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 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
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
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
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
"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
Study of a male nude
Located in PARIS, FR
Constance CHARPENTIER (1767-1849)
Study of a male nude
Charcoal and highlights with white chalk
Dimensions: 56.5 x 43.87 cm
Provenance
Private...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal
“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
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
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 Art
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Henry Robert Robertson, Ave Maria, Etching
By Henry Robert Robertson
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine late 19th-century etching by British artist Henry Robert Robertson (1839-1921) depicts a couple worshipping a shrine to the Virgin Mary at sea. The original painting was ex...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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