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The Académie des beaux-arts (Academy of Fine Arts) is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France.
It was created in 1816 as the merger of the:
- Académie de peinture et de sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded 1648)
- Académie de musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669)
- Académie d'architecture (Academy of Architecture, founded in 1671)
Members
The members are grouped seven sections:
- Section I: Painting
- Section II: Sculpture
- Section III: Architecture
- Section IV: Etching
- Section V: Musical composition
- Section VI: Unattached members
- Section VII: Artistic creation in the cinema and the audio-visual field
Section I
The number of members of the Painting section was reduced from 14 to 12 by the decree # 67-778 of August 23, 1967. As a consequence, the seats #3 and#14 were suppressed. Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 by decree on June 16, 1987. The seat #12 was transferred to section VII.Seat #1
- Gérard Van Spaendonck (1746-1822), elected in 1795
- Louis Hersent (1777-1860), elected in 1822
- Emile Signol (1804-1892), elected in 1860
- Luc-Olivier Merson (1846-1920), elected in 1892
- Paul Chabas (1869-1937), elected in 1921
- Edouard Vuillard (1868-1840), elected in 1938
- Pierre Montezin (1874-1946), elected in 1941
- Charles Fouqueray (1871-1956), elected in 1947
- Yves Brayer (1907-1990), elected in 1957
Seat #2
- François Vincent (1746-1816), elected in 1795
- Pierre Prud'hon (1763-1823), elected in 1816
- Jean Bidauld (1758-1846), elected in 1823
- Jacques Bascassat (1804-1867), elected in 1846
- Louis Cabat (1812-1893), elected in 1867
- Jean Benjamin-Constant (1845-1902), elected in 1893
- Jacques Humbert (1842-1934), elected in 1902
- Emile Aubry (1880-1964), elected in 1935
- Félix Labisse (1905-1982), elected in 1966
Seat #3
This seat has been suppressed in 1967.- Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754-1829), elected in 1795
- François Heim (1787-1865), elected in 1829
- Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), elected in 1865
- Emile Carolus Duran (1838-1917), elected in 1904
- Ernest Laurent (1859-1929), elected in 1919
- Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939), elected in 1930
- Jean Dupas (1882-1964), elected in 1941
Seat #4
- Nicolas Taunay (1755-1830), elected in 1795
- François Granet (1779-1849), elected in 1830
- Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797-1890), elected in 1850
- François-Louis Français (1814-1897), elected in 1890
- Antoine Vollon (1833-1900), elected in 1897
- Pascal Dagnan 1852-1929), elected in 1900
- Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932), elected in 1930
- Georges Leroux (1877-1957), elected in 1932
- Georges Cheyssial (1907-1997), elected in 1958
- Olivier Debré (1920-1999), elected in 1999
Seat #5
- Vivant Denon (1747-1825), elected in 1803
- Jean-Dominique Ingres (1781-1867), elected in 1825
- Jean-Baptiste Hesse (1806-1879), elected in 1867
- Jules Delaunay (1828-1891), elected in 1879
- Jules Lefèvre (1834-1912), elected in 1891
- Paul Besnard (1849-1934), elected in 1912
- Jérôme Sabatté (1874-1940), elected in 1935
- Louis Biloul (1874-1947), elected in 1941
- Edmond Heuzé (1889-1967), elected in 1948
- Georges Rohner (1913-2000 ), elected in 1968
Seat #6
- Ennius-Quirinus Visconti (1751-1818), elected in 1803
- Guillaume Le Thière (1760-1832), elected in 1818
- Merry-Joseph Blondel (1781-1853), elected in 1832
- Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-1864), elected in 1853
- Charles-Louis Müller (1815-1892), elected in 1864
- Jean-Baptiste Detaille (1848-1912), elected in 1892
- André Baschet (1862-1941), elected in 1913
- Robert Pougheon (1886-1955), elected in 1942
- Alfred Giess (1901-1973), elected in 1955
- Georges Mathieu (1921), elected in 1975
Seat #7
- François Menageot (1744-1816), elected in 1809
- Etienne Garnier (1759-1849), elected in 1816
- Léon Cogniet (1794-1880), elected in 1849
- Léon Bonnat (1833-1922), elected in 1881
- Louis Forain (1852-1931), elected in 1923
- Maurice Denis (1870-1943), elected in 1932
- Pierre-Paul Jouve (1878-1973), elected in 1945
- Bernard Buffet (1928-1999 ), elected in 1974
Seat #8
- François Gérard (1770-1837), elected in 1812
- Jean-Victor Schnetz (1787-1870), elected in 1837
- Paul Baudry (1828-1886), elected in 1870
- Jules Breton (1827-1906), elected in 1886
- Gabriel Ferrier (1847-1914), elected in 1906
- Henri Jean Guillaume Martin (1860-1943), elected in 1917
- Gustave Jaulmes (1873-1959), elected in 1944
- André Planson (1898-1981), elected in 1960
- Jean Bertholle (1909-1996), elected in 1983
- Guy de Rougemont (1935), elected in 1997
Seat #9
- Pierre Guérin (1774-1833), elected in 1816
- Michel Drölling (1786-1851), elected in 1833
- Jean Alaux (1786-1864), elected in 1851
- Henri Lehmann (1814-1882), elected in 1864
- Gustave Boulanger (1824-1888), elected in 1882
- Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), elected in 1888
- Aimé Morot (1850-1913), elected in 1898
- Henri Gervex (1852-1929), elected in 1913
- André Devambez (1867-1944), elected in 1929
- Willem van Hasselt (1882-1963), elected in 1945
- Edouard Goerg (1893-1969), elected in 1965
- Jacques Despierre (1912-1995), elected in 1969
- Teh Chun Chu (1926), elected in 1997
Seat #10
- Louis David (1748-1825), elected in 1803
- Aîné Jean le Barbier (1738-1826), elected in 1816
- Horace Vernet (1789-1863), elected in 1826
- Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889), elected in 1863
- Jean-Jacques Henner (1829-1905), elected in 1889
- Léon Lhermitte (1844-1925), elected in 1905
- Emile Ménard (1862-1930), elected in 1926
- Georges Desvallières (1861-1950), elected in 1930
- Jean Bouchaud (1891-1977), elected in 1951
- Jean Carzou (1907-2000 ), elected in 1977
- Wou-Ki Zao (1921), elected in 2002
Seat #11
- Louis Girodet-Trioson (1767-1824), elected in 1816
- Charles Thévenin (1764-1838), elected in 1825
- Jérôme Langlois (1779-1838), elected in 1838
- Louis Couder (1790-1873), elected in 1839
- Antoine Hébert (1817-1908), elected in 1874
- Louis Collin (1850-1916), elected in 1909
- Adolphe Déchenaud (1868-1926), elected in 1918
- Lucien Simon (1861-1945), elected in 1929
- Jean Souverbie (1891-1981), elected in 1946
- Arnaud d'Hauterives (1933), elected in 1984
Seat #12
This seat was transferred to section VII in 1987.- Antoine Gros (1771-1835), elected in 1816
- Alexandre Abel de Pujol (1787-1861), elected in 1835
- Jean Meissonier (1815-1891), elected in 1861
- Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921), elected in 1891
- Jules Meunier (1863-1942), elected in 1921
- René Prinet (1861-1946), elected in 1943
- Nicolas Untersteller (1900-1967), elected in 1946
- Roger Chastel (1897-1981), elected in 1968
- Georges Wakhevitch (1907-1984), elected in 1982
Seat #13
- Charles Meynier (1768-1832), elected in 1816
- Paul Delaroche (1797-1856), elected in 1832
- Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), elected in 1857
- Nicolas Hesse (1795-1869), elected in 1863
- Jules Lenepveu (1819-1898), elected in 1869
- Fernand Cormon (1845-1924), elected in 1898
- Edgar Maxence (1871-1954), elected in 1924
- Lucien Fontanarosa (1912-1975), elected in 1955
- Hans Hartung (1904-1989), elected in 1977
- Jean Dewasne (1921-1999 ), elected in 1991
Seat #14
This seat has been suppressed in 1967.- Carle Vernet (1758-1836), elected in 1816
- François Picot (1786-1868), elected in 1836
- Isidore Pils (1815-1875), elected in 1868
- William Bouguereau (1821-1905), elected in 1876
- François Flameng (1856-1923), elected in 1905
- Emile Friant (1863-1932), elected in 1923
- Paul Laurens (1870-1934), elected in 1933
- Jacques Blanck (1861-1942), elected in 1935
- Louis Désiré-Lucas (1869-1949), elected in 1943
- Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962), elected in 1950
- Jean Lurçat (1892-1966), elected in 1964
See also
External links
- http://www.academie-des-beaux-arts.fr
- http://www.institut-de-france.fr/institut/acabeaux.htm
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