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The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels (french: Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts - École supérieure des Arts de la Ville de Bruxelles (ARBA-ESA), nl, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Brussel), is an

art school An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-seco ...

established in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Belgium. It was founded in 1711. Starting from modest beginnings in a single room in Brussels' Town Hall, it has since 1876 been operating from a former convent and orphanage in the /, which was converted by the architect . The school has played an important role in training important local artists.

History

Origins

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Historically, artistic training in Brussels was organised in traditional workshops where masters would teach their skills to pupils. The masters needed to be registered with their local guild to be able to practice their craft. On 30 September 1711, the magistrate of the

City of Brussels The City of Brussels (french: Ville de Bruxelles or alternatively ''Bruxelles-Ville'' ; nl, Stad Brussel or ''Brussel-Stad'') is the largest municipality and historical City centre, centre of the Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, as well a ...

gave the guilds of painters, sculptors, weavers and other amateurs the use of a room in Brussels' Town Hall to teach drawing classes to their pupils. On 16 October of the same year, some sort of school was established at these premises to organise the classes. The school would concentrate mainly on teaching drawing. In 1737, the Academy adopted its first rules. The city assumed some costs, including those for the models. A few decades later, disagreement broke out. The classes moved to the inn 't Gulden Hoofd and were even suspended for a while. The Bruges painter

Bernard Verschoot Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brav ...

took over the Academy's leadership and tried to put it back on the rails with a heavy hand. The

Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands The governor ( nl, landvoogd) or governor-general () of the Habsburg Netherlands was a representative appointed by the Holy Roman emperor (1504-1556), the king of Spain (1556-1598, 1621-1706), and the archduke of Austria (1716-1794), to administ ...

Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine Prince Charles Alexander Emanuel of Lorraine (french: Charles Alexandre Emanuel, Prince de Lorraine; german: Karl Alexander von Lothringen und Bar; 12 December 1712 in Lunéville – 4 July 1780 in Tervuren) was a Lorraine-born Austrian general a ...

, put the school under his high protection in 1762. His attention went mainly to the Department of

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

. The school was re-established in 1768 as the ''Académie de Peinture, Sculpture et Architecture'' ("Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture"), with funds raised through a public subscription. Inspiration was found in the French model. A year later, the school returned to the Town Hall. In 1795, the Academy was closed after the conquest of Brussels by the

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ary troops.

Resurgence under François-Joseph Navez

In 1829, the school moved into the Granvelle Palace (since demolished). One year later,

François-Joseph Navez François-Joseph Navez (16 November 1787 – 12 October 1869) was a Belgian neo-classical painter. Biography Navez was born in Charleroi. He was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He spent five years in Italy between 1817 and 1822. Between 1835 ...

became director. He organized the school and expanded it. In 1832, it moved to the basement of the left wing of the Industrial Palace. From 1835 to 1836, Navez's plans were implemented. In 1836, the Academy was awarded the privilege to use the adjective "Royal" as part of its name. The panel painting was declared to another important department. It was based on the first golden age of Dutch painting. However, there was some time tensions at the Academy to the yet propagated neoclassical style. In addition to painting and sculpture, architectural education became more important, though it never achieved the status of a pioneering teaching and training facility. Opstand academie Brussel

In 1876, the Academy moved to the school buildings on the /, in what was the former Bogards'

convent A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...

, which had meanwhile served as an orphanage. The architect was able to link the whole school in the limited space of the existing ensemble. The facade was redesigned in the neoclassical style. Until today the academy is there. From 5 January 1889 women were also allowed to participate in a class for advanced students. At the end of the 19th century, was the founding of the modern LUCA Campus Sint-Lukas Brussels, a strong competition. Meanwhile, ARBA is one of the 16 art schools of the

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. Under the director

Charles van der Stappen Charles van der Stappen (also Karl van der Stappen; 19 September 1843 – 21 October 1910), was a Belgian sculptor, born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Life Educated at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (1859–1868), van der Stappen' ...

, the doctrine came to this university to an even greater prestige. Even

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

and

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...

were part of the training offer. In the European art scene around the turn of the century, Brussels drew forth in addition to his training center in the shadow of Paris. Since 1889, Brussels was the uncrowned capital of

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...

, especially in architecture, which had its triumphal procession through Prof.

Victor Horta Victor Pierre Horta (; Victor, Baron Horta after 1932; 6 January 1861 – 8 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. His Hôtel Tassel in Brussels, built in 1892–93, is often ...

. The Academy managed the step to another center of the

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in the panel painting. From the Academy and its students went influence on the development of

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Impressionism Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating ...

Neo-Impressionism Neo-Impressionism is a term coined by French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art movement founded by Georges Seurat. Seurat's most renowned masterpiece, ''A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'', marked the beginnin ...

Post Impressionism Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction aga ...

and the newly incipient

Expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

. These were all precursors of

Modern Art Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradi ...

Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, 13 juin 1935

In 1912, Horta had made changes to the organisation of the school. A system of studios was created, as it was recommended by

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and Émile Lambot. In 1936, the ''Royal Order'' was made to the formation of the separate Department of Architecture.

Changes in organization and teaching after 1945

In 1949, a small Department of Planning and Urban Development was established. Architectural studies got the rank of

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. In 1972, the Department of Artistic Humanities was established. In 1977, the Department of Architecture finally acquired its autonomy. In 1977, the ''Institute Supérieur d'Architecture Victor Horta'', named after the Art Nouveau architect and former director, was founded. In 1980, the higher education of the second degree and new courses at the Academy of Fine Arts were presented. In 2009, the Faculty of Architecture of the Free University of Brussels was founded. This was done after the merger of the two schools of architecture: the School of Architecture Victor Horta (ISAVH) and the chamber of the French Community of the Higher Institute of Architecture (ISACF). Nowadays, programs are offered for

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

and

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

in the fields of design, art and media and offered

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, too. The Academy has been an ESA (Ecole Supérieure des Arts - Art College) with a university orientation. In addition, it is part of Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium (RASAB) which was founded in 2001. It is responsible for the task of promoting activities of the affiliated members and organizations here and coordinate. Its tasks include projects at home and abroad. The school is sometimes confused with the Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium (RASAB) and the

Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium The Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium (french: Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, sometimes referred to as ') is the independent learned society of science and arts of the French Comm ...

, both separate institutions, as well as the French

Académie des Beaux-Arts An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

in Paris, part of the

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The faculty and alumni of ARBA

Includes some of the most famous names in Belgian painting, sculpture, and architecture: *

James Ensor James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life. He was associated with the artistic g ...

, *

René Magritte René François Ghislain Magritte (; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and bounda ...

, *

Paul Delvaux Paul Delvaux (; 23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination. He is often considered a surrealist, alt ...

, *

Peyo Pierre Culliford (; 25 June 1928 – 24 December 1992) was a Belgian comics writer and artist who worked under the pseudonym Peyo (). His best-known works are the comic book series ''The Smurfs'' and '' Johan and Peewit'', the latter in wh ...

, creator of

The Smurfs ''The Smurfs'' (french: Les Schtroumpfs; nl, De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was first created and in ...

, *

Kali Kali (; sa, काली, ), also referred to as Mahakali, Bhadrakali, and Kalika ( sa, कालिका), is a Hinduism, Hindu goddess who is considered to be the goddess of ultimate power, time, destruction and change in Shaktism. In t ...

Notable directors and professors

* Barnabé Guimard (1731–1805), architect *

Tilman-François Suys Tilman-François Suys (in French) or Tieleman Frans Suys (in Dutch) (1 July 1783 – 22 July 1864) was a Belgian architect who also worked in the Netherlands. Biography Suys completed his architectural education in Paris, where he studied u ...

(1783–1861), architect *

(1787–1869), Belgian neo-classical painter. *

Louis Gallait Louis Gallait (9 or 10 May 1810 – 20 November 1887) was a Belgian painter. He lay at the basis of a revival of history painting in Belgium. He earned his reputation especially with the large painting of Charles V's abdication. Gallait's works ...

(1810–1887), painter *

Eugène Simonis Louis-Eugène Simonis (11 July 1810, in Liège – 11 July 1893, in Koekelberg) was a Belgian sculptor. Career Simonis studied under François-Joseph Dewandre at the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Liège and at the age of nineteen went to I ...

(1810–1893), sculptor *

Jean-François Portaels Jean-François Portaels or Jan Portaels (3 April 1818 – 8 February 1895) was a Belgian painter of genre scenes, biblical stories, landscapes, portraits and orientalist subjects. He was also a teacher and director of the Academy of Fine Arts ...

(1818–1895), Belgian painter *

(1843–1910), sculptor *

Jef Lambeaux Jef Lambeaux or Josef Lambeaux (14 January 18525 June 1908) was a Belgian sculptor. His best known work is ''Temple of Human Passions'', a colossal marble bas-relief. Early life and education Lambeaux was born in Antwerp, Belgium, on 14 January ...

(1852–1908), sculptor *

Jacques de Lalaing Jacques de Lalaing (1421–1453), perhaps the most renowned knight of Burgundy in the 15th century, was reportedly one of the best medieval tournament fighters of all time. A Walloon knight, he began his military career in the service of Adolp ...

(1858–1917), sculptor and painter *

(1861–1947), architect * Paul Saintenoy (1862–1952), architect *

Henri van Dievoet Henri van Dievoet (, 19 January 1869 – 24 April 1931) was a Belgian architect. Biography Early life Van Dievoet was born into an old family of Brussels descended from the Sweerts lineage, one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels, which ...

(1869–1931), architect *

Alfred Bastien Alfred Théodore Joseph Bastien (16 September 1873, in Ixelles – 7 June 1955, in Uccle) was a Belgian artist, academic, and soldier. He attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Ghent, where he studied with Jean Delvin. He then enrol ...

(1873–1955), sculptor * Léon Devos (1897–1974), painter

Gallery of works by notable teachers and directors

File:Mozes en Aaronkerk 1.jpg, Tilman-François Suys (date unknown): ''St. Antonius Church'', Amsterdam. File:François Joseph Navez (1787-1869) - Les musiciens ambulants (A Musician Family) - NG 2773 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg, François Joseph Navez (1828): ''Traveelling Musicians'',

National Galleries of Scotland National Galleries of Scotland ( gd, Gailearaidhean Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is the executive non-departmental public body that controls the three national galleries of Scotland and two partner galleries, forming one of the National Collections o ...

. File:GdeBouillon.JPG, Eugène Simonis (1848): ''Equestian statue of

Godfrey of Bouillon Godfrey of Bouillon (, , , ; 18 September 1060 – 18 July 1100) was a French nobleman and pre-eminent leader of the First Crusade. First ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1099 to 1100, he avoided the title of king, preferring that of princ ...

'', Place Royale of Brussels. File:Louis Gallait - Fisherman's Family - WGA8438.jpg, Louis Gallait (1848): ''The family of the fisherman'',

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the list of ...

, St. Petersburg, Russia. File:Alexandre Nestor Nicolas Robert - Young page.jpg, Alexandre Robert (date unknown), ''Young page'', Private collection. File:Joseph Quinaux - The rest.jpg,

Joseph Quinaux Joseph Quinaux (; 29 March 1822 – 24 May 1895) was a Belgian painter, known especially for his landscapes. Quinaux was born in Namen. He was a lecturer and teacher of painting at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts of Brussels from 1876 ...

(date unknown): ''The rest'', Private collection. File:Jean-François Portaels - Sweet flowers.jpg, Jean-François Portaels (date unknown): ''Sweet flowers'', Private collection. File:Joseph Stallaert - Der Prophet Jeremias weissagt dem König Zedekia den Untergang Jerusalem.jpg,

Joseph Stallaert Joseph Stallaert (19 March 1825, Merchtem - 24 November 1903, Ixelles) was a Belgian painter; best known for his scenes from antiquity. Life His parents were merchants and he was originally destined for a career in business. The person he was ...

(date unknown): ''The prophet Jeremiah prophesies the fall of Jerusalem'', Private collection. File:Le sommeil de Jamilé--.jpg, Herman Richir (date unknown): ''The sleep of Jamilé'', Private collection. File:Victor Horta Hotel Tassel.JPG,

(1892/93): ''

Hôtel Tassel The Hôtel Tassel (french: Hôtel Tassel, nl, Hotel Tassel) is a town house in Brussels, Belgium, designed by Victor Horta for the scientist and professor Emile Tassel, and built from 1892 to 1893. It is generally considered the first true Ar ...

'', Brussels. File:Constant Montald- Ophelia.jpg, Constant Montald (1893): ''Ophelia'', Private collection. File:Le Temps.JPG, Charles Van der Stappen (1894/98): ''Time'',

Meise Botanic Garden The Meise Botanic Garden ( nl, Plantentuin Meise, french: Jardin botanique de Meise), until 2014 called the National Botanic Garden of Belgium ( nl, Nationale Plantentuin van België, french: Jardin Botanique National de Belgique), is a botani ...

. File:Belgique - Bruxelles - Hôtel Van Eetvelde - 01.jpg, Victor Horta (1898/1900): ''

Hôtel van Eetvelde The Hôtel van Eetvelde (french: Hôtel van Eetvelde, nl, Hotel van Eetvelde) is a town house designed in 1895 by Victor Horta for Edmond van Eetvelde, administrator of Congo Free State. It is located at 4, / in Brussels, Belgium. Together ...

'', Brussels. File:Avenue Louise 81 Louizalaan Brussels 2012-08.jpg, Victor Horta (1898/1900): ''

Hôtel Solvay The Hôtel Solvay (french: Hôtel Solvay, nl, Hotel Solvay) is a large Art Nouveau town house designed by Victor Horta on the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan in Brussels, Belgium. The house was commissioned by Armand Solvay, the son of the chemist ...

'', Avenue Louise/Louizalaan 81, Brussels. File:Antwerpen-Brabo.JPG, Jef Lambeaux (date unknown): ''Fountain of Brabo'', Antwerp. File:Batiment Horta - rue Neuve - 1901.jpg, Victor Horta (1901): ''À L'Innovation department store'', Rue Neuve/Nieuwstraat, Brussels. File:Frankfurt Am Main-Zeil-Grand Bazar-Palais Rothschild-Schmoller-um 1910.jpg, Victor Horta (1903/05): ''Le Grand Bazar department store'', Frankfurt. File:Jacques de Lalaing - Cheval de Brabant.jpg, Jacques de Lalaing (date unknown): ''Brabantine horse''. File:Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien - Canadian Cavalry Ready in a Wood.jpg, Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien (date unknown): ''Canadian Cavalry Ready in a Wood'', Canadian War Museum, Ottawa. File:Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien - Throwing Grenades.jpg, Alfred Theodore Joseph Bastien (1918): ''Grenade throwing'', Canadian War Museum, Ottawa. File:Beringen-Mijn - Sint-Theodarduskerk1.jpg, Henry Lacoste (date unknown): ''St. Theodardus Church'', Beringen-Mijn.

Some well-known alumni of the school

Joseph-Pierre Braemt Joseph-Pierre Braemt (15 June 1796 – 2 December 1864) was a Belgian medalist and coin designer. Biography After training at the academies of Ghent and then Brussels, Joseph-Pierre Braemt perfected his craft in Paris with the engraver Andr� ...

(1796–1864), medalist * François Musin (1820–1888), Belgian painter * Josse Impens (1840–1905), Belgian painter *

Franz Meerts Franz Meerts or Frans Meerts (Ghent, 1836 – City of Brussels, Brussels, May 1896) was a Belgians, Belgian painter and aquarellist known for his interior scenes, genre scenes, still lifes and landscapes.Emile Wauters Emile Wauters (19 November 184611 December 1933) was a Belgian painter. He was born in Brussels. Successively the pupil of Portaels and Jean-Léon Gérôme, he produced in 1868 ''The Battle of Hastings: the Finding of the body of Harold by Edith ...

(1846–1933), Belgian painter *

Isidore Verheyden Isidore Verheyden (24 January 1846, in Antwerp – 1 November 1905, in Elsene) was a Belgian painter of landscapes, portraits and still life. He was the son of painter Jean-François Verheyden; his first teacher at the Académie Royale de ...

(1846–1905), Belgian painter *

Alfred Verhaeren Alfred Verhaeren (City of Brussels, Brussels, 8 October 1849 – Ixelles, 10 February 1924) Alfred Verhaeren
at the ...

(1849–1924), Belgian painter * Amédée Lynen (1852–1938), painter and illustrator *

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2 ...

(1853–1890), Dutch painter * Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller, (1855–1925), Dutch painter *

Gustave Léonard de Jonghe Gustave Léonard de Jonghe, Gustave Léonard De Jonghe or Gustave de Jonghe (4 February 1829 – 28 January 1893) was a Flemish painter known for his glamorous society portraits and genre scenes. After training in Brussels, he started out as a pa ...

(1844–1848), Belgian painter *

Jef Leempoels Jef Leempoels or Joseph Leempoels (15 May 1867, in Brussels – 1935 in Ixelles) was a Belgian painter who was renowned in his lifetime for his society and official portraits as well as his genre scenes and symbolist compositions. He worked in othe ...

(1867–1935), Belgian painter *

Paul Du Bois Paul Du Bois (; 1859–1938) was a Belgian sculptor and medalist, born in Aywaille, and died in Uccle, a municipality of Brussels (Belgium). Du Bois was a student of Eugène Simonis and Charles van der Stappen. He studied from 1877 to 1883 ...

(1859–1938), French sculptor *

(1860–1949), Belgian painter *

Victor Rousseau Victor Rousseau ( Feluy, 16 December 1865 – Forest, 17 March 1954) also known as M. Victor Rousseau, was a Belgian sculptor and medalist. Biography Rousseau was of Walloon heritage and descended from a line of stonemasons. He began carv ...

(1865–1954), sculptor *

Gabriel Van Dievoet Gabriel Van Dievoet (, 12 April 1875 – 17 November 1934) was a Belgian decorator and Liberty style sgraffitist. He was the brother of the architect Henri Van Dievoet. He was the son of Leon Van Dievoet, ship-owner and maritime-agent, and ...

(1875–1934), painter *

Victor Servranckx Victor Servranckx (26 June 1897 – 11 December 1965) was a Belgian abstract painter and designer. He was born in Diegem ( Machelen) and studied from 1913 to 1917 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. There, in 1916, he met René ...

(1897–1965), painter *

(1897–1994), painter *

(1898–1967), painter * Éliane de Meuse (1899–1993), painter *

Zhang Chongren Zhang Chongren (27 September 1907 – 8 October 1998), also known as Chang Chong-jen, was a Chinese sculptor best remembered in Europe as a friend of Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist and creator of ''The Adventures of Tintin''. The two met ...

, better known as Tschang Tschong-jen (1907–1998), sculptor and painter. *

Ben-Ami Shulman Ben-Ami Shulman (Jaffa, Israel July 7, 1907 – Los Angeles May, 1986) was an Israeli architect who was posthumously recognized as one of the significant 1930s architects of the modernist White City of Tel Aviv. The White City, which features the ...

, (1907–1986), Israeli architect. * Claude Strebelle (1917–2010), architect and builderAcadémie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles
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Gallery of works by notable students of the Académie

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Joseph Poelaert Joseph Poelaert (21 March 1817 – 3 November 1879) was a Belgian architect. He was entrusted with important projects in Brussels, such as Saint Catherine's Church, the Church of Our Lady of Laeken, the Congress Column, the Royal Theatre of la ...

(date unknown): ''New building of St. Catherine's Church'', Brussels. File:ND du Sablon 1007.jpg,

Jean-Frédéric Van der Rit Jean-Frédéric or Jean-Frederic may refer to: * Jean Frederic Bazille (1841–1870), French Impressionist painter * Jean-Frédéric Chapuis (born 1989), French freestyle skier * Jean Frédéric Auguste Delsarte (1903–1968), French mathematician ...

(1856): ''Tomb of Augustus dal Pozzo at the

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'', Brussels. File:Charles de Groux - The farewell.Jpeg,

Charles de Groux Charles de Groux or Charles Degroux (25 August 1825 – 30 March 1870)Charles de Groux
at the

Franz Meerts Franz Meerts or Frans Meerts (Ghent, 1836 – City of Brussels, Brussels, May 1896) was a Belgians, Belgian painter and aquarellist known for his interior scenes, genre scenes, still lifes and landscapes.Guillaume Vogels (date unknown): ''Fishing boat on the shore'', Private collection. File:Emile Wauters - Caravan near Cairo.Jpeg,

Emile Wauters Emile Wauters (19 November 184611 December 1933) was a Belgian painter. He was born in Brussels. Successively the pupil of Portaels and Jean-Léon Gérôme, he produced in 1868 ''The Battle of Hastings: the Finding of the body of Harold by Edith ...

(date unknown): ''Caravan near Cairo'', Private collection. File:Gustave Léonard de Jonghe - The Japanese Fan.jpg,

(1865): ''The Japanese Fan'',

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. File:Isidore Verheyden - Terug van de markt.JPG,

(date unknown): ''Return from the market'', Museum M, Leuven. File:Eglise Notre-Dame du Sablon.jpg, August Félix Schoy (1865): ''Restoration of the Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon'', Brussels. File:Hippolyte Boulenger005.jpg,

Hippolyte Boulenger Hippolyte Emmanuel Boulenger (3 December 1837 – 4 July 1874) was a Belgian landscape painter influenced by the French Barbizon school, considered to be "the Belgian Corot". Biography Hippolyte Boulenger was born to French parents in Tournai ...

(1870): ''View of Dinant'', Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. File:Amadée Lynen 001.jpg, Amadée Lynen (after 1872): ''Landscape with farm'', Privatbesitz. File:A.J. Heymans001.jpg, Adrien-Joseph Heymans (1875): ''Sky with the moonlight'', Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. File:La coulée à Ougrée.jpg,

Constantin Meunier Constantin Meunier (12 April 1831 – 4 April 1905) was a Belgian painter and sculptor. He made an important contribution to the development of modern art by elevating the image of the industrial worker, docker and miner to an icon of mode ...

(1885/1890): ''The foundry of Ougrée'', Musée de l'Art Wallon, Liège. File:Amistad - Jef Leempoels.jpg,

(1888): ''Friendship'', The Morgan Library and Museum, New York. File:Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts Belgique 1102.jpg,

(date unknown): ''Detail of the facade of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium'', Brussels. File:Van Gogh - Starry Night - Google Art Project.jpg,

(1896): ''Friendship'', Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires. File:1896 étang aquarelle parGabriel van Dievoet (1875-1934).JPG,

(1896): ''Lake'', Private collection. File:Fernand Khnopff - Caresses - Google Art Project.jpg,

Fernand Khnopff Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter. Life Youth and training Fernand Khnopff was born to a wealthy family that was part of the high bourgeoisie for generations. Khnopf ...

(1896): ''Carelessness or the tenderness of Sphinx'', Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. File:Hôtel Ciamberlani (DSCF7523).jpg,

Paul Hankar Paul Hankar (11 December 1859 – 17 January 1901) was a Belgian architect and furniture designer, and an innovator in the Art Nouveau style. Career Hankar was born at Frameries, in Hainaut, Belgium, the son of a stonemason. He studied at the ...

(1897): ''Hôtel Ciamberlani'', Rue Defaqz/Defaqzstraat, Brussels. File:James Ensor - Death and the masks.jpg,

(1897): ''Death and the masks'', Musée des beaux-arts de Liège. File:François Musin005.JPG, François Musin (date unknown): ''Stormy weather'', Private collection. File:Josse Impens - Artiste devant son chevalet.jpg, Josse Impens (date unknown): ''Painter in front of his easel'', Private collection. FIle:Alfred Verhaeren - Lost in thoughts.jpeg,

Alfred Verhaeren Alfred Verhaeren (City of Brussels, Brussels, 8 October 1849 – Ixelles, 10 February 1924) Alfred Verhaeren
at the ...

(date unknown): ''Lost in thoughts'', Private collection. File:Cimetière de Bruxelles 02b.jpg,

(date unknown): ''British Waterloo Memorial'',

Brussels Cemetery Brussels Cemetery (french: Cimetière de Bruxelles, nl, Begraafplaats van Brussel) is a cemetery belonging to the City of Brussels in Brussels, Belgium. Located in the neighbouring municipality of Evere, rather than in the City of Brussels pr ...

. File:JanToorop-trio-fleuri-1886.jpg,

Jan Toorop Johannes Theodorus 'Jan' TooropJan Toorop

Paul Saintenoy (1898/99): '' Old England department store'', Rue Montagne de la Cour/Hofberg, Brussels. File:JH Wijsmuller - Het uitzetten van de fuiken.jpg, Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller (1900): ''Laying of the fishing traps'', Private collection. File:Palais Minerve - ex-cinema Rialto r Haute 205-207 Hoogstr.jpg, Henri van Massenhove (date unknown): ''Palais Minerve'', former ''Rialto'' cinema, Rue Haute/Hoogstraat 205–207, Brussels. File:WLANL - Artshooter - De Smart.jpg, Georges Minne (date unknown): ''Mother protects her two children'', Private collection. File:Frantz Charlet - Die Goldenen Häuser von Brügge.jpeg,

Frantz Charlet __NOTOC__ Frantz Charlet (1862–1928) was a Belgian painter, etcher, and lithographer. Early life and career An Impressionist, he was one of the founding members of the group Les XX. He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Bruss ...

(date unknown): ''The golden houses of Bruges'', Museen voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent. File:Mondnacht-in-Boulogne.jpg,

Théo van Rysselberghe Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe (23 November 1862 – 13 December 1926) was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the twentieth century. Biography Early years Born ...

(1900): ''Night with moon in Boulogne'', Private collection. File:Jan Toorop - The Schelde near Veere - Google Art Project.jpg,

Jan Toorop Johannes Theodorus 'Jan' TooropJan Toorop

(1910): ''Magnolia'', Private collection. File:London, UK (August 2014) - 109.JPG,

(date unknown): ''Anglo-Belgian Warrior Memorial'', London. File:La vertu de l'Art (1913).jpg, Herman Richir (1913): ''Virtue of art'', Private collection. File:Lady in Blue in front of a Mirror.JPG,

Rik Wouters Hendrik Emil (Rik) Wouters (21 August 1882 – 11 July 1916) was a Belgium, Belgian painter, sculptor and draughtsman. Wouters produced 200 paintings, drawings and sculptures in his 34 years before his illness-caused death. he died partway th ...

(1914): ''Lady in blue before the mirror'', Private collection. File:Bruxelles Schmalzigaug baron.JPG, Jules Schmalzigaud (1917): ''Portrait of Baron Francis Delbeke'', Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. File:Terras Schmalzigaug.jpg, Jules Schmalzigaud (1915/17): ''Terrace'', Private collection. File:Rik Wouters - Portretbuste van James Ensor 10-03-2009 16-00-33.JPG,

(date unknown): ''Portrait bust of the painter James Ensor''. File:Shield of R-26 - Georges Vantongerloo.jpg,

Georges Vantongerloo Georges Vantongerloo (24 November 1886, Antwerp – 5 October 1965, Paris) was a Belgian abstract sculptor and painter and founding member of the De Stijl group. Life From 1905 to 1909 Vantongerloo studied Fine Art at the Fine Art Academies in A ...

(1930): ''Cubist Shield of R-26'', Private collection.

References

Exhibitions

* ''Academie Royale des Beaux-arts et Ecole des Arts decoratifs de Bruxelles. Exposition centennale 1800–1900''. * 1987: ''Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, 275 ans d'enseignement'', from 07.05 - 28.06.1987. * 2007: ''Art, anatomie trois siècles d'évolution des représentations du corps'', Académie royale des Beaux-arts de Bruxelles, 20.04. - 16.05.2007.

Biography

* ''Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. 275 ans d'enseignement = 275 jaar onderwijs aan de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten van Brussel.'' par Crédit Communal Bruxelles, 1987, . * ''Academie Royale des Beaux-arts et École des Arts décoratifs de Bruxelles. Exposition centennale 1800–1900''. catalogue of the exhibition at Bruxelles. * A. W. Hammacher: ''Amsterdamsche Impressionisten en hun Kring.'' J.M. Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1946. * Wiepke Loos, Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken: ''Waarde Hoer Allebé – Leven en werk van August Allebé (1838–1927).'' Waanders, Zwolle 1988, . * Sheila D. Muller: ''Dutch Art – An Encyclopedia.'' Routledge, 2013, . * Jean Bouret: ''L’École de Barbizon et le paysage française au XIXe siècle.'' Neuchâtel 1972. * Georges Pillement: ''Les Pré-Impressionistes.'' Zug 1972, * Nathalia Brodskaya: ''Impressionismus''. Parkstone Books, New York 2007, . *

Norma Broude Norma Broude (born 1 May 1941) is an American art historian and scholar of feminism and 19th-century French and Italian painting. She is also a Professor Emerita of art history from American University. Broude, with Mary Garrard, is an early lead ...

: ''Impressionismus. an international movement, 1860–1920'' („World impressionism“). Dumont, Köln 2007, . * Jean-Paul Crespelle: ''Les Fauves, Origines et Evolution'', Office du Livre, Fribourg, und Edition Georg Popp, Würzburg 1981, . * Jean Leymarie: ''Fauvismus'', Editions d’Art, Albert Skira Verlag, Genève 1959. * Kristian Sotriffer: ''Expressionismus und Fauvismus.'' Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., Wien 1971. * Jean-Luc Rispail: ''Les surréalistes. Une génération entre le rêve et l'action'' (=

Découvertes Gallimard (, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an editorial collection of illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in pocket format. The books are concise introductions to pa ...

. 109). Gallimard, Paris 2005, . * David Britt: ''Modern Art - Impressionism to Post-Modernism''. Thames & Hudson, London 2007, . * Sandro Bocola: ''Die Kunst der Moderne. Zur Struktur und Dynamik ihrer Entwicklung. Von Goya bis Beuys''. Prestel, München/ New York 1994, . (Neuauflage im Psychosozial-Verlag, Gießen, Lahn 2013, ) * Sam Phillips: ''Moderne Kunst verstehen - Vom Impressionismus ins 21. Jahrhundert.'' A. Seemann Henschel, Leipzig 2013, . * Pierre Daix, Joan Rosselet: ''Picasso - The Cubist Years 1907–1916.'', Thames & Hudson, London 1979, . * Michael White: ''De Stijl and Dutch Modernism'' (= Critical Perspectives in Art History). Manchester University Press, . (englisch) * Thomas, Karin: ''Blickpunkt der Moderne: Eine Geschichte von der Romantik bis heute.'' Verlag M. DuMont, Köln 2010, .

Sources

ARBA online history (in French)

Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague, (RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History), Netherlands (in Dutch and English)

Royale Museums of fine Arts of Belgium - Brussels Museums

External links

Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
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