École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
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The École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (ENSAD) is an artistic school of decorative arts of Paris, France.
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[edit] History
ENSAD has its roots in the Royal Free School of Art (École royale gratuite de dessin) founded in 1766 by Jean-Jacques Bachelier (1724-1806), confirmed by letters patent from Louis XV in 1767. 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.
[edit] Courses
The sectors covered are animation, interior architecture, space art, visual communication (graphic art in general and multimedia graphics), industrial design, the printed image (engraving, illustration, DTP, serigraphy), furniture, photography, scenography, textiles, clothing and video. There are obligatory classes for all students in social sciences, history of art, plastic art, photography, video, typography and computer workshops as well as complementary training in the different specializations. It entails general courses in the approach to space, image and the object, basic training in history of art, drawing, painting, sculpture, perspective, volume, colour and typography as well as photography, video, serigraphy, animation and computer workshops.
[edit] Directors
- Léon Deshairs -1940 and 1943-1945
- Léon Moussinac 1945-1959
- Jacques Adnet
- Michel Tourlière
- Richard Peduzzi -2002
- Patrick Raynaud 2002-
[edit] Notable teachers
[edit] Notable alumni
- Michael Amzalag, graphic designer (part of M/M Paris)
- Philippe Apeloig, graphic designer
- Georges Arditi, painter
- Ximena Armas, painter
- Mathias Augustyniak, graphic designer (part of M/M Paris)
- Ronan Bouroullec, designer
- Julien Baillargeon, director
- Denis Bajram, cartoonist
- Pierre Bismuth, artist
- Mathieu Boimare, automotive designer
- François Boisrond, painter
- Louis Cane, artist
- Claude Closky, artist
- Leon Dabo, painter
- Jean-Claude Denis, cartoonist
- Philippe Dupuy, cartoonist
- Benoit Pierre Emery, graphic designer
- Laurent Fetis, graphic designer
- Jean-François Guiton, artist
- Jean-Paul Goude, photographer and director
- Emmanuel Guibert, cartoonist
- René Georges Hermann-Paul, artist and illustrator
- Pierre Huyghe, artist
- Marcel Ichac (1906-1994), director and photographer
- Max Ingrand, master of glass and interior designer
- Richard Isanove, cartoonist
- Fernand Léger, artist
- Georges Léonnec, illustrator
- Annette Messager, artist
- Francis Picabia, artist
- Charles Ethan Porter, painter
- Alain Seguin, painter
- Jacques Tardi, cartoonist
- Martin Veyron, cartoonist
