Académie des beaux-arts

The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a merger of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded 1648), the Académie de musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669) and the Académie d'architecture (Academy of Architecture, founded in 1671).

• 1995: Serge Nigg • 1996: Arnaud d'Hauterives • 1997: Jean Cardot • 1998: Christian Langlois • 1999: Jean-Marie Granier • 2000: Marius Constant • 2001: Pierre Schoendoerffer • 2002: Pierre Carron • 2003: Gérard Lanvin (sculptor) • 2004: Roger Taillibert • 2005: Jean Prodromidès • 2006: François-Bernard Michel • 2007: Pierre Schoendoerffer (2nd term) • 2008: Yves Millecamps • 2009: Antoine Poncet • 2010: Roger Taillibert (2nd term) • 2011: Laurent Petitgirard • 2012: François-Bernard Michel (2nd term) • 2013: Lucien Clergue • 2014: Claude Abeille • 2015: Aymeric Zublena • 2016: Érik Desmazières • 2017: Édith Canat de Chizy • 2018: Patrick de Carolis • 2019: Pierre Carron (2nd term) • 2020: Jean Anguera • 2021: Alain-Charles Perrot • 2022: Astrid de La Forest • 2023: Michaël Levinas • 2024: Adrien Goetz • 2025: Coline Serreau

Constituted around the notion of multidisciplinarity, the Académie des Beaux-Arts brings together sixty-three members within nine artistic sections, sixteen foreign associate members and sixty-three corresponding members. The members are grouped into nine sections: • Section I: Painting • Section II: Sculpture • Section III: Architecture • Section IV: Engraving • Section V: Musical composition • Section VI: Unattached (Free) members • Section VII: Artistic creation in the cinema and audio-visual fields (since 1985) • Section VIII: Photography (since 2005) • Section IX: Choreography (since 2018) Current members: • Section — Seat — Member — Date • I: Painting *The number of seats in this section was reduced from 14 to 12 on 23 August 1967. *As a consequence, the #3 and #14 seats were eliminated. *Their number was further decreased from 12 to 11 on 16 June 1987. *The #12 seat was transferred to section VII. *The #1 seat was transferred to section VII in 1998, and their number was decreased from 11 to 10. *As of 2026 there are nine members. For a list of previous members, see: "List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting". • 2 — vacant • 4 — Hervé Di Rosa — 2022 • 5 — Phillipe Garel — 2015 • 6 — Gérard Garouste — 2017 • 7 — Ernest Pignon-Ernest — 2021 • 8 — Tania Mouraud — 2024 • 9 — Fabrice Hyber — 2018 • 10 — Jean-Marc Bustamante — 2016 • 11 — Nina Childress — 2025 • 13 — Yves Millecamps — 2001 • II: Sculpture *Seat #4 was transferred to section VII in 1988. For a list of previous members, see: "List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Sculpture" — | 1 — Vacant — 2020 • 2 — Claude Abeille — 1992 • 3 — Jean Anguera — 2013 • 5 — Jean-Michel Othoniel — 2018 • 6 — Anne Poirier — 2021 • 7 — Pierre-Édouard — 2008 • 8 — Antoine Poncet — 1993 • 9 — Brigitte Terziev — 2007 • III: Architecture *Seat #8 was transferred to section VII in 1985. For a list of previous members, see: "List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture" — | 1 — Jacques Rougerie — 2008 • 2 — Jean-Michel Wilmotte — 2015 • 3 — Aymeric Zublena — 2008 • 4 — Anne Démians — 2021 • 5 — Marc Barani — 2018 • 6 — Dominique Perrault — 2015 • 7 — Alain Charles Perrot — 2013 • 9 — Pierre-Antoine Gatier — 2019 • 10 — Bernard Desmoulin — 2018 • IV: Engraving For a list of previous members, see: "List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Engraving" — | 1 — Érik Desmazières — 2008 • 2 — Emmanuel Guibert — 2023 • 3 — Astrid de La Forest — 2016 • 4 — Pierre Colllin — 2018 • 5 — Catherine Meurisse — 2020 • 6 — Françoise Pétrovitch — 2025 • V: Musical composition For a list of previous members, see: "List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Music" — | 1 — Laurent Petitgirard — 2000 • 2 — Bruno Mantovani — 2017 • 3 — Michaël Levinas — 2009 • 4 — Gilbert Amy — 2013 • 5 — François-Bernard Mâche — 2002 • 6 — Édith Canat de Chizy — 2005 • 7 — Régis Campo — 2017 • 8 — Thierry Escaich — 2013 • VI: Unattached members *Seat #9 was transferred to section VII in 1985. *Seats #2 and #12 were eliminated. For a list of previous members, see: "List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached" — | 1 — William Christie — 2008 • 3 — Vacant — 2024 • 4 — Muriel Mayette-Holtz — 2017 • 5 — Guy Savoy — 2026 • 6 — Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière — 2005 • 7 — Adrien Goetz — 2017 • 8 — Vacant — 2021 • 10 — Henri Loyrette — 1997 • 11 — Patrick de Carolis — 2010 • 13 — François-Bernard Michel — 2000 • VII: Artistic creation in the cinema and audio-visual fields *Seat #1 was transferred to section V in 1998. For a list of previous members, see: "List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Cinema" — | 2 — Roman Polanski — 1998 • 3 — Jean-Jacques Annaud — 2007 • 4 — Coline Serreau — 2018 • 5 — Vacant — 2022 • 6 — Régis Wargnier — 2007 • 7 — Vacant — 2024 • VIII: Photography *Seat #1 was previously occupied by Lucien Clergue (1934-2014) *Seats #3 and #4 were established in 2016 — | 1 — Vacant — 2025 • 2 — Yann Arthus-Bertrand — 2006 • 3 — Dominique Issermann — 2021 • 4 — Jean Gaumy — 2016 • IX: Choreography — | 1 — Thierry Malandain — 2019 • 2 — Blanca Li — 2019 • 3 — Angelin Preljocaj — 2019 • 4 — Carolyn Carlson — 2020 • Foreign associate members — | 1 — Antonio López García — 2012 • 2 — Vacant — 2016 • 3 — Moza bint Nasser — 2007 • 4 — Vacant — 2025 • 5 — Annie Leibovitz — 2022 • 6 — Giuseppe Penone — 2022 • 7 — Vacant — 2023 • 8 — Vacant — 2025 • 9 — Vacant — 2019 • 10 — Woody Allen — 2004 • 11 — Norman Foster — 2007 • 12 — Jiří Kylián — 2018 • 13 — William Kentridge — 2021 • 14 — Vacant — 2024 • 15 — Farah Pahlavi — 1974 • 16 — Philippe de Montebello — 2012