Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic
The Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic was founded on 22 January 1959 by the government of the GDR and awarded annually in October by the Minister of Culture. He was a high honor for individual artistic achievements, which were deemed to be the trend for the development of culture. It gave him a year especially to individuals who have acquired in the areas of music, visual arts, applied arts, film, television, radio, arts and entertainment services.
The prize was awarded to individuals and collectives up to six people. He could be awarded to the individual or the same collective only once. At the ceremony included a medal, a certificate and a cash grant of 6,000 for individuals and collectives Mark up to 20,000 marks.
Award winners
Among the winners of the Art Prize of the GDR
- Ulrich Aust
- Theo Balden
- Hannelore Bey
- Gerhard Bienert
- Thomas Bill Hardt
- Manfred Bofinger
- Kurt Bowe
- Peter Damm
- Mathilde Danegger
- Fred Delmare
- Angelica Domröse
- Dietrichsdorf Stecher
- Fritz Duda
- Veronika Fischer
- Erich Franz
- Erich spirits
- Erich Gerlach
- Erwin Geschonneck
- Helga Göring
- Günter grave Bert
- Group New Music Hanns Eisler
- Ulrich Hachulla
- Hartmut Haenchen
- Harald Hakenbeck
- Gisela Heller
- Barbara Henniger
- Peter herds
- Rudi Högner
- Walter Howard
- Klaus Hugo
- Jo Jastram
- Carat
- Herbert Kegel
- Inge Keller
- Helmut Klotz
- Günter Kochan
- Gottfried Kolditz
- Peter Konwitschny
- Wilfried Krätzschmar
- Walter Kubiczeck
- Jürgen Kuttner
- Reinhard Lakomy
- Matt Wolfgang Heuer
- Gisela May
- Otto Möhwald
- Alfred Müller
- Helmut Müller- Lankow
- Willi Neubert
- Walter Niklaus
- Friedel Nowack
- Carl Ernst Ortwein
- Henry Pacholski
- Ralf Petersen
- Ernst- Ludwig Petrovsky
- Puhdys
- Heinz Quermann
- Hans -Joachim Rotzsch
- Frank Ruddigkeit
- Manfred Scherzer
- Christfried Schmidt
- Dieter Schneider
- Klaus Schneider
- Siegfried Schreiber
- Paul Oskar Seese
- Elizabeth Shaw
- Willi Sitte
- Günter " Baby" Sommer
- Stern Combo Meissen
- Rudi Stolle
- Adele Stolte
- Hilmar Thate
- Siegfried Thiele
- Bärbel Wachholz
- Heinz Werner
- Richard O. Wilhelm
- Gerhard Wohlgemuth
- Alfons Wonneberg
- Marianne Wünscher
- Gerhard Zachar
- Ludwig Zepner
More art awards
Since the 1960s, other mass organizations give art prizes.
- FDJ for Youth Arts ( Erich -Weinert- medal )
- Fdgb for the world of work ( Art Prize of fdgb )
- DTSB for Sports
- DSF for art and culture and for achievements in friendship with the Soviet Union.
This form of awarding prizes (also on Freelance and artist collectives ) then sat in art prizes at county level continued.