Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

Akademie der Bildenden Künste München

New Building

Panoramic view of the Academy

The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (German: de:Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) was founded 1808 by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria in Munich as the "Royal Academy of Fine Arts" and is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. Many foreign artists studied there, and Munich School is a term used in the history of Greek art, and sometimes also of American art, for the styles that were influenced by the Academy in the 19th century, including that of academic realism.

In 1946, the Academy was merged with the schools for arts-and-crafts and applied arts, respectively. In 1953, the name changed to its current form.

On 26 October 2005, a new building by Coop Himmelb(l)au was opened next to the old building which was constructed 1874-1887 in Venetian Renaissance style by Gottfried Neureuther .

Notable students and professors

• Franz Ackermann (1984–1988)
• Erwin Aichele
• Lawrence Alma-Tadema
• Henry Alexander
• Cuno Amiet (1886–1888)
• Hermann Anschütz
• Anton Ažbe (1884–1885)
• Vladimir Becić
• Ignat Bednarik
• William Merritt Chase
• Albert Chmielowski
• Lovis Corinth (1880–1884)
• William Jacob Baer (1880–1884)
• Peter von Cornelius
• Menci Clement Crnčić
• Thomas Demand
• Frank Duveneck
• Lothar Fischer (1952–1958)
• Günther Förg
• Herbjørn Gausta
• Aleksander Gierymski (1846–1874)
• Maksymilian Gierymski (1850–1901)
• Nicholaos Gysis (1842–1901)
• Hermann Helmer
• Oskar Herman
• Friedrich Hohe (1802–1870)
• Jörg Immendorff (1984–1985)
• Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)
• Miroslav Kraljević
• Alfred Kubin (1899)
• Paul Klee (1900)
• Wilhelm Leibl
• Franz von Lenbach
• Richard Lindner (1925–1927)
• Ştefan Luchian
• Mahirwan Mamtani (1935)
• Franz Marc (1900–1903)
• János Mattis-Teutsch
• Mato Celestin Medović (1890–1893)
• Vadim Meller
• Josef Moroder-Lusenberg (1876–1880)
• Otto Mueller
• Adolfo Müller-Ury (1881–82)
• Edvard Munch
• Elisabet Ney (1981–1989)
• Markus Oehlen (2002-)
• Paul Ondrusch
• Ulrike Ottinger (born 1942)
• Eduardo Paolozzi (1981–1989)
• 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- )
• Sean Scully
• Walter Shirlaw
• Johann Gottfried Steffan
• Franz von Stuck
• Nicolae Tonitza
• John Henry Twachtman
• Jacob Ungerer (1890–1920)
• Lascăr Vorel
• Alexander von Wagner (1869–1910)
• Hans-Peter Zimmer
• Peter von Hess
• Hallgrímur Helgason (born 1959)

External links

• Akademie der Bildenden Künste München
• History (in German)
• Building Details on Designbuild-network.com

Coordinates: 48°09′11″N 11°34′49″E / 48.15306°N 11.58028°E / 48.15306; 11.58028