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Creation of the Académie des Beaux-Arts

When
1816
Where
Quai de Conti, 6th arrondissement
Part of
Louis XVIII reorganizes the Institut de France into four academies

In 1816, the Académie des Beaux-Arts was created within the Institut de France as a merger of prior entities, during a period of institutional reorganization.

The Académie des Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts) was created in 1816 as a merger of prior entities. This development occurred within the Institut de France, a French learned society that currently groups five académies, including the Académie Française. The specific names of the other academies created or reorganized in 1816 are not explicitly listed in the supplied passages.

Sources

  1. Institut de France Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-06

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