List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Unattached

This is a list of past and present members of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Section VI: Unattached ("Free").

Seat #1

The Comte de Vaublanc

• elected 1816: Comte de Vaublanc (1756–1846)
• 1845: Alphonse de Cailleux (1787–1876)
• 1876: Émile Perrin (1815–1885)
• 1885: Alphonse de Rothschild (1827–1905)
• 1905: Paul Richer (1849–1933)
• 1934: David David-Weill (1871–1952)
• 1953: Albert Sarraut (1872–1962)
• 1964: Robert Rey (1888–1964)
• 1965: André Arbus (1903–1969)
• 1970: Pierre David-Weill (1900–1975)
• 1975: Germain Bazin (1901–1990)
• 1991: Marcel Marceau (1923–2007)
• 2008: William Christie (born 1944)

Seat #2

Pierre Blacas d'Aulps

• 1816: Pierre Blacas d'Aulps (1771–1839)
• 1839: Aristide-Laurent Dumont (1790–1853)
• 1853: Émilien de Nieuwerkerke (1811–1892)
• 1892: Emile Michel (1828–1909)
• 1909: Jules Comte (1846–1912)
• 1913: Henry Lemonnier (1842–1936)
• 1937: Maurice de Rothschild (1881–1957)

This seat was eliminated in 1959.

Seat #3

The Comte de Vaudreuil

• 1816: Comte de Vaudreuil (1740–1817)
• 1817: Duc de Richelieu (1766–1822)
• 1822: Jacques Lauriston (1768–1828)
• 1828: Comte Siméon (1781–1846)
• 1846: Tanneguy Duchâtel (1803–1867)
• 1868: Henri Delaborde (1811–1899)
• 1874: Étienne de Cardaillac (1818–1879)
• 1880: Duc d'Aumale (1822–1897)
• 1897: Prince d'Arenberg (1837–1924)
• 1924: Jacques Rouché (1862–1957)
• 1958: Raymond Subes [fr] (1891–1970)
• 1971: Daniel Wildenstein (1917–2001)
• 2002: Hugues Gall (born 1940)

Seat #4

The Comte de Pradel

• 1816: Comte de Pradel (1779–1857)
• 1857: Achille Fould (1800–1867)
• 1867: Baron Haussmann (1809–1891)
• 1891: Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand (1817–1891)
• 1892: Georges Lafenestre (1837–1919)
• 1919: Vicomte de Castelnau (1851–1944)
• 1945: Paul-André Lemoisne (1875–1964)
• 1965: Paul-Louis Weiller (1893–1993)
• 1994: Maurice Béjart (1927–2007)
• 2017: Muriel Mayette-Holtz (born 1964)

Seat #5

Baron Taylor

• 1816: Antoine-Laurent Castellan (1772–1838)
• 1838: Comte de Clarac (1777–1847)
• 1847: Baron Taylor (1789–1879)
• 1879: Marquis de Chennevières (1820–1899)
• 1899: Henry Roujon (1853–1914)
• 1903: Georges Berger (1834–1910)
• 1910: Théophile Homolle (1848–1925)
• 1925: Etienne Moreau-Nelaton (1859–1927)
• 1927: Louis Hourticq (1875–1944)
• 1945: François Labrousse (1878–1951)
• 1952: Julien Cain (1887–1975)
• 1975: Bernard Gavoty (1908–1981)
• 1982: Michel David-Weill (1932–2022)

Seat #6

The Comte de Turpin de Crissé

• 1816: Comte de Turpin de Crissé (1782–1859)
• 1859: Jean-Georges Kastner (1810–1867)
• 1868: Comte de Walewski (1810–1868)
• 1868: Charles Blanc (1813–1882)
• 1882: Edmond Du Sommerard (1817–1885)
• 1885: Léon Heuzey (1831–1922)
• 1922: Paul Léon (1874–1962)
• 1963: Georges Wildenstein (1892–1963)
• 1965: René Dumesnil (1879–1967)
• 1968: Gérald Van der Kemp [fr] (1912–2002)
• 2005: Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere (born 1940)

Seat #7

The Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier

• 1816: Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier (1752–1817)
• 1817: Comte de Chabrol de Volvic (1773–1843)
• 1843: Comte de Rambuteau (1781–1869)
• 1869: Albert Lenoir (1801–1891)
• 1891: Georges Duplessis (1834–1899)
• 1899: Jules-Joseph Guiffrey (1840–1918)
• 1919: Maurice Fenaille (1855–1937)
• 1938: Gabriel Cognacq (1880–1951)
• 1952: Louis Hautecœur (1884–1973)
• 1975: Pierre Dehaye [fr] (1921–2008)
• 2017: Adrien Goetz (born 1966)

Seat #8

Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois

• 1816: Étienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois (1731–1823)
• 1823: Amédée de Pastoret (1791–1857)
• 1857: Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (1822–1891)
• 1891: Gustave Larroumet (1852–1903)
• 1898: Henri Delaborde (1811–1899)
• 1899: Philippe Gille (1830–1901)
• 1901: Édouard Aynard (1837–1913)
• 1913: Louis de Fourcaud (1851–1914)
• 1918: André Michel (1853–1925)
• 1926: Adolphe Boschot (1871–1955)
• 1937: Henri Verne (1880–1949)
• 1949: Jean Bourguignon (1876–1953)
• 1954: Charles Kunstler (1887–1977)
• 1978: Pierre Dux (1908–1990)
• 1992: Pierre Cardin (1922–2020)

Seat #9

Frédéric-Christophe d'Houdetot

• 1816: Comte de Forbin (1777–1841)
• 1841: Frédéric-Christophe d'Houdetot (1778–1859)
• 1859: Frédéric Bourgeois de Mercey (1803–1860)
• 1860: Jules Pelletier [fr] (1823–1875)
• 1875: François-Anatole Gruyer (1825–1909)
• 1890: Justin de Selves (1818–1934)
• 1935: René Baschet (1860–1949)
• 1950: Arnauld Doria [fr] (1890–1977)
• 1979: Marcel Carné (1906–1996)

This seat was transferred to section VII in 1985.

Seat #10

The Comte de Montalivet

• 1816: Alexandre de La Motte-Baracé (1781–1840)
• 1840: Comte de Montalivet (1801–1880)
• 1880: Henry Barbet de Jouy (1812–1896)
• 1896: Édouard Corroyer (1835–1904)
• 1904: Henri Bouchot (1849–1906)
• 1906: Edmond de Rothschild (1845–1934)
• 1935: Lucien Lacaze (1860–1955)
• 1955: Jacques Jaujard (1895–1967)
• 1968: Gaston Palewski (1901–1984)
• 1985: Louis Pauwels (1920–1997)
• 1997: Henri Loyrette (born 1952)

Seat #11

André Bettencourt

Seat created by decree on 18 June 1946

• 1947: Louis Réau (1881–1961)
• 1962: André Cornu [fr] (1892–1980)
• 1981: Michel Faré (1913–1985)
• 1986: André Bettencourt (1919–2007)
• 2010: Patrick de Carolis (born 1953)

Seat #12

Seat created by decree on 18 June 1946 and suppressed by decree on 28 November 1956.

• 1947: François Debat (1882–1956)

Seat #13

Seat created by decree on 8 June 1998

• 2000: François-Bernard Michel [fr] (born 1936)

Sources

• List of members @ the Académie des Beaux-Arts website.

See also

• List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting
• List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Sculpture
• List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Architecture
• List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Engraving
• List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Music
• List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Cinema