The Guggenheim International Award was established in 1956 as "both a recognition of outstanding achievements in the visual arts and an important manifestation of international goodwill". A shortlist of artists and works were selected by juries to represent different countries, with one overall winner selected by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and awarded a monetary prize of US$10,000, then the largest art prize awarded in the US. Prizes were given every two years from 1956 to 1964 (omitting 1962). The award was discontinued after 1964 in order to divert funds to acquiring further artwork for the Foundation.
Winners Year Winning artist Winning work Notes Ref(s) 1956 August, 1956 (Val d'Orcia) A table-top still life painting, influenced by Cubist abstraction and named after the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany Ben Nicholson First Winner of Guggenheim International Award, Guggenheim Foundation, November 28, 1956Ben Nicholson, August 1956 (Val d'Orcia), 1956, Tate Gallery 1958 Wall of the Sun and Wall of the Moon Ceramic mural at the UNESCO building in Paris, made in collaboration with Josep Llorens Artigas Guggenheim International Award, 1958, Catalogue compiled by Mrs. Louise Averill Svendsen, from archive.org 1960 Woman with Ostrich (Dutch: "Vrouw en struisvogel") Abstract image of swirling colours Karel Appel wins Guggenheim International Award 1960, Guggenheim Foundation, November 1, 1960Guggenheim International Award, 1960, Catalogue compiled by Mrs. Louise Averill Svendsen, from archive.org 1964 Large Nude Painting of a female figure Guggenheim International Award, 1964, Catalogue compiled by Lawrence Alloway, from archive.orgAlberto Giacometti Winner of 1964 Guggenheim International Award, Guggenheim Foundation, January 14, 1964Art: Guggenheim International Award, New York Times, January 15, 1964
See also Guggenheim Fellowship
References
External links Document 1960 at archive.org