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 Dumont (1790–1853)
1853: Émilien de Nieuwerkerke (1811–1892)
1892: Emile Michel (1828–1909)
1909: Jules Comte (1816–1912)
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 (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)
2008: vacant

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 (born 1932)

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 (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 (1921-2008)
2008: vacant

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 (born 1922)

Seat #9

Frédéric Mercey

1816: Comte de Forbin (1777–1841)
1841: Frédéric-Christophe d'Houdetot (1778–1859)
1859: Frédéric Mercey (1803–1860)
1860: Jules Pelletier (1823–1875)
1875: François-Anatole Gruyer (1825–1909)
1890: Justin de Selves (1818–1934)
1935: René Baschet (1860–1949)
1950: Arnauld Doria (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 (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 (born 1936)

Sources

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