Académie Scandinave
French art academy (1919–1935)
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Académie Scandinave (English: Scandinavian Academy) was a private art academy in Paris that existed between 1919 and 1935.[1] The school was located in the Maison Watteau art gallery, at no. 6 rue Jules-Chaplain. It was free and focused on figurative painting and sculpture.[1][2]
| Académie Scandinave | |
|---|---|
6, rue Jules-Chaplain, Paris, France | |
| Information | |
| Established | 1919 |
| Closed | 1935 |
| President | Gunnar Cederschiöld |
| Director | Lena Börjeson |
History
Maison Watteau was founded by Lena Börjeson in 1919, with the goal to sell Nordic artists’ work in Paris, as an atelier and an artists’ social club.[3] It was backed by art dealer, Gösta Olsson; businessperson and director of Tändstickbolaget, Gunnar Cederschiöld; and Swedish ambassador, Johan Ehrensvärd.[3]
Académie Scandinave was led by Nordic visual artists in the early years, including Lena Börjeson,[3] Otte Sköld,[4] Henrik Sørensen, Adam Fischer, and Per Krohg. From 1927 until 1935, the school was led by French artists.[1]
Notable faculty
Painting faculty
- Charles Dufresne (1876–1938)[5]
- Othon Friesz (1879–1949)[5]
- Marcel Gromaire (1892–1971)[5]
- Charles Edmond Kayser (1882–1965)[6]
- Per Krohg (1889–1965)
- Otte Sköld (1894–1958)[4]
- Henry de Waroquier (1881–1970)[5]
Sculpture faculty
- Paul Cornet (1892–1977)[7]
- Louis Dejean (1872–1953)[3]
- Charles Despiau (1874–1946)[8]
Notable alumni
- Anna Agnér (1896–1977) Swedish painter[9]
- Graciela Aranis (1908–1996) Chilean painter, cartoonist[10]
- Emmanuel Auricoste (1908–1995) French sculptor, medalist[11]
- Signe Barth (1895–1982) Swedish painter, teacher[9]
- Ralston Crawford (1906–1978) American painter, lithographer, photographer[12]
- Elisabeth Dored (1908–1972) Norwegian artist and author[13]
- Aaron Douglas (1899–1979) American painter[14][15]
- Karin Fryxell (1911–2003) Swedish painter[9]
- Flory Gate (1904–1998) Swedish textile artist, designer, farmer, peace activist[9]
- William Edwin Gebhardt (1907–1975) American painter[16]
- Lucius Crowell (1911–1988), was an American realist artist. [17]
- Francis Gruber (1912–1948) French painter[5]
- Virginia Haggard (1915–2006), also known as Virginia Edith Haggard Leirens, British photographer[18]
- Michael Loew (1907–1985) American painter[19]
- Saidie May (1879–1951) American art collector[20]
- Siri Meyer (1898–1985) Swedish cartoonist, painter[9]
- Astrid Noack (1888–1954), Danish sculptor[2]
- Inés Puyó (1906–1996) Chilean painter[21]
- Francis Tailleux (1912–1981) French painter[5][11]
- Pierre Tal-Coat (1905–1985) French painter, printmaker[5]
- Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992) Portuguese-French painter[8]
- Elsa Danson Wåghals (1885–1977) Swedish modernist painter, sculptor[9]
- Heini Waser (1913–2008) Swiss painter[22]
- Hale Woodruff (1900–1980) American painter[23]
- Ingrid Zuhr (1905–2001) Swedish painter, art writer[9]
- Aaron Douglas (1899–1979), American painter, illustrator, and arts educator[24]
