L'École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre (ENSAV), more known as La Cambre, is a renowned
visual arts school founded by
Henry van de Velde in
Brussels in 1926.
It was founded as the ''Institut supérieur des Arts décoratifs'' (''Hoger Instituut voor Decoratieve Kunsten''), and became known as "La Cambre" after the
Abbey of la Cambre/Ter Kameren in which premises it was established.
In 1980, La Cambre was divided into two separate institutions, the ''École nationale supérieure des Arts visuels'' (ENSAV), and the ''Institut supérieur d'Architecture de la Communauté française de Belgique'' (ISACF). Both institutions belong to the
French Community of Belgium. ENSAV is still housed at the abbey while the ISACF stopped existing in 2009, when all architecture schools integrated universities, and the ISACF merged with two other institutes into the
Université libre de Bruxelles.
Notable alumni include
Arlette Van Calck,
Pierre Alechinsky
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Marine Serre
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Early life
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Berthe Dubail
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Biography
Berthe Dubail studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Mons, and at the workshop of La Cambre in Brussels dedicated to monumental painting, she ...
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Harold Ancart
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Education
Harold Ancart studied at La Cambre in Brussels, Belgium where he received a M.F.A in 2007.
Major works
"Untitled (the great n ...
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Olivier Strebelle
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Strebelle was born in Brussels, Belgium on 20 January 1927.
His monumental (usually bronze) sculptures adorn many public places in Brussels as well as in Germany, Isra ...
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Anthony Vaccarello
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and
Lucien Kroll.
External links
ENSAV (visual arts)(fr)
ISACF (architecture)(fr)
Universities and colleges in Brussels
Art schools in Belgium
Architecture schools
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