Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany.
In the second half of the 19th century, the academy became one of the most important institutions in Europe for training artists and attracted students from across Europe and the United States.
History
The history of the academy goes back to 1770 with the founding by Elector Maximilian III. Joseph, of a "drawing school", the "Zeichnungs Schule respective Maler und Bildhauer Academie". In 1808, under King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, it became the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. The curriculum focused was on painting, graphics, sculpture and architecture.
The Munich School refers to a group of painters who worked in Munich or were trained at the Academy between 1850 and 1918. The paintings are characterized by a naturalistic style and dark chiaroscuro. Typical painting subjects included landscape, portraits, genre, still-life, and history. Karl von Piloty, the foremost representative of the realistic school in Germany, became director in 1874.
From 1900 to 1918 the academy's director was Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller. During the Second World War, Hitler replaced the academy’s “non-Aryan” professors with Nazi artists. In 1946, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts was merged with the School of arts and crafts and the School of applied arts. In 1953, its name was changed to the current Academy of Fine Arts.
Buildings
The large 19th-century Renaissance Revival style building complex, designed by Gottfried Neureuther, was completed in 1886. It has housed the Academy since then.
A new Deconstructivist style expansion, designed by the architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au as an extension from the original building, was completed in 2005.
The AkademieGalerie (gallery of the academy) is located at the nearby subway station Universität. Since 1989 students could show artworks especially created for this location.
Teaching
The study at the Academy is organized in class associations. Overall, the Academy accommodates twenty-three classes, led by professors, who each stand for an individual approach to contemporary fine art. These classes are complemented by twenty study workshops and a library, as well as seminars and lectures in art science, philosophy and didactics.
The following study programs are offered:
Free Art (Diploma)
Art Education (State Examination and Master Degree)
Interior Architecture (Bachelor and Master Degree)
Architecture (Master Degree)
Art Therapy (Master Degree)
People
Notable professors
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Hermann Anschütz
Anton Ažbe (1884–1885)
Nikolaus Gysis
Peter von Cornelius
Res Ingold
Max Klinger
Franz von Lenbach
Walter Maurer (1990–2000)
Robin Page (1981–1998)
Eduardo Paolozzi (1981–1989)
Sean Scully
Jacob Ungerer (1890–1920)
Arthur von Ramberg
Gerd Winner (born 1936)
Notable students
Josef Albers (1919–1920)
Franz Ackermann (1984–1988)
Erwin Aichele
Henry Alexander
Cuno Amiet (1886–1888)
Octav Băncilă
Vladimir Becić
René Beeh
Ignat Bednarik
Claus Bergen
Robert Julius Beyschlag
Friedrich Brugger
Harry Chase
William Merritt Chase
Giorgio de Chirico
Albert Chmielowski
Susanne Clausen
Lovis Corinth (1880–1884)
William Jacob Baer (1880–1884)
Menci Clement Crnčić
Thomas Demand
Samuel Friedrich Diez
Edgar Downs (1876–1963; silver medallist)
Frank Duveneck
Alex Dzigurski (1911–1995)
Valentin Peter Feuerstein (1917–1999)
Lothar Fischer (1952–1958)
Günther Förg
Wilhelm Heinrich Funk (born 1866), (an American portrait painter)
Oskar Garvens (1874–1951)
Karl Gatermann the Younger
Herbjørn Gausta
Dimitrios Geraniotis (1871–1966), Greek portrait painter
Aleksander Gierymski (1846–1874)
Maksymilian Gierymski (1850–1901)
Louis Grell (1887–1960)
Rita Grosse-Ruyken (1971–1977)
Nicholaos Gysis (1842–1901)
Karl Michael Haider (1846–1912)
Herman Hartwich (1853–1926)
Hermann Helmer
Oskar Herman
Louis Christian Hess
Peter von Hess
Hallgrímur Helgason (born 1959)
Friedrich Hohe (1802–1870)
Elmyr de Hory (1906–1976)
Jörg Immendorff (1984–1985)
Đorđe Jovanović (sculptor)
Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
Robert Koehler (1873–1875; bronze and silver medalist)
Elisaveta Konsulova-Vazova (1881–1965)
Alfred Kowalski
Miroslav Kraljević
Alfred Kubin (1899)
Paul Klee (1900)
Wilhelm Leibl
Maximilian Liebenwein (1869—1926)
Richard Lindner (1925–1927)
Melissa Logan
Ştefan Luchian
Mahirwan Mamtani (1935)
Franz Marc (1900–1903)
Jan Matejko
Dieter Mathoi (1963–1967)
János Mattis-Teutsch
Mato Celestin Medović (1890–1893)
Vadim Meller
Josef Moroder-Lusenberg (1876–1880)
Alphonse Mucha
Otto Mueller
John Mulvany (1839–1906)
Adolfo Müller-Ury (1881–82)
Edvard Munch
Alex Murray-Leslie
Hubert Netzer (1865–1939)
Elisabet Ney (1981–1989)
(1850–1919)
Charles Henry Niehaus (1855–1935)
Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1881–83)
Markus Oehlen (2002–)
Paul Ondrusch
Ernst Oppler
Fritz Osswald
Ulrike Ottinger (born 1942)
Bruno Paul
Carl Theodor von Piloty
Edward Henry Potthast
Otto Quante (1875–1947)
Josip Račić (1905–1908)
Robert Hermann Raudner (1854–1915)
Richard Riemerschmid (1888–1890)
Léo-Paul Robert (1869)
Franz Roubaud
Anna May-Rychter (1864–1955)
Sep Ruf
Heinrich Schlitt
Karl Saltzmann (1896– )
Barbara Seidenath (born 1960), metalsmith, jeweler.
Günther Schneider-Siemssen (1926–1915), scenic designer
Walter Shirlaw
Edith Soterius von Sachsenheim (1887–1970)
Karina Smigla-Bobinski
T. C. Steele
Vardges Sureniants (1860–1921)
Johann Gottfried Steffan
Franz von Stuck
Nicolae Tonitza
Axel Törneman (1880–1925)
John Henry Twachtman
Petar Ubavkić (1852–1910)
Spyridon Vikatos (1878–1960)
Robert Voit (born 1969)
Lascăr Vorel
Alexander von Wagner (1869–1910)
Henrik Weber (1818–1866)
Sybilla Mittell Weber (1892–1957)
Barbara Zeigler,
Hans-Peter Zimmer
Tadeusz Zukotynski (1877–1912)
See also
Greek academic art of the 19th century
Academic realism
References
External links
Universities and colleges in Munich
Maxvorstadt
Culture in Munich
Tourist attractions in Munich
Educational institutions established in 1808
1808 establishments in Bavaria
School buildings completed in 1886
Buildings and structures completed in 2005
Deconstructivism
Coop Himmelblau
Historicist architecture in Munich
Renaissance Revival architecture in Germany