Fondation des Artistes

The Fondation des Artistes (formerly Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques – FNAGP) is a French foundation created by the State and recognized as being of public utility in 1976 (decree of 6 December 1976, modified by an arrêté of 19 December 2018). It supports visual artists throughout their professional activity, from leaving art school to the very end of their activity. Its activities include supporting art schools, aiding the production of artworks, awarding studios, exhibiting at its art centre MABA, promoting artists internationally, producing at the Moly-Sabata residence, and accompanying old age (EHPAD). It originated from two acts of generosity: the bequest by Baroness Adèle de Rothschild of her private mansion at 11 rue Berryer in Paris, and the bequest by the sisters Jeanne Smith and Madeleine Smith-Champion of their estate in Nogent-sur-Marne.

The Fondation des Artistes, formerly Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques (FNAGP), was created by the State and recognized as being of public utility in 1976 (decree of 6 December 1976, modified by an arrêté of 19 December 2018). It originated from two acts of generosity. In 1908, Baroness Adèle de Rothschild stated in her will that she wished her private mansion, after her death (she died in 1922), to become a 'Maison d'Art' for the benefit of living artists, called Fondation Salomon de Rothschild, in homage to her husband Salomon de Rothschild, who died prematurely in 1864. She bequeathed in 1922 the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild at rue Berryer in Paris, today the seat of artists' associations and of the Fondation des Artistes. The sisters Jeanne Smith and Madeleine Smith-Champion offered in 1944 their properties in the heart of Nogent-sur-Marne, composed of two 17th- and 18th-century pleasure houses and a large 10-hectare English-style park; the Nogent-sur-Marne site obtained the label Patrimoine d'Intérêt Régional in 2018. In 1976, Bernard Anthonioz, then head of the artistic creation service at the Secrétariat d'État à la Culture, had the intuition to group these two bequests into a single foundation charged with administering them to respect the donors' wishes.

A philanthropic, cultural and social approach described as without equivalent, accompanying visual artists at decisive moments of their lives.

1. 1Accueil | Fondation des Artistesfondationdesartistes.fr
2. 2Présentation de la Fondation des Artistes | Fondation des Artistesfondationdesartistes.fr
3. 3Histoire de la Fondation des Artistes | Fondation des Artistesfondationdesartistes.fr