The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Academy of Fine Arts, The

ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, The, a French institution, originally founded in 1648 at Paris under the name of the Academy of Painting and Sculpture. In 1795 it was joined to the Academy of Architecture and has borne its present name since 1819. It publishes memoirs, proceedings and a dictionary of the fine arts. It has 41 members, besides corresponding members, etc.