nielsen Victor Haagen Müller SculptorSculptorArchitectArchitectPainterPainter 1942 Hugo LiisbergAnker HoffmannElof RisebyeNiels Grønbech SculptorSculptorPainterPainter 1943 Aage Nielsen-EdwinAgnes LunnKaj Louis JensenHans Christian Hansen Viggo S. Jørgensen Povl Schrøder Christine Swane SculptorSculptorSculptorArchitectArchitectPainterPainter 1944 Knud NellemoseGottfred EickhoffEske KristensenAxel Skjelborg Carl Jensen SculptorSculptorArchitectPainterPainter 1945 Inge FinsenTyge HolmC. F. MøllerC.Th. Sørensen Arne Ludvigsen Ole Søndergaard Erik Hoppe SculptorArchitectArchitectArchitectArchitectArchitectPainter 1946 Ulf RasmussenJ. Gudmundsen-HolmgreenF. GrutPaul Sørensen Sophie Pedersen SculptorSculptorArchitectPainterPainter 1947 Ejgill Vedel SchmidtFinn JuhlJúlíana SveinsdóttirBizzie Høyer Ville Jais Nielsen SculptorArchitectPainterPainterPainter 1948 Tove Olafsson StephensenKnud HansenMogens Andersen Svend Johansen Lauritz Hartz SculptorArchitectPainterPainterPainterPainter 1949 August Keil Agnete JørgensenHans Georg SkovgaardEdvard Klindt-Larsen Egon Mathiesen SculptorSculptorArchitectArchitectPainter
1950s Year Recipient Field 1950 Carl-Henning Pedersen Richard Mortensen Børge Mogensen PainterPainterArchitect 1951 Holger J. JensenHans BendixHans HansenHelge RefnHenning SeidelinGrethe Bagge PainterPainterArchitectArchitectSculptorSculptor 1952 Helge Nielsen Dan Sterup-HansenP.E. HoffB. Windinge PainterPainterArchitectArchitect 1953 Kaj Mottlau Petri Gissel Halldor Gunnløgsson Ole Hagen William Gersel Jørgen Thoms PainterPainterArchitectArchitectSculptorSculptor 1954 Mogens Zieler Kaj Ejstrup Viggo Møller-Jensen Hjalte Skovgaard PainterPainterArchitectSculptor 1955 S. Danneskjold-Samsøe Christian Daugaard Eva & Nils Koppel PainterPainterArchitects 1956 Carl Østerbye Erik Herløw Hans J. Wegner PainterArchitectArchitect 1957 Albert Gammelgaard Karl Bovin Jørn Utzon Erik Christian Sørensen Helge Holmskov PainterPainterArchitectArchitectSculptor 1958 Harald Leth Holger JensenVilhelm Wohlert PainterArchitectArchitect 1959 Egill Jacobsen Ole KielbergJørn Nielsen Jørgen Bo PainterPainterArchitectArchitect
1960s 1960: Ejler Bille, Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen, Henry Luckow-Nielsen 1961: Flemming Bergsøe, Jørgen Andersen Nærum 1962: Preben Hornung, Svend Engelund 1963: Anna Klindt Sørensen, Jeppe Vontillius 1964: Albert Mertz, Sig. Vasegaard 1965: Frede Christoffersen, Reidar Magnus, Erik Thommesen 1966: Søren Georg Jensen,Jensen Silver, The Georg Jensen Designers, http://www.jensensilver.com/news-info/designers.html (retrieved December 2008) Poul Bjørklund 1967: Poul Ekelund, Erling Frederiksen, Agnete Varming, Gunnar Westman"Gunnar Westman", Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 25 May 2012. 1968: Ib Braase, Agnete Bjerre 1969: Kjeld Hansen, Jørgen Haugen Sørensen, Willy Ørskov"Willy Ørskov", Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
1970s 1970: Paul Gadegaard, Erling Jørgensen, Christian Poulsen 1971: Kasper Heiberg, Richard Winther 1972: Johannes Carstensen, Knud Hvidberg, Anna Thommesen (weaving), Sigrid Lütken, Jens-Flemming Sørensen 1973: Helge Bertram, Erik Lynge 1974: Henrik Buch, Rasmus Nellemann, Gert Nielsen 1975: Arne Haugen Sørensen, Egon Fischer 1976: Alfred Madsen, Niels Macholm 1977: Gunnar Aagaard Andersen 1978: Ib Geertsen, Poul Gernes, Jørn Larsen, Tage Stentoft 1979: Henning Damgård-Sørensen, Else Fischer-Hansen, Arne Ungermann, Eva Sørensen
1980s 1980: Emil Gregersen, Niels Guttormsen, Børge Jørgensen, Bjørn Nørgaard 1981: Vera Myhre, Karin Nathorst Westfelt, Knud Munk 1982: Sven Hauptmann, Anders Kirkegaard, Franka Rasmussen, Anna Maria Lütken, Gudrun Steenberg 1983: Knud Hansen, Søren Kjærsgaard, Mogens Lohmann, Ole Sporring 1984: Mogens Jørgensen, Tonning Rasmussen, Hans Christian Rylander, Kurt Trampedach, Ole Christensen 1985: Seppo Mattinen, Elsa Nielsen, John Olsen, Agnete Therkildsen 1986: Jørgen Rømer, Arne Johannessen, Kirsten Lockenwitz, Ingálvur av Reyni, Hein Heinsen 1987: Nanna Hertoft, Frank Rubin 1988: Leif Lage, Finn Mickelborg, Hanne Varming, Mogens Møller 1989: Freddie A. Lerche, Gudrun Poulsen, Ole Heerup, Eiler Kragh, Peter Bonnén
1990s 1990: Jørgen Boberg, Helle Thorborg, Thomas Bang 1991: Jens Birkemose, Stig Brøgger, Torben Ebbesen 1992: Kai Lindemann, Per Neble 1993: Ingvar Cronhammar 1994: Peter Brandes, Otto Lawaetz, Inge Lise Westman, Kirsten Dehlholm 1995: Merete Barker, Troels Wörsel, Jørgen Roos (film), Kirsten Ortwed 1996: Erik A. Frandsen, Sys Hindsbo, Bent Karl Jacobsen, Aksel Jensen, Kehnet Nielsen, Lene Adler Petersen, Kirsten Justesen, Thorbjørn Lausten 1987: Erik Hagens, Karin Birgitte Lund, Eric Andersen, Margrete Sørensen 1998: Henrik Have, Frithioff Johansen, Jytte Rex, Christian Lemmerz 1999: Jesper Christiansen, Peter Lautrop, Ane Mette Ruge, Elisabeth Toubro
2000s
Year Recipient(s) Field 2000 Per Arnoldi Painter Nina Sten-Knudsen Painter Mogens Otto Nielsen Painter Georg K. S. Rotne Architect Morten Stræde Sculptor 2001 Jes Fomsgaard Painter Michael Kvium Painter Ole Helweg Architect Ole Helweg Architect Knud Fladeland Nielsen Architect Kim Utzon Architect Lone Høyer Hansen Sculptor Anita Jørgensen Sculptor 2002 Viera Collaro Painter Nils Erik Gjerdevik Painter Stig Lennart Andersson Landscape architect Søren Robert Lund Architect Øivind Nygård Sculptor Finn Reinbothe Sculptor 2003 Peter Bonde Artist Mogens Gissel Painter Nille Juul-Sørensen Architect Torben Schønherr Landscape architect Eva Koch Sculptor 2004 Jeppe Aagaard Andersen Landscape architect Dorte Mandrup Architect Martin Erik Andersen Sculptor Olafur Eliasson Sculptor Søren Jensen Sculptor Claus Carstensen Painter Leif Kath Painter 2005 Bjarke Ingels Architect Julien De Smedt Architect Steen Høyer Architect Jørgen Michaelsen Sculptor Henning Christiansen sculptor Ellen Hyllemose Sculptor Tal R Painter Per Bak Jensen Painter Vibeke Mencke Nielsen Painter 2006 Jytte Høy Sculptor Erland Knudssøn Madsen Sculptor Jørgen Carlo Larsen Sculptor Peter Holst Henckel Painter Malene Landgreen Painter Signe and Christian Cold Architects 2007 Troels Troelsen Architect Jens Haaning Sculptor Kerstin Bergendal Sculptor Cai-Ulrich von Platen Painter Poul Pedersen Painter Per Marquard Otzen Painter 2008 Karen Exner Architect Mads Bjørn Hansen Architect Mette Tony Architect Henrik B. Andersen Sculptor Sophia Kalkau Sculptor Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen Sculptor Kasper Bonnén Painter 2009 Kim Holst Jensen Architect Jesper Rasmussen Sculptor Ole Broager Sculptor Inge Ellegaard Painter Leonard Forslund Painter
2010s