Prix de Rome

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Prix de Rome

HONOR

French award given to students by competitive examination.

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Georges Bizet Composer 25-Oct-1838 3-Jun-1875 Carmen

Adolphe-William Bouguereau Painter 30-Nov-1835 19-Aug-1905 The Abduction of Psyche

Gustave Charpentier Composer 25-Jun-1860 18-Feb-1956 Louise

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers Sculptor 12-Mar-1789 4-Jan-1856 Sculpted pediment of the Panthéon

Jacques-Louis David Painter 30-Aug-1748 29-Dec-1825 French Neoclassical painter

Claude Debussy Composer 22-Aug-1862 25-Mar-1918 French Impressionist composer

Alan Dugan Poet 12-Feb-1923 3-Sep-2003 Poems

Marcel Dupré Organist 3-May-1886 30-May-1971 French organist and composer

Jean-Honoré Fragonard Painter 5-Apr-1732 22-Aug-1806 The Swing

Charles Gounod Composer 17-Jun-1818 18-Oct-1893 Faust

Fromental Halévy Composer 27-May-1799 17-Mar-1862 La Juive

Anthony Hecht Poet 16-Jan-1923 20-Oct-2004 The Hard Hours

Jean-Antoine Houdon Sculptor 20-Mar-1741 15-Jul-1828 French Rococo sculptor

Jacques Ibert Composer 15-Aug-1890 5-Feb-1962 Escales

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter 29-Aug-1780 14-Jan-1867 Odalisque

Jules Massenet Composer 12-May-1842 13-Aug-1912 Manon

Louis Simpson Poet 27-Mar-1923 At The End of the Open Road

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