Academic Portrait 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
"A Tesuque Indian and Baby, New Mexico" Alice Coutts, Native American Southwest
Located in New York, NY
Alice Coutts
A Tesuque Indian and Baby, New Mexico, circa 1910
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches
Provenance
Scott Tevis, Santa Barbara, California
A native of...
Category
1910s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Woman with Violets" Margaret Longstreith Baugh, Early Female American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Margaret Longstreith Baugh
Woman with Violets, circa 1901
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
26 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Provenance
Walker-Cunningham Fine Art, St. Louis, Missouri, 2007
Pr...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Dandy a Salon in Paris 19th Century portrait of a young man French painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A wonderful depiction of a dapper Parisian dandy, dating from 1848. I love his air of decadence! It is a work by F de Korff, a mysterious French aristocratic portrait artist who had ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$904 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Harvest" Samuel S. Carr, American Pastoral Scene, Child in Wheat Field
Located in New York, NY
Samuel S. Carr
Harvest
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
16 x 12 inches
Samuel S. Carr was an American pastoral and landscape painter. Originally from England, he trained at the Roy...
Category
1880s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virgin Mary and Child Jesus oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,375 Sale Price
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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 Portrait 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$400 Sale Price
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"Portrait of Rebecca" Harriet Peale, Early American Female Portrait
By Harriet Cany Peale
Located in New York, NY
Harriet Peale
Portrait of Rebecca, 1840
Inscribed verso, “Portrait of Rebecca Greenwood (?)/ Aged 25 years/ Painted by Harriet C. Cany/ May 1840”
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches...
Category
1840s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Empress Theodora at the Coliseum
Located in New York, NY
Benjamin Constant was an important figure in the Academic painting world in Paris and one of the leading French Romantic artists of the time. He is in all the museums of France and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Portrait 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Interior Scene with Lady and Two Children" Sarah Anne Freeman Clarke
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Anne Freeman Clarke
Interior Scene with Lady and Two Children, 1883
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
32 x 27 inches
Sarah Anne Freeman Clarke was born in Massachusetts in 180...
Category
1880s Academic Portrait 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Immaculate Conception oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Immaculate Conception
Author: Anonymous
Period: 20th Century
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25.6 x 21.3 in
Signature: "Karmel" (lower right)
Condition: Good
Descr...
Category
1980s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$593 Sale Price
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Elegant Portrait of a Lady in Fur Stole, Early 20th Century”no signed
Located in Genève, GE
Elegant Portrait of a Lady — Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas no signed
A captivating and refined portrait of an elegant lady seated gracefully, dressed in a sumptuous dark gown ador...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait Beautiful Woman SALOMAN Gouache Danish Swedish painter 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Geskel SALOMAN
Tonder (Denmark) 1821 – Bastad (Sweden), 1902
Portrait of a woman with a book
Gouache on bone
8.8 x 8.5 cm (16.5 x 15.5 cm with the frame)
Signed lower right “G. Salom...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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 Portrait 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sans titre (1881), James Drummond, R.S.A., F.S.A.
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: James Drummond, R.S.A., F.S.A. (1816-1877)
Title: Sans titre (1881)
Year: 1881
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 37 x 29 inches
Inscription: Hand signed and dated, recto
Provenance...
Category
1880s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$39,996 Sale Price
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Portrait of a woman in red. Famous French painter
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Signed upper right.
A characteristic work by Henner, renowned for his masterful handling of sfumato and chiaroscuro to evoke atmosphere and depth. His subtle transiti...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Woman portrait by Ilse Voigt - Oil on canvas 96x76 cm
By Ilse Voigt
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas with wooden frame. Total size with frame is 88x109 cm
Ilse VOIGT is an artist born in 1905 and died in 1997. His works have been sold at public auction 24 times, mostl...
Category
1940s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,760 Sale Price
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The Young Shepherdess
By Charles Amable Lenoir
Located in New York, NY
The Young Shepherdess by Charles Amable Lenoir (1860-1926)
Oil on canvas
48 x 32 inches unframed (121.92 x 81.28 cm.)
58 ½ x 42 ¾ inches framed (148.59 x 10...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
La nina a la cadira - Técnica mixta y collage sobre papel
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
JAUME QUERALT (Tarragona, 1949).
“Raquel”.
Técnica mixta y collage sobre papel.
Firmado y titulado en el ángulo inferior izquierdo. Fechado en el ángulo inferior derecho.
Medidas:...
Category
1990s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady at the Flower Market
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
LEBAS Léonie (19th-20th)
"Lady at the Flower Market in Paris"
Oil on wood panel signed low right
Old Frame regilded with gold leaves
Dim panel : 16 X...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th century diptych portraits man and woman American formal dress flower
By William Jennys
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present pair of portraits would make an exceptional addition to any collection of early American art not only because they were painted by the notable William Jennys, but also because the sitters are members of notable and influential New England families. In addition, these pendants have impeccable provenance: they have never left ownership of the decedents of the Kimball family and this is the first time they have been available for purchase.
David Kimball (1766-1848) and Nancy Stacy Kimball (1774-1844) were members of historic Massachusetts families. David Kimball is a sixth-generation decedent of Richard Kimball (d. 1675) and Ursula Scott (d. 1659), who emigrated from Rattlasden, Suffolk County, England to Watertown MA around 1634. The family then relocated in 1637 to Ipswich, the city with which the family is now most strongly identified, when Richard was appointed to be a wheelwright.[1] Nancy likewise had early New England ancestry, descended from Simon Stacy and Elizabeth Clark, who were married in London in 1620.[2]
Nancy Stacy was the second wife of David Kimball, and the two were married in 1799. Given this, the present pendant portraits were likely completed shortly after the marriage. David had two children by his first wife Mary Morse, who died in September of 1798. David and Nancy would have nine additional children between 1801 and 1815.[3]
Most notably, the couple were parents of the Boston politician and showman Moses Kimball (1809-1895).[2][3] Moses would found the Boston Museum, an early for-profit museum and theater opened in 1841 that resembled European curiosity cabinets: the museum displayed paintings of Thomas Scully and Charles Peale alongside Chinese artwork, stuffed animals, dwarves and mermaids. Alongside these exhibits, visitors could attend the theater which held performances by gymnasts and contortionists, followed by performances of Shakespeare and Dickens.[4] This museum set the model for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which when founded in 1870 held a similarly diverse collection and appealed to the interests of a diverse set of visitors.[5] Moreover, some Greek antiquities from Moses Kimball's museum were eventually given to the MFA and Moses donated approximately $5,000 to the MFA's endowment upon his death.[6][7]
William Jennys (1774–1859), also known as J. William Jennys, is an important American primitive portrait...
Category
1790s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Granny with glasses by Hans Berger - Engraving 50x39 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Ed: 24/100
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Engraving
$264 Sale Price
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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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original painting for JOB cigarettes advert, 1900, by French artist Gervais
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Paul Gervais was one of the most highly regarded painters of the female form in the late 19th Century but this is one of his most famous images as it was used in the advertising camp...
Category
19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lilly Martin Spencer (American, 1822-1902) God Bless My Father Portrait Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Lilly Martin Spencer (American, 1822-1902) A Rare Portrait God Bless My Father.
**Figure 84 from principal book/catalogue on Lilly Martin Spencer.
19th Century.
Oil on canvas, signed
Lilly Martin Spencer was one of the most popular and American female genre painters in the mid-nineteenth century. She primarily painted domestic scenes, paintings of women and children...
Category
19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Diane alongée" by Ilse Voigt - Oil on canvas 61x78 cm
By Ilse Voigt
Located in Geneva, CH
Ilse Voigt was a German-Swiss painter, draughtswoman and graphic artist born in 1905 in Eberswalde and passed away in 1997 in Lausanne. Fascinated by dance throughout her life, she b...
Category
1940s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn" Eastman Johnson, Prominent Gentleman Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Eastman Johnson
John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn, 1883
Initialed and dated lower left
Oil on canvas
28 x 18 inches
For many years the foremost genre painter in the United States, Eas...
Category
1880s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PLAUZEAU Painting Oil canvas French Academic Portrait of boy Early 20th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Alfred PLAUZEAU Avanton-Paché (Vienna), 1875 - Hendaye, 1918 Oil on oil 61 x 38 cm (75.5 x 52.5 cm with frame) Signed lower right "A. Plauzeau" Good condition (sevreal restoration, w...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17' century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705) not signed.
The dramatic subject of the paintin...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman in Warm Grays and Soft Ochers
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
Leon Kroll was above all an academician. To him "abstract art was merely the beginning of a picture. Structurally, "Portrait of a Young Woman recalls some of the portraits from the ...
Category
1930s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solitude
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Academic painter Guillaume Seignac was renowned for his masterful treatment of the idealized nude. His languishing female subjects based on Greco-Roman prototypes were and rem...
Category
19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aurora in white toga smelling a flower. Goddess of Dawn Mythology scene
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Louis Hamon artfully presents the mythological subject: Aurora the Goddess of Dawn. She is dressed in a flowing toga, standing on a large leaf and smelling the sweetness of a flower in bloom. Surrounded by lush plants in an idyllic setting of pinks and blues, one would not think that this peaceful and beautiful work was painted in 1864 at the time of the American Civil War. Hamon meticulously renders the scene with the academic precision of Bouguereau. The closer you get, the more detail you discover. Two butterflies sit atop Aurora's head. Droplets of water gracefully roll down her hair.
There was a hand colored steel plate...
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1860s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Emile Vernon (French, 1872-1919) Pink Roses Belle Epoque Oil Painting .
By Emile Vernon
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite genre painting showcases a darling slice of life for a young woman in the Belle Epoque era. Dressed in a frilly frock made of detailed lace, and wearing a v shaped pin...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Beauty of Becoming Oil on canvas by Francesco Longo Mancini
Located in Gent, VOV
She sits at the threshold of transformation.
A young woman, caught in the quiet exultation before her first ball, smiles—not to anyone in particular, but to herself, and to the momen...
Category
20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady
By Alexandre-François Caminade
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alexandre François CAMINADE (1789-1862)
Portrait of a Lady
Oil on wood signed low right
Old frame gilded with leaves
Wood size : 22 X 15 cm
Frame size : 40 X 30 cm
Alexandre-Françoi...
Category
1850s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blond Girl with Basket of Flowers "Rosemary's Playmate"
Located in Miami, FL
This is an almost lifesize portrait of a charming blond holding a basket of freshly picked flowers. The girl set against a verdant landscape with blue sky and cumulus clouds. The subject is the friend of the artist's daughter. 78 x 42in. framed. This joyful image of youth looks better in person due to its impressive size and clearly will be a statement piece in any home. Francis Luis Mora ( ( Uruguayan / American, 1874-1940) Studied under Edmund Charles Tarbell...
Category
1910s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$28,000 Sale Price
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Large & Impressive French 19th Century Oil on Canvas "The Water Carrier Lady"
By Jules Salles-Wagner
Located in LA, CA
Jules Salles-Wagner (French, 1814-1898) A Large and Impressive French, 19th century oil on canvas "The Water Carrier Lady" depicting a standing and posing young peasant girl holding ...
Category
19th Century Academic Portrait 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Very Fine and Large Oil on Canvas "Ashura Rituals in Tangier, Morocco"
Located in LA, CA
Gordon B. Coutts (Scottish/American, 1868-1937) A very fine and large orientalist oil on canvas titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier" (Arabic: عاشوراء ʻĀshūrā’ - Urdu: عاشورا - Persian:...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Father and children in front of TV - Mid-Century
Located in Miami, FL
John Falter arranges figures and faces in a way that rival the old masters in their compositional perfection. And he makes it look easy. The expressions are captured so the emotions of the story come alive. This Golden Age of illustration artist depicts fathers and children watching...
Category
1950s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$140,000 Sale Price
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Young Lady and Cupid in The Park
By Hans Zatzka
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Hans Zatzka (8 March 1859 – 17 December 1945
Young Lady With Cupid in The Park
Oil on canvas circa 1880 signed low with pseudonym C.BRIAND
Old Frame gilded with leaves
Size canvas : ...
Category
1880s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A. LEONARD - Flower Girl and her Dog
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A. LEONARD (19th-20th)
Flower Girl and Her Dog
Oil on canvas signed low left
Old Frame regilded with Leaves
Dim canvas : 46 X 38 cm
Dim Frame : 55 X 46 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Time Football in the 1920s - Football 1920s - Classic Football
Located in Miami, FL
You Got to be a Football Hero to Get Along with a Beautiful Girl. Masterfully composed and dynamic illustration that show a player getting punched in the jaw. During this period, there were no face...
Category
1920s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of Fanny Adam" Mary Jane Peale, Mid-19th Century, Early Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Mary Jane Peale
Portrait of Fanny Adam, 1857
A scanned photograph of the back of the canvas taken prior to relining shows the inscription "Fanny Adam / painted by / Mary J. Peale / P...
Category
1850s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mother and Child - Classic Portrait
Located in Miami, FL
This warm portrait looks like it could have been painted by Corot. Francis Luis Mora paints in that tradition. It's a small painting that invites the viewer to look closer. The art...
Category
1920s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Alonso PEREZ - Painting Genre Scene in Paris
By Alonso Perez
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ALONSO PEREZ (1881 - 1914)
Lady and Napoleon Soldier in the Street
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1906 low right
Dedication : Au sympathique maître et...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of a Woman" Edward Percy Moran, Early American Portrait, Bucolic
Located in New York, NY
Edward Percy Moran
Portrait of a Woman
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
30 x 20 inches
Provenance:
The Madison Gallery, Atlanta
Percy Moran was the son of marine painter Edward Mo...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The walk in Luxembourg Garden in Paris, also called "The Privileged"
By Antoine-Victor-Edmond-Madeleine Joinville
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
JOINVILLE Antoine Victor Edmond Madeleine (1801-1849)
From Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910)
The Walk in Luxembourg Garden" in Paris, also called "The Privileged"
Preserved at The Louvres M...
Category
1870s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Young Girl with a Dove
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Lacazette Amelie (19th)
Young Girl with a dove
Oil on canvas signed upper left
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 56 X 37 cm
Dim Frame : 74 X 57 cm
Lacazette Amelie (19th) -
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Category
1870s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of an Elegant Lady 1897
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GENTY Emmanuel (1830-1904)
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
Oil on canvas signed low right and dated 1897
Old Frame regilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas : 100 x 81 cm
Dim frame : 120 x 10...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady with Red Fan oil on canvas painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Francesc Domingo i Segura (Barcelona, 1893 – São Paulo, 1974)
Title: Portrait of a Lady with Red Fan
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 76 × 56 cm (29.9 × 22 in), unframed
Signature: Signed lower left “F. Domingo”
Estimated Date: ca. 1945–1955
Provenance: Private collection
Condition Report: Homogeneous superficial craquelure across the surface, especially in the background; varnish possibly not original, with slight yellowing. No paint losses or visible dirt. Canvas stable and well-stretched.
DESCRIPTION
This female portrait depicts a distinguished woman dressed in a floral-patterned gown in green and pink tones, holding a red fan that provides contrast and character to the composition. The sitter, with a serene expression and a slightly melancholic gaze, is softly illuminated, highlighting the texture of her hair and the delicacy of her skin.
The work exemplifies Francesc Domingo’s mature style, where his academic beginnings merge with a livelier palette and touches of modernity, particularly visible in the treatment of patterns. The pink background, with loose brushwork and an almost abstract texture, enhances the sitter’s presence.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Francesc Domingo i Segura (Barcelona, 1893 – São Paulo, 1974) was one of the most versatile Catalan painters of the 20th century. Trained at the Escola Superior de Belles Oficis of the Mancomunitat, he began in the Noucentisme movement and later traveled to Paris, where he absorbed the influence of Cézanne, Cubism, and modern currents.
In the 1930s, he cultivated social realism with scenes of Barcelona’s Paral·lel district and the working-class world. After the Spanish Civil War, he went into exile in Latin America, residing first in Buenos Aires and later in São Paulo, where he taught printmaking and co-founded the Grupo Bisonte. His work, with both European influences and local echoes, is represented in museums such as the MNAC and in international collections.
SIMILAR ARTISTS
For his focus on portraiture and the fusion of academicism and modernity, Francesc Domingo can be compared with:
Ricardo Macarrón...
Category
1940s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,662 Sale Price
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