Académie royale des beaux-arts de Liège

The Académie royale des beaux-arts de Liège is the academy of fine arts of the Belgian city of Liège. The art academy was first established in 1775 by prince-bishop François-Charles de Velbrück, and was led initially by Guillaume Évrard and later by Léonard Defrance.[1] The prince-bishop's academy was closed in the French period, and under the United Kingdom of the Netherlands the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp was given a monopoly on certifying art teachers.[2]: 243  In the wake of the Belgian Revolution, the city of Liège refounded an academy of fine arts in 1837, under the patronage of the Belgian crown.[2]: 243  By 1890 there were 650 students enrolled, with another 400 studying at the École Saint-Luc, making Liège a significant centre of art education.[2]: 243  In 1898 the alumni association started publishing the art journal L'Effort.[2]: 244 

In 1976, a course on drawing comics was instituted in the evening section.[2]: 269 

The academy was originally established in a former beguinage, the Hospice Saint-Abraham, but in 1895 moved to a purpose-built Renaissance Revival structure on Rue des Anglais, designed by Joseph Lousberg.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bruno Demoulin, "1505–1795: From the Renaissance to the Revolution", in History of Liège, edited by Bruno Demoulin (Brussels, 2017), p. 146.
  2. ^ a b c d e Jean-Patrick Duchesne, "Modern Times: Visual Arts and Music", in History of Liège, edited by Bruno Demoulin (Brussels, 2017).
  3. ^ "Historique". academieroyaledesbeauxartsliege.be. Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Liège.

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