Académie des Beaux-Arts


The Académie des Beaux-Arts is a French learned society based in Paris. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France. As of 2025, the president of the academy is Coline Serreau, a French actress and film director.
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Background

The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a merger of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture, the Académie de musique and the Académie d'architecture.

Awards

Currently, the Académie des Beaux-Arts provides several awards including five dedicated prizes:
Previously the Académie granted the Prix Rossini for excellence in libretto or music composition.

Presidents

Members

Constituted around the notion of multidisciplinarity, the Académie des Beaux-Arts brings together sixty-three members within nine artistic sections, sixteen foreign associate members and sixty-three corresponding members.
The members are grouped into nine sections:
Current members:
SectionSeatMemberDate
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		---
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		2vacant
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		4Hervé Di Rosa2022
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		52015
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		6Gérard Garouste2017
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		7Ernest Pignon-Ernest2021
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		8Tania Mouraud2024
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		9Fabrice Hyber2018
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		10Jean-Marc Bustamante2016
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		11Nina Childress2025
I : Painting
  • The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967.
  • As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated.
  • Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 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.
  • As of 2026 there are nine members.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting".		132001
II : Sculpture
  • Seat #4 was transferred to section VII in 1988.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Sculpture"		1Vacant2020
II : Sculpture
  • Seat #4 was transferred to section VII in 1988.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Sculpture"		2Claude Abeille1992
II : Sculpture
  • Seat #4 was transferred to section VII in 1988.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Sculpture"		3Jean Anguera2013
II : Sculpture
  • Seat #4 was transferred to section VII in 1988.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Sculpture"		5Jean-Michel Othoniel2018
II : Sculpture
  • Seat #4 was transferred to section VII in 1988.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Sculpture"		6Anne Poirier2021
II : Sculpture
  • Seat #4 was transferred to section VII in 1988.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Sculpture"		7Pierre-Édouard2008
II : Sculpture
  • Seat #4 was transferred to section VII in 1988.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Sculpture"		8Antoine Poncet1993
II : Sculpture
  • Seat #4 was transferred to section VII in 1988.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Sculpture"		9Brigitte Terziev2007
III : Architecture
  • Seat #8 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture"		1Jacques Rougerie2008
III : Architecture
  • Seat #8 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture"		2Jean-Michel Wilmotte2015
III : Architecture
  • Seat #8 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture"		3Aymeric Zublena2008
III : Architecture
  • Seat #8 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture"		4Anne Démians2021
III : Architecture
  • Seat #8 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture"		5Marc Barani2018
III : Architecture
  • Seat #8 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture"		6Dominique Perrault2015
III : Architecture
  • Seat #8 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture"		7Alain Charles Perrot2013
III : Architecture
  • Seat #8 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture"		9Pierre-Antoine Gatier2019
III : Architecture
  • Seat #8 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
For a list of previous members, see:
"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture"		10Bernard Desmoulin2018
IV : Engraving
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Engraving"		1Érik Desmazières2008
IV : Engraving
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Engraving"		2Emmanuel Guibert2023
IV : Engraving
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Engraving"		32016
IV : Engraving
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Engraving"		42018
IV : Engraving
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Engraving"		5Catherine Meurisse2020
IV : Engraving
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Engraving"		6Françoise Pétrovitch2025
V : Musical composition
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Music"		1Laurent Petitgirard2000
V : Musical composition
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Music"		2Bruno Mantovani2017
V : Musical composition
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Music"		3Michaël Levinas2009
V : Musical composition
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Music"		4Gilbert Amy2013
V : Musical composition
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Music"		5François-Bernard Mâche2002
V : Musical composition
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Music"		6Édith Canat de Chizy2005
V : Musical composition
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Music"		7Régis Campo2017
V : Musical composition
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Music"		8Thierry Escaich2013
VI : Unattached members
  • Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
  • Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached"		1William Christie2008
VI : Unattached members
  • Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
  • Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached"		3Hugues Gall2002
VI : Unattached members
  • Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
  • Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached"		4Muriel Mayette-Holtz2017
VI : Unattached members
  • Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
  • Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached"		5Michel David-Weill1982
VI : Unattached members
  • Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
  • Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached"		6Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière2005
VI : Unattached members
  • Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
  • Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached"		7Adrien Goetz2017
VI : Unattached members
  • Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
  • Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached"		8Vacant2021
VI : Unattached members
  • Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
  • Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached"		10Henri Loyrette1997
VI : Unattached members
  • Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
  • Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached"		11Patrick de Carolis2010
VI : Unattached members
  • Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985.
  • Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached"		13François-Bernard Michel2000
VII : Artistic creation in the cinema and audio-visual fields
  • Seat #1 was transferred to section V in 1998.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Cinema"		2Roman Polanski1998
VII : Artistic creation in the cinema and audio-visual fields
  • Seat #1 was transferred to section V in 1998.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Cinema"		3Jean-Jacques Annaud2007
VII : Artistic creation in the cinema and audio-visual fields
  • Seat #1 was transferred to section V in 1998.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Cinema"		4Coline Serreau2018
VII : Artistic creation in the cinema and audio-visual fields
  • Seat #1 was transferred to section V in 1998.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Cinema"		5Jacques Perrin2016
VII : Artistic creation in the cinema and audio-visual fields
  • Seat #1 was transferred to section V in 1998.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Cinema"		6Régis Wargnier2007
VII : Artistic creation in the cinema and audio-visual fields
  • Seat #1 was transferred to section V in 1998.
For a list of previous members, see:

"List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Cinema"		7Frédéric Mitterrand2019
VIII : Photography
  • Seat #1 was previously occupied by Lucien Clergue
  • Seats #3 and #4 were established in 2016
1Sebastião Salgado2016
VIII : Photography
  • Seat #1 was previously occupied by Lucien Clergue
  • Seats #3 and #4 were established in 2016
    		• 2Yann Arthus-Bertrand2006
    VIII : Photography
  • Seat #1 was previously occupied by Lucien Clergue
  • Seats #3 and #4 were established in 2016
    		• 3Dominique Issermann2021
    VIII : Photography
  • Seat #1 was previously occupied by Lucien Clergue
  • Seats #3 and #4 were established in 2016
    		• 4Jean Gaumy2016
    IX : Choreography1Thierry Malandain2019
    IX : Choreography2Blanca Li2019
    IX : Choreography3Angelin Preljocaj2019
    IX : Choreography4Carolyn Carlson2020
    Foreign associate members1Antonio López García2012
    Foreign associate members2Vacant2016
    Foreign associate members3Moza bint Nasser2007
    Foreign associate members4Karim Aga Khan IV2007
    Foreign associate members5Annie Leibovitz2022
    Foreign associate members6Giuseppe Penone2022
    Foreign associate members7Léonard Gianadda2001
    Foreign associate members8Georg Baselitz2019
    Foreign associate members9Vacant2019
    Foreign associate members10Woody Allen2004
    Foreign associate members11Norman Foster2007
    Foreign associate members12Jiří Kylián2018
    Foreign associate members13William Kentridge2021
    Foreign associate members14Seiji Ozawa2001
    Foreign associate members15Farah Pahlavi1974
    Foreign associate members16Philippe de Montebello2012