[1] The school was located in the Maison Watteau art gallery, at no.
It was free and focused on figurative painting and sculpture.
[1][2] Maison Watteau was founded by Lena Börjeson in 1919, with the goal to sell Nordic artists’ work in Paris, as an atelier and an artists’ social club.
[3] It was backed by art dealer, Gösta Olsson; businessperson and director of Tändstickbolaget, Gunnar Cederschiöld; and Swedish ambassador, Johan Ehrensvärd.
[3] Académie Scandinave was led by Nordic visual artists in the early years, including Lena Börjeson,[3] Otte Sköld,[4] Henrik Sørensen, Adam Fischer, and Per Krohg.