Guggenheim International Award

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The Guggenheim International Award was established in 1956 as "both a recognition of outstanding achievements in the visual arts and an important manifestation of international goodwill". A shortlist of artists and works were selected by juries to represent different countries, with one overall winner selected by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and awarded a monetary prize of US$10,000, then the largest art prize awarded in the US. Prizes were given every two years from 1956 to 1964 (omitting 1962). The award was discontinued after 1964 in order to divert funds to acquiring further artwork for the Foundation.

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Winners

YearWinning artistWinning workNotesRef(s)
1956 Ben Nicholson August, 1956 (Val d'Orcia)A table-top still life painting, influenced by Cubist abstraction and named after the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany [1] [2]
1958 Joan Miró Wall of the Sun and Wall of the Moon Ceramic mural at the UNESCO building in Paris, made in collaboration with Josep Llorens Artigas [3] [4] [5]
1960 Karel Appel Woman with Ostrich (Dutch: "Vrouw en struisvogel")Abstract image of swirling colours [6] [7] [8] [9]
1964 Alberto Giacometti Large NudePainting of a female figure [10] [11] [12]

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References

  1. Ben Nicholson First Winner of Guggenheim International Award, Guggenheim Foundation, November 28, 1956
  2. Ben Nicholson, August 1956 (Val d'Orcia), 1956, Tate Gallery
  3. "Miro, Joan (1893–1983), with José Llorens Artigas". UNESCO. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. "Guggenheim International Award 1958". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. Guggenheim International Award, 1958, Catalogue compiled by Mrs. Louise Averill Svendsen, from archive.org
  6. "Guggenheim International Award 1960". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. "Karel Appel obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 6 May 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  8. Karel Appel wins Guggenheim International Award 1960, Guggenheim Foundation, November 1, 1960
  9. Guggenheim International Award, 1960, Catalogue compiled by Mrs. Louise Averill Svendsen, from archive.org
  10. Guggenheim International Award, 1964, Catalogue compiled by Lawrence Alloway, from archive.org
  11. Alberto Giacometti Winner of 1964 Guggenheim International Award, Guggenheim Foundation, January 14, 1964
  12. Art: Guggenheim International Award, New York Times, January 15, 1964