Bundesarchiv Bild 183-71925-0001, Kunstpreises der DDR, Wolfgang Frankenstein, Inge Keller, Vogt

The Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic (German: ''Kunstpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik'') was an East German state award bestowed on individuals for contributions in various fields of art.

History

The Art Prize was annually awarded in recognition of "outstanding creative and interpretive achievements" in visual arts, applied arts, cinema, television, radio and entertainment. It could be conferred to individual recipients or in collective, to groups of no more than six people. The recipients were awarded a silver-coated metal medal, 20 millimeter in diameter, with the inscription ''Kunstpreis''. Beside it, a single grantee would also be entitled to a sum of 6,000 East German Marks, while a collective would get a sum as high as 20,000. The Art Prize was the country's highest honor for artists, and was outranked only by the

National Prize of East Germany The National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (german: Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was an award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, ...

. It was first awarded by Minister of Culture Alexander Abusch to nineteen recipients, on 22 January 1959. The Ministry's decree declared that it was bestowed "in recognition of outstanding and unique artistic achievements and for promotion of artistic creativity." The Art Prize was conferred twice more during the year, in April and October. It was again awarded thrice during 1960, in March, October and December. From 1961, it was conferred only once every year, on varying months. The last presentation ceremony took place on the night of 3 October 1990, just before the state was dissolved.Ed Stuhler. ''Die letzten Monate der DDR – Die Regierung de Maizière und ihr Weg zur deutschen Einheit''. Links (2010). . Page 228.

Notable recipients

Sylvia Geszty Sylvia Geszty (born Sylvia Maria Ilona Wytkowsky; ; 28 February 1934 – 13 December 2018) was a Hungarian-German operatic coloratura soprano who appeared internationally, based first at the Staatsoper Berlin in East Berlin and from 1970 at the S ...

(1966) * Peter Damm (1972) * Konrad Wolf (1971) * Wolf Kaiser (1961) * Fred Delmare (1960) * Inge Keller (1960) *

Angelica Domröse Angelica Domröse (; born April 4, 1941, in Berlin) is a German actress, who became famous in the role of Paula in Heiner Carow's film ''The Legend of Paul and Paula''. Her Mediterranean appearance is the result of her biological father being a ...

(1969) *

Peter Sturm Josef Michel Dischel (24 August 1909 – 11 May 1984), known by his adopted stage name Peter Sturm, was an Austrian and an East German actor. Biography Early life Dischel was born into a religious Jewish family in Vienna. His father was a tailor, ...

(1961) *

Hannelore Bey Hannelore Bey (née ''Mueller''; born 6 November 1941, in Leipzig) was a prima ballerina at the Komische Oper Berlin. Life She studied from 1956 to 1961 at the Palucca School of Dance in Dresden. She then studied from 1965 to 1966 at the Waganow ...

(1970) * Hartmut Haenchen (1984) * Rolf Herricht (1973, 1977) *

Hans-Joachim Preil Hans-Joachim Preil (June 26, 1923 – November 2, 1999) was an East German comedian. Biography Preil begun studying acting at 1939. He later appeared on the stages of theaters in Quedlinburg, Aschersleben, Bernburg and Magdeburg. During 1951, he ...

(1977) * Karat (in collective, 1979) *

Günter Kochan Günter Kochan (2 October 1930 – 22 February 2009) was a German composer. He studied with Boris Blacher and was a master student for composition with Hanns Eisler. From 1967 until his retirement in 1991, he worked as professor for musical comp ...

(1959) * Peter Konwitschny (1988) * Dieter Mann (1975) * Ulrich Thein (1969, 1984) * Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (1967) * Günter Sommer (1985) * Adele Stolte (1966) * Armin Mueller-Stahl (1963) * Karl Gass (1970) * Hannjo Hasse (1971) * Siegfried Thiele (1983) *

Werner Dissel Werner Friedrich Dissel (26 August 1912 – 22 January 2003) was a Germans, German actor, director, and German resistance to Nazism, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. Biography Dissel's began working as a newspaper photographer in the ...

(1986)

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A photograph of the Art Prize's medal

Awards established in 1959 Awards disestablished in 1990 Orders, decorations, and medals of East Germany Visual arts awards Acting awards 1959 establishments in East Germany 1990 disestablishments in East Germany

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