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
Academic study of Gladiator from Galleria Borghese. XIX century
Located in Firenze, IT
Gladiator from Borghese Gallery.
Mid XIX century academic drawing.
Black charcoal on paper.
Dimensions : cm 65 x cm 48
Statue of a gladiator from the Borghese Gallery.
Excellent...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
Emerald Waves, 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: Emerald Waves
Size: 8.5" x 12" x 0.8...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunrise, 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: Sunrise
Size: 9" x 13.5" x 0.8'' in...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Storm, 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: After Storm
Size: 29" x 39" x 0.8''...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ocean Side, 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: Ocean Side
Size: 29.5" x 39" x 0.8'...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco
Located in New Orleans, LA
Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco
Signed (center right)
Oil on canvas
In this important oil on canvas, French Orientalist painter Charles Landelle captures the engaging visage of a young Moroccan woman in a moment of tranquil contemplation. Seated on the floor of what is almost certainly an opulent riad, the young woman wears an intricately embroidered Moroccan kaftan and headdress. The sumptuous patterns on the floor and in the background lend an additional warmth to the strikingly vivid red hues which dominate the composition and are a hallmark of Landelle’s work.
The symbols behind the young woman may represent either the Jewish Star of David or the Islamic Seal...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solitude
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed “G-Seignac” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
French Academic painter Guillaume Seignac was renowned for his masterful treatment of the idealized nude. His languishing female subje...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Napoléon before the Battle of Moscow
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emperor Napoléon I was and remains one of the most legendary military and political figures in history, having held, for a brief period, the fate of the Western world in his hands. Composed by the French painter Joseph Franque...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mutine
Located in New Orleans, LA
Guillaume Seignac
1870-1924 | French
Mutine
Signed “G. Seignac” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
A mischievous maiden dominates this garden scene by French Academic artist Guillaume ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
"Portrait du Peintre A. Guillaumin au Pendu".
By Paul Cézanne
Located in Southampton, NY
Original Etching. "Portrait du Peintre A. Guillaumin au Pendu" by Paul Cezanne. In gilt and black ebonized Charles Eastlake Victorian frame. Circa 1875. Dimensions: Sight size 7 inc...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Etching
Beehives, 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: 2023
Style: Impressionism
Title: Beehives
Size: 12" x 17" x 0.8'' inc...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Omaha
Located in Paris, IDF
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibited nationally as well as in the United States and China. His works e...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
“Sailing off the Coast”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil painting on academy board by the American artist, Frederic Louis Thompson. Signed lower left and dated 1887. Condition is very good. Original walnut and gilt Victorian ...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Board, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Swing des Oranges
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork located in Los Angeles, USA.
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibited nationally as well as in th...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Il Fait Beau Là-Bas ?
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork located in Los Angeles, USA.
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibited nationally as well as in th...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antoni Costa 16 Woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting.. frame
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD....
Category
1950s Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Portrait of a Lady with Hat and Fan - Marie-Antoinette Style in 1783
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Félix-Henri Giacomotti (1828-1909)
Portrait of a Lady - Marie-Antoinette fashion in 1783.
Signed low left
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 92,5 X 73,5 cm
Dim Oval view : 86 ...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
French school 19th Sketch costume canopy holder church pictorial decoration
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 19th century
Watercolor Annotations "Porte Dais / Costume for for the church of Saint Denis"
24 x 16.5 cm
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor
“Evening”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed etching on archival paper by the well known American artist, Morris Henry Hobbs. Circa 1935. Condition is excellent. Signed in the lower right margin by the a...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Etching
Academic Life Studies of Male Nudes. Double Sided Rear View and Arms Aloft Pose
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Eduard Braun.
German ( b.1798 - d.1876 ).
Academic Life Study of a Male Nude Rear View Holding a Cane
on the reverse Academic Life Study of a Male Nude Arms Aloft Pose
Pencil and Cha...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil, Paper
"Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley" American West, 19th Century Oil on Board
Located in New York, NY
George Henry Smillie
Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley, 1871
Signed and inscribed board verso "Cathedral Rocks-Morning-Yo-semite Valley Aug. 71 Geo. H. Smillie", also inscribed "Yo-se...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Biedermeier Period Academic Life Study Male Nude Carrying a Staff circa 1826.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Eduard Braun.
German ( b.1798 - d.1876 ).
Academic Life Study of a Male Nude Carrying a Staff
Pencil and Charcoal on Paper with Heightening on paper.
Annotation (presumably a dedicat...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil, Paper
Biedermeier Period Academic Life Study Male Nude Half Kneeling Pose circa 1826
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Eduard Braun.
German ( b.1798 - d.1876 ).
Academic Life Study of a Male Nude Half Kneeling Pose
Pencil and Charcoal on Paper with Heightening on paper.
Paper size 22.8 inches x 17.3 ...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil, Paper
Antoni Costa Woman. original figurative Academician drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD.
He was ...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Study of a male nude
Located in PARIS, FR
Constance CHARPENTIER (1767-1849)
Study of a male nude
Charcoal and highlights with white chalk on paper
Dimensions: 56.5 x 43.87 cm
Provenanc...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal
Academic Study of the Head of Paris by Canova (Gypsoteca plaster copy)
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic Study of the Head of Paris by Canova (plaster copy)
57 cm x 46.5 cm
Charcoal pencil drawing on matte paper. Excellent conservation conditions. Plaster casts from nineteenth...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Study of an actor, ca 1880 dramatic oil young man staring into fire 19th Century
Located in Norwich, GB
A dramatic, one of a kind oil study. Certainly not your run of the mill 19th Century portait! Depicted is a young man, whose face is brightly lit from what is likely is an open fire....
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Clipper under Full Sail”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a three mast clipper under full sail. Signed by the artist lower right. Condition is very good to excellent. Mild stretcher bar wear top. Circa 198...
Category
1980s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wife of Lot"
By Robert Bodem
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Robert Christian Bodem is a sculptor of figurative work, primarily showing in bronze. He received both his Bachelors and Masters in Fine Arts in Sculpture at Boston University. Durin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
Academic drawing of classical bust sculpture. 19th century
Located in Firenze, IT
This 19th century Italian drawing of classical bust sculpture in plaster showcases expert chiaroscuro modeling in black and brown charcoal on paper.
Technique: black and brown charc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
A. Costa 24 Woman original Figurative academician drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD.
He was f...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Carbon Pencil
20th Century British watercolour of Cowdrey ruins, West Sussex by Muncaster
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Claude Muncaster (British, 1903-1974)
Cowdray ruins, West Sussex
Pencil and watercolour
12.1/2 x 9 in. (31.7 x 22.8 cm.)
Provenance: Garton & Cooke, New Bond Street, London
Exhibitio...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Galantine de Dinde....
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
French academic drawing Pencil portrait man bust 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Charles Louis MULLER
Paris, 1815 – Paris, 1892
Dessin au crayon
50 x 38 cm
Signé en bas à droite « Ch. L. Müller »
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Hunting Dog Portrait Pastel On Paper By Catherine Dammeron
Located in Gavere, BE
The artist Catherine Dammeron was born in 1976 in Wissembourg in Alsace.
She made her passion for pastel drawing her job.
Artist going against the current, this resident of Yonne fav...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Children in the Beach, 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: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Children in the Beach
Size: 31.5" x...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bust of veiled woman
Located in Roma, RM
Giulio Tadolini ( Rome 1849 - 1918 ) ( attr. to ), Bust of veiled woman
Bronze 61 x 37 x 22 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
Coastal, 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: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Coastal
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x 0.8''...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
South Bay, 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: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: South Bay
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x 0.8...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ocean Serene, 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: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Ocean Serene
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x ...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maiden with hat
Located in Roma, RM
Luigi Preatoni (Novara 1845 - ?), Maiden with hat
Marble bust 66 x 43 x 36 cm signed (L Preatoni) on edge of dress.
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Marble
Bacino San Marco
By Giuseppe Canella
Located in Roma, RM
Giuseppe Canella (Verona 1788 - Firenze 1847), Bacino San Marco
Dipinto ad olio su tavola di cm 14 x 20 firmato in basso a sinistra.
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Board
The plain of Palermo as seen from Monte Pellegrino
Located in Roma, RM
Giovanni Calamia Lombardo (Palermo 1849 - 1894)
The plain of Palermo as seen from Mt. Pellegrino.
Oil painting on panel 26 x 44 cm signed lower left.
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a lawman in his study
Located in Roma, RM
Giuseppe Gandolfo (Catania 1792 - 1855), Portrait of a lawman in his study
Oil painting on canvas 87 x 68 cm signed and dated 1831 (or 1851) lower left, always
in the lower left co...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Riva d'Arno in Florence
Located in Roma, RM
Domenico Bresolin (Padua 1813 - Venice 1890), Riva d'Arno in Florence
Oil on canvas applied to cardboard 26 x 40 cm.
INFO: to get more information
Publications
D. Ritter, Venedig...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Boy in a squero in Venice
Located in Roma, RM
Domenico Bresolin (Padua 1813 - Venice 1890), Boy in a squero in Venice
Oil on canvas applied to cardboard 27 x 16 cm initialed (DB) lower left.
Publications
D. Ritter, Venedig in...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Portrait of Raphael Gambogi
Located in Roma, RM
Lando Landozzi (Pisa 1887 - Livorno 1959), Raffaello Gambogi
Oil painting on panel 62 x 40 cm signed lower right.
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Board
In the diner
Located in Roma, RM
Antonio Maria Fabrés y Costa (Barcelona 1854 - Rome 1938), In the Restaurant (1880)
Oil painting on panel 14 x 21 cm signed and dated on the right.
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Board
“Chess Players”
Located in Southampton, NY
ARTIST
Hey, Paul, 1867-1952, artist
TITLE
Chess players
OTHER TITLE(S)
Die Schachspieler
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
1 print : etching ; sheet size 11 1/2" x 15" (30 x 39 cm.)
Date: 1898
SUMMARY
Three men are sitting around a chess board, two are playing and one is observing. The men are all late middle aged to old aged. The print has some fine details, and cross hatching is used extensively. On the table, besides the the chess set, are two coffee cups and a glass of water. Lower left in margin in pencil “original etching” in German. Lower right margin in pencil “chess players” written in German. No visible signature. The same etching by Paul Hey...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Pair of Miner Bookends
By Max Kalish
Located in Greenwich, CT
Max Kalish was an important and highly collected American sculptor desired for his depictions of the working man. Here we see a miner taking a break. Kalish was adept at conveying ...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
Echoes 3 - painting Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Echoes 3
Composition with Two Male Nudes, oil on canvas, 35.5x19.5in / 90x50cm
Part of Wings of Gods solo show, April 2024.
Shipped as it is, stretched, directly from the artist...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
Outdoor Italian Stone Garden Sculptures of Roman Mythological subject of Apollo
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in Vicenza limestone of Apollo in Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Timeless decoration for your interior or garden.
Measurements: St...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Limestone
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
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