Eckersberg Medal

The Eckersberg Medal (originally the Akademiets Aarsmedaille or Annual Academy Medal) is an annual award of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It is named after Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, known as the father of Danish painting.

The Eckersberg Medal was created in 1883, on the 100th birthday of its namesake.^[1]

Eckersberg Medal recipients

Source (1940 onwards): Akademiraadet

Year	Recipient^[3]	Field
1940	Henrik Starcke Astrid Noack Flemming Larsen Erik Møller Lauritz Hartz Søren Hjorth Nielsen	Sculptor Sculptor Architect Architect Painter Painter
1941	Aage Petersen Gunnar Hansen Vilhelm Lauritzen Frits Schlegel Otto Nielsen Victor Haagen Müller	Sculptor Sculptor Architect Architect Painter Painter
1942	Hugo Liisberg Anker Hoffmann Elof Risebye Niels Grønbech	Sculptor Sculptor Painter Painter
1943	Aage Nielsen-Edwin Agnes Lunn Kaj Louis Jensen Hans Chrisitan Hansen Viggo S. Jørgensen Povl Schrøder Christine Swane	Sculptor Sculptor Sculptor Architect Architect Painter Painter
1944	Knud Nellemose Gottfred Eickhoff Eske Kristensen Axel Skjelborg Carl Jensen	Sculptor Sculptor Architect Painter Painter
1945	Inge Finsen Tyge Holm C. F. Møller C.Th. Sørensen Arne Ludvigsen Ole Søndergaard Erik Hoppe	Sculptor Architect Architect Architect Architect Architect Painter
1946	Ulf Rasmussen J. Gudmundsen-Holmgreen F. Grut Paul Sørensen Sophie Pedersen	Sculptor Sculptor Architect Painter Painter
1947	Ejgill Vedel Schmidt Finn Juhl Júlíana Sveinsdóttir Bizzie Høyer Ville Jais Nielsen	Sculptor Architect Painter Painter Painter
1948	Tove Olafsson Stephensen Knud Hansen Mogens Andersen Svend Johansen Lauritz Hartz	Sculptor Architect Painter Painter Painter Painter
1949	August Keil Agnete Jørgensen Hans Georg Skovgaard Edvard Klindt-Larsen Egon Mathiesen	Sculptor Sculptor Architect Architect Painter

Year	Recipient^[3]	Field
1950	Carl-Henning Pedersen Richard Mortensen Børge Mogensen	Painter Painter Architect
1951	Holger J. Jensen Hans Bendix Hans Hansen Helge Refn Henning Seidelin Grethe Bagge	Painter Painter Architect Architect Sculptor Sculptor
1952	Helge Nielsen Dan Sterup-Hansen P.E. Hoff B. Windinge	Painter Painter Architect Architect
1953	Kaj Mottlau Petri Gissel Halldor Gunnløgsson Ole Hagen William Gersel Jørgen Thoms	Painter Painter Architect Architect Sculptor Sculptor
1954	Mogens Zieler Kaj Ejstrup Viggo Møller-Jensen Hjalte Skovgaard	Painter Painter Architect Sculptor
1955	S. Danneskjold-Samsøe Christian Daugaard Eva & Nils Koppel	Painter Painter Architects
1956	Carl Østerbye Erik Herløw Hans J. Wegner	Painter Architect Architect
1957	Albert Gammelgaard Karl Bovin Jørn Utzon Erik Christian Sørensen Helge Holmskov	Painter Painter Architect Architect Sculptor
1958	Harald Leth Holger Jensen Vilhelm Wohlert	Painter Architect Architect
1959	Egill Jacobsen Ole Kielberg Jørn Nielsen Jørgen Bo	Painter Painter Architect Architect

^ John L. Loeb Jnr, The Ambassador John L. Loeb Jnr Danish Art Collection, John L. Loeb Jnr, New York, 2005, Appendix A: An Overview of Danish Royal and Secular Art Collections, Exhibitions, Museums and Art Associations in Denmark, http://www.loebdanishartcollection.com/pdf/APPENDIX_a.pdf (retrieved December 2008)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jensen Silver, The Georg Jensen Designers, http://www.jensensilver.com/news-info/designers.html (retrieved December 2008)
^ ^a ^b "Tildelinger af medaljer". Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^ "Gunnar Westman", Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
^ "Willy Ørskov", Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 7 June 2012.