Karl Fritsch
(Germany / New Zealand, 1963)
Winner Françoise van den Bosch Award 2006
Karl Fritsch is a German jeweller, who has been based in New Zealand since 2010. Trained as a goldsmith in Pforzheim and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Hermann Jünger and Otto Künzli, he is renowned for challenging conventional ideas of beauty, craftsmanship, and value. He is known mostly for his rings. His work combines precious gemstones with rough surfaces, unexpected materials, and seemingly naïve forms, creating works that are at once playful, unsettling, and highly sophisticated. Guided by an intuitive and spontaneous making process, Fritsch treats each piece as an independent character with its own personality.
Karl Fritsch won the award in 2006. The ceremony and the exhibition “Metrosideros Robusta” took place at Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Design Museum Den Bosch).
The jury of the 2006 Françoise van den Bosch Award:
Robert Smit
Jan Walgrave
Mònica Gaspar
Ida van Zijl
Suska Mackert (chair)
Read the jury report here
Award Ceremony at Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch)
Exhibition “Metrosideros Robusta” at the Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Virág Motesiczky 2019
Not So Sad Anymore
Françoise van den Bosch 1970
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Masao Takahashi 2005
Samurai Sword
Françoise van den Bosch 1974/77
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Andreea Raluca Cojocaru 2021
Made in Belgium by a Romanian
Nel Linssen 1992
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Françoise van den Bosch 1973
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Eleonora Radke 2021
Schmatzen
Emmy van Leersum 1969
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Helen Britton 2001
Silver Structure with 2 Dishes
Chun Chang 2026
Gideon
Chun Chang 2025
Everything is born at the End of the Flow
Françoise van den Bosch 1970
Two-piece bracelet
Corrina Goutos 2024
Lit Clip
Françoise van den Bosch 1969
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Jan van der Vaart 1972
Zig-zag vase
Terhi Tolvanen 2004
Prima Gemmula
Noon Passama 2011
Extra Button
Marion Delarue 2017
Parrot Devotees
Marijke de Goey 1986
Square
Ruudt Peters 1972
Necklace
Mikiko Minewaki 2003
PLAchain
Berend Peter Hogen Esch 1974
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Françoise van den Bosch 1973
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Françoise van den Bosch
Two hallmarks in original box
Réka Fekete 2018
Sydney Parks
Françoise van den Bosch 1976
Cushion brooch
Charlotte van der Waals 1974
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Virág Motesiczky 2019
Not So Sad Anymore, letters
Blanca Sanchez 2005
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Onno Boekhoudt 1990
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Iris Bodemer 1999
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Pierre Degen 1984
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Tarja Tuupanen 2000
Smokey Quartz Necklace
Lin Cheung 2016
Together
Helen Britton 2002
Garden of Infinity
Hil Andringa ca. 1970
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Xavier Ines Monclús 2004
The Whale’s Playground
Bruno Ninaber van Eyben 1975
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Françoise van den Bosch
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Lisa Walker 2010
Newtown Necklace
B.O.E.-group 1974
B.O.E.-box
Karl Fritsch 2006
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Maria van Kesteren 1970
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Françoise van den Bosch
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Marc Monzó 2009
Sun
Unknown artist ca. 1970
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Maria van Kesteren 1982
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Frans van Nieuwenborg 1972
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Veronika Fabian 2020
Biglink
Jing He 2013
Trophy for David
Maureen Kortenbusch 2021
The Archive of Adorning Entities
François Morellet 1972
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Julia Obermaier 2024
KOH-I-NOOR and Friends – Hardtmuth
Annelies Planteijdt 1987
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Otto Künzli 1992
When Mickey Mouse was Born
Sally Marsland 2001-2002
Flat Colour
Iris Eichenberg 1995
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Françoise van den Bosch 1973
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Karl Fritsch 2000
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Kimmo Heikkilä 2004
Measure Ring
Marcel Wanders 1992
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Suzanne Esser 1973
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Jiro Kamata 2005
Sunny Ring
Manfred Bischoff 1991
Mann mit zwei Fragen
David Bielander 2008
Corn Cob
Françoise van den Bosch 1969
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Jing He 2014
Potential Pins No.7
Noon Passama 2009
Big Fat Trophy
Noon Passama 2013
Portrait #6
David Roux Fouillet 2012
Princess of 22
Sophie Hanagarth 2008
Bretzel
Roos van Soest 2008
Bravo
Marion Herbst 1971
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Yutaka Minegishi 2005
Ants’ Queen
Peggy Bannenberg 1992
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Frans van Nieuwenborg 1972
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Unknown artist 1970 - 72
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Zbigniew Kosc 1990
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Marijke de Goey 1986
Square
Ruudt Peters 1990
Lamego
Sarah Regensburger 2017
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Sophie Hanagarth 2013
Trap
Eline Willemarck 2015
Trophy
Julia Obermaier 2024
J/D/M_110_U+
Marit van Heumen 2015
Ladder
Françoise van den Bosch 1974
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Conversation Piece 2016
Gold Rush
Benedikt Fischer 2023
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Françoise van den Bosch 1976 / 1993
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Rudi de Gruijl 2023
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Françoise van den Bosch 1968
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Ted Noten 1998
Chew Your Own
Susanne Klemm 1996
Man-Woman
Manon van Kouswijk 1996
An Angel at my Table
Andrea Wagner 1997
Ring with stone and ingrown jewelry
Françoise van den Bosch ca. 1974
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Liesbet Bussche 2009
Urban Jewellery
Françoise van den Bosch 1967/68
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Manami Aoki 2017
Hair of the Wood 3
Tarja Tuupanen 2003
Black Granite Necklace
Ineke Heerkens 2021
Beading Breath
Unknown artist 1965 - 68
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Marc Monzó 2016
Moon
Sophie Hanagarth 2013
Lipstick
Gijs Bakker 1967
Pinkring
Richard Elenbaas 2012
Elenbaas coin
Marc Monzó 2013
Wall
Berend Bodenkamp 1975
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Marc Monzó 2004
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Françoise van den Bosch 1971
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Marion Herbst 1994
Little Cake
Lucien den Arend ca. 1970
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Tomomi Arata 1997
Treasures from under the Sea
Richard Elenbaas 2013
Distinction
Ted Noten 2004
Coffee Cup
Thomas Gentille 21st Century
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Marijke de Goey 1986
Triangle
Zaina Benhamou 2025
Going for Gold
Lauren Kalman 2015
Device for Filling a Void (4)
Marit van Heumen 2015
Neck Piece
Françoise van den Bosch 1974
Two-part object
Noon Passama 2017
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Helena van der Kraan 1990
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Jing He 2014
Potential Pin
Marc Monzó 2004
Plastic Sticks
Françoise van den Bosch 1967/77
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Paul de Nooijer 1990
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Xinyao Ding 2023
Sprouting
Frans van Nieuwenborg and Martijn Wegman 1982
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Marc Monzó 2004
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Gijs Bakker 1987
Jonas Nr 1
Sally Marsland 1999
Composite (white, two cups)
VES 1984
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Maureen Kortenbusch 2021
The Quiet Globe of Air
Gijs Bakker 1967
Circle bracelet
Frans de Wit 1975
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Esther Knobel 1987
Train
Gemma Draper 2005
Is almost the right shape
Susanne Klemm 1996
Inflammable
Manami Aoki 2017
Hair of the Wood 1
Françoise van den Bosch ca. 1974/75
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Françoise van den Bosch 1971
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Robert Smit 2002 - 2003
Bottle in Landscape
Sally Marsland 2000/2001
Almost Black
Françoise van den Bosch 1974
Life cycle
Françoise van den Bosch 1968
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Adriaan van Strien 1971
Ball-bearing Bracelet
Paul Derrez 1985
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Marion Herbst 1986
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Françoise van den Bosch ca. 1969/70
Life Cycle
Norman Weber 1999
Minimal nr.2
Kimmo Heikkilä 2001
6 x Brooch
Françoise van den Bosch 1974
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Dominique Pelletey 1990
Ode au noir et blanc
Bernhard Schobinger 1984
Vogelkette
Ted Noten 1995
Cinderella’s Ring
Françoise van den Bosch 1970
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Françoise van den Bosch 1973
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Françoise van den Bosch 1976
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Frans van Nieuwenborg 1972
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Florian Weichsberger 2019
Decontext
Terhi Tolvanen 2004
Flos Bipetalus
Yuka Oyama 2003
Schmuck Quicky
Blanca Sanchez 2005
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Richard Elenbaas 2013
Lost Story
Warwick Freeman 1992, 1997, 1998, 2001
5 brooches
Marc Monzó 2006-2010
Black Star
Lauren Kalman 2015
Device for Filling a Void (4)
Françoise van den Bosch 1968
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Boris de Beijer 2011
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Marc Monzó 2003
Flat Brooch
Lin Cheung 2018
Delayed Reactions – Slightly Sad
Corrina Goutos 2024
Ehmi
Hil Andringa
Square tile with one curled angle
Erik Kuiper 2008
Ranah
Onno Boekhoudt 1996
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Barend van Herpe 1990
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Lin Cheung 2007/2019
Jewellery Library
Françoise van den Bosch 1972
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