| The Kandinsky Prize was created by
Nina Kandinsky in memory of her husband, a pioneer in abstraction,
who died in 1944. It aimed at " crowning the work of young
painters committed in pure abstract art ". Léon
Degand, Charles Estienne, Wilhelm
Uhde sat on the jury. The Prize was won for the first
time in
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1946 by J.D. (and Dewasne).
The following winners were in chronological order: Poliakoff, Max
Bill and Jean Leppien, Marie Raymond and Chapoval, Mortensen, Degottex,
Palazuelo, Istrati, Dumitresco, Chillida and Dorazio. |