The purpose of this paper is to explore the possible relationships between École des Beaux-Arts de Paris and modern art at the end of the nineteenth century, through a series of championship developments triggered by Georges Rouault. This calls for attention to his conquest of Prix Chenavard in 1894, the unfair treatment of the juries that led to the protests from some of the students, and the pandemonium caused by Rouault’s attempt to win Prix de Rome in 1895. Furthermore, a review on the analysis of the commentaries made on Salon entries brought to light that these incidents indeed had a profound impact on Rouault’s impending creation. Upon the death of Gustave Moreau, the Academy, who through the official delisting of Salon, manipulated Rouault’s withdrawal from École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Though coerced into discontinuing his pursuit of the academic art, Rouault nonetheless found himself redirected and paved his way towards new methods of creation.