The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the

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district of

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, in

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History

The history of the academy goes back to the 18th century, before the 1770 founding by Elector Maximilian III. Joseph, the so-called "drawing school", which already bore the name "academy" in its name ("Zeichnungs Schule respective Maler und Bildhauer academie"). The Academy of Fine Arts was enhanced in 1808 by King

Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria Maximilian I Joseph (german: Maximilian I. Joseph; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) ...

as Royal Academy of Fine Arts. The

Munich School Munich School ( el, Σχολή του Μονάχου) is the name given to a group of painters who worked in Munich or were trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Munich (german: Münchner Akademie der Bildenden Künste) between 1850 and 191 ...

refers to a group of painters who worked in Munich or were trained at the Academy between 1850 and 1918. The paintings are characterized by a naturalistic style and dark chiaroscuro. Typical painting subjects included landscape, portraits, genre, still-life, and history. From 1900 to 1918 the academy's director was Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller. In 1946, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts was merged with the School of arts and crafts and the School of

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. In 1953, its name was changed to the current Academy of Fine Arts.

Buildings

Aerial image of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich

The large 19th-century Renaissance Revival style building complex, designed by Gottfried Neureuther, was completed in 1886. It has housed the Academy since then. A new

Deconstructivist Deconstructivism is a movement of postmodern architecture which appeared in the 1980s. It gives the impression of the fragmentation of the constructed building, commonly characterised by an absence of obvious harmony, continuity, or symmetry. ...

style expansion, designed by the architectural firm

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as an extension from the original building, was completed in 2005. The ''AkademieGalerie'' (''gallery of the academy'') is located at the nearby subway station ''Universität''. Since 1989 students could show artworks especially created for this location.

Teaching

The study at the Academy is organized in class associations. Overall, the Academy accommodates twenty-three classes, led by professors, who each stand for an individual approach to contemporary fine art. These classes are complemented by twenty study workshops and a library, as well as seminars and lectures in art science, philosophy and didactics. The following study programs are offered: *Free Art (Diploma) * Art Education (State Examination and Master Degree) * Interior Architecture (Bachelor and Master Degree) * Architecture (Master Degree) * Art Therapy (Master Degree)

People

Notable professors

Lawrence Alma-Tadema Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, (; born Lourens Alma Tadema ; 8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, ...

* Hermann Anschütz * Anton Ažbe (1884–1885) *

Nikolaus Gysis Nikolaos Gyzis ( el, Νικόλαος Γύζης ; german: Nikolaus Gysis; 1 March 1842 – 4 January 1901) was considered one of Greece's most important 19th century painters. He was most famous for his work '' Eros and the Painter'', his first ...

Peter von Cornelius Peter von Cornelius (23 September 1783, Düsseldorf – 6 March 1867, Berlin) was a German painter; one of the main representatives of the Nazarene movement. Life Early years Cornelius was born in Düsseldorf. From the age of twelve he attend ...

Res Ingold Res Ingold (born 1954 in Burgdorf, Switzerland) is a Swiss contemporary artist. He is known for his superfiction airline company Ingold Airlines he started in 1982. Res Ingold is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. Exhibitions and a ...

* Max Klinger * Franz von Lenbach * Walter Maurer (1990–2000) * Robin Page (1981–1998) *

Eduardo Paolozzi Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (, ; 7 March 1924 – 22 April 2005) was a Scottish artist, known for his sculpture and graphic works. He is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of pop art. Early years Eduardo Paolozzi was born on 7 March ...

(1981–1989) * Sean Scully *

Jacob Ungerer Jacob Ungerer (13 June 1840 – 27 April 1920) was a German sculptor and Professor of Fine Arts. Life Jacob Ungerer was born and died in Munich. On his father's side he descended from a family of Munich Cafetiers and brewery owners who h ...

(1890–1920) * Arthur von Ramberg * Gerd Winner (born 1936)

Notable students

Josef Albers Josef Albers (; ; March 19, 1888March 25, 1976) was a German-born artist and educator. The first living artist to be given a solo show at MoMA and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College ...

(1919–1920) *

Franz Ackermann Franz Ackermann (born 1963 in Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Bavaria) is a German painter and installation artist based in Berlin. He makes cartoonish abstraction. Life He attended the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Munich from 1984 to 1988 and the Ho ...

(1984–1988) * Erwin Aichele * Henry Alexander *

Cuno Amiet Cuno Amiet (28 March 1868 – 6 July 1961) was a Swiss painter, illustrator, graphic artist and sculptor. As the first Swiss painter to give precedence to colour in composition, he was a pioneer of modern art in Switzerland. Biography Amiet was ...

(1886–1888) * Octav Băncilă * Vladimir Becić *

René Beeh René Beeh (, January 1886 − 23 January 1922) was a German draughtsman and painter from Alsace. He was held in high esteem by his contemporaries and called "the coming genius" (''das kommende Genie'') by art historian Wilhelm Hausenstein, but ...

* Ignat Bednarik * Claus Bergen * Robert Julius Beyschlag * Friedrich Brugger * Harry Chase * William Merritt Chase * Giorgio de Chirico * Albert Chmielowski * Susanne Clausen *

Lovis Corinth Lovis Corinth (21 July 1858 – 17 July 1925) was a German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism. Corinth studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin Sec ...

(1880–1884) * William Jacob Baer (1880–1884) * Menci Clement Crnčić *

Thomas Demand Thomas Cyrill Demand (born 1964) is a German sculptor and photographer. He currently lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles, and teaches at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg. Demand had his first solo exhibition at Tanit Galerie in Munich ...

Samuel Friedrich Diez Samuel Friedrich Diez ( 19 December 1803 – 11 March 1873) was a German portraitist and court official. He served as court painter to Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. An influential artist in royal courts across Europe, he was made Honorary Des ...

* Edgar Downs (1876–1963; silver medallist) * Frank Duveneck * Valentin Peter Feuerstein (1917–1999) * Lothar Fischer (1952–1958) *

Günther Förg Günther Förg (December 5, 1952 – December 5, 2013) was a German painter, graphic designer, sculptor and photographer. His abstract style was influenced by American abstract painting.

* Wilhelm Heinrich Funk (born 1866), (an American portrait painter) * Karl Gatermann the Younger * Herbjørn Gausta * Dimitrios Geraniotis (1871–1966), Greek portrait painter * Aleksander Gierymski (1846–1874) * Maksymilian Gierymski (1850–1901) *

Louis Grell Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ...

(1887–1960) * Rita Grosse-Ruyken (1971–1977) * Nicholaos Gysis (1842–1901) * Karl Michael Haider (1846–1912) * Herman Hartwich (1853–1926) *

Hermann Helmer Hermann Gottlieb Helmer (13 July 1849 – 2 April 1919) was a German architect who mainly worked in Austria. Biography After completing an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, and some further education he joined the architecture firm of Ferdinand ...

Oskar Herman Oskar Herman (1886–1974) was a Croatian-Jewish painter. He was one of the group of Croatian artists known as the Munich Circle, who had a strong influence on modern art in Croatia. Biography Herman was born on 17 March 1886 in Zagreb to Croa ...

* Louis Christian Hess * Peter von Hess * Hallgrímur Helgason (born 1959) * Friedrich Hohe (1802–1870) *

Elmyr de Hory Elmyr de Hory (born Elemér Albert Hoffmann; April 14, 1906 – December 11, 1976) was a Hungarian-born painter and art forger, who is said to have sold over a thousand art forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world. His forgeries g ...

(1906–1976) * Jörg Immendorff (1984–1985) *

Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (; rus, Василий Васильевич Кандинский, Vasiliy Vasilyevich Kandinskiy, vɐˈsʲilʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐnʲˈdʲinskʲɪj; – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter a ...

(1866–1944) *

Robert Koehler Robert Koehler (November 28, 1850 – April 23, 1917) was a German-born Painting, painter and art teacher who spent most of his career in the United States. Biography Koehler was born in Hamburg; his family spelled their name Köhler until ...

(1873–1875; bronze and silver medalist) * Elisaveta Konsulova-Vazova (1881–1965) * Alfred Kowalski * Miroslav Kraljević *

Alfred Kubin Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (10 April 1877 – 20 August 1959) was an Austrian printmaker, illustrator, and occasional writer. Kubin is considered an important representative of Symbolism and Expressionism. Biography Kubin was born in Bohemia ...

(1899) *

Paul Klee Paul Klee (; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented ...

(1900) *

Wilhelm Leibl Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl (October 23, 1844 – December 4, 1900) was a German realist painter of portraits and scenes of peasant life. Biography Leibl was born in Cologne, where his father was the director of the Cathedral choir. He was a ...

* Maximilian Liebenwein (1869—1926) * Richard Lindner (1925–1927) * Melissa Logan * Ştefan Luchian * Mahirwan Mamtani (1935) * Franz Marc (1900–1903) * Jan Matejko * Dieter Mathoi (1963–1967) * János Mattis-Teutsch * Mato Celestin Medović (1890–1893) * Vadim Meller *

Josef Moroder-Lusenberg Josef Theodor Moroder, also known as the Lusenberger, (28 May 1846 in Urtijëi – 16 February 1939 in Urtijëi) was a painter and sculptor, the most prominent artist of the Moroder family from the Grödenthal in South Tyrol (now the Val Garden ...

(1876–1880) *

Alphonse Mucha Alfons Maria Mucha (; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorat ...

Otto Mueller Otto Müller (16 October 1874 – 24 September 1930) was a German painter and printmaker of the Die Brücke expressionist movement. Life and work Mueller was born in Liebau (now Lubawka, Kamienna Góra County), Kreis Landeshut, Silesia. Betw ...

* John Mulvany (1839–1906) *

Adolfo Müller-Ury Adolfo Müller-Ury, KSG (March 29, 1862 – July 6, 1947) was a Swiss-born American portrait painter and impressionistic painter of roses and still life. Heritage and early life in Switzerland He was born Felice Adolfo Müller on 29 March ...

(1881–82) * Edvard Munch *

Alex Murray-Leslie Chicks on Speed is a feminist music and fine art ensemble, formed in Munich in 1997, after members Australian Alex Murray-Leslie and American Melissa Logan met at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. Though Chicks on Speed reached cult status th ...

* Hubert Netzer (1865–1939) * Elisabet Ney (1981–1989) * (1850–1919) * Charles Henry Niehaus (1855–1935) * Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1881-83) * Markus Oehlen (2002–) * Paul Ondrusch *

Ernst Oppler Ernst Oppler (19 September 1867 1 March 1929) was a German Impressionist painter and etcher born in Hanover. Early life Ernst Oppler was the son of Edwin Oppler (1831-1880), a prominent German-Jewish architect. Ernst Oppler's brothers were t ...

* Fritz Osswald * Ulrike Ottinger (born 1942) *

Bruno Paul Bruno Paul (19 January 1874 – 17 August 1968) was a German architect, illustrator, interior designer, and furniture designer. Trained as a painter in the royal academy just as the Munich Secession developed against academic art, he first ca ...

Carl Theodor von Piloty Karl Theodor von Piloty (1 October 1826 – 21 July 1886) was a German painter, noted for his historical subjects, and recognised as the foremost representative of the realistic school in Germany. Life and work Piloty was born in Munich. His fat ...

Edward Henry Potthast Edward Henry Potthast (June 10, 1857 – March 9, 1927) was an American Impressionist painter. He is known for his paintings of people at leisure in Central Park, and on the beaches of New York and New England. Life and work Edward Henry Potthas ...

Otto Quante Otto Quante (2 April 1875 in Minden/Westphalen – 20 February 1947 in Naumburg/Saale) was a German painter. Quante initially studied ophthalmology. However, he gave up his practice in 1907 and dedicated himself to painting, where he became espe ...

(1875–1947) *

Josip Račić Josip Račić (22 March 1885 – 19 June 1908) was a Croatian painter in the early 20th century. Although he died very young (he was only 23), and his work was mostly created during his student years, he is one of the best known modern Croatian p ...

(1905–1908) *

Robert Hermann Raudner Robert Hermann Raudner (1854–1915) was a German landscape and genre painter, and etcher. Raudner was born 21 January 1854 at Nimkau in Silesia,Richard Riemerschmid (1888–1890) * Léo-Paul Robert (1869) *

Franz Roubaud Franz Roubaud (russian: Франц Алексеевич Рубо, translit=Franc Alekseevič Rubo; french: François Iwan Roubaud; June 15, 1856 - March 13, 1928) was a Russian painter who created some of the largest and best known panoramic pain ...

* Anna May-Rychter (1864–1955) * Sep Ruf *

Heinrich Schlitt Heinrich Schlitt (August 21, 1849 – November 13, 1923) was a German painter and illustrator, known for his fantasy motifs that feature gnomes, dwarves, and faeries. He was one of the in-house artists at the Villeroy & Boch ceramic company in M ...

* Karl Saltzmann (1896– ) *

Barbara Seidenath Barbara Seidenath (born 1960) is a German-born American jewelry designer, metalsmith, and educator. Biography Barbara Seidenath was born in 1960 in Bavaria, near Munich, Germany. Her father worked in forestry and her mother was a school doctor ...

(born 1960), metalsmith, jeweler. * Günther Schneider-Siemssen (1926–1915), scenic designer * Walter Shirlaw * Edith Soterius von Sachsenheim (1887–1970) * Karina Smigla-Bobinski * T. C. Steele * Vardges Sureniants (1860–1921) * Johann Gottfried Steffan * Franz von Stuck * Nicolae Tonitza * Axel Törneman (1880–1925) *

John Henry Twachtman John Henry Twachtman (August 4, 1853 – August 8, 1902) 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 Impr ...

* Petar Ubavkić (1852–1910) * Spyridon Vikatos (1878–1960) * Robert Voit (born 1969) * Lascăr Vorel *

Alexander von Wagner Alexander originally Sándor von Wagner (April 16, 1838 – January 19, 1919) was a Hungarian painter. Biography Wagner was born in Pesth. After graduating from the Real-Gymnasium in his hometown at the age of nineteen, he entered the Ac ...

(1869–1910) *

Henrik Weber Henrik Wéber known as Henrik Weber (24 May 1818, in Pest – 14 May 1866, in Pest) was a Hungarian portrait and history painter in the Realism movement. He is considered as one of the most important Hungarian painters of the Biedermeier peri ...

(1818–1866) * Sybilla Mittell Weber (1892–1957) *

Barbara Zeigler Barbara Zeigler (1949) is a Canadian visual artist with a focus in print media. She has also worked in drawing, video, installation and collaborative public art, often combining these media with her work in print to prompt questions as to the char ...

, *

Hans-Peter Zimmer Hans-Peter Zimmer (23 October 1936 - 5 September 1992) was a German painter and sculptor. He was born in Berlin and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He formed Gruppe SPUR in 1957 with the painters Heimrad Prem, Helmut Sturm and the ...

* Tadeusz Zukotynski (1877–1912) München Akademie der Bildenden Künste

References

External links

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History of Akademie der Bildenden Künste München

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