As few U. S. art students have any money, the $4,000 signs on the annual Prix de Rome shine like a rainbow. There are four such prizesin painting, sculpture, architecture, landscaping. Each means two years at the American Academy in Rome. Competitors must be bachelors under 30, winners must promise not to marry until their two years are up. Since 1926 Yale's School of Fine Arts has had something of a corner on the Rome prizes, especially in painting and sculpture.
Last week the sculpture prize 'went to John Amore of New York...
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