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 1795 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)
Currently, the Académie des Beaux-Arts provides several awards including six dedicated prizes :
- Liliane Bettencourt Choral Singing Prize
- Pierre David-Weill Drawing Prize
- Pierre Cardin Prize
- Nahed Ojjeh Prize
- Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation Music Prize
- Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation Painting or Sculpture Prize
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Members
The members are grouped into eight 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 (since 1985)
- Section VIII: Photography (since 2005)
Section I: Painting
The number of members of the Painting section was reduced from 14 to 12 by the decree # 67-778 of 23 August 1967. As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were suppressed. Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 by decree on 16 June 1987. The #12 seat was transferred to section VII. The #1 seat was transferred to section VII in 1998, and their number was decreased from 11 to 10.
Seat #1
This seat was transferred to section VII in 1998.
- 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
- Pierre Carron (1932), elected in 1990
Seat #3
This seat was discontinued 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
- Jean Cortot (1925), elected in 2001
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 Joseph Lefebvre (1834-1911), elected in 1891
- Paul-Albert 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
- Jean-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
- Vladimir Veličković (1935), elected in 2005
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
- Jacques-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
- Zao Wou Ki (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
- Raphaël 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 Wakhévitch (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
- Yves Millecamps (1930), elected in 2001
Seat #14
This seat was eliminated in 1967.
- Carle Vernet (1758-1836), elected in 1816
- François-Édouard 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
Section VI: Unattached members
Seat #1
- Comte de Vaublanc (1756-1846), elected in 1816
- Alphonse de Cailleux (1787-1876), elected in 1845
- Émile Perrin (1815-1885), elected in 1876
- Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905), elected in 1885
- Paul Richer (1849-1933), elected in 1905
- David David-Weill (1871-1952), elected in 1934
- Albert Sarraut (1872-1962), elected in 1953
- Robert Rey (1888-1964), elected in 1964
- André Arbus (1903-1969), elected in 1965
- Pierre David-Weill (1900-1975), elected in 1970
- Germain Bazin (1901-1990), elected in 1975
- Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), elected in 1991
- William Christie (1944), elected in 2008
Seat #2
- Pierre Blacas d'Aulps (1771-1839), elected in 1816
- Aristide Dumont (1790-1853), elected in 1839
- Alfred Nieuwerkerke (1811-1892), elected in 1853
- Emile Michel (1828-1909), elected in 1892
- Jules Comte (1816-1912), elected in 1909
- Henry Lemonnier (1842-1936), elected in 1913
- Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957), elected in 1937
Seat #3
- Comte de Vaudreuil (1740-1817), elected in 1816
- Duc de Richelieu (1766-1822), elected in 1817
- Jacques Lauriston (1768-1828), elected in 1822
- Joseph Siméon (1781-1846), elected in 1828
- Charles Duchatel (1803-1867), elected in 1846
- Henri Delaborde (1811-1899), elected in 1868
- Jacques de Cardaillac (1818-1879), elected in 1874
- Duc d'Aumale (1822-1897), elected in 1880
- Prince d'Arenberg (1837-1924), elected in 1897
- Jacques Rouché (1862-1957), elected in 1924
- Raymond Subes (1891-1970), elected in 1958
- Daniel Wildenstein (1917-2001), elected in 1971
- Hugues R. Gall (1940), elected in 2002
Seat #4
- Comte de Pradel (1779-1857), elected in 1816
- Achille Fould (1800-1867), elected in 1857
- Baron Haussmann (1809-1891), elected in 1867
- Jean Alphand (1817-1891), elected in 1891
- Georges Lafenestre (1837-1919), elected in 1892
- Vicomte de Castelnau (1851-1944), elected in 1919
- André Lemoisne (1875-1964), elected in 1945
- Paul-Louis Weiller (1893-1993), elected in 1965
- Maurice Béjart (1927-2007), elected in 1994
Seat #5
- Antoine Castellan (1772-1838), elected in 1816
- Comte de Clarac (1777-1847), elected in 1838
- Baron Taylor (1789-1879), elected in 1847
- Marquis de Chennevières (1820-1899), elected in 1879
- Henri Roujon (1853-1914), elected in 1899
- Georges Berger (1834-1910), elected in 1903
- Théophile Homolle (1848-1925), elected in 1910
- Etienne Moreau-Nelaton (1859-1927), elected in 1925
- Louis Hourticq (1875-1944), elected in 1927
- François Labrousse (1878-1951), elected in 1945
- Julien Cain (1887-1975), elected in 1952
- Bernard Gavoty (1908-1981), elected in 1975
- Michel David-Weill (1932), elected in 1982
Seat #6
- Comte de Turpin-Crissé (1782-1859), elected in 1816
- Georges Kastner (1810-1867), elected in 1859
- Comte de Walewski (1810-1868), elected in 1868
- Charles Blanc (1813-1882), elected in 1868
- Edmond du Sommerard (1817-1885), elected in 1882
- Léon Heuzey (1831-1922), elected in 1885
- Paul Léon (1874-1962), elected in 1922
- Georges Wildenstein (1892-1963), elected in 1963
- René Dumesnil (1879-1967), elected in 1965
- Gérald van der Kemp (1912-2002), elected in 1968
- Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere, elected in 2005
Seat #7
- Comte de Choiseul Gouffier (1752-1817), elected in 1816
- Comte de Chabrol de Volvic (1773-1843), elected in 1817
- Comte de Rambuteau (1781-1869), elected in 1843
- Albert Lenoir (1801-1891), elected in 1869
- Georges Duplessis (1834-1899), elected in 1891
- Jules Guiffrey (1840-1918), elected in 1899
- Maurice Fenaille (1855-1937), elected in 1919
- Gabriel Cognacq (1880-1951), elected in 1938
- Louis Hautecœur (1884-1973), elected in 1952
- Pierre Dehaye (1921), elected in 1975
Seat #8
- Etienne Gois (1731-1823), elected in 1816
- Marquis de Pastoret (1791-1857), elected in 1823
- Prince N. Bonaparte (1822-1891), elected in 1857
- Louis Larroumet (1852-1903), elected in 1891
- Comte de Delaborde (1811-1899), elected in 1898
- Philippe Gille (1830-1901), elected in 1899
- Edouard Aynard (1837-1913), elected in 1901
- Louis de Fourcaud (1851-1914), elected in 1913
- André Michel (1853-1925), elected in 1918
- Adolphe Boschot (1871-1955), elected in 1926
- Henri Verne (1880-1949), elected in 1937
- Jean Bourguignon (1876-1953), elected in 1949
- Charles Kunstler (1887-1977), elected in 1954
- Pierre Dux (1908-1990), elected in 1978
- Pierre Cardin (1922), elected in 1992
Seat #9
- Comte de Forbin (1777-1841), elected in 1816
- Comte de Houdetot (1778-1859), elected in 1841
- Frédéric Mercey (1803-1860), elected in 1859
- Jules Pelletier (1823-1875), elected in 1860
- François Gruyer (1825-1909), elected in 1875
- Justin Deselves (1818-1934), elected in 1910
- René Baschet (1860-1949), elected in 1935
- Comte Doria (1890-1977), elected in 1950
- Marcel Carné (1906-1996), elected in 1979
Seat #10
- Vicomte de Senonnes (1781-1840), elected in 1816
- Comte de Montalivet (1801-1880), elected in 1840
- Joseph Barbet de Jouy (1812-1896), elected in 1880
- Edouard Corroyer (1835-1904), elected in 1896
- Henri Bouchot (1849-1906), elected in 1904
- Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934), elected in 1906
- Amiral Lacaze (1860-1955), elected in 1935
- Jacques Jaujard (1895-1967), elected in 1955
- Gaston Palewski (1901-1984), elected in 1968
- Louis Pauwels (1920-1997), elected in 1985
- Henri Loyrette (1952), elected in 1997
Seat #11
Seat created by decree on 18 June 1946
- Louis Réau (1881-1961), elected in 1947
- André Cornu (1892-1980), elected in 1962
- Michel Faré (1913-1985), elected in 1981
- André Bettencourt (1919-2007), elected in 1986
Seat #12
Seat created by decree on 18 June 1946 and suppressed by decree on 28 November 1956.
- François Debat (1882-1956), elected in 1947
Seat #13
Seat created by decree on 8 June 1998
- François-Bernard Michel (1936), elected in 2000
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