What is the name of the 19th-century French academic art establishment that controlled the official Salon exhibitions and whose rejection of avant-garde works sparked alternative exhibitions?

• A Academie francaise
• B Academie des Beaux-Arts ✓
• C Ecole des Beaux-Arts
• D Societe des Artistes Francais

The Academie des Beaux-Arts, part of the Institut de France, set the standards for artistic training and exhibition from the 17th century until the modern era.