Wolf Prize in Arts

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The Wolf Prize in Arts is awarded once a year by the Wolf Foundation. It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics. The Prize rotates annually between painting, music, architecture and sculpture.
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Year Award Winner Notes/Description
  • 1992
  • Architecture - His architecture, rooted in deep reading of human cultures, has given shape to processes of ritual and assembly in forms of haunting presence.
  • 1981
  • Painting
  • 1982
  • music - for his inspired and inspiring extension of our sound world.
  • 1983
  • Architecture - for his fundamental contribution to contemporary architecture, based on his creative spirit, solving human problems in a highly original formal language.
  • 1984
  • sculpture - His sculpture, expressing a fruitful imagination and a practical beauty of forms, combines tradition and innovation in a contemporary guise.
  • 1986
  • Painting - One of the leading and most influential figures of Pop Art in the world since its inception.
  • 1988
  • Architecture = for their work which represents the spirit of an architecture that looks to the future without renouncing the past; brings about meaningful shapes and environments without forsaking human and social aspects and responds to universal issues without neglecting regional attributes.
  • 1989
  • sculpture - who, over some three decades, has invested prosaic objects with historic and mythical allusions. For all the simplicity of their subject matter, they are statements about metamorphosis and invite the observer to reflect upon life´s processes
  • 1990
  • Painting - for his epic and physically compelling paintings, in which he creates a continuum, linking current life with history and mythology.
  • 1991
  • music - One of the greatest violinists of the 20th. century, his unforgettable interpretations and humanitarian activities contributed significantly to bringing nations together through musical education.
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