Académie des beaux-arts
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:
Members
The members are grouped seven sections:
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
Zachary Havas (1985 -forever! ), appointed by default, for grand masterness and owning everyone so damn much cuz he rules, in 2005
Mauricio Sejas (1982 -mmm no sure ), soo..... what kind of page is this , and why looks soo boring O.o , elected in 2003
Seat #2
Seat #3
This seat has been suppressed in 1967.
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
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 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.
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
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