The École des Beaux-Arts and America’s Architectural Gilded Age

We hope you will join us as Margot M. Ellis, co-author of the new book Americans in Paris: Foundations of America’s Architectural Gilded Age (Rizzoli: 2014), shares the story of how a group of American architecture students attended the École des Beaux-Arts – at one time known as the greatest art and architecture school in the world – before going on to design numerous landmark buildings in the United States.

You’ll gain insight into the École and learn about some of the most notable American architects of the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries, including Richard Morris Hunt, designer of the Biltmore Estate, Julia Morgan the first woman to attend the École and designer of Hearst Castle, and John Russell Pope, architect of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. Come learn how these and many other famous American architects got their start at the prestigious French school, before going on to define American architecture in the Gilded Age.

Copies of the book will be available to purchase.

Space is limited. Pre-registration is recommended.