Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Société nationale des beaux -arts ( SNBA ) was the name of two French artists' associations.
The first so- named company was founded in 1862, with Théophile Gautier as President and Aimé Millet as his deputy. On the board ( committee ) had with Eugène Delacroix, Carrier Belleuse and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Among the exhibitors were Léon Bonnat, Jean -Baptiste Carpeaux, Charles- François Daubigny, Laura Fredducci, Gustave Doré and Édouard Manet. 1864, after a memorial exhibition for the recently deceased Delacroix, the Company terminated its activities.
In 1890 the union was revived by Meissonier again, in the exhibition committee were sitting Puvis de Chavannes, Carolus- Duran, Félix Bracquemond, Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin. It began today amortized annual exhibitions. 1926 created the Association of the Prix Puvis de Chavannes, which consists of a representative exhibition of the prize winner.