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The Académie Colarossi (1870–1930) was an

art school An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on practice and related theory in the visual arts and design. This includes fine art – especially illustration, painting, contemporary art, sculpture, and graphic design. T ...

in Paris founded in 1870 by the Italian model and sculptor

Filippo Colarossi Filippo Colarossi (21 April 1841 in Picinisco, Picinisco (Province of Frosinone, Italy) – August 1906) was an Italian artist's model and sculptor who founded the Académie Colarossi in Paris between 1879 and 1880. Biography Leaving Italy Bor ...

. It was originally located on the

Île de la Cité The Île de la Cité (; English: City Island, "Island of the City") is one of the two natural islands on the Seine River (alongside, Île Saint-Louis) in central Paris. It spans of land. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of ...

, and it moved in 1879 to 10 rue de la Grande-Chaumière in the

6th arrondissement The 6th arrondissement of Paris (''VIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ''le sixième''. The arrondissement, called Luxembourg in a reference to the seat of ...

. The school closed in the 1930s.

History

A precursor art school in the same location was the

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, founded in 1815. The former

location on the Île de la Cité was bought by Italian sculptor Filippo Colarossi in 1870, and in 1879 it moved to 10 rue de la Grande-Chaumière in the 6th arrondissement. The Académie was established in the 19th century as an alternative to the government-sanctioned

École des Beaux Arts École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...

that had, in the eyes of many promising young artists at the time, become far too conservative. Along with its equivalent

Académie Julian The () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907). The school was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number and qual ...

, and unlike the official École des Beaux Arts, the Colarossi school accepted female students and allowed them to draw from the nude male model. Around 1879, two salon painters taught the Académie classes, the Japanese-influenced painter

Raphaël Collin Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (; 17 June 1850 – 21 October 1916) was a French painter born and raised in Paris, where he became a prominent academic painter and a teacher. He is principally known for the links he created between French and Ja ...

and French academic-style painter

Gustave Courtois Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois, also known as Gustave Courtois (; 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône – 23 November 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French painter, a representative of the academic style of art. Early life and education C ...

. Among its other instructors were the influential French sculptor,

Jean Antoine Injalbert Jean-Antoine Injalbert (; 3 February 1845 – 20 January 1933) was a French sculptor. Life The son of a stonemason, Injalbert was a pupil of Augustin-Alexandre Dumont and won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1874. At the Exposition Universelle ( ...

and painter

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (7 January 1852 – 3 July 1929) was a French painter, one of the leading members of the naturalist school. Biography He was born in Paris, the son of a tailor, and was raised by his grandfather after hi ...

. In 1893, the progressive Académie appointed the

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artist

Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley (1860-1958) was an American painter who emigrated to the Netherlands. Biography Hawley was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on July 13, 1860. She studied at the Cooper Union Women's Art School and the Art Students League ...

(1860–1958) as its first female teacher. In 1922, sculptor

Henry Moore Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract art, abstract monumental Bronze sculpture, bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Moore ...

attended, although not as a student. Moore took life-drawing classes that were open to the general public, paid for with a book of inexpensive tickets. The evening classes were progressively timed – one hour, then 20 minutes, then five minutes, then one – to develop various drawing skills. The school closed in the 1930s. Around that time, Madame Colarossi burned the priceless school archives in retaliation for her husband's philandering.

Notable alumni

At Académie Colarossi among the female attendees were german painter

Thea Schleusner Thea Schleusner (1879-1964) was a German painter. Biography Schleusner was born on 30 April 1879 in Wittenberg, Germany. She studied in Paris at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie Moderne. In Germany, she studied with Franz Skarbina ...

Amedeo Modigliani Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (; ; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern art, modern style characterized by a surre ...

's muse,

Jeanne Hébuterne Jeanne Hébuterne (; 6 April 1898 – 26 January 1920) was a French painter and art model best known as the frequent subject and Common-law marriage, common-law wife of the artist Amedeo Modigliani. She died by suicide two days after Modigliani ...

; Scottish Impressionist

Bessie MacNicol Elizabeth MacNicol (5 July 1869 – 4 June 1904) was a Scottish painter and member of the Glasgow Girls group of artists affiliated with the Glasgow School of artists. Early life and education MacNicol was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 5 July ...

; Canadian Impressionist

Emily Carr Emily Carr (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia. She also was a vivid writer and chronicler of life in her sur ...

; Transatlantic painter-poet

Mina Loy Mina Loy (born Mina Gertrude Löwy; 27 December 1882 – 25 September 1966) was a British-born artist, writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps, and bohemian. She was one of the last of the first-generation modernists to ...

, and French sculptor

Camille Claudel Camille Rosalie Claudel (; 8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity, but later gained recognition for the originality and quality of her work. The ...

, who was also a student of

Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (; ; 12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a u ...

's. Noted also for its classes in life sculpting, the school attracted many foreign students, including a large number from the United States.

Other students

Ethel Blanchard Collver Ethel Blanchard Collver (1875 - November 10, 1955) was an American Impressionist artist and teacher who was best known for her portraits of children, scenes of daily life, and landscapes. Biography Born and raised in Boston, Ethel Blanchard Coll ...

Rose Connor Rose Connor (March 4, 1892 – December 29, 1970) was an American architect. Called "one of the earliest and most successful women architects of the 20th century", her architectural work was largely residential projects in Southern California, ...

Gustave-Claude-Etienne Courtois Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois, also known as Gustave Courtois (; 18 May 1852 in Pusey, Haute-Saône – 23 November 1923 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French Painting, painter, a representative of the academic art, academic style of art. Early ...

Camilo Egas Camilo Egas (1889-September 18, 1962) was an Ecuadorian master painter and teacher, who was also active in the United States and Europe.Rodríguez, Marco Antonio and Mario MonteforteUn Antelatado de su Tiempo: Camilo Egas. ''Latin Art Museum.'' (re ...

* Hester Frood *

Paul Haefliger Paul Haefliger (8 February 1914 – March 1982) was an abstract painter, art critic, writer and printmaker. He was a major figures in the Sydney art world in the 1940s and 1950s and writing for ''Art in Australia'' and the ''Sydney Morning Her ...

* Cornelia Ellis Hildebrandt *

Louis Kahan Louis Kahan AO (25 May 190516 July 2002) was an Austrian-born Australian artist whose long career included fashion design, illustration for magazines and journals, painting, printmaking and drawing. He is represented in most major collections i ...

Richard E. Miller Richard E. Miller (March 22, 1875 – January 23, 1943) was an American Impressionism, American Impressionist painter and a member of the Giverny Colony of American Impressionists. Miller was primarily a figurative painter, known for his paintin ...

* Georgina Moutray Kyle * Josephine Muntz Adams *

Maurice Prendergast Maurice Brazil Prendergast (October 10, 1858 – February 1, 1924) was an American artist who painted in oil and watercolor, and created monotypes. His delicate landscapes and scenes of modern life, characterized by mosaic-like color, are ...

Lucy May Stanton Lucy May Stanton (May 22, 1875 – March 19, 1931) was an American painter. She made landscapes, still lifes, and portraits, but Stanton is best known for the portrait miniatures she painted. Her works are in the National Portrait Gallery (United ...

* Mary K. Trotter *

Mary Jett Franklin Mary Jett Franklin (1842–1928) was an American genre and portrait artist who attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She traveled to Paris in 1889 to continue her art education at the Académie C ...

Clara Westhoff Clara Henriette Sophie Westhoff (21 September 1878 – 9 March 1954), also known by her married name Clara Rilke or Clara Rilke-Westhoff was a pioneer German sculptor and artist. Early life and career At 17, Westhoff went to Munich, where she a ...

George Grosz George Grosz (; ; born Georg Ehrenfried Groß; July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Obj ...

Clara Miller Burd Clara Miller Burd (17 May 1873 – 11 November 1933) was an American stained glass designer and children's book and magazine cover illustrator. Early life Burd was born on 17 May 1873 in New York City, United States of America to Charles Edgar ...

* Nora Houstonhttps://norahouston.org/about/ About Nora Houston - Nora Houston Foundation

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Notable alumni

Other students

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