The Artists
- 2014 DAVID HOCKNEY
- 2013 LEE UFAN
- 2012 MIQUEL BARCELÓ
- 2011 ROUGEMONT
- 2010 JEFF KOONS
- 2009 ANISH KAPOOR
- 2008 XU LEI
- 2007 BERNAR VENET
- 2006 LUCIAN FREUD
- 2005 GIUSEPPE PENONE
- 2004 HRH PRINCE CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES
- 2003 150TH ANNIVERSARY
- 2002 ILYA KABAKOV
- 2001 ROBERT WILSON
- 2000 THE AUGSBURG RAM
- 1999 RAYMOND SAVIGNAC
- 1998 RUFINO TAMAYO
- 1997 NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE
- 1996 GU GAN
- 1995 ANTONI TÀPIES
- 1994 KAREL APPEL
- 1993 BALTHUS
- 1992 PER KIRKEBY
- 1991 SETSUKO
- 1990 FRANCIS BACON
- 1989 GEORG BASELITZ
- 1988 KEITH HARING
- 1987 HANS ERNI
- 1986 BERNARD SÉJOURNÉ
- 1985 PAUL DELVAUX
- 1984 YAACOV AGAM
- 1983 SAUL STEINBERG
- 1982 JOHN HUSTON
- 1981 ARMAN
- 1980 HANS HARTUNG
- 1979 HISAO DOMOTO
- 1978 JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE
- 1977 TRIBUTE TO HM QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER
- 1976 PIERRE SOULAGES
- 1975 ANDY WARHOL
- 1974 ROBERT MOTHERWELL
- 1973 PABLO PICASSO
- 1972 SERGE POLIAKOFF
- 1971 WASSILY KANDINSKY
- 1970 MARC CHAGALL
- 1969 JOAN MIRÓ
- 1968 BONA
- 1967 CÉSAR
- 1966 PIERRE ALECHINSKY
- 1965 DOROTHEA TANNING
- 1964 HENRY MOORE
- 1963 BERNARD DUFOUR
- 1962 MATTA
- 1961 GEORGES MATHIEU
- 1960 JACQUES VILLON
- 1959 RICHARD LIPPOLD
- 1958 SALVADOR DALÍ
- 1957 ANDRÉ MASSON
- 1956 PAVEL TCHELITCHEW
- 1955 GEORGES BRAQUE
- 1954 JEAN CARZOU
- 1953 CENTENARY YEAR
- 1952 LÉONOR FINI
- 1951 MARCEL VERTÈS
- 1950 GEORGES ARNULF
- 1949 ANDRÉ DIGNIMONT
- 1948 MARIE LAURENCIN
- 1947 JEAN COCTEAU
- 1946 JEAN HUGO
- 1945 PHILIPPE JULLIAN
- 1924 JEAN CARLU