Created on 5 May 2023 in memory of the architect and engineer Louis Le Masson (1743-1829) and the sculptor François Masson (1745-1807), the Foundation promotes artistic creation and access to culture and art by awarding grants, supporting research residencies, and organising prizes.
The Louis Le Masson and François Masson Foundation supports actions of a philanthropic, educational, scientific, social, or cultural nature in the following areas:
- artistic creation, preservation, innovation and development of the arts, in particular architecture, visual arts and sculpture;
- helping people to access art and culture;
- assisting people in their education, in particular engineering and art education;
- Art history, historical and artistic research;
- the acquisition or public exhibition of works by the brothers Louis Le Masson and François Masson, as well as by other artists, particularly their contemporaries.
The Governing board
The Académie des beaux-arts’ board
Laurent Petitgirard, secretaire perpétuel of the Académie des beaux-arts, president of the Foundation
Erik Desmazières, member of the Académie des beaux-arts
Pierre-Antoine Gatier, member of the Académie des beaux-arts
Christophe Leribault, member of the Académie des beaux-arts
The Founder’s board
Bernard le Masson, vice-president of the Fondation
Yvonne de Guillebon-le Masson
Alix le Masson
Lionel Arsac