Grande Masse des Beaux-Arts

The Grande Masse des Beaux-Arts[a] or Grande Masse is the association of students and alumni of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and Écoles Nationales Supérieures d'Architecture.

Founded as an association on 12 January 1926,[1] it deposited its statutes eight days later and had its decree on 20 December the same year.

[2] In 1929, André Leconte, head of the architecture teaching studio and winner of the prix de Rome in 1927, designed the association's logo.

To symbolise the broad scope of its activities, he chose five figures of the major arts, namely (from left to right) architecture, poetry, music, painting and sculpture or according to G. W. F. Hegel's classification architecture, sculpture, painting, music and poetry.

The Grande Masse des Beaux-Arts regularly publishes articles on its site under the title Brèves historiques, including :

Logo of the GMBA, designed by André Leconte in 1929.
Exhibition organised by the GMBA.
Gala poster, 1931.
Callot building.
Bulletin Melpomène no. 5, 1959.
GMBA coursebook.