Art Society

Société Libre des Beaux-Arts

Société Libre des Beaux-Arts was an art society founded in 1868. This catalog holds 22 public-domain works by 4 of its members. Its artists are most associated with Academic Art.

About

Founded in Brussels in 1868, the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts was a progressive Belgian artist society established to champion realism and artistic freedom against the constraints of the Royal Academy. Its members, including Edouard Agneessens and Louis Artan, advocated for painting directly from nature and rejecting idealized academic conventions.

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Works by its members