American Art Collaborative

Paul Manship studied at the St. Paul Institute of Arts in Minnesota from 1892 to 1903. On the obverse of this medal a partially draped nude holding a lyre represents the creative Muse that leads the artist to acclaim; she holds a figure of Victory in her right hand. Manship explained that the Pegasus rising from the globe on the reverse suggested “the flight of Fancy, and its vehicle of transport to the Higher Realms.