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, a scholarship that enabled French artists to stay in Rome. The award was devised in 1907 by Léonce Bénédite, curator of the Museum of Luxembourg and Charles Jonnart, governor-general of

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. The prize comprised a bursary and a year's free stay at the

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, a state-owned institution for the study of Islamic art. Each year's prize winners were chosen by the Society of French Orientalist Painters.

Prize winners

* 1907 : Léon Cauvy (1874–1933), painter, and Paul Jouve (1880–1973), animal painter and sculptor * 1908 : Jacques Simon (1875–1965), painter. Pierre Poisson (1876–1953), sculptor * 1909 : Léon Carré (1878–1942), painter, and Jules Migonney (1876–1929) * 1910 : Charles Dufresne (1875–1938), painter, and Henri Villain (1878–1938), painter * 1911 : Adolphe Beaufrere (1876–1960), painter and engraver * 1912 : Charles Bigonet (1877–1931), sculptor and Gustave Hierholtz (1877–1948), sculptor * 1913 : Marius de Buzon (1879–1958), painter, André Chapuy (1882–1941), painter and engraver * 1914 : Charles-René Darrieux, painter, Albert Pommier (1880–1944), sculptor * 1920 : Paul Élie Dubois (1886–1949), painter, and Jean Launois (1898–1942), painter * 1921 : Maurice Bouviolle (1893–1971), painter and 1921 : Jean Bouchaud (1891–1977), painter * 1922 : Pierre Deval (1897–1993), painter, and Ludovic Pineau (1886–1935), sculptor * 1923 :

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(1894–1983), painter, and Jean Désiré Bascoules (1886–1976), painter * 1924 : Étienne Bouchaud (1898–1989), painter, and André Rigal (1888–1953), painter and sculptor * 1925 : Louis Berthomme Saint André (1905–1977), painter, and Eugène Corneau (1894–1975), painter and engraver * 1926 : Louis Riou (1893–1958), painter * 1927 : Louis Dideron (1901–1980), sculptor, and André Thomas Rouault (1899–1949), painter and decorator * 1928 : René Levrel (1900–1981), painter, and Luc Rousseau (1899–1958), painter * 1929 : Pierre-Eugène Clairin (1897–1980), painter, and Georges Halbout du Tanney (1895–1986), sculptor * 1930 : Henri Clamens (1905–1937), painter, and André Hébuterne (1894–1979), painter * 1931 : Pierre Farrey (1896–1987), painter, and Jacques Wolf (1896–1956), painter * 1932 : Marcel Damboise (1932–1992), sculptor and Richard Maguet (1896–1940), painter * 1933 : André Hambourg (1909–1999), painter, and Émile Bouneau (1902–1970), painter * 1934 : Francois Caujan (1902–1945), sculptor, Roger Nivelt (1899–1962), painter * 1935 : Emile Sabouraud (1900–1996), painter, and Jean Hustel (1906–1991), painter * 1936 : René Gilles (1910–?), painter, and Jean Meunier (1903–?), architect * 1937 : Camille Leroy (1905–1995), painter, and Antoine Ferrari (1910–1995), * 1938 : Jean Beaunier (1908–1947), painter, and Edgard Pillet (1912–1997), painter and sculptor * 1939 : Pierre Lepage (1906–1983), painter, and Jean-André Cante (1912–1977), painter * 1942 : André Bourdil, (1911–1982), painter, and Jean-Eugene Bersier (1895–1980), painter and engraver * 1945 : Georges Le Poitevin (1912–1992), painter, and Francois Fauck (1911–1979), painter * 1946 : Maurice Boitel (1919–2007), painter, and André Beauce (1911–1974), painter * 1947 : Jean Marie Chabot (1914–2015), painter, and Paul Ragueneau (1913–1986), painter * 1948 : Jean Pierre Cornet (? ), painter and engraver, and Pierre Quiniou (1920–2015), painter and engraver * 1949 : Jacques Houplain (1920–2020), engraver, and Jean Carton (1912–1988), sculptor * 1950 : Pierre Brandel, painter,(1912–2003), and Gabriel Bougrain * 1951 : Pierre Pruvost (1921–2008), painter, and Jean Menoucoutin, sculptor died at the

in 1953 * 1952 : Pierre Parsus (1921–), painter, and Jean Vimenet (1914–1999) * 1953 : Robert Martin (1925–2001), painter * 1954 : Jack Chambrin (1919–1983), painter, and François Cacheux (1923–2011), sculptor * 1955 : Jean Gachet, painter (1920–2003) * 1956 : Jean-Pierre Blanche (1927–), painter, Gisèle.Georges-Mianes dite G.Georges - Mianes first woman laureate (1928–), painter, Jean-Marie Albagnac (1931–), engraver and photographer * 1957 : Hubert le Mab (1924–), painter * 1958 : Marc Gruais (1932–), painter, and Gérard Roland (1932–), painter * 1959 : Jean Bellenger, (1925–2017), painter * 1960 : Pierre Clément (1923–2011), painter, Pierre Telliez (1932–), and Gauthier known as Gartier Pierre (1930–2016), painter * 1961 : Victor Candale - did not stay in Algeria * 1961 : Françoise Naudet, sculptor - did not stay in Algeria

References

French visual arts awards Culture of Algeria Arts in Algeria Awards established in 1907 1907 establishments in Algeria Awards disestablished in 1961 1961 disestablishments in Africa {{art-award-stub

Prize winners

See also

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