Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

The Royal Academy of Beeldende Kunsten (Royal Academy of Fine Arts) in The Hague is the oldest art school in the Netherlands.

History

Already in the 16th century, a Guild of St. Luke in The Hague handed down. 1656 split of the Confrérie this from Pictura, which had set itself the objective of raising professional painter separated from the so-called kladschilders ( Klecksern, Pinslern ) to organize. On September 29, 1682 was by members of the Confrérie Pictura - Willem Doudijns, Theodorus van der Schuer, Daniël Mijtens, Robert Duval and St. Augustine Terwesten - an academy donated to the possibility of training in drawing and painting to offer the guild members. She was the direct forerunner of the later Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

Building on the Prinsessegracht

End of the 18th century was a period of decline and the economic and political crisis, and also the Academy broke with the loss of financial support at difficult times. The low point was around 1800, when it recorded only ten students. As of 1821, she received more importance again, as her School voor Burgerlijke was connected Bouwkunde. After the Academy before the Korenbeurs ( Corn Exchange ) and later the Boterwaag ( weighing house for butter ) was housed, she could her own house in 1839 relate to the Prinsessegracht, a document created by Zeger Reyers neoklassistisches building.

With the disappearance of the guilds in the 19th century draftsmanship and technical drawing were becoming increasingly important. There, the Academy also played a role. Besides Baukunde came in the course of the century, the teaching of basic layout planning and design customer for crafts members added. During this time the Academy had more students than the technical branch of the Academy of Arts. The Academy began to educate teachers from and what was their main branch until a few decades ago.

Hague School and the Modern Era

End of the 19th century witnessed the Hague art scene flourished, which became known as the Hague School. Many supporters, as Breitner, the brothers Maris (Jacob Maris and Matthijs Maris ) and Bosboom were trained in the academy.

In the first half of the 20th century, the Academy played a pioneering role in the Netherlands. Under Bauhaus influence the new departments graphic design, advertising, photography, design and furniture design emerged. Lecturers of the avant-garde of the time were Gerrit Kiljan (1881-1961), Paul Schuitema (1897-1973), Paul Citroen (1896-1983) and Cor Alon ( 1892-1967 ). The Academy expanded its curriculum as one of the first Dutch schools by teaching in the field of industrial design.

1938 designed by the architectural firm Plantenga, Buijs & Lürsen new building was erected on the site of the old house, the 2000 Major overhaul and learned has been extended to a building by the architect Van Mourik Vermeulen. 1990 merged the Academy with the Royal Conservatory of Hogeschool van Beeldende Kunsten, Muziek en Dans ( College of Fine Arts, music, and dance). At the same time a more intensive collaboration with the University of Leiden newly built Art School was started - in the Netherlands, the first formal collaboration between a university with an art school, which allows students, within even a semester, both at Leiden University, and the Royal Academy heard. The offer of mediation new technologies and new media has continued to improve it.

The Academy is the biennial Gerrit Noordzijprijs from for the design of fonts and character sets.

Graduates

  • Cornelis ( Kees ) Andrea ( 1914-2006 )
  • Emmy Andriesse (1914-1953)
  • Marius Bauer (1867-1932)
  • Karel de Bazel (1869-1923)
  • Hans Borrebach (1903-1991)
  • John Bosboom (1817-1891)
  • George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923)
  • Paul Citroen (1896-1983)
  • Adelbert Foppe (1942 )
  • Herman Gordijn (1932 )
  • Willem van Genk (1927-2005)
  • Jurjen de Haan ( 1936)
  • Carli Hermès (1963 )
  • Isaac Israels (1865-1934)
  • Toon Kelder (1894-1973)
  • Frans Koppelaar (1943 )
  • Jacob Maris (1838-1899)
  • Matthijs Maris (1839-1917)
  • Willem Maris (1844-1910)
  • Theo van der Nahmer (1917-1989)
  • Kees Nieuwenhuijzen (1933 )
  • Gerrit Noordzij (1931 )
  • Anton Pieck (1894-1987)
  • Willem Cornelis Rip (1856-1922)
  • W. J. Rozendaal (1899-1971)
  • Bram Roth (1916-1995)
  • Paul Reding ( 1939)
  • Har Sanders ( 1929)
  • Paul Schuitema (1897-1973)
  • Martin Sjardijn (1947 )
  • January Snoeck (1927 )
  • Albert Termote (1887-1978)
  • David Vandekop (1937-1994)
  • Johan Hendrik Chalking (1824-1903)
  • Co West Erik (1924 )
  • Charles van Wijk (1875-1917)
  • Piet Zwart (1885-1977)
  • Adrianus Zwart (1903-1981)
Floor plan Johannes Bosboom Gerrit Noordzij Prize
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