From Académie Julian to ESAG

1868
In 1868 Rodolphe Julian opened an art studio in Paris, Passage des Panoramas. Among the faculty were Robert-Fleury, Bouguereau and J.P. Laurens. In 1890, among the new studios created, one was located at 31st rue du Dragon. The Masters Jean-Pierre and Paul-Albert Laurens, Landowsky and Bouchard taught a new generation of students including Dunoyer de Ségonzac, Cassandre, Mac Avoy, and some of their students became 20th century art giants: members of the Nabis : Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Sérusier, Vuillard, as well as Derain, Duchamp, Léger, Matisse, Bourgeois, Cartier-Bresson, Corinth etc.

1968
In 1953, the painter and ceramist Guillaume Met de Penninghen and the decorator Jacques d’Andon opened on rue Falguière an art studio that prepared students for the entrance exams to the Superior schools of Art : Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Art, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, and to become drawing professors. In 1959, they merged this studio with the Academy Julian. The success and diversity of their teaching gave birth to Ecole Supérieure d’Arts Graphiques.

Now
The two famous names still stand on the ESAG Penninghen pediment and the original spirit remains intact: to ensure the comprehensive training on a global level of creative professionals in the fields of design, visual communications and interior architecture. Today, as illustrated by the works chosen for this brochure, famous designers who are contributing to the History of Design of the 21st century trained at ESAG Penninghen.