Metadata: Registers of students
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles – École Supérieure des Arts, Brussels
- Holding institution (official language):
- Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles – École Supérieure des Arts
- Postal address:
- Zuidstraat 144 / Rue du Midi 144, 1000 Bruxelles
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)2 506 10 10
- Web address:
- www.arba-esa.be
- Email:
- info@arba-esa.be
- Reference number:
- ARBA-Bruxelles-Registres des étudiants
- Title:
- Registers of students
- Title (official language):
- Registres des étudiants
- Creator/accumulator:
- Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles – École Supérieure des Arts
- Date(s):
- 1824/2016
- Date note:
- Material continues to be added to this collection.
- Extent:
- 4 linear metres
- Scope and content:
- These registers include the serial number (numéro d’ordre) of the student, his date of birth, surname and first name, residence, profession, date of admission at the Academy, the years during which the student attended classes, contests, prizes won, observations, and whether the student had a scholarship or had to pay the entirety of the tuition fees. We point out the presence of many Jewish students from Russia and Central and Eastern Europe from the beginning of the 20th century.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles – École Supérieure des Arts (ARBA) was founded in 1711. In the tradition of the Accademia del disegno of Florence, it mainly focused on the art of drawing. The Academy was granted protection by Charles of Lorraine. With the financial support of private donors, the ARBA became an academy dedicated to painting, sculpture and architecture in 1768. Teaching was interrupted during the French Revolution. The ARBA reopened in 1800 and was granted the designation ‘Royal’ in 1835. It took until 1830 to see a veritable revival under the leadership of its director F.J. Navez. He reorganised its education and laid the groundwork for the establishment of one of the most prestigious academies of the late 19th century. Navez encouraged the teaching of sculpture. He created courses of painting in 1849 and courses of engraving in 1848. Many artists and architects, of various artistic currents, were trained there, such as James Ensor, René Magritte, Victor Rousseau, Constantin Meunier, Georges Minne, Léopold Wiener, Fernand Khnopff, Victor Horta, Paul Delvaux, to name only the most famous alumni. The Academy had an excellent reputation abroad; it hosted many young foreign artists. Girls were allowed to enrol in 1889. Under the leadership of director Charles Van Der Stappen, the Academy opened up to photography at the end of the 19th century. Victor Horta headed the Academy from 1913 to 1915 and several times during the interwar period. The organisation of the institution was modified several times. An artistic humanities section was introduced in 1972, the architectural school only became autonomous in 1977. Courses of theoretical thought were added in the 1980s. In the 21st century, the Academy became the École Supérieure des Arts and experienced a real transformation following a major reform of its educational system, offering new possibilities for its students. (http://www.arba-esa.be; G. Mayer, Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles – 275 ans d’enseignement, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique – Musée d’Art Moderne, May-June 1987, éd. Crédit Communal, Bruxelles, 1987, pp. 21-37.)
- System of arrangement:
- The registers are ordered chronologically; students are registered by serial number.
- Access, restrictions:
- Consultation (and reproduction) requires the authorisation of the director of the Centre de Recherches sur l’enseignement des Beaux-Arts, Mr. Georges Mayer.
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium
