Villa Romana Prize

The Villa Romana Prize, , is an art prize awarded by the Deutscher Künstlerbund. It was established in 1905 and is the oldest German art award. The prize consists of a one-year artistic residence in the Villa Romana, a nineteenth-century villa on the Via Senese in the southern outskirts of Florence, in Tuscany in central Italy.

Max Klinger, who in 1903 had become vice-president of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, established the Villa Romana as a study centre for artists in 1905. He had bought it that year for 60,000 gold lire. The prize was first awarded in that year also.

Among the many recipients of the award are Max Beckmann (1906), Ernst Barlach (1909), Joseph Fassbender (1929), Gerhard Marcks, (1937), Walter Stöhrer (1978), and Georg Baselitz (1965).

Recipients

The recipients of the prize have been:

1905 to 1914

1905: Ulrich Hübner, Georg Kolbe, , , Max Kurzweil 1906: Max Beckmann, Dora Hitz, Käthe Kollwitz, 1907: Martin Brandenburg, Georg Burmester, Fritz Mackensen 1908: Ernst Barlach, , , 1909: Paul Baum, Willi Geiger, Adolf Schinnerer 1910: Karl Albiker, Otto Höger, 1911: Ludwig Cauer, Otto Höger, 1912: Theo von Brockhusen, Alexander Gerbig, 1913: Karl Caspar, , 1914: Otto Richard Bossert, ,

1928 to 1943

1928: Gerhard Marcks 1929: Joseph Fassbender 1930: Josef Henselmann 1931: 1932: 1933: John Sass 1934: 1935: , William Maly 1936: Emy Roeder, Arthur Degner 1937: Toni Stadler 1938: Helmut Ruhmer 1939: Fritz Bernuth 1940: Rudolf Riester 1941: Hans Breker, Karl Clobes, Walter Rossler 1942: Oscar Kreibich, Hubert Nikolaus Lang, Karl Paul, Egon Schiffers 1943: Wilhelm Hausmann, Kurt Lambert, Walter Wichmann

From 1959 1959: Theo Bechteler, Peter Herkenrath, Carl-Heinz Kliemann, Toni Stadler 1960: John Geccelli, Jochen Hiltmann, Guido Jendritzko, Harry Koegler 1961: Peter Brüning, Erwin Eichbaum, Wilhelm Hausmann, Wolfgang vom Schemm 1962: Horst Antes, Gerson Fehrenbach, Paran G'schrey, Hans Kock 1963: Friedrich Karl Gotsch, Günter Ferdinand Ris, Ursula Sax, Horst Skodlerrak 1964: Clemens Fischer, Winfred Gaul, Utz Kampmann, Rolf Szymanski 1965: Georg Baselitz, Franz Bucher, Rainer Küchenmeister, Ludwig Meidner 1966: Hans Baschang, Dietlinde Stengelin, Helmut Sundhaußen, Gota Tellesch 1967: Bernd Berner, Buja Bingemer, Horst Lark, Michael Black 1968: Franz Bernhard, Rolf-Gunter Dienst, Hildegart Lutze, Gatja Helgart Rothe 1969: Henry Brummack, Bernd Damke, Wolf Kahlen, Joachim Schmettau 1970: Markus Lüpertz, Ansgar Nierhoff, Michael Schoenholtz, Ben Willikens 1971: Peter Ackermann, Hermann Albert, Christa Dichgans, Jürgen Paatz 1972: Klaus Fußmann, Edgar Gutbub, Max G. Kaminski, Hansjerg Maier-Aichen 1973: Hede Bühl, Nino Malfatti, Jobst Meyer, Hans Peter Reuter 1974: Kurt Koch, Christiane Maether, Heinz-Günter Prager, Arthur Stoll 1975: Claudia Kinast, Bernd Klötzer, Alf Schuler, Dorothee von Windheim 1976: Michael Bette, Michael Buthe, Nikolaus Lang, Bertram Weigel 1977: Jakob Mattner, Anna Oppermann, Heinz Schanz, Gottfried Wiegand 1978: Abraham David Christian, Elena Engel, Christiane Mobius, Walter Stöhrer 1979: Johannes Brus, Friedemann Hahn, Inge Higher, Mechtild Nemeczek 1980: Fritz Gilow, Rainer Mang, Reinhard Pods, Gerd Rohling 1981: Frank Dornseif, Bruno Erdmann, Dieter Kraemer, Guenter Tužina 1982: Gundi Bindernagel, Karl Bohrmann, Marina Makowski, Eva-Maria Schön 1983: Martin Rosz, Norbert Tadeusz, Nicole van den Plas, Michael Witlatschil 1984: Rolf Behm, Doris Hadersdorfer, George Meissner, Marianne Pohl 1985: Cordula Giidemann, Paul Herberg, Sabine Krasel, William Weiner 1986: Andreas Bindl, Dietz Eilbacher, Andreas Grunert, Max Neumann 1987: Lisa Hoever, Bernd Minnich, Thomas Virnich, Jochen Zellmann, Karl-Heinz Krause 1988: Nikifor Brueckner, Gabriela Dauerer, Walter Kütz, Klaus Schmetz 1989: Jörg Eberhard, Bernd Jünger, Gisela Kleinlein, Berthold Langnickel 1990: Albert Borchardt, Galli (artist), Hermann Josef Mispelbaum, Norbert Radermacher 1991: Vera Leutloff, Eberhard Johannes Ambrosius Wagner, Barbara Wille, Carl Emanuel Wolff 1992: Sybille Berke, Katharina Grosse, Klaus Gärtner, Bernd Mechler 1993: Andreas Bee, Jochem Hendricks, Marko Lehanka, Hans-Willi Notthoff 1994: Herbert Barden, Karin Sander, Michel Sauer, Martin Steiner 1995: Isa Dahl, Wolfgang Hambrecht, Andreas Sansoni, Jörg Spamer 1996: Irene Blume, Christiane Dellbrügge and Ralf de Moll, Maik Löbbert, Dirk Löbbert, Michael Munding 1997: Franz Baumgartner, Martin Schmidt, Walter Schreiner, Barbara von Wienskowski 1998: Brunner/Ritz, Tobias Gerber, Peter Herrmann, Andreas Schön 1999: Heiner Blumenthal, Andreas Bunte, Daniel Knorr, Gregor Schneider, Vincent Tavene 2000: Thomas Eller, Michael Kutzner, Simon Vogel, Amelie von Wulffen 2002: Simone Böhm, Dorothea Goldschmidt, Stephan Gripp, Dieter Viegen 2002: Barbara Heim, Hannes Norberg, Daniela Trixl, Christina Zück 2003: Sven-Ole Frahm, Gelke Gaycken, Norbert Kuepper, Markus Vater, Christian Frosch 2004: Ralf Brück, Monika Kapfer, Christian Black, Jörg Wagner 2005: Robert Klümpen, Alexander Laner, Ulla Irina Rossek, Constantin Wallhäuser 2006: Andrea Hanak, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Anna Kerstin Otto, Stefan Thater 2007: Andrea Faciu, Barbara Kussinger, Silke Markefka, Michail Pirgelis 2008: Dani Gal, Julia Schmidt, Asli Sungu, Clemens von Wedemeyer 2009: Olivier Foulon, Kalin Lindena, Eske Schluter, Benjamin Yavuzsoy 2010: Anna Heidenhain, Sebastian Dacey, Anna Möller, Martin Pfeifle 2011: Nora Schultz, Rebecca Ann Tess, Vincent Vulsma, Thomas Kilpper, Henrik Olesen 2012: Nine Budde, Wolfgang Breuer, Sophie Reinhold, Yorgos Sapountzis 2013: Shannon Bool, Heide Hinrichs, Daniel Maier-Reimer, Mariechen Danz 2014: Ei Arakawa, Natalie Czech, Loretta Fahrenholz, Petrit Halilaj, Sergei Tcherepnin, Alvaro Urbano 2015: Alisa Margolis, Johannes Paul Raether, Judith Raum, Anike Joyce Sadiq 2016: Flaka Haliti, Stefan Vogel, Nico Joana Weber, Jonas Weichsel 2017: Andrea Bellu, Matei Bellu, Carina Brandes, Kasia Fudakowski, Stefan Pente, Farkhondeh Shahroudi 2018: Jeewi Lee, Christophe Ndabananiye, Lerato Shadi, Viron Erol Vert 2019: KAYA, Marcela Moraga, Christian Naujoks, Rajkamal Kahlon 2020: Özlem Altin, Lydia Hamann and Kaj Osteroth, Alice Peragine, Amelia Umuhire 2021: Pauline Curnier Jardin, Lene Markusen, Musa Michelle Mattiuzzi, Giuseppe Stampone 2022: Haure Madjid, Jasmina Metwaly, Neda Saeedi, Alexander Skorobogatov 2023: Diana Ejaita, Jessica Ekomane, Samuel Baah Kortey, Pınar Öğrenci 2024: Rubén D’hers, Tuli Mekondjo, Monai de Paula Antunes, Sergio Zevallos 2025: Sajan Mani, Elia Nurvista, Chaveli Sifre, Raul Walch 2026: Charmaine Poh, Mikolaj Sobczak, Susanne Sachsse, and Gulbin Unlu

See also

List of European art awards

References