List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting

This is a list of past and present members of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Section I: Painting.

Seat #1 edit

Gerard van Spaendonck

elected 1795: Gérard van Spaendonck (1746–1822)
1822: Louis Hersent (1777–1860)
1860: Émile Signol (1804–1892)
1892: Luc-Olivier Merson (1846–1920)
1921: Paul Chabas (1869–1937)
1938: Édouard Vuillard (1868–1940)
1941: Pierre Eugène Montézin (1874–1946)
1947: Charles Fouqueray (1871–1956)
1957: Yves Brayer (1907–1990)

This seat was transferred to section VII in 1998.

Seat #2 edit

François Vincent

1795: François-André Vincent (1746–1816)
1816: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1763–1823)
1823: Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld (1758–1846)
1846: Jacques Raymond Brascassat (1804–1867)
1867: Louis-Nicolas Cabat (1812–1893)
1893: Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845–1902)
1902: Ferdinand Humbert (1842–1934)
1935: Émile Aubry (1880–1964)
1966: Félix Labisse (1905–1982)
1990: Pierre Carron (1932–2022)

Seat #3 edit

Jean-Baptiste Regnault

1795: Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754–1829)
1829: François-Joseph Heim (1787–1865)
1865: Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904)
1904: Carolus-Duran (1838–1917)
1919: Ernest Laurent (1859–1929)
1930: Henri Le Sidaner (1862–1939)
1941: Jean Dupas (1882–1964)

This seat was eliminated in 1967.

Seat #4 edit

Nicolas-Antoine Taunay

1795: Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (1755–1830)
1830: François Marius Granet (1779–1849)
1850: Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797–1890)
1890: François-Louis Français (1814–1897)
1897: Antoine Vollon (1833–1900)
1900: Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret (1852–1929)
1930: Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875–1932)
1932: Georges Paul Leroux [fr] (1877–1957)
1958: Georges Cheyssial [fr] (1907–1997)
1999: Olivier Debré (1920–1999)
2001: Jean Cortot (1925–2018)

Seat #5 edit

Vivant Denon

1803: Vivant Denon (1747–1825)
1825: Jean-Dominique Ingres (1781–1867)
1867: Alexandre Hesse (1806–1879)
1879: Jules-Élie Delaunay (1828–1891)
1891: Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1834–1911)
1912: Paul-Albert Besnard (1849–1934)
1935: Fernand Sabatté (1874–1940)
1941: Louis-François Biloul (1874–1947)
1948: Edmond Heuzé [fr] (1889–1967)
1968: Georges Rohner [fr] (1913–2000)
2015: Philippe Garel [fr] (born 1945)

Seat #6 edit

Ennio Quirino Visconti

1803: Ennio Quirino Visconti (1751–1818)
1818: Guillaume Guillon-Lethière (1760–1832)
1832: Merry-Joseph Blondel (1781–1853)
1853: Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809–1864)
1864: Charles Louis Müller (1815–1892)
1892: Édouard Detaille (1848–1912)
1913: Marcel Baschet (1862–1941)
1942: Robert Poughéon (1886–1955)
1955: Alfred Giess [fr] (1901–1973)
1975: Georges Mathieu (1921–2012)
2017: Gérard Garouste (born 1946)

Seat #7 edit

François-Guillaume Ménageot

1809: François-Guillaume Ménageot (1744–1816)
1816: Étienne-Barthélémy Garnier (1759–1849)
1849: Léon Cogniet (1794–1880)
1881: Léon Bonnat (1833–1922)
1923: Jean-Louis Forain (1852–1931)
1932: Maurice Denis (1870–1943)
1945: Paul Jouve (1878–1973)
1974: Bernard Buffet (1928–1999)
2005: Vladimir Veličković (1935–2019)
2021: Ernest Pignon-Ernest (born 1942)

Seat #8 edit

François Gérard

1812: François Gérard (1770–1837)
1837: Jean-Victor Schnetz (1787–1870)
1870: Paul Baudry (1828–1886)
1886: Jules Breton (1827–1906)
1906: Gabriel Ferrier (1847–1914)
1917: Henri Jean Guillaume Martin (1860–1943)
1944: Gustave Louis Jaulmes (1873–1959)
1960: André Planson (1898–1981)
1983: Jean Bertholle (1909–1996)
1997: Guy de Rougemont (1935–2021)

Seat #9 edit

Pierre Guerin

1816: Pierre Guérin (1774–1833)
1833: Michel Martin Drolling (1786–1851)
1851: Jean Alaux (1786–1864)
1864: Henri Lehmann (1814–1882)
1882: Gustave Boulanger (1824–1888)
1888: Gustave Moreau (1826–1898)
1898: Aimé Morot (1850–1913)
1913: Henri Gervex (1852–1929)
1929: André Devambez (1867–1944)
1945: Willem van Hasselt (1882–1963)
1965: Édouard Goerg [fr] (1893–1969)
1969: Jacques Despierre (1912–1995)
1997: Chu Teh-Chun (1926–2014)
2018: Fabrice Hyber [fr] (born 1961)

Seat #10 edit

Jacques-Louis David

1803: Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825)
1816: Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier (1738–1826)
1826: Horace Vernet (1789–1863)
1863: Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889)
1889: Jean-Jacques Henner (1829–1905)
1905: Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844–1925)
1926: Émile-René Ménard (1862–1930)
1930: George Desvallières (1861–1950)
1951: Jean Bouchaud (1891–1977)
1977: Jean Carzou (1907–2000)
2002: Zao Wou-Ki (1921–2013)
2016: Jean-Marc Bustamante (born 1952)

Seat #11 edit

Anne-Louis Girodet

1816: Anne-Louis Girodet (1767–1824)
1825: Charles Thévenin (1764–1838)
1838: Jérôme-Martin Langlois (1779–1838)
1839: Auguste Couder (1790–1873)
1874: Ernest Hébert (1817–1908)
1909: Raphaël Collin (1850–1916)
1918: Adolphe Déchenaud (1868–1926)
1929: Lucien Simon (1861–1945)
1946: Jean Souverbie [fr] (1891–1981)
1984: Arnaud d'Hauterives [fr] (1933–2018)
2020: Catherine Meurisse (born 1980)

Seat #12 edit

Antoine Gros

1816: Antoine Gros (1771–1835)
1835: Abel de Pujol (1787–1861)
1861: Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815–1891)
1891: Jean-Paul Laurens (1838–1921)
1921: Jules-Alexis Muenier (1863–1942)
1943: René-Xavier Prinet (1861–1946)
1946: Nicolas Untersteller (1900–1967)
1968: Roger Chastel (1897–1981)
1982: Georges Wakhévitch (1907–1984)

This seat was transferred to section VII in 1987.

Seat #13 edit

Charles Meynier

1816: Charles Meynier (1768–1832)
1832: Paul Delaroche (1797–1856)
1857: Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)
1863: Nicolas-Auguste Hesse (1795–1869)
1869: Jules Eugène Lenepveu (1819–1898)
1898: Fernand Cormon (1845–1924)
1924: Edgar Maxence (1871–1954)
1955: Lucien Fontanarosa (1912–1975)
1977: Hans Hartung (1904–1989)
1991: Jean Dewasne [fr] (1921–1999)
2001: Yves Millecamps [fr] (born 1930)

Seat #14 edit

Carle Vernet

1816: Carle Vernet (1758–1836)
1836: François-Édouard Picot (1786–1868)
1868: Isidore Pils (1815–1875)
1876: William Bouguereau (1825–1905)
1905: François Flameng (1856–1923)
1923: Emile Friant (1863–1932)
1933: Paul Albert Laurens (1870–1934)
1935: Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861–1942)
1943: Louis-Marie Désiré-Lucas (1869–1949)
1950: Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889–1962)
1964: Jean Lurçat (1892–1966)