Villa Romana prize
The Villa Romana is a building that is situated on a 14,500 m² plot of land on the Via Senese in Florence and was acquired in 1905 by Max Klinger for 60,000 gold liras. The Villa Romana Prize, which is awarded since 1905, is the oldest art prize in Germany.
Klinger taught there for the German Künstlerbund an artist a house, in particular, come under the scholarship of the Villa Romana Prize. 1906 in Leipzig, the Villa Romana club was founded in the Klinger Künstlerhaus Villa Romana earned. 1926, the club was re-established. He later received the status of a foundation based in Dusseldorf. Every year, three to five talented visual artists can free a longer stay at the Villa Romana and use the local studio ( More recently, an additional stipend is paid. )
Award winners
1905-1914
1928-1943
1959-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
- 2000: Thomas Eller, Michael Kutzner, Simon Bird, Amelie von Wulffen
- 2001: Simone Böhm, Dorothea Goldschmidt, Stephan Gripp, Dieter Vieg
- 2002: Barbara Home, Hannes Norberg, Daniela Trixl, Christina Zück
- 2003: Sven- Ole Frahm, Gelke Gaycken, Norbert Küpper, Markus Vater, Christian Frosch
- 2004: Ralf Brück, Monika Kapfer, Christian Schwarzwald, Jörg Wagner
- 2005: Robert Klümpen, Alexander Laner, Ulla Irina Rossek, Constantin Wallhäuser
- 2006: Andrea Hanak, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Anna Kerstin Otto, Stefan Thater
- 2007: Andrea Faciu, Barbara Kussinger, Silke Markefka, Mikhail Pirgelis
- 2008: Dani Gal, Julia Schmidt, Asli Sungu, Clemens von Wedemeyer
- 2009: Olivier Foulon, Lindena, Eske Schlüters, Benjamin Yavuzsoy
From 2010
- 2010: Anna Heidenhain, Sebastian Dacey, Anna Möller, Martin Pfeifle
- 2011: Nora Schultz, Rebecca Ann Tess, Vincent Vulsma, Thomas Kilpper, Henrik Olesen
- 2012: Nine Budde, Wolfgang Breuer, Sophie Reinhold, Yorgos Sapountzis