The Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe (Grand-Duke Adolphe Prize) is a Luxembourgian art award awarded every year to one or more artists exhibiting at the Salon Artistique of the Cercle artistique de Luxembourg

Cercle artistique de Luxembourg

The Cercle artistique de Luxembourg or CAL, founded in 1893 as Cercle artistique luxembourgeois, is an association which brings together artists of all types with a view to supporting artistic work and art education in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg....

(CAL).

The award is named after Grand Duke Adolphe

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Adolphe I, Grand Duke of Luxembourg was the last Duke of Nassau, and the fourth Grand Duke of Luxembourg.-Biography:...

 of Luxembourg who created the prize in 1902, on the initiative of his wife Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, who herself was a painter.

Award Recipients

• 1902: Jean Mich, Sculptor.
• 1903: No prize awarded.
• 1904: Dominique Lang
  Dominique Lang
  Dominique Lang is considered to be Luxembourg's most important Impressionist painter. He painted both portraits and landscapes although he was employed as a high-school teacher.-Career:...
  
   and Frantz Seimetz
  Frantz Seimetz
  Frantz Seimetz was a prolific Luxembourg artist who painted portraits and landscapes in the Impressionist style.-Early life:...
  
  , Painters.
• 1905: Albert Breisch, Goldsmith.
• 1906: Guido Oppenheim, Painter.
• 1907: Auguste van Werveke and Jean Curot, Painters.
• 1908: Joseph-Germain Strock, Painter.
• 1909: Jean-Baptiste Wercollier and Claus Cito, Sculptors.
• 1910: Paul Wigreux, Architect.
• 1911: Pierre Blanc, Painter.
• 1912: No prize awarded.
• 1913: Angélina Drumaux, Painter, and Etienne Galowich, Metal artist.
• 1914: Nicolas Birnbaum and Pierre Kipgen, Applied artists.
• 1915: André Thyes, Painter.
• 1916: Eugène Mousset, Painter.
• 1917: Jean-Pierre Koenig, Architect.
• 1918: Auguste Trémont
  Auguste Trémont
  Auguste Nicolas Trémont was a Luxembourgian sculptor. He specialised in sculptures of animals, with a particular emphasis on big cats.-Life:...
  
  , Painter.
• 1919: Dominique Lang
  Dominique Lang
  Dominique Lang is considered to be Luxembourg's most important Impressionist painter. He painted both portraits and landscapes although he was employed as a high-school teacher.-Career:...
  
  , Painter.
• 1920: Frantz Heldentstein, Sculptor.
• 1921: No prize awarded.
• 1922: Jean-Pierre Beckius, Painter.
• 1923: Michel Haagen, Metal artist.
• 1924: Jean Schaack and Joseph Kutter
  Joseph Kutter
  Joseph Jean Ferdinand Kutter is considered one of Luxembourg's most important painters. He was greatly influenced by the Impressionists but developed his own distinctive Expressionist style.-Early life:...
  
  , Painter.
• 1925: Eugène Kurth, Painter.
• 1926: Félix Corrent, Painter-Engraver.
• 1927: Joseph Meyers, Painter.
• 1928: Albert Kratzenberg, Sculptor.
• 1929: Léon Nosbusch, Sculptor.
• 1930: Marcel Langsam, Metal artist.
• 1931: Jean-Pierre Lamboray, Art teacher.
• 1932: Albert Kratzenberg, Sculptor.
• 1933: Mathias Reckinger, Art professor.
• 1934: No prize awarded.
• 1935: Aloyse Bové, Architect.
• 1936: Michel Stoffel
  Michel Stoffel
  Michel Stoffel was a Luxembourg artist and author. He also worked for a time in the insurance sector. Together with Joseph Kutter, he is considered to be one of Luxembourg's most prominent painters.-Early life and education:...
  
  , Painter.
• 1937: Simone Lutgen, Sculptor.
• 1938: Félix Glatz, Art professor.
• 1946: Will Kesseler
  Will Kesseler
  Will Kesseler was a Luxembourgian painter, considered to be one of nation’s best Colourists.He was born in Mersch on 17 August 1899 and died in Luxembourg on 24 September 1983....
  
  , Painter.
• 1947: Frantz Kinnen, Painter.
• 1948: Aurelio Sabatini, Sculptor.
• 1949: No prize awarded.
• 1950: Will Kesseler and Frantz Kinnen, Painter.
• 1951: Edmond Goergen, Painter.
• 1952: Charlotte Engels, Sculptor.
• 1953: Coryse Kieffer, Painter.
• 1954: Jean-Pierre Calteux and Henri Dillenburg, Painter.
• 1955: No prize awarded.
• 1956: Frantz Kinnen, Painter and Charles Kohl, Sculptor.
• 1957: Emile Hulten, Sculptor.
• 1958: Will Dahlem and Jean-Pierre Junius, Painter.
• 1959: Emile Kirscht
  Emile Kirscht
  Emile Kirscht was a Luxembourg painter who worked with acrylics and gouache on paper. In 1954, he was a co-founder of the Iconomaques group of abstract artists in Luxembourg.-Early life:...
  
   and Alphonse Nies, Painter.
• 1960: Roger Bertemes and Jean-Pierre Thilmany, Painter.
• 1961: No prize awarded.
• 1962: Ben Heyart, Painter and Charles Kohl, Sculptor.
• 1963: Yola Mersch-Reding, Painter.
• 1964: Marie-Thérèse Juchem-Kolbach and Roger Koemptgen, Painters.
• 1965: Alfred Steinmetzer, Painter.
• 1966: No prize awarded.
• 1967: Jean Leyder, Painter.
• 1969: Roger Kieffer, Paul Reichling and Joseph Grosbusch, Painters.
• 1970: Michel Breithoff and Gust Graas
  Gust Graas
  Gust Grass is a Luxembourg businessman and painter who has not only played a major role in the development of Luxembourg-based radio and television concern RTL but is also a talented abstract painter.-Early life:...
  
  , Painters.
• 1971: Roger Dornseiffer, Arthur Unger and Edouard-Marie Weber, Painters.
• 1972: Roger Roemer, Painter.
• 1973: Fernande Klein and Joseph Welter, Decorative artists.
• 1974: No prize awarded.
• 1975: Henri Kraus, Painter.
• 1976: Ota Nalezinek, Painter.
• 1977: Fränz Hulten, Painter.
• 1978: No prize awarded.
• 1979: Gérard Claude, Aquarellist.
• 1980: Sylvie-Anne Thyes, Graveur.
• 1981: Albert Haas, Sculptor.
• 1982: Charles Reinertz, Painter.
• 1983: Andrée Wirion, Applied artist.
• 1984: Ferd Medinger and Paul Roettgers, Painters.
• 1985: No prize awarded.
• 1986: No prize awarded.
• 1987: Marc Frising, Engraver.
• 1988: No prize awarded.
• 1989: Annette Weiwers-Probst, Painter.
• 1990: Jeannot Lunkes, Painter.
• 1991: No prize awarded.
• 1992: Marie-Josée Kerschen, Sculptor.
• 1993: No prize awarded.
• 1994: No prize awarded.
• 1995: Patricia Lippert, Painter.
• 1997: Jeannot Bewing, Sculptor.
• 1999: Anna Recker, Painter.
• 2001: Isabelle Lutz, Painter.
• 2003: Sonja Roef, Painter, Sculptor.
• 2005: Luc Ewen, Photographer.
• 2006:
• 2007: Miikka Heinonen, Photographer
• 2008:
• 2009: Dani Neumann, Painter