École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs

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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
Affiliation	PSL Research University
Director	Marc Partouche
Students	700+
Postgraduates	Masters, agrégation, Ph.D
Location	Paris , France
Website	www.ensad.fr

The École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ÉnsAD, also known as Arts Decos', École des Arts Décoratifs) is a public grande école of art and design of PSL Research University. 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 (Royal Free School of Design) 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[]

• −1940 and 1943–1945
• Léon Moussinac 1945–1959
• Jacques Adnet 1959–1970
• Richard Peduzzi 1990–2002
• 2002–2008
• 2008–2013
• 2014-2018 :
• ^[1] 2018 -

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[]

• Philippe Apeloig, graphic designer
• Ximena Armas, painter
• Antun Augustinčić, sculptor
• Pierre Bismuth, artist
• François Boisrond, painter
• Ronan Bouroullec, designer
• Yvonne Canu, painter
• Nina Childress, painter
• Claude Closky, artist
• Leon Dabo, painter
• Léon Delarbre, painter, museum curator
• Philippe Dupuy, cartoonist
• Benoît-Pierre Émery, graphic designer
• Vincent Ferniot, actor, presenter, writer
• Jean-Paul Goude, photographer and director
• René Georges Hermann-Paul, artist and illustrator
• John Howe, illustrator and author
• Camille Henrot, artist
• Pierre Huyghe, artist
• Jean Jansem, painter
• Marcel Ichac, director and photographer
• Richard Isanove, cartoonist
• Claire Keane, illustrator
• Fernand Léger, artist
• Georges Léonnec, illustrator
• Annette Messager, artist
• Morteza Momayez, graphic designer
• Fernand Mourlot, lithographer, publisher
• Thierry Mugler, fashion designer
• 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
• Raymond Templier, jewellery designer^[2]
• Jean-Didier Wolfromm, critic, writer
• Raymond Legeult, painter

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External links[]

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• Official ENSAD Website

Coordinates: 48°50′35″N 2°20′41″E / 48.84306°N 2.34472°E / 48.84306; 2.34472