Academic Art
ACADEMIC STYLE
During the Renaissance, the first European fine art academies were established in Italy and would guide the style and standards of visual culture in the following centuries. Academic art became dominant across the continent in the 17th century, with artists coming together to offer instruction in this style of painting and sculpture.
The academic art period represented a significant change from the previous era when painters, sculptors and other artists were part of guilds and seen more as artisans than purveyors of culture. While patronage from the elite and the church remained pivotal, young artists were able to support themselves for the first time through academic exhibitions and an independent marketplace. The leading academies included the French Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture founded in Paris in 1648 (which became the Académie des Beaux-Arts after the French Revolution) and the London Royal Academy of Arts formed in 1768 under the inaugural leadership of painter Joshua Reynolds.
Academy students sketched drawings based on prints, sculptures and, finally, live models. Movements including neoclassicism and romanticism were particularly popular in these art schools and institutions where the influence of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin was prominent. Beaux Arts architecture and furniture design drew on these movements, too, and, as they also originated at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the disciplines share common ground with academic painting and sculpture.
Although academic art was a major shift for artistic status when it began, by the middle of the 19th century it was viewed as stodgy and resistant to new ideas, with the subject matter of artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jean-Léon Gérôme generally limited to allegorical or mythological themes. Impressionism, realism and the other movements that engaged with contemporary issues that followed were direct reactions to the academic tradition, although it continued to inform the avant-garde as artists like Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso started their practices as academic realists.
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Style: Academic
Nudo maschile nella posa di un satiro dormiente. XIX secolo
Located in Firenze, IT
Disegno del nudo maschile.
Dal 19 ° secolo
Disegno su carta leggermente colorata.
In buone condizioni.
Il disegno rappresenta un uomo sdraiato, che si abbandona al sonno.
In una posa...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Richard Wagner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Richard Wagner
Etching, c. 1880
Signed in the plate (see photo)
Edition: c. 200 impressions
Condition: mint
Image/Plate size: 6 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches
Sheet size: 14 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches
...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Etching
Venice
By Alphonse Lecoz
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
LECOZ (XIXe)
"Venice"
Oil on canvas signed low right
New golden frame
Dim canvas : 50 X 100 cm
Dim frame : 80 X 130 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Two Landscapes in Pair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Paul ARMANDI (19th Century)
Wood Landscapes by the river
Oils on canvas in pair signed low right
New golden frames
Chassis Dim: 40 X 65 cm
Frame Dim: 50 X 75 cm
Paul ARMANDI is o...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
The Goddess Hera - 19th Century Neoclassical Oil Painting Ancient Greek Myth
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Hera’ by Eduard Niczky (1850-1919).
The painting - which depicts the Greek queen of the gods in golden diadem and yellow robe - is signed by the artist and hangs in a newly commis...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Horse Carriage in the Bourgeoise Yard
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
James Thomas Wheeler (1849 - 1888)
Horse Carriage in the Yard
Oil on canvas signed low right
Old original frame gilded with leaves
Canvas size : 55 X 65 cm
Frame size : 85 X 95 cm
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Industrial Bridge Construction Seascape Pastel Painting by Thomas S. Halliday
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pastel and ink painting on Vellum paper by Thomas Symington Halliday (1902 - 1998), titled: Bridge Construction, and signed bottom left corner: T.S. Halliday.
This interesting indust...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Pastel, Ink
“Flying South”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of Canadian geese flying south under a twilight sky. Beautiful
light reflection in the water below Signed lower right and attributed to Alice Roge...
Category
1950s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
VOLTO DI DONNA - Stampa riproduzione Emilio Greco, anni 70
By Emilio Greco
Located in Napoli, IT
Stampa riprodizione del disegno " Volto di Ragazza" realizzato dal disegnatore Emilio Greco.Firmato in basso a destra.
Scultore italiano (Catania 1913 - Roma 1995). Trasferitosi a Ro...
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Color
Return Of Columbus In Chains To Cadiz By Emanuel Leutze
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emanuel Leutze
1816-1868 American
Return of Columbus in Chains to Cadiz
Signed E. Leutze / Philadelphia (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Painted by the artist in 1842, this masterpiec...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Preparatory anatomical study for the figure of a man with hands on his face.
Located in Firenze, IT
Preparatory anatomical study for the figure of a man with hands on his face.
Drawing of a medium-sized male nude.
From the 19th century
Drawing on slightly greyish colored paper.
In ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Italian Mid 19th century White Carrara Marble bust. Portrait of young male.
Located in Firenze, IT
Italian Portrait White Marble Bust in a Heroic Attitude.
Carrara statuary Marble.
Tuscan school.
Circa 1850.
Bust depicting a young man with bare shoulders.
This model draws inspira...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Marble
Still life of summer flowers with portrait of a woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Marius VASSELON
Saint-Etienne, 1841 - Paris, 1924
Still life of summer flowers with portrait of a woman
Painting, oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1864 lower left
Painting: 50 x 60 cm ...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
The Connoisseur By Georges Croegaert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Georges Croegaert
1848-1923 Belgian
The Connoisseur
Signed "Georges Croegaert Paris" (lower right)
Oil on panel
A Cardinal peers through a magnifying glass at gilded treasures in...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of a woman, Tasie
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean Jules Antoine LECOMTE DU NOÜY
Paris, 1842 - Paris, 1923
Portrait of a woman, Tasie
Painting, oil on wood
Signed, titled and dated 1876: "Tasie / Lecomte du Nouy / 76"
Painting: ...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Summer Valley, Impressionism Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Summer Valley,
Size: 9" x 13.5" x 0...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fair scene with actors
Located in PARIS, FR
French school circa 1815
Fair scene with actors
Painting, oil on wood
Unsigned
Painting: 20 x 27 cm
Period frame: 30 x 36.5 cm
Very good condition
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Echoes 2 - painting Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Echoes 2
Composition with Two Female Nudes, oil on canvas, 35.5x19.5in / 90x50cm
Part of WIngs of Gods, solo show.
Shipped as it is, stretched, directly from the artist's studio.
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition with Two Male Nudes - painting Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Composition with Two Male Nudes", oil and silver leaf on canvas, 35.5x23.5in / 90x60cm
Part of my Male Nude series.
Shipped as it is, stretched, directly from the artist's studio.
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Clipper under Full Sail”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed oil on academy board by the well known American marine and portrait painter, Sam Sargent. Signed lower left “S. Sargent”. Signed verso, “Newburyport Studio, S. Sa...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Painting Oil on Canvas by Joseph Badger
Located in Rome, IT
Joseph Badger (c. 1707–1765) was a portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century.
This amazing painting depicting a young boy with a bi...
Category
18th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Passeggiata a cavallo a Trieste
Located in Roma, RM
Alfredo Tominz (Trieste 1854 – 1936), Passeggiata a cavallo a Trieste
Dipinto ad olio su tela di cm 69 x 110 firmato e datato 1890 in basso a destra.
Provenienza: Asta Stadion Trie...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Little Ballerina
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alphonse PELLET (1853-1926)
The Little Ballerina
Oil on wood panel signed low right
Old frame regilded with leaves
Size panel : 30 X 43 cm - Size frame : 40 X 55 cm
Alphonse PELLET...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Still life by Baldo Guberti - Oil on cardboard 32x45 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on cardboard sold with frame
Wooden frame with glass
Total size with frame 47x60 cm
Baldo GUBERTI is an artist born in Italy in 1907 and died in 1974. His works have been sold ...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
British mid century watercolour and pen drawing of black and tan terrier dogs
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Mona Alizon Edmonds (British, circa 1944)
The black and tans day
Inscribed with title, signed and dated ‘May 1944 M. Alizon Edmonds.’ (lower edge)
Pencil, watercolour and body colour...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Small Oil Painting From 1902 Called Birch Trees by the Stream
Located in Stockholm, SE
This enchanting painting called Birch Trees by the Stream by Alfred Thörne captures the serene beauty of a small forest scene, measuring just 27 x 17 cm. The artwork is a testament t...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady in paris Street 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
LEBAS Léonie (19th-20th)
"Lady in Paris Street 1900"
Oil on wood panel signed low right
Old Frame regilded with gold leaves
Dim panel : 16 X 22 cm
Dim frame : 50 X 41 cm
LEBAS Léoni...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
The Love Letter
Located in Washington, DC
Signed and dated '1884' lower right
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British mid century watercolour and pen drawing of black and tan terrier dogs
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Mona Alizon Edmonds (British, circa 1944)
Black and tan terriers
Watercolour on paper
Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Black and tan terriers (minature) Dogs and Bitch. AM Edmonds. 19...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century
Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk) on paper
27 x 18 cm (45 x 34 cm with frame)
Inscription at bottom “Saint-Aubin de l’Académie de musique”
Dated "1785"
Augustin d'Herbez known as "Saint-Aubin" was a tenor and member of the Royal Academy of Music...
Category
1780s Academic Art
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk
Portrait of woman
Located in PARIS, FR
French School of the 18th century
Woman portrait
Pastel on paper mounted on canvas
Pastel: 46.5 x 63 cm (18.3 x 24.8 inches)
Frame: 57 x 71 cm (22.4 x 28 inches)
Very good condition
...
Category
1770s Academic Art
Materials
Pastel
Sir Beauchamp, 1880-90 - oil paint, 73x62 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas with its original frame.
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
British mid century pen drawing 'Bird's eye view' by Mona Alizon Edwards
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Mona Alizon Edmonds (British, circa 1944)
Birds Eye View
Pen on paper
9.7/8 x 10 in. (25.3 x 25.5 cm.)
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pen
Study for “The Artist’s Studio” 1820, Horace Vernet (French 1789-1820)
Located in Sydney, NSW
Horace Vernet (French 1789-1863), Study for “The Artist’s Studio” 1820.
This is a charming detailed pen and ink study for “Vernet’s The Artist’s Studio” which was painted in 1820. I...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
English School 19th Century, Julia Matthews in ‘The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein’
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A highly decorative and whimsical study of ‘The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein’ starring Julia Matthews as the title role, first shown in 1867. La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein is an ...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Study of a Hound Dog. Circa 1782. Louis Auguste Brun (Swiss 1758-1815)
Located in Sydney, NSW
Louis Auguste Brun (Swiss 1758-1815), Study of a Hound Dog. Circa 1782.
A skilled draughtsman and an outstanding painter of portraits, animals and landscapes, the Swiss artist Louis-...
Category
18th Century Academic Art
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
Polo Player Bookends in Bronze
Located in Brookville, NY
Polo Bookends in bronze for the sporty library. These were purchased from the collection of a polo player on Long Island who had a beautiful library of sporting books. He also owne...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
British mid century watercolour and pen drawing of children at a zoo with monkey
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Mona Alizon Edmonds (British, 1911 – 1983)
Unfinished monkey business, 1944
Pen and watercolour
11.3/8 x 11.3/8 in. (28.7 x 28.7 cm.)
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Bozzetto Accademico della Testa di un Cherubino.
Located in Firenze, IT
Bozzetto Accademico della Testa di un Cherubino.
Disegno a carboncino e gessetto bianco su carta leggermente colorata di grigio.
Seconda metà dell'Ottocento
In buone condizioni.
Prov...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pencil
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17' century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705)
The dramatic subje...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Oedipus and Antigone, study of heads
Located in PARIS, FR
Neoclassical school circa 1800-10
Oedipus and Antigone, study of heads
Painting, oil on spun wood panel
Unsigned
Painting: 33 x 42 cm (13 x 16.5 inches)
Beautiful original frame: 44....
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Young boy with carafe by Heinrich Rettig - Watercolor on paper 60x76 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper sold with frame
Total size with frame 73x89 cm
Heinrich RETTIG is an artist born in Germany in 1859 and died in 1921. His works have been sold at public auction ...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor
Woman smoking pencil drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 74x61 cm.
Category
1950s Academic Art
Materials
Pencil
"Horse Sketch 2" study of an Alfred Munnings painting, brown and earth tones
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Horse Sketch 2" is Amy Florence's study of an Alfred Munnings painting, an artist she takes inspiration from.
Artist Bio
Amy Florence is a London born artist working out of her st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board
"Horse Sketch 1" study of an Alfred Munnings painting, brown and earth tones
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Horse Sketch 1" is Amy Florence's study of an Alfred Munnings painting, one of her favorite artists.
Artist Bio
Amy Florence is a London born artist working out of her studio in F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board
Sukotyro Sus (Warthog)
By John Wilkes
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN WILKES (1750-1810)
Encyclopedia Londinensis
London, 1801-1828
Copper Plate Engraving
Original Hand-Color
9” x11” Unframed
At its best, the zoological art of the early n...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Engraving
Landscape, Post Impressionism, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2022
Style: Impressionism
Title: Landscape
Size: 27.5" x 31.5" x 0.8'...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nude woman with roses by famous Latvian painter Janis Rozentāls
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Janis Rozentāls was born in 1866 in Saldus, Latvia, to a family with modest means. The son of a
blacksmith, Rozentāls faced economic challenges in his early life, prompting him to mo...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Red Poppies and Grapes”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a circa 1920’s still life of red poppies and purple grapes. Oil on artist canvas board . Signed lower right but artis...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still life with aquarium
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This oil on canvas painting was executed by Lev Meshberg with his authentic technique where he used wax over canvas to create a texture first and then the paint.
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Academic 19th Century portrait of a young woman by Cabanel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889) was a prominent French academic painter known for his mastery of Neoclassical and Academic art. Born on September 28, 1823, in Montpellier, France, Caba...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Studies of a tabby cat', mixed media on paper by British artist John Sergeant
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
John Sargeant (British, 1937 – 2010)
Studies of a tabby cat
Mixed media
Signed and dated ‘John Sargeant 1974 (lower right)
8.7/8 x 12in. (22.6 x 30.5 cm.)
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Study of a woman for the figure of Industry for a ceiling in Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre-Victor GALLAND
Geneva, 1822 - Paris, 1892
Study of a woman for the figure of Industry for the ceiling of Jean-François Cail's hotel in Paris (actually town hall of the 8th arr...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady
By Alexandre-François Caminade
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alexandre François CAMINADE (1789-1862)
Portrait of a Lady
Oil on wood signed low right
Old frame gilded with leaves
Wood size : 22 X 15 cm
Frame size : 40 X 30 cm
Alexandre-Françoi...
Category
1850s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
French School circa 1880, Portrait of a boy holding a book, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school circa 1880
Portrait of a boy holding a book
graphite and white gouache on paper
39.5 x 32 cm oval view
in good condition, slightly yellowed with age
In its original ova...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Zeus and Ganymede - original painting by Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Zeus and Ganymede", oil and silver leaf on canvas, 39x39in / 100x100cm
Inspired by the legend of Zeus and Ganymede.
Shipped as it is, stretched, directly from the artist's studio.
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large 19th Century oil painting of lions, elephants and zebras at watering hole
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A magnificent oil painting of grand proportions by the great British academic artist William Strutt RBA FZS of lions, elephants and zebras at a watering hole.
William Strutt RBA FZS...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Herbivore fossil
Located in Oswestry, GB
This shallow relief sculpture is of a 135 million years old fossil of a unknown herbivore discovered in India from the jurassic period. Davies chose this fossil amongst a plethora of...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
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