The Benno Premsela Prize is a former Dutch design prize, awarded every two years from 2000 to 2012 by the
Mondriaan Fonds
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (), after 1906 known as Piet Mondrian (, also , ; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is known for being ...
to a person who has played a stimulating role in the field of
visual arts
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,
design
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or
architecture
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. The prize is named after designer
Benno Premsela
Benno Premsela (Amsterdam, 4 May 1920 – Amsterdam, 27 March 1997) was a Dutch designer, visual artist and art collector. As designer he was active as textile artist, industrial designer and interior designer.
, who died in 1997, and who himself had played a central role in post-war Dutch art and design. The prize consisted of a sum of money of 40,000 euros.
Award winners, a selection
* 2000:
Albert Waalkens Albert Waalkens (Finsterwolde, 8 June 1920 - there, 1 April 2007) was a Dutch farmer, gallery owner of Galery Waalkens and avant-garde art promoter.Riekje Swart
* 2007: Renny Ramakers and Gijs Bakker
* 2009: Suzanne Oxenaar"Winnaars oeuvreprijzen BKVB bekend." ''
De Volkskrant
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Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium-sized c ...
,'' 15.10.2009.
* 2011:
Wim van Krimpen
Wim van Krimpen (born in Groningen on 2 March 1941) is a Dutch art historian, art dealer and gallery owner of Galerie Wim van Krimpen, and art gallery director.