Académie des beaux-arts

The Académie des Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts) is a French learned society. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France.It was created in 1816 as the merger of the:Académie de peinture et de sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded 1648)Académie de musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669)Académie d'architecture (Academy of Architecture, founded in 1671)Currently, the Académie des Beaux-Arts provides several awards including six dedicated prizes :Liliane Bettencourt Choral Singing PrizePierre David-Weill Drawing PrizePierre Cardin PrizeNahed Ojjeh PrizeSimone and Cino Del Duca Foundation Music PrizeSimone and Cino Del Duca Foundation Painting or Sculpture Prize
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