Société nationale des beaux-arts

Société nationale des beaux-arts (SNBA) was the name of two French artists' associations.

Commemorative medal with the double portrait of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Ernest Meissonier , created by Alexandre Charpentier , 1890

The first so-called society was founded in 1862, with Théophile Gautier as president and Aimé Millet as his deputy. Eugène Delacroix , Carrier-Belleuse and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes were part of the board . Among the exhibitors were Léon Bonnat , Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux , Charles-François Daubigny , Laura Fredducci , Gustave Doré and Édouard Manet . In 1864, after a memorial exhibition for the recently deceased Delacroix, the society ended its activities.

In 1890 the association was revived by Ernest Meissonier , and the exhibition committee now included Puvis de Chavannes, Carolus-Duran , Félix Bracquemond , Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin . The annual exhibitions, which continue to this day, began. In 1926 the association created the Prix ​​Puvis de Chavannes , which consists of a representative special exhibition by the winner.

Award winners (selection)

1944: Jean Gabriel Domergue 1952: Tristan Klingsor , Geoffroy Dauvergne 1957: Albert Decaris 1958: Jean Picard Le Doux

1963: Maurice Boitel 1966: Pierre Gaillardot 1968: Pierre-Henry 1969: Louis Vuillermoz

1970: Daniel du Janerand 1971: Jean-Pierre Alaux 1975: Jean Monneret 1977: Maurice Buffet 1987: André Hambourg

literature

• Gaïté Dugnat: Les catalogs des salons de la société nationale des beaux-arts . L'Échelle de Jacob, Paris 2005 (19 volumes).
• Claire Maingon: Le Salon et ses artistes. Histoire des expositions du Roi Soleil aux artistes français . Editions Hermann, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-7056-6898-3 .