The Académie de la Grande Chaumière (academy of the large thatched cottage) is an art school located at 14 rue de la Grande Chaumière in the VIe arrondissement of Paris, France. It offers full courses, but also a unique "one-sketch admission" service, for which one pays to draw nude models. * 1

At the turn of the 20th century, it was one of the most famous art schools in Paris.

Former students

• Harold Altman
• Boris Anrep
• Luis Caballero
• Alexander Calder
• Mário Cesariny
• Marie-Alain Couturier
• Charles Crodel
• Tamara de Lempicka
• Ghislaine de Menten de Horne
• Robert de Chatelenne
• Burhan Doğançay
• Alberto Giacometti
• Al Held
• Ion Irimescu
• Tove Jansson
• Sylvia Shaw Judson
• Dani Karavan
• Harvey Leepa
• Richard Miller
• Amedeo Modigliani
• Isamu Noguchi
• Serge Poliakoff (enrolled in 1929)
• Jean-Paul Riopelle
• Zinaida Serebriakova
• Nat Mayer Shapiro
• Irene Sharaff

External Resources

• Interview with Isamu Noguchi about his time in Paris.