Villa Romana Prize

Villa Romana Prize
Villa-Romana-Preis
The villa, seen from the Via Senese
Awarded forannual award to visual artists
Date1905
LocationVilla Romana, Florence
CountryItaly
Presented byDeutscher Künstlerbund
Reward(s)One-year artistic residence
Websitevillaromana.org

The Villa Romana Prize, German: Villa-Romana-Preis, is an art prize awarded by the Deutscher Künstlerbund. It was established in 1905 and is the oldest German art award.[1] The prize consists of a one-year artistic residence in the Villa Romana, a nineteenth-century villa on the Via Senese in the southern outskirts of Florence, in Tuscany in central Italy.[2][3]

Max Klinger and Elsa Asanijeff in the garden of the villa, April 1905
The painter Maria Caspar-Filser with her family in front of Villa Romana, 1914

Max Klinger, who in 1903 had become vice-president of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, established the Villa Romana as a study centre for artists in 1905.[4] He had bought it that year for 60,000 gold lire.[5] The prize was first awarded in that year also.[1]

Among the many recipients of the award are Max Beckmann (1906),[6] Ernst Barlach (1909),[7] Joseph Fassbender (1929),[8] Gerhard Marcks,[9] Toni Stadler [de] (1937),[10] Walter Stöhrer (1978),[11] and Georg Baselitz (1965).[12]

Recipients

1905 to 1914

1928 to 1943

From 1959

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Jens Grandt (3 February 2018). Harmonie in Farbe (in German). Berliner Morgenpost. Accessed March 2018.
  2. ^ The Villa Romana Prize. Villa Romana. Accessed November 2018.
  3. ^ The Villa Romana in Florence. Villa Romana. Accessed November 2018.
  4. ^ Annegret Friedrich ([n.d.]). Klinger, Max. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
  5. ^ Thomas Föhl (2005). Max Klinger und die Gründung der »Florentiner Künstlerkolonie« Villa Romana (in German). In: Thomas Föhl, Gerda Wendermann (editors) (2005). Ein Arkadien der Moderne? 100 Jahre Künstlerhaus Villa Romana in Florenz (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: G+H. ISBN 9783931768850.
  6. ^ a b Christian Lenz ([n.d.]). Beckmann, Max. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
  7. ^ a b Yvonne Modlin ([n.d.]). Barlach, Ernst. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
  8. ^ a b Uwe Haupenthal ([n.d.]). Fassbender, Joseph. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
  9. ^ a b Martina Rudloff ([n.d.]). Marcks, Gerhard. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
  10. ^ a b Ursel Berger ([n.d.]). Stadler, Toni. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
  11. ^ a b Dominik Bartmann ([n.d.]). Stöhrer, Walter. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
  12. ^ a b Andreas Franzke ([n.d.]). Baselitz [Kern], Georg. Grove Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed March 2018. (subscription required).
  13. ^ Fellows since 1905. Villa Romana. Accessed November 2018.
  14. ^ Villa Romana Fellows 2018. Villa Romana. Accessed November 2018.
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