The Wilhelmina-ring is a bi-annual lifetime achievement award granted to a prominent Dutch sculptor. The prize was initiated in 1998 by the Foundation Wilhelmina-ring to memoralize that year Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was inaugurated as queen 100 years earlier.Architecture in the Netherlands: Yearbook. (2000), p. 156Wilhelminaring: tweejaarlijkse oeuvreprijs voor beeldhouwkunst in Nederland. 2006
By awarding the prize the Foundation Wilhelmina-ring want to encourage the interest in Dutch sculpture. The prize consists of a specially designed ring, an exhibition at the CODA art center in Apeldoorn, and a commission by the municipality of Apeldoorn to produce a sculpture, to be placed in the Sprengen Park.
Prize winners 1998 : Joop Beljon; ring design: Lara Kassenaar; sculpture De versmelting (The fusion), unveiled on 7 June 2000. 2000 : Joep van Lieshout; ring design: Cees Post; sculpture Apedoorn, unveiled on 15 October 2001.Less + More: Droog Design in Context. (220), p. 79 2002 : Jan van Munster; ring design: Jan Matthesius;Marthe Le Van (2004), 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments for the Hand. p. 165 sculpture Ik (I), unveiled on 13 November 2003.Ons erfdeel, Vol. 47, 2004. 2004 : Carel Visser : ring design: Ralph Bakker; sculpture Meer (Lake), unveiled on 26 April 2006. 2006: Maria Roosen; ring design: Cees de Vries; sculpture Boomsieraad (Tree Jewellery), unveiled on 3 December 2008.Maria Roosen: monster. (2009), p.60 2009: John Körmeling; ring design Dinie Besems; sculpture The Origin of 1 Metre, unveiled on 13 December 2013. 2011: Piet Slegers; ring design Beate Klockmann; sculpture Kringloop (Recycled), unveiled on 28 June 2013.Piet Slegers (1923); male / Netherlandish; sculptor, draftsman, academy lecturer at rkd.nl, 2015. 2013: Hans van Houwelingen; ring design Truike Verdegaal; sculpture (data missing) 2015: Auke de Vries; ring design Lucy Sarneel 2017: Eja Siepman van den Berg; ring design Katja Prins 2019: Tirzo Martha 2023: Henk Visch
In the years 2002 and 2004 also a prestigious prize was awarded.
See also
List of European art awards
References
External links Official Wilhelmina Foundation Prize website—