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Painted in 1787, twelve years after Artist David won the Prix de Rome, it relates, in the same mood of admiration, the story which was incorporated in perhaps the finest of Plato's dialogs-how Socrates, imprisoned after an unfair trial in which his sarcasm frightened but antagonized his judges, met death calmly, almost gaily. His illustration showed Socrates reaching for a cup of hemlock with one hand and pointing toward an ungracious sky with the other, while eight of his disciples, in attitudes of profound dejection, surrounded the couch on which he had composed himself for his final...
...strong is Professor Savage's influence over his students' style, so fortunate have been their depictions of attitudinous, great muscled nudes (his favorite subject), that in Yale circles the coterie of Prix de Rome winners has come to be known as "The Little Savages." Last year the "Little Savage" who went to Rome was Salvatore De Maio. In 1929 John Fitton, and in 1928 Donald H. Mattison were the lucky "Little Savages...
...compete for the Prix de Rome, candidates are expected not only to submit paintings and sketches for exhibition in Manhattan's Grand Central Palace, but to present themselves at an afternoon tea. There the judges and trustees (of which Professor Savage is one) of the American Academy in Rome inspect each individual. The judges' choice, traditionally a personable as well as talented young man, receives from the Academy a studio and residence on Rome's Janiculum Hill for three years?an honorarium valued at about $8,000?plus $500 in traveling expenses...
Sculpture. Winner of the Prix de Rome in sculpture, also announced last week, was Warren Towle Mosman, 22, of Bridgeport, Conn. He is also from Yale; his winning figure Ange Rebelle, though he studied under another master, might well classify him with the "Little Savages...
...Though usually low on the Prix de Rome lists, Harvard is not without able art students. Harvardman William F. Pederson last week received $1,000 for best paper in the College Art Association's examination. A second prize of $500 was divided between Edgar Craig Schenck and Joseph Curtis Sloane Jr, both of Princeton...