Académie Suisse

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Académie Suisse was an informal 19th-century Parisian art school and studio known for its liberal, tuition-free life-drawing classes that attracted many avant-garde artists.

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Académie Suisse canonical 5
Académie Suisse de Paris 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art school
artists' studio
informal educational institution
alsoKnownAs Académie Suisse
surface form: Académie Suisse de Paris

Studio Suisse
attracted avant-garde artists
independent artists
contrastedWith École des Beaux-Arts
country France
focusesOn figure drawing
foundedBy Martin-François Suisse
hasActivity model drawing
open studio sessions
hasCharacteristic informal
liberal
tuition-free
hasLanguage French
hasPolicy no formal entrance requirements
open to foreign artists
historicalRole alternative to official academic training
meeting place for young avant-garde painters
influencedMovement Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
modern art
knownFor access to live models
liberal atmosphere
low or no tuition fees
locatedIn Paris
Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
locatedNear Pont Neuf
River Seine
surface form: Seine
locatedOn Île de la Cité
notableStudent Amedeo Modigliani
Armand Guillaumin
Camille Pissarro
Chaim Soutine
Claude Monet
Henri Fantin-Latour
Johan Barthold Jongkind
Odilon Redon
Paul Cézanne
Édouard Manet
offers life-drawing classes
operatedInCentury 19th century
teachingStyle non-academic
unstructured

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Camille Pissarro studiedAt Académie Suisse
Thomas Couture educatedAt Académie Suisse
Armand Guillaumin educatedAt Académie Suisse
Académie Suisse alsoKnownAs Académie Suisse
this entity surface form: Académie Suisse de Paris
Henri Gervex educatedAt Académie Suisse
Gustave Boulanger educatedAt Académie Suisse