The is a public

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of art in

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, Italy.

History

The Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia was founded on 24 September 1750; the statute dates from 1756. The first director was Giovanni Battista Piazzetta;

Gianbattista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an import ...

became the first president after his return from

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. The academy was at first housed in a room on the upper floor of the Fonteghetto della Farina, a flour warehouse and market on the Grand Canal, close to

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. The space was insufficient, and students and teachers had to contend with the noise and dust of the market, which also occupied the first floor of the building.

Antonio Canova Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the cla ...

studied at the academy in the 1770s. In 1807, the academy was re-founded by

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ic decree. The name was changed from Veneta Academia di Pittura, Scultura e Architettura to Accademia Reale di Belle Arti, "royal academy of fine arts", and the academy was moved to premises in the

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complex of the Scuola della Carità. In 1879, the Accademia di Belle Arti and the

Gallerie dell'Accademia The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in Venice, northern Italy. It is housed in the Scuola della Carità on the south bank of the Grand Canal, within the sestiere of Dorsoduro. It was originally the gallery o ...

became administratively separate, but continued to share the same buildings until 2004, when the art school moved to the present site, the former Ospedale degli Incurabili. Like other state art academies in Italy, it became an autonomous degree-awarding institution under law no. 508 dated 21 December 1999, and falls under the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education and research.

Notable alumni

* Ariel Agemian(1904–1963), painter * Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916), painter and sculptor *

(1757–1822), sculptor *

Brenno Del Giudice Brenno Del Giudice (23 November 1888 – 6 December 1957) was an Italian rower who became a prominent architect. Family Del Giudice was born on 23 November 1888 in Venice; the rower Scipione Del Giudice was his twin brother. Their parents were ...

(1888–1957), rower and architect *

Dino Martens Dino Martens (1894–1970) was an Italian painter and designer particularly noted for his glass work trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti. He had his paintings exhibited at the Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale ...

(1894–1970), Italian painter and designer particularly noted for his glass work *

Mario Prayer Mario Prayer (1887-1959) was an Italian painter, mainly of frescoes for churches or large halls. He collaborated closely with his brother, Guido, in many projects. Biography He was born in Turin to Roberto Prayer Galletti, a photographer from Ven ...

(1887–1959), painter *

Giovanni Squarcina Giovanni Squarcina (September 11, 1825 – 1891) was an Italian painter. Biography Squarcina was born in Zadar, Croatia. During his youth, his natural inclination for painting, was challenged by his father, who intended his son to become ...

(1825–1921), painterAngelo de Gubernatis, ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti'' (Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889) pp. 500–501 *

Giulio Turcato Giulio Turcato (16 March 1912, Mantua – 22 January 1995, Rome) was an Italian artist, belonging to both figurative and abstract expressionist currents. Biography Giulio Turcato was born in Mantua. He attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Vene ...

(1912–1995), painter *

Amedeo Modigliani Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (, ; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and ...

(1884–1920), painter and sculptor *

Carlo Scarpa Carlo Scarpa (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape and the history of Venetian culture, and by Japan. Scarpa translated his interests in history, regionalism, invention, and the tec ...

(1906–1978), architect *

Giuseppe Santomaso Giuseppe "Bepi" Santomaso (1907 – 1990) was an Italian painter and educator. Santomaso was an important figure in 20th-century Italian painting, and he taught art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia for 20 years. Early life and education ...

(1907–1990), painter, also served as faculty here * Tancredi Parmeggiani (1927–1964), painter

References

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