Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

Panoramic view of the 1886 Academy of Fine Arts building.

The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (German: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, 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.

History

Renaissance Revival style facade (1886).

Deconstructivist expansion, designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au (2005).

19th century

The Academy of Fine Arts was founded 1808 by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria in Munich as the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

Munich School style

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.

20th century

From 1900 to 1918 the academy's director was Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller.

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.

People

Notable professors

• Lawrence Alma-Tadema
• Hermann Anschütz
• Anton Ažbe (1884–1885)
• Nikolaus Gysis
• Peter von Cornelius
• Max Klinger
• Franz von Lenbach
• Eduardo Paolozzi (1981–1989)
• Sean Scully
• Jacob Ungerer (1890–1920)
• Walter Maurer (1990-2000)
• Res Ingold

Notable students

• Josef Albers (1919 - 1920)
• Franz Ackermann (1984–1988)
• Erwin Aichele
• Henry Alexander
• Cuno Amiet (1886–1888)
• Octav Băncilă
• Vladimir Becić
• Ignat Bednarik
• Claus Bergen
• William Merritt Chase
• Giorgio de Chirico
• Albert Chmielowski
• Lovis Corinth (1880–1884)
• William Jacob Baer (1880–1884)
• Menci Clement Crnčić
• Thomas Demand
• Michael Demers (born 1975)
• Edgar Downs (1876-1963; silver medallist)
• Frank Duveneck
• Lothar Fischer (1952–1958)
• Günther Förg
• Wilhelm Heinrich Funk (born 1866), (an American portrait painter)
• Herbjørn Gausta
• Dimitrios Geraniotis (1871–1966), Greek portrait painter
• Aleksander Gierymski (1846–1874)
• Maksymilian Gierymski (1850–1901)
• Louis Grell (1887-1960)
• Nicholaos Gysis (1842–1901)
• Herman Hartwich (1853–1926)
• Hermann Helmer
• Hannah M. Penny
• Oskar Herman
• Louis Christian Hess
• Peter von Hess
• Hallgrímur Helgason (born 1959)
• Friedrich Hohe (1802–1870)
• Jörg Immendorff (1984–1985)
• Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
• 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)
• 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
• Elisabet Ney (1981–1989)
• Charles Henry Niehaus (1855-1935)
• Markus Oehlen (2002-)
• Paul Ondrusch
• Ernst Oppler
• Ulrike Ottinger (born 1942)
• Bruno Paul
• Carl Theodor von Piloty
• Edward Henry Potthast
• Otto Quante (1875–1947)
• Josip Račić (1905–1908)
• Richard Riemerschmid (1888–1890)
• Franz Roubaud
• Anna May-Rychter (1864–1955)
• Karl Saltzmann (1896- )
• Walter Shirlaw
• Edith Soterius von Sachsenheim (1887–1970)
• Vardges Sureniants (1860 - 1921)
• Johann Gottfried Steffan
• Franz von Stuck
• Nicolae Tonitza
• Axel Törneman (1880-1925)
• John Henry Twachtman
• Spyridon Vikatos (1878–1960)
• Lascăr Vorel
• Alexander von Wagner (1869–1910)
• Sep Ruf
• Hans-Peter Zimmer
• Tadeusz Zukotynski (1877-1912)

See also

• Munich School and 19th century Greek art
• Academic realism — painting style.
• Academy of Fine Arts, Munich−related topics

External links

• Official Akademie der Bildenden Künste München website—(German)
• History of Akademie der Bildenden Künste München—(German)
• Designbuild-network.com Building details of Academy—(English)