École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
 Former entrance to the royal school of drawing under Louis XV. | |
| Type | Grande école |
|---|---|
| Established |
1766 - Royal Free School of Art 1877 - National School of Decorative Arts 1927 - National Higher School of Decorative Arts |
| Director | Marc Partouche |
| Students | 560 |
| Postgraduates | Masters, agrégation, Ph.D |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Website | www.ensad.fr |
The École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (also known as Arts Decos’, Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, E.N.S.A.D.) is a public university of art and design and is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles. The school is located in the Rue d'Ulm in Paris.
Profile
The École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs played a major role in the development of the Art Deco design movement in the 1920s and in the creation of new design concepts. The School has an international reputation for its teaching in the fields of animation, photography, scenography, industrial design, communication design, interactive design, video, interior design, fashion, textile and engraving.
History
The E.N.S.A.D. has its roots in the École royale gratuite de dessin (Royal Free School of Art) founded in 1766 by Jean-Jacques Bachelier, confirmed in 1767 by letters patent from Louis XV of France. Its founder's aim was to develop crafts relating to the arts in order to improve the quality of manufactured goods. Through a rigorous and demanding apprenticeship in the Arts, the school strove to combine technique and culture, intelligence and sensitivity, so as to enable the more gifted artisans to develop into creative artists. After several changes of name, in 1877 the school became the National School of Decorative Arts (École nationale des arts décoratifs) before taking its present name of ENSAD (École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs) in 1927.
Directors
- Léon Deshairs -1940 and 1943–1945
- Léon Moussinac 1945-1959
- Jacques Adnet 1959-1970
- Michel Tourlière
- Richard Peduzzi 1990-2002
- Patrick Raynaud 2002-2008
- Geneviève Gallot 2008-2013
Notable teachers
- Pierre Bernard (graphic designer)
- Rosa Bonheur
- Cassandre
- Marcel Gromaire
- André Lurçat
- Pierre Louis Rouillard, professor of sculpture from 1840 to 1881
- Joseph-André Motte furniture and interior designer
- Philippe Starck
- Roger Tallon
Notable alumni
- Ronan Bouroullec, designer
- Michael Amzalag, graphic designer (part of M/M Paris)
- Philippe Apeloig, graphic designer
- Ximena Armas, painter
- Antun Augustinčić, sculptor
- Mathias Augustyniak, graphic designer (part of M/M Paris)
- Pierre Bismuth, artist
- François Boisrond, painter
- Remy Bourganel, design researcher
- Claude Closky, artist
- Leon Dabo, painter
- Léon Delarbre, painter, museum curator
- Philippe Dupuy, cartoonist
- Benoit Pierre Emery, graphic designer
- Jean-Paul Goude, photographer and director
- René Georges Hermann-Paul, artist and illustrator
- John Howe, illustrator and author
- Pierre Huyghe, artist
- Jean Jansem, painter
- Marcel Ichac (1906–1994), director and photographer
- Richard Isanove, cartoonist
- Fernand Léger, artist
- Georges Léonnec, illustrator
- Annette Messager, artist
- Morteza Momayez, graphic designer
- Fernand Mourlot, lithographer, publisher
- Victor Nicolas, sculptor
- Francis Picabia, artist
- Arthur de Pins, director of the 2000 animated short film Geraldine
- Charles Ethan Porter, painter
- Robert Poughéon, painter
- Alfred-Georges Regner, painter engraver
- Pierre Roy, painter
- Émile Savitry, painter, photographer
- Jacques Tardi, cartoonist
External links
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- Official ENSAD Website
- Students projects (VIDEOS)
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