Academic Paintings
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
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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 Paintings
Materials
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1900s French Atelier Life Drawing Academic Sculpture of Male Nude Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life study drawing
original atelier drawing
by the French artist, Jeanne Nachat (1898-1984)
Nachat attended the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Pencil, 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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
“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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
“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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
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 bird.
oil on canvas cm 93 x73...
Category
18th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Love Letter
Located in Washington, DC
Signed and dated '1884' lower right
Category
1880s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gondolier (Figurative Painting of Man in Venice by Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting of a muscular male gondolier with Venice's St. Mark's Campanile in the background
"Gondolier" painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudony...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Academic paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Academic paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, pink, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Karen Darbinyan, Mark Beard, Kyna de Schouël, and Elizabeth Zanzinger. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Academic paintings, so small editions measuring 4.14 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $140 and tops out at $700,000, while the average work sells for $4,850.
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