The École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon is a school of art and design in Lyon, located in Les Subsistances, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It is part of the École des Beaux-Arts tradition, that established the Beaux-Arts architecture style.
History It was founded in 1756 by abbé Lacroix-Laval and a group of art lovers. The school of drawing was free of charge and, owing to its royal charter for academies in the provinces, in 1780 it became the and became one of the earliest French art schools outside Paris.
Directors 1960–1974: Jean Coquet 1974–1992: Philippe Nahoum 1992–1998: Guy Issanjou 1998–2011: Yves Robert 2011–2018: Emmanuel Tibloux 2021–2025: Oulimata Gueye
Notable teachers
from 1900 professor of Life drawing from 1939
Patrick Beurard-Valdoye
Veit Stratmann
Olivier Zabat
Notable alumni
Adrien Bas, c. 1902
, 1836 to 1841 , from 1891 Jean-Marie Bonnassieux, 1828 to 1833 Claude Bonnefond Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon, architect, sculptor Louis Bouquet, 1903 to 1907 Camille Bouvagne, c. 1883 to 1887 Jean Chaleyé, 1896 to 1899 Fleury Chenu , c. 1902 Léon Couturier Lionel Estève, c. 1980 Louis Deschamps (painter) Germain Détanger, from 1860 Antoine Duclaux , 1784 Hippolyte Flandrin, from 1828 Michel Philibert Genod Laurent Godin, c. 1980 François Guiguet Léonie Humbert-Vignot, c. 1894 Jean-Marie Jacomin, painter , 1890 to 1896 Jean-François Legendre-Héral, sculptor Alphonse Legros, c. 1855
, c. 1833 Jean Seignemartin, 1860 to 1865 Nicolas Sicard Jacques Tardi Tony Tollet, 1873 to 1879 Anthelme Trimolet Jean-Baptiste Vietty, c. 1807 , 1939 to 1940*
References
External links
Portal of Écoles d'Art en Région Rhône-Alpes