Academic Figurative 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
The Painter's Studio original painting by Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas Framed
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"The Painter's Studio", oil on canvas, 39x27.5in / 100x70cm
The artist's studio and art objects part of artist' life and work. A sculpture, an antique head and a painting that remin...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait, Classic Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
By Ashot Yan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Yan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2018
Style: Academic Realism,
Subject: Portrait,
Size: 9.5" x 7.5" x 1'' i...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting After 1890 Newsboy Tobacco “The Last Look” Tobacco Advertising Card
Located in Houston, TX
Late 19th century painting done after an 1890 Newsboy Plug Tobacco advertising card titled "The Last Look." At the time, a customer could trade in 10 paper tags that came with the to...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Prosperous Family: Academic Figurative Painting by Mark Beard aka Bruce Sargeant
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting on canvas of a family and red tractor against a classic American farm field
"Prosperous Family", painted by Mark Beard under his fictitious persona, Bruce Sargeant
84 x 58 inches unframed, 91 x 65 x 3 inches with a gold painted wood frame
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
This Academic style figurative oil painting on canvas was painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant, a pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer, Bruce Weber, and figurative painter, John Singer Sargeant. Here, the artist captures a blue collar American farming family in their field with an old red tractor. The man and woman stand stoically with their young child, dressed in simple white garments, perhaps to symbolize their purity. Rolling mountains...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cherries and Tea" Original Oil Painting by Marsha Whitesides Piper
Located in Denver, CO
Marsha Whitesides Piper's (US based) "Cherries and Tea" is an oil painting depicting six red cherries placed with a reflective tea kettle in a dark interior.
Artist statement:
The ...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mythological scene, study for the Prize of Rome 1864, French academism, Homer
Located in Norwich, GB
This rare mythological scene depicting the Greek author Homer on the island of Scyros. You will notice the Trojan War being fought in the background. Our painting, dating from 1864, is unsigned, but has a solid attribution to academic artist Henri-Léopold Lévy...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madman from Gyurle, Figurative Surrealism, Original oil Painting
By Ashot Yan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Yan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2018
Style: Figurative Surrealism,
Subject: Madman from Gyurle,
Size: 31.5...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ocean Breeze, 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 Breeze
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x ...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Apparition - Large, Fine 1884 French Oil Painting - MAKE OFFER
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunningly dramatic and well-rendered oil on canvas painted by French artist Antoine Marie Roucole in 1884. With the ornate antique gilt plaster frame, and with its size, it has t...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The pearl necklace and the violets. Women in art!
By Madeleine Lemaire
Located in New York, NY
“The pearl necklace and the violets” . Oil on canvas 83x103cm, signed, untouched.
An excellent example of french academic art from late XIX century.
A great example of women in art...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape, Paysage aux Bories
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Pierre Lavarenne (French, born 1928)
Title: Landscape, Paysage aux Bories
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 15 x 18.25 inches
Signature: Signed lo...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Virgin Mary and Child Jesus oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Virgin Mary and Child Jesus
Artist: Francisco Ribera Gómez (1907-1990)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 31.9 x 25.6 inches (unframed)
Date of creation: 1942
Style: Classical Academicism with Renaissance influences
Description of the Artwork
The painting depicts the Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus in a tender and intimate moment. Warm colors, primarily reds, greens, and soft flesh tones, enhance the devotional nature of the scene. The use of golden halos, symbolizing sanctity, along with serene and realistic expressions, directly connects with the Renaissance pictorial tradition.
The style belongs to classical academicism, characterized by a balanced composition, meticulous drawing, and a masterful use of chiaroscuro to give volume and depth to the figures. The detailed rendering of the flesh tones and draperies amplifies the spirituality and solemnity of the piece, evoking the works of great masters such as Raphael and Murillo.
Artist's Biography
Francisco Ribera Gómez (1907-1990) was a prominent 20th-century Spanish painter known for his depictions of religious scenes, female portraits, and costumbrist works. Trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Ribera Gómez received numerous accolades and was regarded as one of the great exponents of Spanish academicism. His work combines a rigorous technical foundation with luminous sensitivity and an idealized sense of beauty.
Influences and Comparisons
Francisco Ribera Gómez's work can be compared to other academic and religious artists who share a similar aesthetic:
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo: In the emotional and approachable treatment of religious themes.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau: For the idealization of human figures and technical mastery.
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio): For harmonious composition and the depiction of the Virgin Mary.
Within the Spanish tradition, his style recalls Eduardo Rosales...
Category
1940s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,562 Sale Price
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Pre World War II Austrian Judaica Oil Painting Hasidic Rabbi Portrait
By Rudolf Klinsbogl Klingsberg
Located in Surfside, FL
Rudolf KLINGSBÖGL Austrian Viennese painter and teacher. Chassidic rebbe with Shtreimel.
Klingsbogl was active in Vienna and is known for his typical portraits and paintings of interiors - workshops, pubs and cellars. His style is very distinctive. rare to find good jewish work that survived the holocaust as so much of it was destroyed.
Other works by Rudolf Klingsbogl (sometimes known as Klingsberg}: Rabbis Studying Around a Table, The Huntsman, The Pet Bird, Blacksmith Interior Scene, Three Men with Chat and Drink, The Sailors, The Old Drinker, Debating the News, Sunday Afternoon, Man Looking at Pocket Watch. Game of Cards in a Tavern, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a Child, Franz Schubert at the Piano, Johann Strauss (The Younger).
Realistic portrait of an older rabbi visiting and blessing a child in a European marketplace...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
“Sunset on the River”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully painted sunset on the river with a single figure in a punt and cattle crossing by the American artist, George Riecke. Most likely a New Orlea...
Category
1890s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,200 Sale Price
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The Water Carrier by Eugen von Blaas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Eugen von Blaas
Italian I 1843-1932
The Water Carrier
Signed and dated "E. von Blaas 1891" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Eugen von Blaas’ unparalleled skill for genre painting is on...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Feathered Tribe" Mary Russell Smith, 1871 Graceful Academic Chicks Painting
Located in New York, NY
Mary Russell Smith
Feathered Tribe, 1871
Signed and dated lower left
Oil on canvas
9 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches
The daughter of theater scenery and landscape painter Russell Smith (1812–1...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century French Realist Oil Profile Portrait of Lady Beautiful Quality
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French realist artist of the 19th century
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 12.5 x 10.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint Ignatius of Antioch attacked by lions in the Circus and Emperor Trajan.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Martyrdom of Saint Ignatius of Antioch in the Circus during the Celebrations for Emperor Trajan - Russian School of the Mid-19th Century
Signed on the lower right. TITOV? Dated 1...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Orientalist Markeplace”
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1865 marketplace painting by the American artist, George Washington Nicholson. Signed lower left. Oil paint on wooden panel. Condit...
Category
1860s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$2,600 Sale Price
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At 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: At the Beach
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x ...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PASSION #3 - nude male painting by Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Passion #3" . Composition with Two Male Nudes, oil on canvas, 35.5x19.5in / 90x50cm
Part of "Wings of Gods" solo show, April 2024. see pictures from the show.
Shipped as it is, stre...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,500 Sale Price
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Ready to Play (Academic Figurative Painting of Male Athlete by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting of a handsome football player against a country landscape
'Ready to Play', Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Portrait II (Modern, Academic Style Portrait Painting of a Young Man)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern, academic style portrait painting on canvas of a young athletic male
oil on canvas, 26 x 17 inches in antique wood frame
This vertical, contemporary portrait painting of sin...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School of the 18th Century : Mythology, Bacchanalia - Oil on canvas
Located in Paris, IDF
French School of the 18th century
Mythology : Bacchanalia
Oil on canvas
Unsigned
On canvas 43 x 34 cm
Presented in a gilded carved wooden frame 58 x 49 cm
Very good condition, smal...
Category
Early 18th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Puerta Bisagra, Toledo”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on artist board painting of the historic city of Toledo by the Australian artist, Robert Camm. Signed lower left and titled and dated verso, 1931. Th...
Category
1930s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$975 Sale Price
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Children on the Beach Marine Landscape French Antique Oil Painting
Located in Norwich, GB
The setting is the French coast, on a tranquil summer's evening. Clouds are drawing in, the sky is turning dusky pink and purple, but there is still time left for play, for the children on the beach...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Classical French TURKISH Orientalist Beauty Painting of a Woman w/ Mandolin
Located in New York, NY
Francois Martin-Kavel (1861 - 1931) was active/lived in France. He was a profiling painter of woman, especially orientalism
His auction records have exceeded over $20,000
Such a ...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sailboats in a Bay" John Ross Key, American Landscape, Skyscape, Maritime Scene
Located in New York, NY
John Ross Key
Sailboats in a Bay
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
15 x 26 inches
Provenance
Private collection, St. Simon's Island, Georgia
Private Collection, by descent
Private Co...
Category
1870s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
After Paolo Uccello's "Battle of San Romano" Painted in 1438
Located in Houston, TX
After Paolo Uchello's set of three paints titled "The Battle of San Romano." Originally painted around 1438 to 1440. Uccello depicts events that took place ...
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Still Life with Cherries, Grapes" Annie L. Morgan, Academic Fruit Still Life
Located in New York, NY
Annie L. Morgan
Still Life with Cherries, Grapes, and Pomegranate, circa 1880
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zeus and Ganymede - Paula Craioveanu oil canvas Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Zeus and Ganymede", oil and silver leaf on canvas, 39x39in / 100x100cm
Inspired by the legend of Zeus and Ganymede.
Part of my NeoMythology project.
Shipped as it is, stretched.
"Z...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Magnificent early 20th Century Oil Painting of Race horses - At the Gallops
By Julius von Blaas
Located in London, GB
Julius von Blaas (1845-1923)
At The Gallops
circa 1905
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated “Julius von Blass / 1905” (lower left)
110 x 200 cm (140 x 230 cms framed ish)
This enormous and grand depiction of horses exercising is an iconic image not only of the edwardien era but also of today’s racing elite.
Julius von Blaas was taught by his father Carl von Blaas (1815-1994) and trained in Venice, Florence and Rome. He was also influenced by his celebrated brother Eugen von Blaas...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Located in New Orleans, LA
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
1825-1905 French
Jeune mère contemplant deux enfants qui s'embrassent
(Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children)
Signed “W-Bouguereau” (bottom ...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mother and Child
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful original painting by French artist, Alexandre de Valentini (1787-1887). Pencil and gouache on paper, 14 x 18.5 inches; 19 x 23.5 inches matted. Signed and dated with Paris...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
$960 Sale Price
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The Painter's Studio original painting by Paula Craioveanu oil on canvas Framed
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"The Painter's Studio", oil on canvas, 39x27.5in / 100x70cm
The artist's studio and art objects part of artist' life and work. A sculpture, an antique head and a painting that remin...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley" George Henry Smillie, West, 19th Century
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The gift of flowers / - The depth of allegory -
Located in Berlin, DE
Conrad Kiesel (1846-1921), The gift of flowers. Oil on wood, 43 x 35 cm, 69 x 61 cm (frame), signed at lower left "Conrad Kiesel pxt [pinxit]", about 1900. In a magnificent gilt stuc...
Category
1890s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$11,535 Sale Price
20% Off
"A Surprising Visit" 19th Century Antique European Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
A Surprising Visit" by Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1949) invites viewers into a sumptuous journey through 19th-century European luxury. Eduardo León Garrido, a distinguished Spanish artist born in 1856 and leaving an artistic legacy until 1949, displayed a remarkable ability to capture the essence of his time through his brushstrokes.
This antique masterpiece, rendered in oil on panel and measuring 22 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches, unveils a world of opulence within a Royal European...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Les Grands Boulevards (Café Américain) by Jean Béraud
By Jean Béraud
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jean Béraud
1849-1935 French
Les Grands Boulevards (Café Américain)
Signed "Jean Béraud" (lower left)
Oil on panel
Jean Béraud’s Les Grands Boulevards (Café Américain) exquisitel...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rustic Apples and Bread Food Still Life French Salon Academic Antique Painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A remarkable work by Charles Nicolas Etienne Mayre, an academic painter born in Choisy le Roi near Paris in 1819. He studied with the masters Michel-Martin Drolling and Leon Cogniet...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winged Genius - original painting by Paula Craioveanu Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Winged Genius", oil on canvas, 70x110cm, 27.5×43.5in
Winged Genius is a fantastic character, a mythological creature, a male figure with birds’ wings, a guardian spirit, a demigod.
...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Fille Du Pêcheur By William Bouguereau
Located in New Orleans, LA
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
1825-1905 French
La fille du pêcheur
(The Fisherman’s Daughter)
Signed and dated “W-Bouguereau-1882” (middle right)
Oil on canvas
William Bouguereau's...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled 12, " Charcoal Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Untitled 12" is an original, handmade charcoal drawing that depicts a woman in profile with her long dark hair draped over her right shoulder with...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
"Music in the Parlor" 19th century antique realism oil painting on, Signed
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The painting is signed
Description:
Frederico Andreotti (1847-1930) was an Italian painter celebrated for his exquisite genre scenes and historical subjects. Born in Florence, Andreo...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WINGED GENIUS- original painting by Paula Craioveanu Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Winged Genius", oil on canvas, 70x110cm, 27.5×43.5in
Winged Genius is a fantastic character, a mythological creature, a male figure with birds’ wings, a guardian spirit, a demigod.
...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Teaching him a New Trick
Located in Mc Lean, VA
19th Century Dutch
Category
1890s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
By the Waves, Figurative, Coastal, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative, Coastal, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2021
Style:...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An 18th-19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Triumph of Venice" After Paolo Veronese
By Paolo Veronese
Located in LA, CA
A very fine and Large Italian 18th-19th century oval-shaped oil on canvas titled "The Triumph of Venice" After the original work by Paolo Veronese (Venice, 1528-1588). The original of this painting hangs in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice. The 'Ricci' coloration suggests a late 17th-early 18th century date. In 1715 Charles de la Fosse advised Ricci to paint only "Veroneses and no more Riccis", Venice, circa 1800.
Measures:
Height: 45 1/4 inches (115 cm).
Width: 29 inches (73.7 cm).
Frame height: 58 1/4 inches (147.9 cm).
Frame width: 43 1/4 inches (109.9 cm).
Frame depth: 5 1/4 (13.3 cm).
Provenance: Royal Academy of Scotland.
Paolo Veronese (Born 1528, Verona, Republic of Venice - died April 9, 1588, Venice) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$69,750 Sale Price
22% Off
Spring, Figurative Art, 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: 2018
Style: Impressionism
Title: Spring,
Size: 18" x 24" x 0.8'' inc...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Dance 19th-century Large Antique Nude Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed & Dated
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Exhibited at the Paris Salon, exhibition label on reverse.
Description:
Édouard François Zier (1837-1924) was a French painter known for his captiva...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin attributed to Mason Chamberlin
By Mason Chamberlin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Attributed to Mason Chamberlin
1729-1787 British
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
No visible signature
Oil on canvas
This exceptional portrait of Benjamin Franklin represents one of ...
Category
18th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Pompeian Lady
By John William Godward
Located in New Orleans, LA
John William Godward
1861-1922 British
A Pompeian Lady
Signed and dated "J.W. Godward 1904" (lower right, partially covered by frame)
Oil on canvas
One of the last and greatest Victorian neoclassical painters, John William Godward is celebrated for his flawlessly executed images of graceful women posed in idealized ancient settings. In this work, entitled A Pompeian Lady, a classical beauty is caught idling in a moment of quiet, solitary reflection. Godward's elegant subjects are depicted with a degree of technical mastery that remains unsurpassed, and the work's dramatic palette, luxurious fabrics and classical vision are all characteristics of his unique take on the neoclassical style.
Godward was unmatched in terms of his technical skill and attention to detail. A master of contrasting textures, he paints a diaphanous gown draping against the model’s smooth, milky white skin, which sits against the painstakingly rendered individual hairs of a tiger’s pel. Scintillating color permeates the canvas as well, energizing the otherwise static scene. Each element is given careful attention, and the overall effect is one of both immaculate technique and sensual tactility.
Along with his contemporary and mentor, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Godward set the tone for the Victorian neoclassicist movement. He built his career upon creating images of idealized feminine beauty infused with a Greco-Roman-inspired style. Though greatly influenced by Alma-Tadema, Godward distinguished himself through his predilection for the solitary female figure. His fame rose dramatically in the first few years of the 20th century, when the present work was completed, due to the burgeoning strength of the British Empire and the Victorian society’s preoccupation with ancient Rome. To many of the newly affluent, Roman society was, as Iain Gale writes, “a flawless mirror of their own immaculate world.” The sensuality and mystery of Godward’s maidens, combined with his impressive antique backdrops...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Misty Morning Gloucester”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on artist board painting of a misty morning in Gloucester Harbor by the Provincetown artist, Kay Kellogg. Signed lower left. Circa 1935. The painting d...
Category
1930s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,900 Sale Price
32% Off
Italian School of the 17th Century : Saint Jerome with a Lion - Oil Painting
Located in Paris, IDF
Italy : Venetian school of the 17th century
Saint Jerome wit a Lion, circa 1620
Oil on panel
Unsigned
On wood board 49 x 30 cm
Good condition, accidents/wear (see photos)
Category
Early 17th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Girl and the Sea, Figurative, Coastal, 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: The Girl and the Sea
Size: 27.5" x 3...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waiting, Figurative Art, 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: 2012
Style: Impressionism
Subject: Waiting,
Size: 18" x 14" x 0.8'' ...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study for Ruth Gathering Wheat 19th Century Large Antique Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Study for Ruth Gathering Wheat
The Painting is monogrammed bottom left side
Provenance:
Notes: This is the full scale version of Ruth in Pharoah's Fields exhibited at the Royal Academy (now lost). Exhibited at the Bristol Art Museum, Birmingham UK
Private Collection, Detroit, MI
Description:
Sir Edwin Long (1829-1891) was a renowned British painter known for his historical and Orientalist artworks. Born in Bath, England, Long displayed exceptional artistic talent from an early age. He received formal training at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, where he honed his skills and developed his distinctive style.
One of Long’s oil paintings...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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