Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst

Organization

Published: 04.04.2025

: Altstädter Markt 6
63450 - Hanau
GERMANY

: Website Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst; Instagram Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst; Facebook Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst

Mail:: infogfg-hanau.de

Phone:: +49 (0) 6181 256556

Management:: Malte Guttek

The aims of the Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V (Association for Goldsmiths' Art), founded in 1932, are the promotion of contemporary design trends in jewelry, hollowware and cutlery, the preservation of traditional goldsmith and silversmith techniques through competitions, the support and promotion of young goldsmiths and silversmiths and the maintenance and further development of an archive of artists' estates. The Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V operates the Deutsche Goldschmiedehaus Hanau (German Goldsmiths' House Hanau).

Programme

2025
Kumpane by Alexander Blank: until February 27.
Ringe by Fritz Schwerdt: until April 6.
UNA. Hanauer Schmuckpreisträgerin 2024: until March 23.
Aus dem Depot. Eine Bestandsaufnahme: from March 4.
21st Silver Triennial: from March 30.

Our Objectives:

Promotion of contemporary design trends in jewelry, hollow- and flatware, without restriction as to material or technique, through competitions and exhibitions as well as publishing activities and public events. Most important are the international Friedrich Becker Preis Düsseldorf (Friedrich Becker Prize Düsseldorf) for jewelry design and Silbertriennale International (Silver Triennial International) for hollowware and cutlery.
Preservation of traditional gold- and silversmith techniques through competitions with the theme of new design concepts utilizing these techniques (granulation, filigree, enamel, etc.).
Support and encouragement of young gold- and silversmiths through specific information on training and further education, promotional prizes, and advice on the organization of exhibitions. Two Celia Holtzer fellowships are awarded annually to students of the Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau.
Organization and maintenance of an archive on art jewelry, hollow- and flatware design of the 20th and 21st centuries. Significant holdings are available on Emil Lettrè and Herbert Zeitner, for example.

History:
The Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V was founded in Berlin in 1932 by the goldsmith and jeweler Ferdinand Richard Wilm in collaboration with renowned artists such as Emil Lettré, Albert Reimann and Peter Behrens.
After the Second World War, the association was relocated to Hamburg. The association, which had concentrated mainly on Germany, became an international association. The association has been based in Hanau since 1985 and has been running the Deutsche Goldschmiedehaus Hanau for the city of Hanau since 2006. The association has its own collection and is responsible for the municipal collection, which belongs to the Deutsche Goldschmiedehaus. Both collections focus on gold and silversmithing art after 1945.

Events

Publications

The Friedrich Becker Prize 2020. Prize Winner, Jury and Responsible Persons
Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst
2020
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Friedrich Becker Prize Award Winner 2020. Junwon Jung
Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst
2020
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Der Friedrich Becker Preis im Jahr 2020. So geht Schmuck!
Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst
2020
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Cool in the Pool by Silvia Weidenbach. Virtual tour through the Goldschmiedehaus Hanau
Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst
2020
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Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst

Programme

Events

Publications

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