The Will Lammert Prize is an award for art named after the German sculptor Will Lammert

Will Lammert

Will Lammert was a German sculptor. In 1959 he was posthumously awarded the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic.- Germany :...

. Between the years of 1962 and 1992 it was awarded at irregular intervals to young sculptors by the German Academy of the Arts

Akademie der Künste

The Akademie der Künste, Berlin is an arts institution in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 1696 by Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg as the Prussian Academy of Arts, an academic institution where members could meet and discuss and share ideas...

. There are 13 award winners in all.

The prize, which was donated by the Lammert's widow in 1957, was awarded for the first time by the German Academy of the Arts on 5th January 1962, to Werner Stötzer. This made the Will Lammert Prize the first privately sponsored award in East Germany. According to its provisions, only sculptors under the age of 30 were eligible for the prize. The age restriction was later lifted, however.

Award winners

• 1962 Werner Stötzer
• 1964 Wilfried Fitzenreiter
• 1966 Wieland Förster
• 1967 Gerhard Rommel
• 1969 Margret Middell
• 1971 Friedrich B. Henkel
• 1973 Bernd Göbel
• 1976 Christa Sammler
• 1979 Regina Fleck
• 1982 Sonja Eschefeld
• 1985 Emerita Pansowowa
• 1988 Robert Metzkes
• 1992 Rolf Biebl

Literature

• Complete list of the award winners: Horst-Jörg Ludwig (Ed.): Will Lammert (1892–1957) – Plastik und Zeichnungen. Akademie der Künste, Berlin 1992, S. 128.