Since 2008 the city of Würzburg awards the Peter C. Ruppert Prize for Concrete Art in Europe every three years.[1][2]
The prize money of 15,000 Euros is provided by the Peter C. Ruppert Foundation: Collection of Concrete Art in Europe after 1945.[2] Peter C. Ruppert (1935–2019)[3][4] was a businessman and Art collector, who started in the 70s of the 20th century to collect works of Concrete art with a focus on Concrete art after 1945. His collection includes around 418 works by 254 European Concrete art artists from the end of World War II onwards from almost all parts of Europe.[5]
The prize is awarded to internationally important artists of Concrete art. It serves to highlight the rank and importance of Concrete Art for the development of contemporary art and to make the Peter C. Ruppert Collection at the Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg known to a broader audience.[2]
At the same time, the prize is intended to help emphasize Würzburg's special status as a city of culture and Europe both nationally and internationally. The prize was first awarded in 2008 to the French artist François Morellet, in 2011 to the German Heijo Hangen and in 2013 to the Hungarian artist Dóra Maurer.
Prize winners
edit- 2008: François Morellet[6]
- 2011: Heijo Hangen[7]
- 2013: Dóra Maurer[8]
- 2016: Hans Jörg Glattfelder[9]
- 2019: Norman Dilworth[10]
- 2022: Inge Dick[11]
References
edit- ^ "Satzung über die Verleihung von Preisen und Ehrungen im Bereich Kultur der Stadt Würzburg: Kulturpreise und Ehrungen" [Rules on the awarding of prizes and honors in the field of culture of the city of Würzburg: Cultural prizes and honors]. Stadt Würzburg. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ a b c "Preis Peter C. Ruppert für Konkrete Kunst in Europa" [Prize Peter C. Ruppert for Concrete Art in Europe]. Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ "Traueranzeige Peter C. Ruppert" [Orbituary Peter C. Ruppert]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ Firsching, Ulrich Raphael. "Sammler Peter C. Ruppert gestorben" [Collector Peter C. Ruppert died]. kunstmarkt.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ^ "Künstler der Sammlung Peter C. Ruppert - Aufteilung nach Ländern" [Artists of the Peter C. Ruppert Collection - By Countries]. www.kulturspeicher.de. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ "Preis Peter C. Ruppert für Konkrete Kunst in Europa - Preisträger" [Prize Peter C. Ruppert for Concrete Art in Europe - Winners]. wuerzburg.de. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "Peter C. Ruppert-Preis für den Vorzeigekünstler Heijo Hangen" [Peter C. Ruppert Prize for the exemplary artist Heijo Hangen]. wuerzburg24.com. 2011-11-27. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "Peter C. Ruppert Preis für Konkrete Kunst geht an Dóra Maurer" [Peter C. Ruppert Prize for Concrete Art goes to Dóra Maurer]. wuerzburg24.com. 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "Peter-Ruppert-Preis für Hans Jörg Glattfelder" [Peter Ruppert Prize for Hans Jörg Glattfelder]. Main-Echo. 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ "Peter C. Ruppert Preis für Konkrete Kunst an Norman Dilworth verliehen" [Peter C. Ruppert Prize for Concrete Art awarded to Norman Dilworth]. wuerzburg24.com. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "Preis Peter C. Ruppert für Konkrete Kunst an Inge Dick" [Prize Peter C. Ruppert for Concrete Art to Inge Dick]. art-in.de. 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
Further reading
edit- Heese, Luisa for the museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg; Riese, Hans-Peter; Kunze, Franziska (2022). Konkrete Kunst in Europa nach 1945. Die Sammlung Peter C. Ruppert: Katalog für das Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg [Concrete Art in Europe after 1945. The Peter C. Ruppert Collection: Catalog for the Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg] (in German and English). Cologne: Wienand. ISBN 978-3868326086.