The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (German: Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is an institution of higher education in Vienna, Austria. Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Croatian and Serbian: Beč Romanian: Viena, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya, Russian: Вена) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ...

History

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy by the court-painter Peter Strudl, who became the Praefectus Academiae Nostrae. In 1701 he was ennobled as Baron of the Empire. With his death in 1714, the academy temporarily closed. Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ...

On 20 January 1725, Emperor Karl VI appointed the Frenchman Jacob van Schuppen as Prefect and Director of the Academy, which was refounded as the k.k. Hofakademie der Maler, Bildhauer und Baukunst (Imperial and Royal Court Academy of painters, sculptors and architecture). During the rule of Empress Maria Theresa, in 1751 a new statute reformed the academy. The prestige of the academy grew, and in 1767 Archduchesses Charlotte Karoline and Maria Anna were made the first Honorary Members of the Academy. January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI Charles VI of Austria (October 1, 1685 – October 20, 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and the second son of Leopold I with his third wife, Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg, came first to the throne with the name Charles III of... This page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the Habsburg Empire from 1740-1780. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Maria Anna of Austria (13 January 1610-25 September 1665) (also known as Maria Anna von Bayern, Maria Anna von Habsburg, Maria-Anna Kurfrstin). ...

In 1772, there were further reforms to the organisational structure. Chancellor Kaunitz integrated all existing art schools into the k.k. vereinigten Akademie der bildenden Künste (Imperial and Royal Unified Academy of Fine Arts). The word "vereinigten" (unified) was later dropped. 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (Count Anton von Kaunitz), (Václav Antonín hrabě Kounic-Rietberg) (February 2, 1711 - June 27, 1794), born into old Bohemian noble family settled in Moravia, was an Austrian statesman. ...

In 1872 Emperor Franz Joseph I approved a statute making the academy the supreme government authority for the arts. A new building was constructed by Theophil Freiherr von Hansen during the building of the Ringstrasse. On April 1, 1877, the new building at the Schillerplatz was inauguarated, where it remains today. 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Franz Joseph I. Francis Joseph I (in German often abbreviated Franz Joseph or Franz Josef, and in English also Francis Joseph) (August 18, 1830 – November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916, and Apostolic King of Hungary from 1867... Theophil Edvard Freiherr von Hansen (original Danish name: Theophilus Hansen) (July 13, 1813 in Copenhagen - February 17, 1891 in Vienna) was a Danish architect. ... The Ringstraße at night The Ringstraße is a circular road surrounding the Innere Stadt district of Vienna and is one of its main sights. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

During the Nazi Occupation from 1938-1945, the academy suffered heavily as many of its Jewish staff were forced to leave. After World War II, the academy was reconstituted in 1955 and its autonomy reconfirmed. It has had university status since 1998, but retained its original name. It is currently the only Austrian university that doesn't have the word "university" in its name. German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctor) in a variety of subjects. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Structure

The academy is divided into the following institutes:

• Institute for Fine Arts, which houses three departments for painting, drawing, visual arts, media, sculpture.
• Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies (art theory, philosophy, history);
• Institute for Conservation and Restoration;
• Institute for Natural Sciences and Technologies in Art;
• Institute for Secondary School Teaching Degrees (craft, design, textile arts);
• Institute for Art and Architecture.

The Academy has currently about 900 students, with almost one in four coming from abroad. Its faculty includes "stars" such as Peter Sloterdijk. Its library has approx. 110,000 volumes and its "etching cabinet" (Kupferstichkabinett) has about 150,000 drawings and prints. The collection is one of the biggest in Austria, and is used for academic purposes but parts of it are also open to the general public. Peter Sloterijk © 2004 Peter Rigaud Peter Sloterdijk (born June 26, 1947 in Karlsruhe, Germany) is a philosopher. ...

Young Adolf Hitler denied admission to Academy

In 1907 and 1908, a young struggling artist by the name of Adolf Hitler was twice denied admission to the academy for art studies. He stayed in Vienna and tried unsuccessfully to continue his profession as an artist. He would later blame the failure of entrance to the academy on the Jewish members of the board of examination. He withdrew into poverty and sold amateur paintings, mostly watercolors, for meager sustenance until the eventual outbreak of the First World War. (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ... Watercolor is a painting technique making use of water-soluble pigments that are either transparent or opaque and are formulated with gum to bond the pigment to the paper. ...

Famous graduates

• Alfred Hrdlicka

Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Faschismus, Albertinaplatz in Vienna Statue of kneeling Jewish Viennese, located at the base of the monument at the Albertinaplatz. ...

External links

• Official website of the Academy (German and English)
• website of the Media Server
• Study in Austria: A Guide