Acad�mie Julian

In 1868, the Acad�mie Julian was established by Rodolphe Julian[?] as a studio school for art students with an academic tradition. For young women, the Acad�mie Julian was an important alternative training center to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, the official art school of France, which barred women from studying there until 1897. Too, at the Acad�mie the female students were allowed to paint from nude male models.

In 1888 - 89, Les Nabis originated as a rebellious group of young student artists who banded together at the Acad�mie.

Very popular with French and foreign students, particularly Americans, it accepted not only professional painters, but also serious amateurs, eager to improve. Eventually, the Acad�mie Julian was granted the right to have its students compete for the Prix de Rome.

A few of the Acad�mie's students:

• Jean Arp
• Marie Bashkirtseff
• Saul Bernstein[?]
• Pierre Bonnard[?]
• Adolphe William Bouguereau
• Louise Bourgeois[?]
• Jean Crotti
• Maurice Denis[?]
• Arthur Wesley Dow[?]
• Marcel Duchamp
• Axel Gall�n
• Anthony Gross[?]
• Pekka Halonen
• Edan Hughes[?]
• Albert Henry Krehbiel[?]
• Jacques Lipchitz
• Henri Matisse
• Richard Miller[?]
• Alfons Mucha
• Jules Pages[?]
• Ker Xavier Roussel[?]
• Jacques Villon
• Edouard Vuillard[?]
• Beatrice Wood