The Maecenas-Ehrung is a distinction awarded by the German ''Arbeitskreis selbständiger Kultur-Institute'', AsKI. (engl.: Association of Independent Cultural Institutions). The distinction is awarded biennially to personalities that have significantly promoted art and culture in Germany. An independent jury selects the laureates.
With the Maecenas distinction the AsKI honors privately financed promotion of culture. It is to communicate the results of and to encourage for new patronage. Part of the Maecenas-Ehrung is the presentation of a piece of art or adequate honorable gift, since 2003 a bronze sculpture of the artist
Manfred Sihle-Wissel.
Website of sculptor Manfred Sihle-Wissel
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The AsKI has been founded in 1967 as an association of today 35 nationally and internationally renowned independent cultural and research institutions. With valuable collections they particularly represent the quality and variety of German culture.
Laureates
* 2009 - Anette und Udo Brandhorst
* 2007 – Berthold Leibinger
Berthold Leibinger (26 November 1930 – 16 October 2018) was a German mechanical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist. He was the head of the German company Trumpf, a leader in laser technology, and founder of the non-profit foundation Ber ...
* 2005 – Prince Michael von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
* 2003 – Günter Braun and Waldtraut Braun
* 2001 – Udo van Meeteren
* 1999 – Clara Freifrau von Arnim and Wolf-Dietrich Speck von Sternburg
* 1997 – Paul Sacher
Paul Sacher (28 April 190626 May 1999) was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessperson. At the time of his death Sacher was majority shareholder of pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche and was considered the third richest person i ...
* 1995 – Henri Nannen
Henri Nannen (25 December 1913 in Emden – 13 October 1996 in Hanover) was a German journalist and art collector. He became one of the most prominent journalists and magazine publishers in Germany.
His father was a police officer in Emden wh ...
* 1993 – Marion Ermer
* 1991 – Alfred C. Toepfer
* 1989 – Arend Oetker
See also
* List of awards for contributions to culture
This list of awards for contributions to culture is an index to articles about notable awards for contributions to culture in a general sense. The awards listed here have a relatively open-ended scope, e.g. they apply to the arts irrespective o ...
* Gaius Maecenas
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas ( – 8 BC) was a friend and political advisor to Octavian (who later reigned as emperor Augustus). He was also an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets, including both Horace and Virgil. During the rei ...
, Roman advisor and eponym of the Maecenas distinction
References
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External links
Maecenas-Ehrung des AsKI e. V.
(in German)
Awards established in 1989
Awards for contributions to culture
Gaius Maecenas