ACADEMIE DE LA GRANDE CHAUMIèRE
The Académie de la Grande Chaumière in the Montparnasse district of Paris, was founded in 1904 by Swiss artist Martha Stettler (25 September 1870-16 December 1945 ), and French artist Alice Dannenberg (4 April 1861-28 June 1948) who met at the University of Bern and the two artists managed the establishment until 1944. The Académie was a private school and free workshop which offered an alternative to the institution of the École Des Beaux Arts, which had become too conservative in the eyes of many artists. The Académie de la Grande Chaumière, inseparable from Montparnasse, is the only institution which, at the beginning of the 20th century, opened the way to Independent Art, allowing all forms or techniques to be expressed, liberating its visitors and its artists of academic trends that are artistically, but also intellectually, restrictive, including a workshop dedicated to painting and sculpture from a live model for wome. Some of the most famous painters would come to the Grande Chaumière, sit in this mysterious workshop to practice their timeless art, mainly from a live model: sketches, drawing, oil painting. oil, sculpture such as Chagall, Modigliani, Bourdelle, André Lhote, Foujita, Calder, Friesz, Krémègne, Lempicka, Fernand Léger, Louise Bourgeois, Joan Miró, Zao Wou-Ki, Chaïm Soutine, Zadkine, Paul Rebeyrolle and many others. The Académie was acquired by the Charpentier family in 1957, founder of the Académie Charpentier, under its original name it houses two free workshops, one for painting and drawing, the other for sketching, as well as evening classes. 120 years after its creation, La Grande Chaumière, enjoys an international reputation, is a private academy, open to lovers of drawing, painting, sculpture, modeling of all ages, with or without teachers. It is one of the last places in France to offer an equivalent artistic offering: free workshops, courses, internships, etc., but it faced closure in 2025. Its Suffolk artists pupils include Joan Hodes, Cedric Morris and Allan Walton.
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