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Académie Scandinave
Académie Scandinave (English: ''Scandinavian Academy'') was a private art academy in Paris that existed between 1919 and 1935. The school was located in the Maison Watteau art gallery, at no. 6 rue Jules-Chaplain. It was free and focused on figurative painting and sculpture.Elisabeth Fabritius, "Astrid Noack (1888–1954)"
''Dansk Kvindebiografist Leksikon''. Retrieved 19 January 2025.


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Maison Watteau was founded by Lena Börjeson in 1919, with the goal to sell Nordic artists’ work in Paris, as an and an artists’ social club. It was backed by art dealer,

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Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the ÃŽle-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ...
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Othon Friesz
Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 – 10 January 1949), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement. Biography Othon Friesz was born in Le Havre, the son of a long line of shipbuilders and sea captains. He went to school in his native city. It was while he was at the Lycée that he met his lifelong friend Raoul Dufy. He and Dufy studied at the Le Havre School of Fine Arts in 1895-96 and then went to Paris together for further study. In Paris, Friesz met Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet, and Georges Rouault. Like them, he rebelled against the academic teaching of Bonnat and became a member of the Fauves, exhibiting with them in 1907. The following year, Friesz returned to Normandy and to a much more traditional style of painting, since he had discovered that his personal goals in painting were firmly rooted in the past. He opened his own studio in 1912 and taught until 1914 at which time he joined the army ...
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Elisabeth Dored
Elisabeth Braadland Dored (née Elisabeth Sophie Wiel Braadland; 22 March 1908 – 6 September 1972) was a Norwegian visual artist and author. Biography Elisabeth Sophie Wiel Braadland was born at Idd (now Halden) in Østfold, Norway. Her parents were Birger Braadland (1879–1960) and Ragna Abigael Vogt Stang (1881–1972). She studied art at the Académie Scandinave in Paris under Henry de Waroquier (1881–1970), and trained at the Académie de l'Art Moderne with Othon Friesz (1879-1949) during 1929. She attended the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo where she studied under Halfdan Strøm in 1931. In 1935, she married Latvian born cinematographer John Dored (1881–1954). She debuted as an author with ''For meg er jorden rund'' (1955) in which she tells about the life and career of her husband. She won the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (''Bokhandlerprisen'') in 1964 for her historic romance novel ''Jeg elsket Tiberius''. The novel was translated into Eng ...
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Ralston Crawford
Ralston Crawford (1906–1978) was a Canadian-born American painter, lithographer, photographer, and teacher. He is best known for his abstract representations of urban life and industry. He taught at the Cincinnati Art Academy (now Art Academy of Cincinnati) for many years. Early life He was born on September 5, 1906, in St. Catharines, Ontario, and spent his childhood in Buffalo, New York. He studied art beginning in 1927 in California at the Otis Art Institute. After working at the Walt Disney Studio in Hollywood, California, he relocated to further study art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. It was there he was exposed to the art of Picasso and Matisse. After traveling to Paris, Crawford enrolled at the Académie Colarossi in 1932, followed by time spent at the Académie Scandinave a year later. Work In 1934, he had his first one-man showing at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Crawford is best known for his ...
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Signe Barth
Signe Magdalena Barth née Pettersson (16 June 1895, Uddevalla — 15 March 1982, Stockholm) was a Swedish painter and art teacher. After studying in Stockholm and Copenhagen, she moved to Paris in 1920 where she completed her education, married and settled until 1936. After returning to Sweden, she ran an art college in Stockholm from 1940 to 1959. Her paintings include motifs in oils from Paris and Stockholm as well as landscapes from the west coast of Sweden. Early life and education Born in Uddevalla on 16 June 1895, Signe Magdalena Pettersson was the daughter of the high-ranking government official Fredrik Emil Pettersson (1892–1907) and his wife Vendela Kristina von Essen (1853–1919). She was the family's youngest child. Raised on the Emaus estate near Uddevalla, she went on to study painting at Carl Wilhelmson's art college in Stockholm and then at Ernst Goldschmidt's school in Copenhagen. She completed her education in 1920 under André Lhote at the Académie Scandin ...
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Graciela Aranis
Graciela Aranis, artistically known as Chela Aranís (October 6, 1908 - December 12, 1996), was a Chilean painter and cartoonist associated with the "Generación del 28"Biblioteca del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. "Graciela Aranis (1908-1996)" (ASPX). https://www.artistasvisualeschilenos.cl/658/w3-printer-40163.htmlCruz de Amenábar, Isabel (1977). "Pintura chilena". Santiago de Chile: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Chile. p. 86. and the Grupo Montparnasse.Guzmán Schiappacasse, Fernando; Cortés Aliaga, Gloria; Martínez Silva, Juan Manuel (2004). ''Arte y crisis en Iberoamérica: segundas Jornadas de Historia del Arte''. RIL Editores. p. 442. ISBN 978-956-284-387-4. Biography Graciela Aranis was born in Santiago, October 6, 1908. She was the daughter of Pedro Aranís and Eduvigis Valdivia. She studied at the School of Fine Arts of the University of Chile,Oyarzún, Luis (2005). "Exposición de Graciela Aranís. Taken for a Ride: Escritura de Paso". RIL Editores. p. 454. ISBN ...
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Anna Agnér
Anna Naemi Gabriella Agnér (; 3 October 1896 – 21 November 1977) was a Swedish painter. She lived in Stockholm, and spent significant time in Paris. Biography Anna Naemi Gabriella Johansson was born on 3 October 1896, in the Mörbylånga Municipality, she was the daughter of Sigrid, and of Bror Johansson, an organist and elementary school teacher. The family initially lived in Hulterstad, on the Baltic island of Öland, and later moved to Mörrum. She studied with the sculptor Gottfrid Larsson, and the painter Otte Sköld in Stockholm. She also attended the Skåne School of Painting (). In 1918, she married Bror Hilbert Thorell, a merchant, and they had one son. Their marriage eventually ended. By 1931, she remarried to Gunnar Teodor Agnér, and they moved together to Stocksund, near Stockholm. Agnér made study trips to Paris where she attended classes the Académie Scandinave. Agnér was known for her paintings of flowers, landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. ...
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Charles Despiau
Charles Despiau (November 4, 1874 – October 30, 1946) was a French sculptor and teacher. He also worked as a draftsman, graphic artist and book illustrator. Early life Charles-Albert Despiau was born at Mont-de-Marsan, Landes and attended first the École des Arts Décoratifs and later the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, from 1898 to 1900; then at the less academic Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, where he showed from 1901 to 1921, and finally to the Salon des Tuileries, where he exhibited from 1923 to 1944. Career French sculptor Auguste Rodin hired him as an assistant in 1907. Despiau worked with Rodin, as well as doing his own sculpture. In 1914, when he was drafted for service in the camouflage unit in World War I. He taught sculpture classes for many years at Académie Scandinave in Paris. Returning to making sculpture after the war, his success was established with his one-man show at the Brummer ...
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Louis Dejean
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Paul Cornet
Paul Cornet (18 March 1892 – 10 April 1977) was a French sculptor, painter, and teacher. He was known for his statues, nudes sculptures, busts, and monuments. He taught at the Académie Scandinave in Paris for many years. Early life, and education Paul Cornet was born on 18 March 1892, in Paris, France, the son of genre painter (1839–1898). He studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris, as well as under sculptor Camille Debert. He married in November 1919, Elna Lübschitz, the daughter of the Danish painter (1858–1941). Career Cornet was a teacher at the Académie Scandinave ( English: ''Scandinavian Academy'') a private art school in Paris, from 1929 to 1935. He initially worked in a cubist style on his sculptures, and drew inspiration from Egyptian sculpture. Later he worked in a more realism style. From 1954 to 1955, Cornet worked on the ''Tulle Memorial'', a monument dedicated to the memory of the victims of World War II in ...
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Henry De Waroquier
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