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École des beaux-arts de Montréal

School of Fine Arts in Montreal, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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École des beaux-arts de Montréal (French pronunciation: [ekɔl de boz‿aʁ mɔ̃ʁeal]; The School of Fine Arts in Montreal; EBAM) was an educational institution founded in Quebec in 1922. The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society was instrumental in its creation. Its former Sherbrooke Street building now houses the Office québécois de la langue française.

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École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal building in 2011

Faculty of the school include Edwin Holgate as well as Academy Award-winning animator and painter Frédéric Back, who taught there briefly prior to joining Radio-Canada.[1]

The building was completed in 1922 as the Commercial & Technical High School, designed by Montreal architect Jean-Omer Marchand, and is located at 3450 Saint Urbain Street (at Sherbrooke Street) in Montreal.[2]

In 1969, the school was incorporated into the Faculty of the Arts of the University of Quebec at Montreal.

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Notable alumni

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