May 18, 2026
Newsletter
To receive schedules and information.
Minutes of the Information Meeting Held on June 16, 2026
Minutes (French version)
A big thank you to everyone for participating, whether in person or remotely! The meeting minutes are now available for download (link below) for those who missed the meeting.
And thank you again for your messages of support, suggestions, and advice!
Minutes of the Information Meeting (English Version)
A big thank you to everyone for participating, whether in person or remotely! The report is now available for download (link below) for those who may have missed it.
And thank you again for your messages of support, your suggestions, and your advice!
NEWS
News from the Académie de la Grande Chaumière
New Offices
The Académie de la Grande Chaumière is looking for new premises. We welcome any suggestions!
The minutes from the informational meeting held on June 16 are now online!
Registration for classes for the 2026–2027 school year is now open.
Calendar
Thursday, July 23, 2026 · 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. · Last open workshop with one-time setup before the summer break
Saturday, August 1, 2026 · 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. · Last open workshop featuring multiple poses before the summer break
1904
Founded by Martha Stettler
9
Weekly workshops
122
Years of Living History
They attended the Grande Chaumière
Modigliani · Chagall · Giacometti · Calder · Léger · Foujita · Bourdelle · Lempicka · Louise Bourgeois · Miró · Zao Wou-Ki · Soutine · Zadkine · Buffet · Gainsbourg...
Practice · 2026
The workshop is open to you
Three ways to practice: year-round, on a per-session basis, or through an intensive immersion program during a workshop.
Yearly
Regular Classes
Drawing, painting, sculpture, modeling... Eight disciplines, taught by instructors. For those who wish to commit to the long term.
- Format: 2.5 hours per week · 30 weeks per year
- Audience: All levels
- Start of the school year: October 2026
- Registration is now open
At the meeting
Open workshops
With a live model, no registration required. You arrive, you work, you leave. That’s been the spirit of the Grande Chaumière since 1904.
- Schedule: 8 sessions per week
- Audience: Independent practitioners
- Hours: Monday–Friday · 2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m., Saturday · 2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Immersion · Summer 2026
Summer camps
Portrait session in Paris, wax modeling, four days in the Vosges. To make rapid progress, far from the constraints of everyday life.
- Duration: 2 to 4 days
- Audience: All levels
- Places: 10 to 13 per workshop
Who is this for?
You don't need to know how to draw to walk through the door
The Academy is open to anyone who wants to practice, regardless of their skill level or background.
Gallery
Our Participants' Achievements
Testimonials
They're talking about the Grande Chaumière
Legendary! (...) The atmosphere is both very focused and laid-back. The models are different every time. Great poses.
And there are people of all skill levels (well, it’s true—a lot of them are really, really good)
A huge pleasure. I’m hooked
Aude de L.
The Académie de la Grande Chaumière is a very special place. It’s impossible not to be moved when I think of all the great artists who have passed through these halls. It has a magical atmosphere. It’s a privilege!
Patricia
Since 1904
A Story Within History
In 1904, Martha Stettler, a Swiss painter, founded the Grande Chaumière in Montparnasse. It was a studio dedicated to painting and sculpture from live models, open to women artists at a time when few institutions allowed them to do so.
For more than 120 years, the Academy has welcomed the greatest artists—Modigliani, Chagall, Giacometti, Foujita, Calder, Louise Bourgeois...—as well as all the art lovers who simply come to sit, observe, and sketch. It is one of the last places in France to offer such continuity. (...)
