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The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture), Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, was founded in 1648, modelled on Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 examples, such as the Accademia di San Luca
Accademia di San Luca

The Accademia di San Luca, was an association of artists in Rome, founded in 1593 with the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists" above that of craftsman....
 in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
.

In 1661, it came under the control of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Jean-Baptiste Colbert served as the Controller-General of Finances from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of Louis XIV of France. He was described by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de S?vign? as "Le Nord", because he was cold and unemotional....
 who made the arts a main part in the glorification of Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV ruled as List of French monarchs and of King of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister , the Italians Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661....
. From 1683 on, it reached its greatest power under the directorship of Charles Le Brun
Charles Le Brun

Charles Le Brun was a French Painting and Aesthetics, one of the dominant artists in 17th century France....
 with its hierarchy of members and strict system of education.

On August 8, 1793, it was suspended by the revolutionary
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
 National Convention
National Convention

During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative Deliberative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 ....
, when the latter decreed the abolition of "toutes les académies et sociétés littéraires patentées ou dotées par la Nation".

It was later renamed Académie de peinture et de sculpture.

The "Académie de peinture et sculpture" is also responsible for the Académie de France
French Academy in Rome

The French Academy in Rome is an Academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese gardens, on the Pincio in Rome, Italy....
 in the villa Médicis in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 (founded in 1666) which allows promising artists to study in Rome.

In 1816, it was merged with the Académie de musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669) and the Académie d'architecture
Académie d'architecture

The Acad?mie royale d'architecture was a French learned society founded on December 30, 1671 by Louis XIV of France, king of France under the impulsion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert....
 (Academy of Architecture, founded in 1671), to form the Académie des beaux-arts
Académie des beaux-arts

The Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts is a France learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France.It was created in 1795 as the merger of the:...
, one of the five academies of the Institut de France
Institut de France

The Institut de France is a France learned society, grouping five acad?mies, the most famous of which is probably the Acad?mie fran?aise....
.








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The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture), Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, was founded in 1648, modelled on Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 examples, such as the Accademia di San Luca
Accademia di San Luca

The Accademia di San Luca, was an association of artists in Rome, founded in 1593 with the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists" above that of craftsman....
 in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
.

In 1661, it came under the control of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Jean-Baptiste Colbert served as the Controller-General of Finances from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of Louis XIV of France. He was described by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de S?vign? as "Le Nord", because he was cold and unemotional....
 who made the arts a main part in the glorification of Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV ruled as List of French monarchs and of King of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister , the Italians Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661....
. From 1683 on, it reached its greatest power under the directorship of Charles Le Brun
Charles Le Brun

Charles Le Brun was a French Painting and Aesthetics, one of the dominant artists in 17th century France....
 with its hierarchy of members and strict system of education.

On August 8, 1793, it was suspended by the revolutionary
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
 National Convention
National Convention

During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative Deliberative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 ....
, when the latter decreed the abolition of "toutes les académies et sociétés littéraires patentées ou dotées par la Nation".

It was later renamed Académie de peinture et de sculpture.

The "Académie de peinture et sculpture" is also responsible for the Académie de France
French Academy in Rome

The French Academy in Rome is an Academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese gardens, on the Pincio in Rome, Italy....
 in the villa Médicis in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
 (founded in 1666) which allows promising artists to study in Rome.

In 1816, it was merged with the Académie de musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669) and the Académie d'architecture
Académie d'architecture

The Acad?mie royale d'architecture was a French learned society founded on December 30, 1671 by Louis XIV of France, king of France under the impulsion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert....
 (Academy of Architecture, founded in 1671), to form the Académie des beaux-arts
Académie des beaux-arts

The Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts is a France learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France.It was created in 1795 as the merger of the:...
, one of the five academies of the Institut de France
Institut de France

The Institut de France is a France learned society, grouping five acad?mies, the most famous of which is probably the Acad?mie fran?aise....
.

Partial list of members

  • Abraham Bosse
    Abraham Bosse

    Abraham Bosse was a French artist, mainly as a printmaker in etching, but also in watercolor painting....
     (1648)
  • Herman van Swanevelt
    Herman van Swanevelt

    Herman van Swanevelt was a Dutch people painter and etcher from the Baroque painting era. The first exhibition ever was helt only recently in his hometown....
     (1651)
  • Jean Jouvenet
    Jean Jouvenet

    Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet was a French painters.He came from an artistic family, one of whom Noel Jouvenetmay have taught Nicolas Poussin.He early showed remarkable aptitude for his profession, and, on arriving in Paris, attracted the attention of Charles Le Brun, by whom he was employed at Versailles, and under whose auspices, in 1675,...
     (1675)
  • Antoine Coysevox
    Antoine Coysevox

    Charles Antoine Coysevox , France sculpture, was born at Lyon, and belonged to a family which had emigrated from Spain. The name should be pronounced quazevo....
     (1676)
  • Joseph Parrocel
    Joseph Parrocel

    Joseph Parrocel was a French Baroque painter, best known for his paintings and drawings of battle scenes.He was born in an artistic family that produced fourteen painters over six generations....
     (1676)
  • Nicolas de Largillière
    Nicolas de Largillière

    Nicolas de Largilli?re , France Painting, was born in Paris.His father, a merchant, took him to Antwerp at the age of three. As a boy, he spent nearly two years in London....
     (1686)
  • Roger de Piles
    Roger de Piles

    Roger de Piles was a French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat....
     (1699)
  • Guillaume Coustou the Elder
    Guillaume Coustou the Elder

    Guillaume Coustou the Elder was a France sculpture and academician. Coustou was the younger brother of French sculptor Nicolas Coustou and the pupil of his mother's brother, Antoine Coysevox....
     (1704)
  • Jean Raoux
    Jean Raoux

    Jean Raoux , France Painting, was born at Montpellier.After the usual course of training he became a member of the Acad?mie de peinture et de sculpture in 1717 as an historical painter....
     (1717)
  • Jean-Baptiste Pater
    Jean-Baptiste Pater

    Jean-Baptiste Pater was a France rococo painter.Born in Valenciennes, Pater was the son of sculptor Antoine Pater and studied under him before becoming a student of Antoine Watteau....
     (1728)
  • François Boucher
    François Boucher

    Fran?ois Boucher was a France Painting, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture....
     (1731)
  • Charles-André van Loo
    Charles-André van Loo

    Carle or Charles-Andr? van Loo was a France subject Painting, and a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo....
     (1735)
  • Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo
    Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo

    Charles-Am?d?e-Philippe van Loo was a French painter of allegory scenes and portraits.He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, at Turin and Rome, where in 1738 he won the Prix de Rome, then at Aix-en-Provence, before returning to Paris in 1745....
     (1747)
  • Jean-Baptiste Huet
    Jean-Baptiste Huet

    Jean-Baptiste Marie Huet was a French painter, engraver and designer associated with pastoral and genre scenes of animals in the Rococo manner, influenced by Fran?ois Boucher....
     (1769)
  • Jacques Louis David (1780)
  • Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
    Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

    Ad?la?de Labille-Guiard was a France minaturist and portrait Painting.Born in Paris, the daughter of Monsieur Labille, a haberdasher who owned a shop named 'A La Toilette' situated in the rue neuve des Petits Champs, where young Jeanne B?cu worked and became good friends with her....
     (1783)
  • Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1783)
  • Adolf Ulric Wertmüller (1784)
  • Jean-Baptiste Stouf
    Jean-Baptiste Stouf

    File:Abel dying Louvre MN80.jpgJean-Baptiste Stouf , a pupil of Guillaume II Coustou, son of the great French baroque sculptor Guillaume Coustou, was a French sculptor known especially for his commemorative portrait busts and expressive emotional content....
     (1785)
  • Dominique Vivant
    Dominique Vivant

    Dominique Vivant, Baron de Denon was a France artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. Dominique was appointed first director of the Louvre Museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798-1801....
     (1787)
  • Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
    Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

    Jean-Baptiste Pigalle was a France sculpture.He was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to obtain the Prix de Rome, after a severe struggle he entered the Acad?mie de peinture et de sculpture and became one of the most popular sculptors of his day....


See also

  • Academic art
    Academic art

    Academic art is a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academy or universities.Specifically, academic art is the art and artists influenced by the standards of the French Acad?mie des beaux-arts, which practiced under the movements of Neoclassicism and Romanticism, and the art that followed these two mo...
  • French art salons and academies
    French art salons and academies

    From the seventeenth century to the early part of the twentieth century, artistic production in France was controlled by artistic academies which organized official exhibitions called salons....
  • Royal West of England Academy
    Royal West of England Academy

    The Royal West of England Academy is an art gallery where Queens Road meets Whiteladies Road, in Bristol, England....


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