Beaux-Arts Institute of Design

[1] It was founded in 1916 by Lloyd Warren[2][3] for the training of American architects, sculptors and mural painters consistent with the educational agenda of the French École des Beaux-Arts.

The National Sculpture Society deeded over a building at 126 East 75th Street to the newly created BAID.

[2] He was instrumental in getting top figures from the sculptural and architectural fields to teach at BAID, and serve on competition panels, for the sake of the profession.

BAID also had on-site instruction and classrooms, with large sculpture studios open long hours and into the evenings for the convenience of working students and part-time teachers.

They often came from working-class backgrounds, and their training was towards getting a union job in the building trades, rather than becoming a fine arts sculptor.