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The Académie des beaux-arts (Academy of Fine Arts) is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France.It was created in 1816 as the merger of the:
1 Members
The members are grouped seven sections:
1.1 Section I
The number of members of the Painting section was reduced from 14 to 12 by the decree # 67-778 of August 23, 1967Events January January 4 British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record in Coniston Lake. January 4 Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch " Operatio. As a consequence, the seats #3 and #14 were suppressed. Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 by decree on June 16June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. Events 1487 Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses 1586 Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her, 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train. The seat #12 was transferred to section VII.
1.1.1 Seat #1
- Gérard Van Spaendonck ( 1746Events January 8 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 An earthquake demolishes Lima a- 1822Events March 30 Florida becomes a United States territory. May 24 Battle of Pichincha: Simon Bolivar secures the independence of Quito. June 14 Charles Babbage proposes a Difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the), elected in 1795Events January 16 French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands. January 20 French troops enter Amsterdam and later proclaim Batavian Republic. January 23 Dutch fleet freezes in Issel Meer. February 7 The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
- Louis HersentLouis Hersent ( March 10, 1777 October 2, 1860) was a French painter. Born in Paris, he became a pupil of David, and obtained the Prix de Rome in 1797. In the Salon of 1802 appeared his "Metamorphosis of Narcissus," and he continued to exhibit with rare i ( 1777Events The Cornish language died out 2nd edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica published January 3 American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. January 12 Mission Santa Clara de Asis is founded in- 1860), elected in 1822
- Emile Signol ( 1804- 1892), elected in 1860
- Luc-Olivier Merson ( 1846- 1920), elected in 1892
- Paul Chabas ( 1869- 1937), elected in 1921
- Edouard Vuillard ( 1868- 1840), elected in 1938
- Pierre Montezin ( 1874- 1946), elected in 1941
- Charles Fouqueray ( 1871- 1956), elected in 1947
- Yves Brayer ( 1907- 1990), elected in 1957
