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The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.
Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. At the time, the government sanctioned art school of France, École des Beaux-Arts, did not allow women to enroll for study, but the new Académie Julian permitted them to enroll. Women participated in the same studies as men, including the basis of art training at the time — drawing and painting of nude models, which was considered improper for women.
Like its counterpart, the Académie Colarossi, it was popular with French and foreign students, particularly Americans. The Académie Julian accepted not only professional painters, but also serious amateurs. Eventually, Académie Julian students were granted the right to compete for the Prix de Rome, a prize awarded to promising young artists.
Over time, Académie Julian, opened schools in other locations. In addition to the original school at Passage des Panoramas, studios were at Montmartre, no. 31 Rue du Dragon in the 6e arrondissement.
In 1888 – 1889, Les Nabis originated as a rebellious group of young student artists who banded together at the Académie Julian.
A few of the Académie's students:
- Mary Ammirato-Collins
- Thomas-Pollock Anschutz
- Jean Arp
- Margaret Ashe
- Elizabeth Atkinson
- Marie Bashkirtseff
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Saul Bernstein
- Pierre Bonnard
- Gutzon Borglum
- Adolphe William Bouguereau
- Louise Bourgeois
- Louise Breslau
- Adolphe Mouron Cassandre
- Robert W. Chambers
- Jean Crotti
- Maurice Denis
- Etienne Dinet
- Arthur Wesley Dow
- Jean Dubuffet
- Marcel Duchamp
- Anne Dunn
- Axel Gallén
- Anthony Gross
- Pekka Halonen
- Childe Hassam
- Charles Sydney Hopkinson
- A.Y. Jackson
- Albert Henry Krehbiel
- Fernand Léger
- Gisèle Lestrange
- Jacques Lipchitz
- John Goodwin Lyman
- Henri Matisse
- Arturo Michelena
- Richard E. Miller
- James Wilson Morrice
- Alfons Mucha
- Jules Pages
- Sophie Pemberton
- Lilla Cabot Perry
- Edward Clark Potter
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Andrew Richard
- Ker Xavier Roussel
- Jacques Villon
- Edouard Vuillard
- Beatrice Wood
Reference
- Essay which discusses Académie Julian. (http://www.californiaartclub.com/newsletter/article_julian1.shtml)