The Academy of Fine Arts of Bogotá, known in Colombia as the National School of Fine Arts (Spanish: Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes),[1] was an institution of higher education in Bogotá, capital of Colombia, dedicated to teaching drawing, painting, sculpture and music in that country.

Founded in 1886 by the polymath Alberto Urdaneta, it sought to mark a break with the old method of artistic teaching of the colonial era and thus be at the forefront of European art, but ended up reaffirming the Spanish heritage in Colombia.

Catholic and conservative thought also prevailed, since although its founder was a freethinker, the government of the time decisively influenced the development of the programs.

Among the teachers who taught there were prominent artists of the time such as its founder, the painter Epifanio Garay, the musician Jorge Price, and the architect Mariano Santamaría; and foreigners such as the artists Césare Sighinolfi (Italy) and Luigi Ramelli (Switzerland).

[2] It was later modified until it became the headquarters of the current Faculty of Arts of the National University of Colombia in 1965.