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Schools of Fine Arts and Architecture in Luminy à Marseille 1er dans les Bouches-du-Rhône

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Schools of Fine Arts and Architecture in Luminy

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    13009 Marseille
Écoles des Beaux-Arts et d’Architecture de Luminy
Écoles des Beaux-Arts et d’Architecture de Luminy
Écoles des Beaux-Arts et d’Architecture de Luminy
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Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1752
Foundation of the Academy
1796
Post-Revolution Reconstitution
1874
Moving to the Palais des Arts
1969
Inauguration of Luminy campus
2012
Creation of INSEAMM
2024
Historical monument classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The schools of Fine Arts and Architecture of Luminy, with the exception of buildings built after 2010, and the site in which they are located with the plate plot, according to the plan annexed to the decree (within the red limit), 184 avenue de Luminy, shown in the cadastre, section 851 P, under parcel number 2: inscription by order of 27 November 2024

Key figures

Honoré-Armand de Villars - Governor of Provence Protector of the Academy in 1752.
Michel-François Dandré-Bardon - Perpetual Director First director of the Academy of Painting.
Jean-Joseph Kapeller - Painter and Editor Author of the statutes, secretary and then director.
René Egger - Architect Designer of Luminy campus (1969).
Guénin - Reconstructor painter Relaunched the school in 1796 as a drawing school.

Origin and history

The École des beaux-arts de Marseille, now integrated with the Institut national supérieure d'enseignement artistique Marseille Méditerranée (INSEAMM), has its origin in the Academy of Painting and Sculpture of Marseille, founded in 1752 under the protection of the Duke of Villars. Directed by Michel-François Dandré-Bardon and Jean-Michel Verdiguier, she received a municipal subsidy and moved first to the arsenal and then to the Meilhan driveways. The French Revolution interrupted its activities, before a reconstitution in 1796 under the name of drawing school, at the convent of Bernardines.

In 1874, the school moved to the Palais des Arts, built to accommodate its growing workforce. A major turning point occurred in 1969 with the inauguration of a new campus in Luminy, marking a modernization of teachings and a subsequent division between fine arts and architecture in the 1970s. Since 2012, the institution, now EPCC, has adopted the name ESADMM and has obtained a strengthened autonomy, aligning its diplomas (DNA, DNSEP) with European standards (licence/master).

The school is distinguished by innovative initiatives such as the Pisord programme (2005), a pioneer for the reception of deaf students, or the LoAD platform, dedicated to contemporary technologies. It also organizes events such as the Festival des arts éphemeres and Art-O-Rama, highlighting young graduates. His historical heritage includes figures such as Jean-Joseph Kapeller, editor of the statute of the Academy, or René Egger, architect of the Luminy site (protected since 2024).

Today, INSEAMM also brings together the Conservatoire de Marseille and IFAMM, offering public workshops and trainings such as the ICSC for the plastic workers involved. The Luminy site, classified as a historical monument in 2024, embodies both a secular academic heritage and a contemporary dynamic, between experimental pedagogy and international openness.

The establishment maintains exchanges with art schools in Europe, the United States, or Asia, and participates in projects such as Aix Marseille French Tech. Its model combines student autonomy, extensive access to technical resources (metal, wood, land), and a strong involvement in Marseille cultural life, through internal galleries and partnerships with institutions such as CIRVA (glass and plastic arts).

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