Académie Julian
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The Académie Julian was an art school
in Paris, France.
Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas
, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts
, but offered independent training in arts. At that time, women were not allowed to enroll for study to the École des Beaux-Arts
, but the new Académie Julian accepted them, providing an alternative education and training. Men and women were trained separately, and women participated in the same studies as men, including the basis of art training – drawing and painting of nude
models.
Like its counterpart, the Académie Colarossi
, it was popular with French and foreign students from all over the world, particularly Americans
. Eventually, Académie Julian students were granted the right to compete for the Prix de Rome
, a prize awarded to promising young artists.
The longstanding success of the Academie was secured by the famous and respected artists whom Rodolfo Julian employed as instructors: Adolphe William Bouguereau(1825–1905), Henri Royer, Jean-Paul Laurens
, Gabriel Ferrier, Tony Robert-Fleury
, Jules Lefebvre and other leading artists of that time, mainly exponents of the academic style.
Over time, Académie Julian opened schools in other locations. In addition to the original school at Passage des Panoramas, studios were at no.28 Bd St-Jacques in the 6e arrondissement, no.5 Rue de Berri in the 8e arrondissement, no. 31 Rue du Dragon in the 6e arrondissement, no. 51, rue Vivienne in the 2nd arrondissement accepting female student artists as of 1880.
In 1888–1889, Les Nabis
originated as a rebellious group of young student artists who banded together at the Académie Julian.
Académie Julian integrated with ESAG Penninghen in 1968.
Art school
Art school is a general term for any educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. The term applies to institutions with elementary, secondary, post-secondary or undergraduate, or graduate or...
in Paris, France.
Passage des Panoramas
The Passage des Panoramas is a roofed commercial passageway located in the IIe arrondissement, of Paris between the Montmartre boulevard to the North and Saint-Marc street to the south. It is one of the earliest venues of the Parisian philatelic trade, and it was one of the very first covered,...
, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
, but offered independent training in arts. At that time, women were not allowed to enroll for study to the École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
, but the new Académie Julian accepted them, providing an alternative education and training. Men and women were trained separately, and women participated in the same studies as men, including the basis of art training – drawing and painting of nude
Nudity
Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...
models.
Like its counterpart, the Académie Colarossi
Académie Colarossi
The Académie Colarossi is an art school founded by the Italian sculptor Filippo Colarossi. First located on the Île de la Cité, it moved in the 1870s to 10 rue de la Grande-Chaumière in the VIe arrondissement of Paris, France....
, it was popular with French and foreign students from all over the world, particularly Americans
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Eventually, Académie Julian students were granted the right to compete for the Prix de Rome
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students, principally of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by...
, a prize awarded to promising young artists.
The longstanding success of the Academie was secured by the famous and respected artists whom Rodolfo Julian employed as instructors: Adolphe William Bouguereau(1825–1905), Henri Royer, Jean-Paul Laurens
Jean-Paul Laurens
Jean-Paul Laurens , was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style.Born in Fourquevaux, he was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and Alexandre Bida...
, Gabriel Ferrier, Tony Robert-Fleury
Tony Robert-Fleury
Tony Robert-Fleury was a French painter.He was born just outside Paris, and studied under his father Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury and under Delaroche and Léon Cogniet....
, Jules Lefebvre and other leading artists of that time, mainly exponents of the academic style.
Over time, Académie Julian opened schools in other locations. In addition to the original school at Passage des Panoramas, studios were at no.28 Bd St-Jacques in the 6e arrondissement, no.5 Rue de Berri in the 8e arrondissement, no. 31 Rue du Dragon in the 6e arrondissement, no. 51, rue Vivienne in the 2nd arrondissement accepting female student artists as of 1880.
In 1888–1889, Les Nabis
Les Nabis
Les Nabis were a group of Post-Impressionist avant-garde artists who set the pace for fine arts and graphic arts in France in the 1890s. Initially a group of friends interested in contemporary art and literature, most of them studied at the private art school of Rodolphe Julian in Paris in the...
originated as a rebellious group of young student artists who banded together at the Académie Julian.
Académie Julian integrated with ESAG Penninghen in 1968.
Selected students
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- John Noble Barlow
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- Sophie PembertonSophie PembertonSophie Pemberton was a Canadian painter.Born in Victoria, British Columbia, she was the daughter of Teresa Jane Grautoff and Joseph Despard Pemberton...
- Lilla Cabot PerryLilla Cabot PerryLilla Cabot Perry was an American artist who worked in the Impressionist style, rendering portraits and landscapes in the free form manner of her mentor, Claude Monet. Perry was an early advocate of the French Impressionist style and contributed to its reception in the United States...
- Bert Geer Phillips
- Edward Clark PotterEdward Clark PotterEdward Clark Potter was an American sculptor best known for his equestrian and animal statues. His works include the "Fortitude" lion in front of the New York Public Library.-Early years:...
- H. Septimus PowerH. Septimus PowerHarold Septimus Power was a New-Zealand born Australian artist, who was an official war artist for Australia in World War I.-Early life:...
- Maurice PrendergastMaurice PrendergastMaurice Brazil Prendergast was an American Post-Impressionist artist who worked in oil, watercolor, and monotype...
- Norman Mills PriceNorman Mills PriceNorman Mills Price was an American illustrator whose work reflected his interest in historical subjects.Born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, he studied at the Ontario School of Art, then in London at the Westminster School of Art and the Goldsmith’s Institute...
- Sarah PurserSarah Purser-Early life:She was born in Kingstown in County Dublin, and raised in Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was educated in Switzerland and afterwards studied at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin and in Paris at the Académie Julian.-Artist:...
- Hovsep PushmanHovsep PushmanHovsep Pushman was an American artist of Armenian background. He was known for his contemplative still lifes and sensitive portraits of women, often in exotic dress...
- Henrietta RaeHenrietta RaeHenrietta Emma Ratcliffe Rae was a prominent English painter of the later Victorian era.Born in Hammersmith, London, she was the youngest of seven children of a civil servant; her mother was musically talented, a former student of Felix Mendelssohn. An uncle, Charles Rae, was an artist and a...
- Robert RauschenbergRobert RauschenbergRobert Rauschenberg was an American artist who came to prominence in the 1950s transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art. Rauschenberg is well-known for his "Combines" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations...
- Edward Willis RedfieldEdward Willis RedfieldEdward Willis Redfield was an American Impressionist landscape painter and member of the art colony at New Hope, Pennsylvania. He is best known today for his impressionist scenes of the New Hope area, often depicting the snow-covered countryside.Redfield was born in 1869 in Bridgeville, Delaware...
- Granville RedmondGranville RedmondGranville Redmond was an American landscape painter and exponent of Tonalism and California Impressionism.- Early years :...
- Robert ReidRobert Reid (painter)Robert Lewis Reid was an American Impressionist painter and muralist.-Life and work:Robert Reid was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston under Otto Grundmann, where he was also later an instructor...
- Camil RessuCamil RessuCamil Ressu was a Romanian painter and academic, one of the most significant art figures of Romania.-Early life and career:Born in Galaţi, Ressu originated from an Aromanian family that migrated to Romania from Macedonia at the start of the 19th century. His father, Constantin Ressu, who was a...
- Diego RiveraDiego RiveraDiego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo . His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in...
- Henri-Pierre RochéHenri-Pierre RochéHenri-Pierre Roché was a French author who was deeply involved with the artistic avant-garde in Paris and the Dada movement.- Biography :Roché was born in Paris, France. In 1898, he was an art student at the Académie Julian....
- Oscar Rodríguez NaranjoOscar Rodríguez NaranjoOscar Rodríguez Naranjo was a painter from Socorro, Santander Department, Colombia. His works include mainly oil paintings and sculptures.Rodríguez Naranjo studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Bogotá...
- Cristobal RojasCristóbal RojasCristóbal Rojas was one of the most important and high-profile Venezuelan painters of the 19th century...
- Guy RoseGuy RoseGuy Rose was an American Impressionist painter who is recognized as one of California's top impressionist painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
- William RothensteinWilliam RothensteinSir William Rothenstein was an English painter, draughtsman and writer on art.-Life and work:William Rothenstein was born into a German-Jewish family in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His father, Moritz, emigrated from Germany in 1859 to work in Bradford's burgeoning textile industry...
- Ker-Xavier RousselKer-Xavier RousselKer-Xavier Roussel was a French painter associated with Les Nabis.Born François Xavier Roussel in Lorry-lès-Metz, Moselle, at age fifteen he studied at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris; alongside his friend Édouard Vuillard, he also studied at the studio of painter Diogène Maillart...
- Pierre RoyPierre Roy (painter)Pierre Roy was a French painter, illustrator and designer. His paintings, containing mysterious juxtapositions of objects, often inspired by memories of his childhood, show some affiliation to Surrealism and Magic Realism.Born in Nantes, he moved to Paris and studied at the École des Arts...
- Alexander RummlerAlexander RummlerAlexander Joseph Rummler was an American painter.Rummler was born in Dubuque, Iowa to German immigrants Joseph and Rosalia Rummler. In 1888 Rummler traveled to New York to study art at the Art Students League of New York...
- Alexander SachalAlexander SachalAlexander P. Sachal, born November 1924 in Kiev, Ukraine, is a Russian artist who lives in the United States.Sachal's mother moved to Moscow when he was six, where his childhood was hard and lonely. He joined the Fine Arts School in Moscow at the age of 16; his drawings and designs were featured...
- Maurice Cullen
- Tito SalasTito SalasBritánico Antonio Salas Díaz, better known as Tito Salas , was a Venezuelan painter.His father, José Antonio Salas, was one of the first traders who established a brewery in Venezuela. The studies of Tito, began in the Academy of Fine Arts of Caracas...
- Guillaume SeignacGuillaume Seignac-Childhood:He was born in Rennes, France, in 1870, and died in 1924. He started training at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he spent 1889 through 1895. He had a lot of teachers there, including Gabriel Ferrier, and Tony Robert-Fluery. Tony Robert Fluery was a noted history and genre artist....
- John Singer SargentJohn Singer SargentJohn Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings...
- Hans SchulerHans SchulerHans K. Schuler was a German-born American sculptor and monument maker. He was the first American sculptor ever to win the Salon Gold Medal. His works are in several important museum collections, and he also created many public monuments, mostly for locations in Maryland and in the Washington,...
- René SchützenbergerRené SchützenbergerRené Schützenberger , also known as Paul René Schützenberger, was a French painter.- Biography :...
- Eloisa Schwab
- Paul SérusierPaul SérusierPaul Sérusier was a French painter who was a pioneer of abstract art and an inspiration for the avant-garde Nabi movement, Synthetism and Cloisonnism.- Education :...
- Ernest Thompson SetonErnest Thompson SetonErnest Thompson Seton was a Scots-Canadian who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America . Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting...
- Joseph Henry SharpJoseph Henry SharpJoseph Henry Sharp was an American painter and a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists, of which he is considered the "Spiritual Father". Sharp was one of the earliest European-American artists to visit Taos, New Mexico, which he saw in 1893 with John Hauser when he visited in 1893...
- Edward SimmonsEdward Simmons (painter)Edward Emerson Simmons was an American Impressionist painter, remembered for his mural work. He was born in Concord, Massachusetts, the son of a Unitarian minister....
- Charles Walter SimpsonCharles Walter SimpsonCharles Walter Simpson was a Canadian artist.Simpson was born in Montreal, Quebec.-War artist:Beginning in January 1918, he served with Canadian forces in the First World War. Simpson came to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook, who arranged for him to be commissioned as an "official war artist"...
- Max SlevogtMax SlevogtMax Slevogt was a German Impressionist painter and illustrator, best known for his landscapes. He was, together with Lovis Corinth and Max Liebermann, one of the foremost representatives in Germany of the plein air style.-Biography:He was born in Landshut, Germany...
- Yngvar SonnichsenYngvar SonnichsenYngvar Sonnichsen was a Norwegian born, American artist and painter known especially for his portraits, landscapes and murals.-Background:...
- Arthur Watson SparksArthur Watson SparksArthur Watson Sparks was an American painter.He was born in Washington, DC to Mary and Frederick Sparks, a federal government clerk. He trained as an architect and also studied art in the evenings at the Corcoran Art School. In 1898 he won a design competition, along with his collaborator J...
- Edward SteichenEdward SteichenEdward J. Steichen was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. He was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. Steichen also contributed the logo design and a custom typeface...
- John StorrsJohn StorrsJohn Storrs , also known as John Henry Bradley Storrs, John Bradley Storrs and John H. Storrs, was an American modernist sculptor....
- Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-CotéMarc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-CotéMarc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté was a Canadian painter and sculptor.He was born in Arthabaska, Quebec in 1869. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Léon Bonnat during the 1890s...
- Arthur SzykArthur SzykArthur Szyk was a graphic artist, book illustrator, stage designer and caricaturist. Arthur Szyk was born into a Jewish family in Łódź, in the part of Poland which was under Russian rule in the 19th century. He always regarded himself both as a Pole and a Jew...
- Henry Ossawa TannerHenry Ossawa TannerHenry Ossawa Tanner was an African American artist best known for his style of painting. He was the first African American painter to gain international acclaim.-Education:...
- Edmund C. TarbellEdmund C. TarbellEdmund Charles Tarbell was an American Impressionist painter. He was a member of the Ten American Painters...
- William B. T. TregoWilliam B. T. TregoWilliam Brooke Thomas Trego was an American painter best known for his historical military subjects, in particular scenes of the American Revolution and Civil War.- Biography :...
- John Henry TwachtmanJohn Henry TwachtmanJohn Henry Twachtman was an American painter best known for his impressionist landscapes, though his painting style varied widely through his career. Art historians consider Twachtman's style of American Impressionism to be among the more personal and experimental of his generation...
- Artus Van Briggle
- Hans UngerHans UngerHans Unger was a German painter who was, during his lifetime, a highly respected Art Nouveau artist. His popularity did not survive the change in the artistic climate in Germany after World War I, however, and after his death he was soon forgotten...
- Fanny Vandegrift (Osbourne)Fanny VandegriftFrances Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson was the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson and mother of Isobel and Lloyd Osbourne.-Early life:...
- János VaszaryJanos VaszaryJános Vaszary was a Hungarian painter. He was born in Kaposvár, Hungary. His masters included Bertalan Székely at the School of Decorative Art. He went on with his studies in Munich and at the Académie Julian in Paris. He was particularly influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage and Puvis de...
- Jacques VillonJacques VillonJacques Villon was a French cubist painter and printmaker.-Early life:Born Gaston Emile Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Haute-Normandie region of France, he came from a prosperous and artistically inclined family...
- Edouard VuillardÉdouard VuillardJean-Édouard Vuillard was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Nabis.-Early years and education:...
- Frederick WhitingFrederick WhitingFrederick Whiting RP RSW , was an English painter who had studied at the Académie Julian and taught at Heatherley School of Fine Art with Iain McNab and Bernard Adams. He also worked for The Graphic as war correspondent, covering the Chinese and Russo-Japanese War.-References:...
- Terrick WilliamsTerrick WilliamsJohn Terrick Williams was better known as Terrick Williams. He was a British painter who was a member of the Royal Academy. During his lifetime, Williams became one of the most successful painters in London....
- Walter WithersWalter WithersWalter Herbert Withers was an Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists.- Biography :...
- Beatrice WoodBeatrice WoodBeatrice Wood was an American artist and studio potter, who late in life was dubbed the "Mama of Dada," and served as a partial inspiration for the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic...
- Xu BeihongXu BeihongXu Beihong was born in Yixing, China. He was primarily known for his shuimohua of horses and birds and one of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions that reflected a new modern China at the beginning of the 20th century...
- Ricardo Acevedo BernalRicardo Acevedo BernalRicardo Acevedo Bernal was a Colombian painter and musician. He was director of the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, a professor of painting and was well known also for his portraits such as those of noblemen, including Antonio Narino and the first Colombian President Simon Bolivar...
- Jesus Maria EspinosaJesús María EspinosaJesús María Espinosa Fernández was a Colombian painter.He was born in the town of Belalcázar, in the Department of Cauca, on August 10, 1908...