Paul Manship Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Paul Manship attended the Institute of Art there from 1892 to 1903. Then he enrolled in the Art Students League, where he assisted Solon Borglum in stone carving projects before transferring to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. From 1909 to 1912, he was at the American Academy in Rome and began to make garden and architectural sculpture, which began the strong influence on his work of classical Greek and Roman motifs. From 1922 to 1926, he lived in Paris. In America, he became one of the most sought after sculptor of public commissions including the "Prometheus" in Rockefeller Center. This 18-foot-tall, 8-ton sculpture became a fixture in one of the more heavily visited tourist sites and in 2001, was covered with a protective box so that the statue can be re gilded, coated in double weight 23 and one quarter karat gold leaf.

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