Beaux-Arts de Paris

The Beaux-Arts de Paris (French: [boz‿aʁ də pari]), formally the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (French: [ekɔl nɑsjɔnal sypeʁjœʁ de boz‿aʁ]), is a French grande école whose primary mission is to provide high-level fine arts education and training. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, is located on two sites: Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, and Saint-Ouen. The Parisian institution is made up of a complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte. This is in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, just across the Seine from the Louvre museum. The school was founded in 1648 by Charles Le Brun as the famed French academy Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.

Type

Grande école

Founded

1648

Also known as

Beaux-Arts, Beaux-arts de Paris (Art school), Couvent des Petits Augustins, Ecole des Beaux Arts