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Académie Julian
art institution, France
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enrollment of Matisse
- In Henri Matisse: Formative years
…enrolled in the privately run Académie Julian, where the master was the strictly academic William-Adolphe Bouguereau. That Matisse should have begun his studies in such a conservative school may seem surprising, and he once explained the fact by saying that he was acting on the recommendation of a Saint-Quentin painter…
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