Academy of San Carlos

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The Academy of San Carlos is a historic art and architecture school in Mexico City, renowned as the first major art academy in the Americas and a formative institution for many prominent Mexican artists.

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Academy of San Carlos canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architecture school
art school
higher education institution
historic building
affiliation National Autonomous University of Mexico NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle neoclassical architecture
buildingUse art education
exhibition space
continent North America
country Mexico
discipline architecture
engraving
painting
sculpture
foundedAs Academia de las Tres Nobles Artes de San Carlos de la Nueva España NERFINISHED
foundedBy Jerónimo Antonio Gil NERFINISHED
Spanish Crown NERFINISHED
governingBody National Autonomous University of Mexico NERFINISHED
hasCollection Mexican academic paintings
historic plaster casts
heritageStatus historic monument of Mexico
historicalPeriod Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED
inception 1781
18th century
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn Historic Center of Mexico City NERFINISHED
Mexico City
Mexico City, Mexico NERFINISHED
namedAfter Saint Charles Borromeo NERFINISHED
nativeName Real Academia de San Carlos de las Nobles Artes NERFINISHED
notableAlumni David Alfaro Siqueiros NERFINISHED
Diego Rivera NERFINISHED
Gerardo Murillo (Dr. Atl) NERFINISHED
José Clemente Orozco NERFINISHED
José María Velasco NERFINISHED
Rufino Tamayo NERFINISHED
Saturnino Herrán NERFINISHED
notableFaculty José María Velasco NERFINISHED
Manuel Tolsá NERFINISHED
notableFor being the first major art academy in the Americas
influence on Mexican academic art
role in development of Mexican muralism
originalPurpose teaching architecture
teaching fine arts
training engravers
partOf Faculty of Arts and Design of UNAM NERFINISHED
region Mexico City metropolitan area NERFINISHED
status active

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Diego Rivera educatedAt Academy of San Carlos
José Clemente Orozco educatedAt Academy of San Carlos
this entity surface form: Academia de San Carlos
Juan O’Gorman educatedAt Academy of San Carlos
this entity surface form: Academia de San Carlos
David Alfaro Siqueiros educatedAt Academy of San Carlos
this entity surface form: Academia de San Carlos
Rufino Tamayo educatedAt Academy of San Carlos
this entity surface form: Academia de San Carlos
José María Velasco educatedAt Academy of San Carlos
José María Velasco employer Academy of San Carlos