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Wilhelmina-ring

The Wilhelmina-ring is a bi-annual lifetime achievement award granted to a prominent Dutch sculptor. The price is initiated in 1998 by the Foundation Wilhelmina-ring to memorize that year Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was inaugurated as queen 100 years earlier.

By awarding the prize the Foundation Wilhelmina-ring want to encourage the interest in Dutch sculpture. The prize consists of a specially designed ring, an exhibition at the CODA art center in Apeldoorn, and a commission by the municipality of Apeldoorn to produce an sculpture, to be placed in the Sprengen Park.

Prize winners

  • 1998 : Joop Beljon ; ring design: Lara Kassenaar ; sculpture De versmelting (The fusion), unveiled on June 7, 2000.
  • 2000 : Joep van Lieshout ; ring design: Cees Post ; sculpture Apedoorn, unveiled on October 15, 2001.
  • 2002 : Jan van Munster ; ring design: Jan Matthesius; sculpture Ik (I), unveiled on November 13, 2003.
  • 2004 : Carel Visser : ring design: Ralph Bakker ; sculpture Meer (Lake), unveiled on April 26, 2006.
  • 2006: Maria Roosen ; ring design: Cees de Vries ; sculpture Boomsieraad (Tree Jewellery), onthuld op 3 December 2008.
  • 2009: John Körmeling ; ring design Dinie Besems ; sculpture The Origin of 1 Metre, unveiled on December 13, 2013.
  • 2011: Piet Slegers ; ring design Beate Klockmann ; sculpture Kringloop (Recycled), unveiled on June 28, 2013.
  • 2013: Hans van Houwelingen ; ring design Truike Verdegaal ; sculpture (data missing)
  • 2015: Auke de Vries

    • In the years 2002 and 2004 also a prestigious prize was awarded.

    References

    Wilhelmina-ring Wikipedia
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