Since we are in the midst of Nobel Prize season, I posed that very question to ChatGPT and received this response:
No, there is no Nobel Prize for art, as Alfred Nobel’s will only established prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace.
For further inspection I went to the official Nobel Prize website, where I learned that in addition to a medal, the Nobel laureates receive a custom-designed diploma:
Each Nobel Prize diploma is a unique work of art where the design is decided by the prize-awarding bodies. The literature diploma is written on parchment, i.e., specially treated leather, using largely the same technique as those of medieval book illustrators. The diplomas given to the other laureates are produced on specially ordered handmade paper.
Lo and behold, I then found this:
Bob Dylan – Nobel Prize diploma. Artist: Jens Fänge. Calligrapher: Annika Rücker. Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB. Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom © The Nobel Foundation 2016.
Doris Lessing – Nobel Prize diploma. Artist: Karin Mamma Andersson. Calligrapher: Annika Rücker. Photo reproduction: Fredrika Berghult. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2007.
… And so many more here.
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