Académie Suisse

The Académie Suisse was an art school founded by Charles Suisse in 1815,[1] and was located at the corner of the Quai des Orfévres and the Boulevard du Palais, in Paris, France. From Delacroix to Cézanne, most major French artists frequented this place to meet colleagues or to study after the models supplied.

History

According to Monneret, Charles Suisse was a former model of Jacques-Louis David.[2][3] The Académie Suisse school was smaller and more informal than the École des Beaux Arts, where many students went on to continue their studies.[4]

In 1870, Suisse sold the art school location to Italian sculptor Filippo Colarossi, and it became the Académie Colarossi.[5]

Notable students

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References

  1. Ayral-Clause, Odile (2019-08-09). Camille Claudel: A Life. Plunkett Lake Press.
  2. Probably not to be mixed up with the architect Charles Suisse (1846-1906), formed at the École des Beaux-Arts, and since 1897 head of the Monuments historiques Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. "Collection: Charles Suisse, 1861". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  4. Haynes, Danielle (2018-12-15). Claude Monet: Founder of French Impressionism. Greenhaven Publishing LLC. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-5345-6529-6.
  5. Thorell, Marge (2018-11-13). Karin Bergoo Larsson and the Emergence of Swedish Design. McFarland. pp. 43, 166. ISBN 978-1-4766-7406-3.

Notes

  • Monneret, Sophie: L'Impressionisme et son époque, dictionnaire international, Éditions Denoël, Paris 1978 & 1979, vol. I, p. 925 ISBN 2-221-05222-6

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