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organised the prize until 1920, when the national government took over. The first prize is also sometimes called the Grand Prix de Rome. There were distinct categories for painting, sculpture, architecture and music.

History

The Prix de Rome was a

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for arts students. It was created in 1663 in

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under the reign of

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. It was an annual burse for promising artists (painters, sculptors, and architects) who proved their talents by completing a very difficult elimination contest. The prize, organised by the

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(''Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture''), was open to their students. The award winner would win a stay at the

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at the expense of the King of France. The stay could be extended if the director of the institution deemed it desirable. Expanded after 140 years into five categories, the contest started in 1663 as three categories –

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, and

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; in 1803,

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was added; in 1804,

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was added. The winner of the "First Grand Prize" (called the ''agréé'') would be sent to The Academy of France in Rome founded by Jean-Baptiste Colbert in 1666. In 1807,

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created the Dutch version of the Prix de Rome. After the creation of Belgium as an independent state in 1830, the Belgian government started their own version of the Prix de Rome in 1832.

Winners

*1832:

Antoine Wiertz Antoine Joseph Wiertz (22 February 1806 – 18 June 1865) was a Belgian painter, sculptor, lithographer and art writer. He is known for his religious, historical, and allegorical works and portraits. He was an eccentric figure who originally was ...

, painting *1838: Robert-Julien Van Maldeghem, music *1842: Jean Portaels, painting *1843: Victor Lagye, painting *1845:

Adolphe Samuel Adolphe-Abraham Samuel (11 July 1824 Liège, Belgium – 11 September 1898 Ghent, Belgium) was a Belgian music critic, teacher, conductor and composer. Biography Adolphe-Abraham Samuel was born in Liège in an artistic family. His parents en ...

, music *1846:

Jozef Geefs Joseph Germain Geefs or Jozef Germain Geefs (23 December 1808 – 9 October 1885) was a Belgian sculptor. Also his six brothers Guillaume Geefs, Aloys Geefs, Jean Geefs, Théodore Geefs, Charles Geefs and Alexandre Geefs were sculptors. ...

, sculpture *1847: François-Auguste Gevaert, music *1847: Joseph Stallaert, painting *1848: Joseph Bal, engraving *1849: Chrétien-Joseph-François-Alex Stadtfeldt, music *1850: Louis Delbeke, painting *1851:

Eduard Lassen Eduard Lassen (13 April 183015 January 1904) was a Belgian- Danish composer and conductor. Although of Danish birth, he spent most of his career working as the music director at the court in Weimar. A moderately prolific composer, Lassen produc ...

, music *1852:

Ferdinand Pauwels Wilhelm Ferdinand Pauwels ( �pʌu̯əls 13 April 1830, Ekeren – 26 March 1904, Dresden) was a Belgian history painter who lived and worked in Germany. Life From 1842 to 1850, he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp), under Gu ...

, painting *1853: Luigi Agnesi, music *1855: Pierre Demol, music *1855: Gustave-Joseph Biot, painting *1857:

Peter Benoit Peter Benoit (17 August 18348 March 1901) was a Flemish composer of Belgian nationality. Biography Petrus Leonardus Leopoldus Benoit was born in Harelbeke, Flanders, Belgium in 1834. He was taught music at an early age by his father and the vil ...

, music *1857: Polydore Beaufaux, painting *1858: Jean-Louis Baeckelmans, architecture *1859: Jean-Théodore Radoux, music *1862:

Louis Delacenserie Louis Delacenserie (1838–1909) was a Belgian architect from Bruges. The spelling of his name differs greatly; De la Censerie, Delasencerie, Dela Censerie or Dela Sencerie are the most common alternative forms. His father was a merchant and buil ...

, architecture *1863: Henri-Joseph Dupont, music *1864: Jan Frans Deckers, sculpture *1865: Léon-Gustave Huberti, music *1866: Joseph Naert, architecture *1867: Edgar Tinel, music *1869: Jean-Baptiste Vanden Eeden, music *?:

Henri Van Dievoet Henri van Dievoet (, 19 January 1869 – 24 April 1931) was a Belgian architect. Biography Early life Van Dievoet was born into an old family of Brussels descended from the Sweerts lineage, one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels, which ...

, architecture *1870: Xavier Mellery, painting *1871: Ernest Dieltiens, architecture *1871: Guillaume Demol, music *1875: Isodore-Séraphin De Vos, music *1877:

Julien Dillens Julien Dillens (8 June 1849 – 24 December 1904) was a Belgian sculptor born in Antwerp, the son of the painter Hendrick Joseph Dillens. Biography Dillens studied under Eugène Simonis at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. In 1877 he receive ...

, sculpture *1877: Julien-Jean Simar, music *1879: Rémy Cogghe, painting *1881: Sylvain Dupuis, music *1882: Guillaume Charlier, sculpture *1884: Eugeen Dieltiens, architecture *1885: Léon Dubois, music *1885: Julius Anthone, sculpture *1886:

Constant Montald Constant Montald (Ghent, 4 December 1862 – Brussels, 5 March 1944) was a Belgian painter, muralist, sculptor, and teacher. Biography Early years In 1874, while receiving an education in decorative painting at the technical school of Ghent du ...

, painting *1887: Pierre Heckers, music *1887: Charles De Wulf, architecture *1889: Paul Gilson, music *1891: Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun, music *1893: Lodewijk Mortelmans, music *1895:

Jean Delville Jean Delville (19 January 1867 – 19 January 1953) was a Belgian symbolist painter, author, poet, polemicist, teacher, and Theosophist. Delville was the leading exponent of the Belgian Idealist movement in art during the 1890s. He held, throug ...

, painting *1895: Martin Lunssens, music *1897: Joseph Jongen, music *1899: François Rasse, music *1901:

Adolphe Biarent Adolphe Biarent (16 October 1871 – 4 February 1916) was a Belgium, Belgian composer, conducting, conductor, cellist and music teacher. Biarent studied at the conservatories of Brussels and of Ghent, and was a pupil of Émile Mathieu (composer), ...

, music *1902: Triphon De Smet, architecture *1909:

Robert Herberigs Robert Herberigs (9 June 1886 in Ghent – 20 September 1974 in Oudenaarde) was a Belgian painter, writer and musician. Biography Herberigs studied at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent with Oscar Roels and Léon Van der Haeghen. He also enjo ...

, music *1909: Marcel Rau, sculpture *1911: Michel Brusselmans, music *1911: Louis Buisseret, graphics *1913: Léon Jongen, music *1920: Max Van Dyck, painting *1920: René Barbier, music *1921: Fernand Quinet, music *1922: Marie Howet, painting *1924: Edgard Steurbaut, architecture *1927: Jeanne Louise Milde, sculpture *1932: Jean Boedts, engraving *1932: Willy Kreitz, sculpture *1933: Jozef-Louis Stynen, architecture *1933: Prosper Van Eechaute, music *1935: Alphonse Darville, sculpture * 1935 - Cantata ''Le Vieux Soudard'', Léon Simar (1909-1983) second prize (music) *1936: Victor Blommaert, architecture *1937: Jan Cobbaert, painting * 1937 - Cantata ''Le Trapèze Étoilé'', Léon Simar (1909-1983) first prize (music) *1939: Leo De Budt, painting *1940: Gustave Camus, painting *1941: Maurits De Vocht, architecture *1943: Henri Brasseur, painting *1943: Jean Louel, music *1944: Albert Baisieux, sculpture *1944: Lode Eyckermans, sculpture *1945: Marcel Quinet, music *1946: Jos De Maegd, painting *1950: Paul Ausloos, painting *1953:

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, sculpture *1956: Olivier Strebelle, sculpture *1959: Jacqueline Fontyn, music *1961: Alfons Van Meirvenne, sculpture *1961:

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, music *1965: Frederik Van Rossum, music *1967: Paul Schellekens, architecture *1969: Johan Baele, architecture *1974: Serge Gangolf, sculpture

Second prizes

*1846: Joseph-Jacques Ducaju, sculpture *1847: Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, music *1851: Jan Andries Laumans, sculpture *1857: Joseph Conradi, music *1865: Gustave-Jean-Constant-Marie Van Hoey, music *1869: Emile-Louis-Victor Mathieu, music *1869: Félix Pardon, music *1875: Alfred Tilman, music *1889: Victor Van Dyck, painting (''third prize - Max Van Dyck's father, winner 1920'') *1891: Guillaume Lekeu, music *1891: Charles-Antoine Smulders, music *1893: Joseph Vander Meulen, music *1895: Nicolas Daneau, music *1899: Léon Henry, music *1899: Albert Dupuis, music *1904: Joe English, painting *1907: Joe English, painting *1909: Geo Verbanck, sculpture *1913: Alphonse Decuyper, second prize *1919: René Barbier, music *1922:

Jean Absil Jean Absil (23 October 1893 – 2 February 1974) was a Belgian composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatoire. Biography Absil was born in Bonsecours, Hainaut, Belgium. His teacher there was Alphonse Oeyen, organist at the basil ...

, music *1923: Auguste Mambour, painting *1925: Lode De Maeyer, painting *1930: Jacques Maes, painting *1943: Vic Legley, music *1947: André Willequet, sculpture *1952: Bérénice Devos, painting

References

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History

Winners

Second prizes

See also

References