About: Committee of American Students of the School of Beaux-Arts, Paris

The Committee of American Students of the School of Beaux-Arts, Paris (Comité des Étudiants Américains de l'École des Beaux-Arts Paris [C.E.A. à l'E.D.B.A.]) was an organization of American art students at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. American alumni of the school were also involved. It was active as a war and war-relief charity supporting the French cause during World War I, operating from at least 1916 through the end of the war. Among other activities, they raised funds through the production and sale of art-postcards.