Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
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The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (German: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) was founded 1808 by Maximilian I of Bavaria in Munich as the "Royal Academy of Fine Arts".
In 1946, the Academy was merged with the schools for arts-and-crafts and applied arts, respectively. In 1953, the name changed to its current form.
On 26 October 2005, a new building by Coop Himmelb(l)au was opened next to the old building which was constructed 1874-1887 in Venetian Renaissance style by Gottfried Neureuther .
Notable students and professors
- Franz Ackermann (1984-1988)
- Lawrence Alma-Tadema
- Lovis Corinth (1880–1884)
- Peter von Cornelius
- Lothar Fischer (1952–1958)
- Otto Greiner (1988–1991)
- Hermann Helmer
- Jörg Immendorff (1984–1985)
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Alfred Kubin (1899)
- Heinrich Kirchner
- Paul Klee (1900)
- Richard Lindner (1925–1927)
- Franz von Lenbach
- Franz Marc (1900–1903)
- Willy Meller
- Otto Mueller
- Markus Oehlen
- Eduardo Paolozzi (1981–1989)
- Bruno Paul
- Sergius Pauser (1919–1924)
- Carl Theodor von Piloty
- Richard Riemerschmid (1888–1890)
- Karl Saltzmann (1896- )
- Johann Gottfried Steffan
- Franz von Stuck
- Yoshi Takahashi (1966–1969)
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