Académie de la Grande Chaumière

The Académie de la Grande Chaumière (academy of the large thatched cottage) is an art school in the VIe arrondissement of Paris, France. The school was founded in 1902 by the Swiss Martha Stettler (1870–1945) (often spelled "Marthe"), who refused to teach the strict academic rules of painting of the École des Beaux-Arts. It opened the way to the "Art Indépendant" (Independent Art). It was renamed Académie Charpentier in 1957.^[1]

An attraction of this atelier was the fees, even lower than the Académie Julian (which had to be paid in advance). All that was provided was a model and warmth in the winter.^[2]

Teachers

• Antoine Emile Bourdelle
• André Ménard
• Lucien Simon
• René Xavier Prinet
• Claudio Castelucho
• Walter Sickert was, for a time, a weekly supervisor of Mlle. Stettler's classes.^[3] while Jacques-Émile Blanche was teaching.

Former students

References

1. ^ French Wikipedia article
2. ^ Sullivan, Michael Art and Artists of Twentieth Century China ISBN 9780520075566 p.38
3. ^ Baron, Wendy Sickert: Paintings and Drawings ISBN 9780300111293 p136

Sources

• Dr. Eric Cabris, Ph.D., Biografie van kunstschilder Ghislaine de Menten de Horne (1908–1995), Brussels, V.U.B., 2008, p. 4, footnote 3.

• Antoine Bourdelle, Laure Dalon, Cours & leçons à l'Académie de la Grande Chaumière, 1909–1929, Paris : Paris-Musées : Ed. des Cendres, 2008. ISBN 9782759600342

External Resources

• Interview with Isamu Noguchi about his time in Paris.
• Biografie van kunstschilder Ghislaine de Menten de Horne (1908–1995)