The Académie Suisse was an art school founded by Charles Suisse, and was located at the corner of the Quai des Orfévres and the Boulevard du Palais, in Paris. From Delacroix to Cézanne, most major French artists frequented this place to meet colleagues or to study after the models supplied.
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Charles Suisse
According to Monneret, Charles Suisse was a former model of Jacques-Louis David. [1]
Students of the Académie Suisse
- Paul Cézanne (1839-1906)
- Honoré Daumier (1808-1879)
- Charles Auguste Émile Duran (Carolus-Duran) (1837-1917)
- Achille Emperaire (1829-1898)
- Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927)
- Alfred Guillou (1844-1926)
- Henry Lerolle (1848-1929)
- Édouard Manet (1832-1883)
- Claude Monet (1840-1926)
- Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
- Emile Schuffenecker (1851-1934)
- Philippe Solari (1840-1906)
Resources
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Notes
- ^ Probably not to be mixed up with the architect Charles Suisse (1846-1906), formed at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and since 1897 head of the Monuments historiques.
References
- Monneret, Sophie: L'Impressionisme et son époque, dictionnaire international, Éditions Denoël, Paris 1978 & 1979, vol. I, p. 925 ISBN 2-221-05222-6
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