# List of European art awards

This list of European art awards covers some of the main art awards given by organizations in Europe. Some are restricted to artists in a particular genre or from a given country or region, while others are broader in scope. The list is organized by region.

## Eastern Europe

| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| Baltic states | Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science | Baltic Assembly | Outstanding achievements in three categories: literature, art and science |
| Slovenia | Jakopič Award | Academy of Fine Arts and Design etc. | Achievements in the fine arts children's literature |
| Czech Republic | Jindřich Chalupecký Award | Jindřich Chalupecký Society | Young visual artists: Czech citizens under the age of 35. |
| Poland | Paszport Polityki | Polityka | Various categories |
| Poland | Nagroda Sztuki im. Marii Anto & Elsy von Freytag-Loringhoven | Maria Anto & Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven International Art Prize | Visual Art categories |
| Poland | Kazimierz Ostrowski Award | Association of Polish Artists and Designers | Polish artists and designers in recognition of their excellence |
| Ukraine | Future Generation Art Prize | Victor Pinchuk Foundation | Discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists |
| Ukraine | Honored Worker of Ukraine Culture | |
| Ukraine | Merited Artist of Ukraine | |
| Ukraine | People's Artist of Ukraine | |
| Ukraine | Shevchenko National Prize | |
| Ukraine | Vasyl Stus Prize | |

## South Europe

| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| Greece | Artist of the Year | International Interartia Festival - International Art Society & Academy | Artists who gain a first prize (World Award) in all competitions held within the framework of the present InterArtia Festival |
| Greece | InterArtia World Award in Art (InterArtia Prize) | International Interartia Festival - International Art Society & Academy | Various categories |

## Scandinavia

| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| Denmark | C. F. Hansen Medal | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts | Outstanding contribution to architecture |
| Denmark | Crown Prince Couple's Awards | Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark | Various categories |
| Denmark | Eckersberg Medal | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts | |
| Denmark | Fogtdal Photographers Award | Palle Fogtdal | Danish photography |
| Denmark | N. L. Høyen Medal | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts | Art historians and other theorists, arts administrators, educators and journalists |
| Denmark | Sonning Prize | University of Copenhagen | |
| Denmark | Tagea Brandt Rejselegat | Tagea Brandt Rejselegat foundation | Women who have made a significant contribution in science, literature or art. |
| Denmark | Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts | |
| Denmark | Thorvaldsen Medal | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts | |
| Finland | Ars Fennica Award | Henna and Pertti Niemistö Ars Fennica Art Foundation | |
| Norway | Oslo City art award | |
| Sweden | Karlskoga Nobel Art scholarship | |
| Sweden | Prince Eugen Medal | Monarch of Sweden | |
| Sweden | Rolf Schock Prizes | Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts | |

## Western Europe

| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| Belgium | Prix Godecharle | Godecharle Foundation | Young artists |
| Belgium | Prix de Rome (Belgium) | Federal Government of Belgium | Scholarship for arts students |
| France | Abd-el-Tif prize | Company of the French Orientalist Painters | (No longer awarded) |
| France | Cartazini Art Award | France: Cartazini Gallery, Paris) |
| France | Marcel Duchamp Prize | Association pour la Diffusion Internationale de l'Art Français (ADIAF) | |
| France | Prix Fénéon | University of Paris | |
| France | Prix Fondation d'entreprise Ricard France |
| France | Puvis de Chavannes Prize | Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts | |
| France | Prix de Rome | French Academy | (no longer awarded) |
| France | Saint-Affrique Prize | |
| France | Prix Théophile Schuler | |
| Germany | Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic | German Democratic Republic | (no longer awarded) |
| Germany | Cologne Fine Art Award | Cologne Trade Fair Company and Federal Association of German Art Publishers | |
| Germany | Dorothea von Stetten Art Award | Kunstmuseum Bonn | |
| Germany | Imke Folkerts Prize for Fine Arts | |
| Germany | Käthe Kollwitz Prize | Academy of Arts, Berlin | |
| Germany | KAIROS Prize | Alfred Toepfer Foundation | |
| Germany | August Macke Prize | |
| Germany | Schwabing Art Prize | |
| Germany | Szpilman Award | Szpilman | |
| Germany | Villa Massimo | |
| Germany | Villa Romana Prize | |
| Italy | Arte Laguna Prize | Venice | |
| Italy | Premio Presidente della Repubblica | Accademia di San Luca, Accademia di Santa Cecilia | |
| Italy | Rome Prize | American Academy in Rome | |
| Italy | Young European Artist Trieste Contemporanea Award | Trieste Contemporanea | |
| Italy | Salimbeni Prize | |
| Luxembourg | Prix Grand-Duc Adolphe | Cercle artistique de Luxembourg | |
| Monaco | Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation prizes | Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation) |
| Netherlands | Buning Brongers Award | |
| Netherlands | Charlotte Köhler Prize | |
| Netherlands | Clickburg Webcomic Awards | |
| Netherlands | Heineken Prizes | |
| Netherlands | Hendrik Chabot Award | |
| Netherlands | Lex van Rossen Award | |
| Netherlands | Prix de Rome (Netherlands) | Rijksakademie | |
| Netherlands | Sandberg Prize (Netherlands) | |
| Netherlands | The Vincent Award | |
| Netherlands | Wilhelmina-ring | |
| Netherlands | World Press Photo of the Year | |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam Museum Square Award | |
| Portugal | Prémio Autores | Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores | |
| Spain | Castelao Medal | |
| Switzerland | Bâloise Prize | Bâloise group | |
| Switzerland | SEETAL | |

## United Kingdom

| Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| Artes Mundi | Artes Mundi arts charity, Cardiff | Contemporary art exhibition and prize |
| Artraker Annual Award | Artraker | Artworks that help shape and inspire through visual arts how people and organisations understand, engage and respond to war, violent conflict and social upheaval. |
| Beck's Futures | Institute of Contemporary Arts | Contemporary artists (no longer awarded) |
| BP Portrait Award | National Portrait Gallery | |
| Campaign for Drawing | The Big Draw | Drawing |
| Centenary Medal (RPS) | Royal Photographic Society | |
| Cherry Kearton Medal and Award | Royal Geographical Society | Traveller concerned with the study or practice of natural history, with a preference for those with an interest in nature photography, art or cinematography". |
| Daiwa Foundation Art Prize | Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation | British artist for a first solo show at a gallery in Japan |
| Garrick/Milne Prize | Garrick Club | (no longer awarded) |
| Glyndŵr Award | Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust, Wales | |
| Gold Medal (National Eisteddfod of Wales) | National Eisteddfod of Wales | |
| Guthrie Award | Royal Scottish Academy | Scottish based artist under 35 for outstanding work. |
| Hepworth Prize for Sculpture | The Hepworth Wakefield | British or UK-based artist of any age, at any stage in their career, who has made a significant contribution to the development of contemporary sculpture". |
| Jerwood Drawing Prize | Drawing Projects UK and Jerwood Foundation, UK | |
| Jerwood Painting Prize | Jerwood Foundation | (no longer awarded) |
| John Moores Painting Prize | Walker Art Gallery | |
| Jolomo Award | Jolomo Foundation | |
| K Foundation art award | K Foundation | Worst artist of the year |
| Lumière Award (RPS) | Royal Photographic Society | |
| Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize | Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and the Lynn Foundation | |
| Max Mara Art Prize for Women | |
| New Contemporaries | |
| Outstanding Service Award (RPS) | Royal Photographic Society | |
| Progress Medal (RPS) | Royal Photographic Society | |
| Jill Smythies Award |
| Sky Academy Arts Scholarship |
| South Bank Sky Arts Awards | Sky Arts | |
| Threadneedle Prize | Mall Galleries | |
| Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize | Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust | Contemporary drawing |
| Turner Prize | Tate | British visual artist |
| Welsh Artist of the Year | St David's Hall, Cardiff | Amateur and professional artists who have a link to Wales |
| Youmanity Award | Youmanity | Photography award. |