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Prix de Romein full Grand Prix de RomeArt scholarship awarded by the French government from 1663 to 1968. Established by Louis XIV and Charles Le Brun, it enabled young French painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and musicians to study in Rome. Grand-prize winners in each artistic category studied at the Académie de France in Rome for four years. Many of the greatest French artists and musicians of past centuries were prizewinners, including Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, Hector Berlioz, and Claude Debussy. The competitions were discontinued in 1968 following the student riots in Paris, but the prize name was subsequently adopted by various groups for their own competitions. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In 2003 de Jong made an installation for the Prix de Rome contest that depicted a group of disparate characters gathering around a fire, surrounded by crumbling low walls, a tree stump, and a garbage can. It was commissioned from Mark Kilstofte (2002 Prix de Rome winner). The program opens with Debussy's 1887 symphonic suite, ``Printemps'' (``Spring''), which the composer wrote after winning the prestigious Prix de Rome. |
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