Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten

The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam.

It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge.

Among its pioneers here were George Breitner, Jan Toorop, Piet Mondrian, Jacques Witjens and Willem Arnoldus Witsen.

Early students included George Hendrik Breitner, Isaac Israëls and Willem Witsen, who were influenced by Amsterdam Impressionism.

Around 1985, the school received the additional title of Instituut voor Praktijkstudie and offered postdoctoral education.

In 1808 Louis Bonaparte introduced the prize in the Netherlands to promote art, and it was supported by Dutch King William I.

Prize money was increased, and there were more participating artists; new art categories were added, which change annually.

Drawing of a long, low building
Michel de Klerk 's 1918 competition design for the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
Small area surrounded by buildings
Courtyard
Photo of art students at work
Students in 1882
1819 painting of a young King William I
William I, King of the Netherlands, continued the Prix de Rome.
Painting of a waterfront, with boats and houses
George Hendrik Breitner 's Damrak in Amsterdam (1903)
Impressionist painting of a young woman reading a book
Jan Toorop 's Portrait of Marie Jeanette de Lange (1900)
Abstract painting of multicolored squares and rectangles
Piet Mondriaan 's Composition in Red, Yellow, Blue and Black (1921)