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Encyclopedia > Munich Academy of Fine Arts

The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (German: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) was founded 1808 by Maximilian I of Bavaria in Munich as the "Royal Academy of Fine Arts". 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Maximilian I (also known as Maximilian Joseph) (May 27, 1756 – October 13, 1825), prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1805, king of Bavaria (as Maximilian I) from 1805 to 1825, was the son of the count palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Maria Francisca... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German state of Bavaria. ...


In 1946, the Academy was merged with the schools for arts-and-crafts and applied arts, respectively. In 1953, the name changed to its current form.


Notable members

Karl von Piloty (October 1, 1826 - July 21, 1886) was a German painter He was born at Munich. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Franz Stuck (1863 - 1928), German symbolist/expressionist painter, was born at Tettenweis, in Bavaria, and received his artistic training at the Munich Academy. ... Adam Adolf Oberländer (1845-1923) was a German caricaturist. ... Martin Ernest Hennings (February, 1886 - 1956) was an American artist. ... Wassily Kandinsky On White II (Kandinsky 1923) Wassily Kandinsky (Russian: Василий Кандинский, first name sometimes spelled as Vasily, Vassily or Vasilii) (December 4, 1866 – December 13, 1944) was a Russian-born painter and art theorist. ... Paul Klee (December 18, 1879 – June 29, 1940) was a Swiss painter. ... Animal Destinies (Tierschicksale), 1913, Basel: Basel Kunstmuseum. ...

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  • Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
  • history (german)

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The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (German: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) was founded 1808 by Maximilian I of Bavaria in Munich as the "Royal Academy of Fine Arts".
In 1946, the Academy was merged with the schools for arts-and-crafts and applied arts, respectively.
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Unlike the initial period of the Academy, when levels of qualifications to be attained, basing the system on the class means that a student stays with one group of students, lead by one artist, during his or her entire period of study.
Art differs from all of the usual ideas of work had by an industrial society; that is one of its most important challenges for everyone dealing with the strictly organized, rigorously allocated time of the modern working world.
At the academies, the arts and art education have a tense relationship, which is not free from prejudices and enmity.
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