Wolfgang Metzger Award Prize Winners since 1987
In the first period of this award it was granted by decision of the board of directors of the GTA to eminent people in Gestalt science and research for outstanding achievements. In this sense went the award
1987 to Gaetano Kanizsa and Riccardo Luccio (Italy),
1989 to Gunnar Johansson (Sweden).
Since 1999 the award has been granted every second or third year by the board of directors of the GTA based on an international public award contest and a screening and review of the submissions by an international scientific Award Committee.
The prize winners since 1999 are:
1999 Giovanni Bruno Vicario (Italy), and Yoshie Kiritani (Japan);
2002 Peter Ulric Tse (USA);
2005 Fredrik Sundqvist (Sweden);
2007 Cees van Leeuwen (NL/Japan);
2009 Baingio Pinna (Italy);
2011 (in this year the prize was not awarded)
2013 Johan Wagemans (Belgium), and Tom Steinert (Germany);
2015 Jan J. Koenderink (Belgium/The Netherlands);
2017 Karen Brüning (Germany);
2019 Michael W. Stadler (Austria), and Dirk Paul Bogner (Germany)
2022 Mauro Antonelli (Italy)