The Académie des Beaux-Arts (, Academy of Fine Arts) is a French learned society based in Paris. It is one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The current president of the academy (2021) is Alain-Charles Perrot, a French architect. Background The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a merger of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded 1648), the Académie de musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669) and the Académie d'architecture (Academy of Architecture, founded in 1671). Awards Currently, the Académie des Beaux-Arts provides several awards including five dedicated prizes: Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Choral Singing Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation Prize for Music Pierre Cardin Prize for Design François-Victor Noury Prize Fondation Pierre Gianadda Prize Previously the Académie granted the Prix Rossini for excellence in libretto or music composition. Presidents 1995: Serge Nigg 1996: 1997: Jean Cardot 1998: Christian Langlois 1999: 2000: Marius Constant 2001: Pierre Schoendoerffer 2002: Pierre Carron 2003: 2004: Roger Taillibert 2005: Jean Prodromidès 2006: 2007: Pierre Schoendoerffer (2nd term) 2008: 2009: 2010: Roger Taillibert (2nd term) 2011: Laurent Petitgirard 2012: François-Bernard Michel (2nd term) 2013: Lucien Clergue 2014: 2015: 2016: 2017: Édith Canat de Chizy 2018: Patrick de Carolis 2019: Pierre Carron (2nd term) 2020: 2021 Alain-Charles Perrot Members Constituted around the notion of multidisciplinarity, the Académie des Beaux-Arts brings together sixty-three members within nine artistic sections, sixteen foreign associate members and sixty-three corresponding members. The members are grouped into nine sections: Section I: Painting Section II: Sculpture Section III: Architecture Section IV: Engraving Section V: Musical composition Section VI: Unattached (Free) members Section VII: Artistic creation in the cinema and audio-visual fields (since 1985) Section VIII: Photography (since 2005) Section IX: Choreography (since 2018) Current members: See also Beaux-Arts architecture École des Beaux-Arts Academic art French art salons and academies References External links Institut de France website Academies of arts •01 Arts in Paris Arts organizations based in France French art Institut de France Organizations based in Paris Organizations established in 1816 Arts organizations established in the 19th century 1816 establishments in France