<P> The Academy was founded in 1648 , by King Louis XIV modelled on Italian examples , such as the Accademia di San Luca in Rome . Paris already had the Académie de Saint - Luc , which was a city artist guild like any other Guild of Saint Luke . The purpose of this academy was to professionalize the artists working for the French court and give them a stamp of approval that artists of the St. Luke 's guild did not have . </P>
<P> The Academy was founded in 1648 , by King Louis XIV modelled on Italian examples , such as the Accademia di San Luca in Rome . Paris already had the Académie de Saint - Luc , which was a city artist guild like any other Guild of Saint Luke . The purpose of this academy was to professionalize the artists working for the French court and give them a stamp of approval that artists of the St. Luke 's guild did not have . </P>
who founded the royal academy of painting and sculpture in france
who founded the royal academy of painting and sculpture in france
King Louis XIV
King Louis XIV