14-629: The Berliner Kunstpreis (Berlin Art Prize), officially Großer Berliner Kunstpreis , is a prize for the arts by the City of Berlin. It was first awarded in 1948 in several fields of art. Since 1971, it has been awarded by the Academy of Arts ( Akademie der Künste ) on behalf of the Senate of Berlin . Annually one of its six sections, fine arts, architecture, music, literature, performing arts and film and media arts, gives
28-524: Is an incorporated body of the public right under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. New members are nominated by secret ballot of the general assembly, and appointed by the president with membership never to exceed 500. The academy's recent presidents include: Beginning in the 1690s, the Prussian Academy of Arts, under various names, served as an arts council and learned society for
42-662: The Charlottenburg Palace . The prize was planned to be awarded first on 18 March 1948 by the City Berlinale, to commemorate the March Revolution and the revolutionaries who fell for a new state (für einen neuen Staat gefallenen Revolutionäre). The first prize winners of 1948, shortly before the currency reform, who received awards of 10,000 Mark, were the sculptor Renée Sintenis and the composers Ernst Pepping and Wolfgang Fortner . The then-Senator of Education awarded
56-567: The Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany . The academy's predecessor organization was founded in 1696 by Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg as the Brandenburg Academy of Arts , an academic institution in which members could meet and discuss and share ideas. The current Academy was founded on 1 October 1993 as the re-unification of formerly separate East and West Berlin academies. The academy
70-785: The Prussian government. Founded by the Hohenzollern elector Frederick III ( King in Prussia from 1701), it was the third-oldest such academy in Europe. The institution was housed on No. 8 Unter den Linden , until from 1902 the site was cleared and rebuilt as seat of the Berlin State Library . The academy then moved to Pariser Platz next to Hotel Adlon , where the Palais Arnim, former residence of Prime Minister Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg ,
84-614: The academy building was seized by Hitler's chief architect Albert Speer to evolve his Welthauptstadt Germania plans; temporarily relocated to the Kronprinzenpalais , the Prussian Academy ultimately ceased operations in 1945. In postwar divided Germany , two parallel organizations took its place. The western successor organization was called the Akademie der Künste , founded in 1954 under President Hans Scharoun , which resided in
98-560: The great prize, endowed with €15,000, whereas the other five sections annually award prizes endowed with €5,000. The Berlin Art Prize has been awarded since 1948 in commemoration of the March Revolution of 1848. The official name then, Berliner Kunstpreis – Jubiläumsstiftung 1848/1948 (Berlin Art Prize – 1848/1948 Jubilee Foundation), was used until 1969, the ceremony was held by the Mayor in
112-567: The literature section was named in 2010 the Fontane Prize . Recipients are typically listed in the sequence "Bildende Kunst" (art), "Baukunst" (architecture), "Musik" (music), "Darstellende Kunst" (performing art), "Film-Hörfunk-Fernsehen" (media) Academy of Arts, Berlin The Academy of Arts ( German : Akademie der Künste ) is a state arts institution in Berlin , Germany. The task of
126-432: The present-day academy, which took its seat in a new building at the former location on Pariser Platz The Otto Dix Foundation, created by artist Otto Dix ’s widow Martha, entrusted his estate to the academy. It includes 4,000 index cards of his works, around 300 letters to the artist, catalogues and publications that include mention of exhibitions of his work and even his paintbox containing all his equipment. It opened to
140-463: The prize is awarded by the Academy of Arts. The Academy awards the prize annually in alternating intervals of its six sections in the order of fine arts, architecture, music, literature, performing arts and film and media arts. The Arts Award for "Film and Media Arts" award since 1984 and from 1956 to 1983, there were instead the Arts Award for "Radio-Television-Film." The prize, awarded every six years by
154-416: The prize without consulting a jury. In 1949 a constitution was drafted. The prize (per section DM 3,000.00) should be awarded annually for achievements in literature, music, painting, graphic and performing arts. As a result, changes were made regarding the divisions, the division between several winners and the award criteria. From the mid-1950s, the ceremony was always accompanied by criticism. Since 1971,
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#1732876166802168-472: The public at the academy in 2024. 52°30′54″N 13°22′46″E / 52.51500°N 13.37944°E / 52.51500; 13.37944 Ernst von Ihne Ernst Eberhard von Ihne (23 May 1848 – 21 April 1917) was a German architect . He served as official architect to the German Emperor Frederick III and to his son and successor Wilhelm II . Among his best known works are
182-598: The rebuilt Hansaviertel quarter of West Berlin . The eastern successor organization was founded on 24 March 1950 as the Deutsche Akademie der Künste in East Berlin which became the Akademie der Künste der DDR in 1972, then the Akademie der Künste zu Berlin in 1990. Its presidents included Arnold Zweig , Ludwig Renn , Johannes R. Becher , Otto Nagel , Willi Bredel , Konrad Wolf , Manfred Wekwerth and Heiner Müller . These two were merged on 1 October 1993 into
196-561: Was refurbished according to plans designed by Ernst von Ihne . The academy also served as a training school since its founding, and created a number of affiliated schools. The first was the Bauakademie for architectural training, founded in 1799. The academic arm was fully separated in 1931 and developed into the present-day Berlin University of the Arts ( Universität der Künste Berlin ). In 1938
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