L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts
(Ecole Nationale Supérieure des
Beaux-arts Home Page)
14, Rue Bonaparte, Paris
Across the Seine River from Le Louvre
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L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts
(Ecole Nationale Supérieure des
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14, Rue Bonaparte, Paris
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The school that taught the Beaux-Arts style of architecture in the late 19th century Very influential in the US in that many of the leading late 19th century architects had been trained at L'Ecole.
Richard Morris Hunt (1827-95) was the first American to study there and became the leading exponent in the U.S. of the Beaux-Arts style.H. H. Richardson was the second. American to study there, but Richardson chose to develop his own style ,i.e., "Richardsonian Romanesque."
Other notable American architects who studied at L'Ecole were Charles McKim, John Carrere and Louis Sullivan
