15-678: The Käthe Kollwitz Prize (German: Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis ) is a German art award named after artist Käthe Kollwitz . Established in 1960 by the then-Academy of Arts of the German Democratic Republic (nowadays the Academy of Arts, Berlin ), the prize is awarded annually by a jury whose members are newly chosen each year to a visual artist living and working in Germany who is honored either for
30-728: A single work or their complete body of work. Since 1992, the prize money (12,000 euros as of 2009) has been co-funded by the Kreissparkasse Cologne , the owner of the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Cologne . The Academy organises a parallel exhibition, accompanied by a catalog, for the laureate. Academy of Arts, Berlin The Academy of Arts ( German : Akademie der Künste ) is a state arts institution in Berlin , Germany. The task of
45-744: A staunch communist, joining the Communist Party of Germany in 1920. Throughout the 1920s he was very active in the Berlin art scene, becoming acquainted with Käthe Kollwitz , El Lissitzky , and many other notables. He became secretary of the Workers International Relief , and in 1922 he co-founded the "Artist's Relief" division thereof with Erwin Piscator . In 1924, Nagel joined the Red Group in Berlin and accompanied an exhibition of young artists to
60-524: 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
75-622: The Soviet Union . He was close friends with Heinrich Zille and Käthe Kollwitz , whose estate he later handled. Through Nagel, numerous writings about her work have been published. In 1925 he married the Russian singer-actress Valentina ("Walli") Nikitina. From 1928 to 1931, he joined the November Group and was a co-founder of the Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists . From 1928 to 1932, he
90-567: 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
105-785: 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 ,
120-614: 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
135-793: The end of the Second World War , Nagel lived and worked in Bergholz-Rehbrücke in Potsdam , Brandenburg , later part of East Germany . In 1945, he was one of the co-founders of the Cultural Association of the GDR . In 1952, he moved to Berlin-Biesdorf . From 1956 to 1962, he was the president of the DDR Academy of Arts, Berlin . He died at Berlin-Biesdorf in 1967 and was honoured with an Ehrengrab in Berlin's Friedrichsfelde Cemetery . In 1970, he
150-432: 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
165-458: 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 Otto Nagel Otto Nagel (27 September 1894 – 12 July 1967) was a German painter, graphic designer and long-time head of the Berlin Academy of Arts who was one of the most prolific artists of East Germany . Born at Berlin-Wedding , Nagel
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#1732894186166180-598: 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
195-613: Was publisher and editor-in-chief of the satirical magazine Eulenspiegel . In 1933, Nagel was elected chairman of the National Association of Visual Artists of Germany , but the election was annulled by the Nazis the next day. When the Nazis seized power , much of Nagel's work was declared degenerate . He was forbidden to paint, and from 1936 to 1937 he was incarcerated in various Nazi concentration camps , including Sachsenhausen . After
210-561: 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
225-568: Was the son of a carpenter and social democrat. After completing his basic schooling, he briefly entered into an apprenticeship with a stained glass painter, but soon broke this off. In 1912 he joined the Social Democratic Party . He was a conscientious objector during the First World War and was imprisoned for refusing to serve. After the war he first began to paint after being exposed to the work of August Macke . He gradually became
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