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The Académie des Beaux-Arts (French pronunciation: , Academy of Fine Arts) is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France.
The Chairman of the Academy for 2013 is Lucien Clergue - famous photographer.
The Academy was created in 1816 as the merger of the:
Currently, the Académie des Beaux-Arts provides several awards including six dedicated prizes :
Previously the Académie granted the Prix Rossini for excellence in libretto or music composition.
The members are grouped into eight sections:
Current member as of January 2010 on alphabetical order
The number of members of the Painting section was reduced from 14 to 12 by the decree # 67-778 of 23 August 1967. As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were suppressed. Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 by decree on 16 June 1987. The #12 seat was transferred to section VII. The #1 seat was transferred to section VII in 1998, and their number was decreased from 11 to 10.
This seat was transferred to section VII in 1998.
This seat was discontinued in 1967.
This seat was transferred to section VII in 1987.
This seat was eliminated in 1967.
Seat created by decree on 18 June 1946
Seat created by decree on 18 June 1946 and suppressed by decree on 28 November 1956.
Seat created by decree on 8 June 1998
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