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The first modern art academy was the Academy of Art in Florence founded in 1562 by the painter, architect and art historian Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), under Grand Duke Cosimo 1 de Medici.
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the first academy to be established (1583) was at Haarlem in Holland, under Karel Van Manda (1548-1606).
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The second important art academy, the Academy of Art in Rome (named after Saint Luke, the patron saint of painters), initiated in Rome about 1583.
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Joachim Von Sandrart (1606-1688),
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In France, the first was the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, founded in Paris in 1648 through the efforts of the painter Lebrun (1619-1690).
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forsook Impressionist painting because he was determined to continue the Classical tradition exemplified by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665),
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In due course, fine art schools were established in Nuremberg Academy (1674)
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To begin with, some of the most influential Post-Impressionists, such as Paul Cezanne (1839-1906),