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
“Continental Landscape”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on wooden oak panel of a traditional figural landscape of an incoming storm with figures fishing in the foreground. No visible signature. Condition is excellent. Wonder...
Category
1840s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
"Nude" Marguerite Stuber Pearson, Female Nude, Outdoor Boston School, American
Located in New York, NY
Marguerite Stuber Pearson
Nude, circa 1940
Signed lower right
Oil on artist board
20 x 16 inches
Marguerite Stuber Pearson was an American painter best known for her elegant portra...
Category
1940s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“The Potato Peelers”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a man and a woman intently peeling potatoes at a table. No visible signature. Old gallery label in German verso that is dated 1934 Condition is go...
Category
1930s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,720 Sale Price
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"Frawg Hollow, Virginia" Corwin Knapp Linson, Southern Country Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Corwin Knapp Linson
Frawg Hollow, West Virginia
Signed and titled lower left
Oil on canvas
24 x 28 inches
Provenance
The artist
Artist's family by descent
Corwin Knapp Linson was ...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Escalade Festival in Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
This striking painting accurately and lavishly depicts the commemorative parade of the Fête de l'Escalade in Geneva, a historical celebration commemorating the victory...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Departure of the infantrymen for the war of 14, signed
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas signed lower right
Dimension with frame 70 x 80 x 6 cm
This striking work captures a group of French soldiers marching determinedly along a dusty road, with the distan...
Category
1910s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
"California Sunset"
By Charles Theller Wilson
Located in Southampton, NY
A truly magnificent oil on canvas painting of a sunset off the coast of California in the late 1800's. Signed lower right and in it's original period gold gilt frame which is in excellent condition. Overall it is 33 x 47 inches. Minor stretcher bar wear.
Biography Charles Theller Wilson
Born in San Francisco, CA on Oct. 10, 1855. Wilson first studied painting with his mother, Agnes (California's earliest known woman artist) and later with Jules Tavernier...
Category
1980s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,200 Sale Price
26% Off
Orientalist Scenes in Pair - Dutch Painting 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
VAN WYK Henri (1833-NC) signed HENRI
Orientalist scenes in pair
Oil on wood panel signed low left
Old frame re-gilded with gold leaves
Dim wood : 22 X 41 cm
Dim frame : 33 X 55 cm
V...
Category
1880s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lively conversation around a balustrade
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Dimensions with frame : 83 x 101.5 x 3.5 cm
This 19th-century painting depicts a genre scene, typical of the academic and romantic art of the period. It shows three fi...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Cows in a Landscape"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on board painting of cows in a landscape by the American artist, James Fairman. Signed lower right. In good condition; overall fram...
Category
1870s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$2,800 Sale Price
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“Still Life with Strawberries”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very nicely executed original still life oil painting on fiberboard of strawberries by an unknown artist. Signed lower right, Charles Burch. I believe this painting is quite possibly the work of Edward Pritchard...
Category
1910s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
View of Venice canal with bridge
Located in New York, NY
Excellent condition. No restorations.
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solothman on the Aase, Switzerland
By Eugene Schmidt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Eugene Schmidt (German/American, 1919-2007)
Title: Solothman on the Aase, Switzerland
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Oil on canvas board
Board size: 10 x 8 inches
Signature...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Still Life with Grapes and Peaches”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very nicely executed original still life oil painting on fiberboard by the Wales born artist, Edward Pritchard. Signed lower left. Circa 1915. Conditi...
Category
1910s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
"Still Life with Figure"
Located in Southampton, NY
This painting is an oil on canvas mounted to a wood panel. It is signed with his monogram signature JTA lower right. The work is unframed.
Axton was born in Fort Leavenworth, Kan...
Category
1980s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Rider at Sunset' Equestrian and Horse Oil on Canvas Painting by Chris Brizzard
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
The rapid pace of the ride over a country landscape and the relationship between the rider and horse are felt in this oil on canvas painting by Chris Brizzard...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'A Day in the Country' Dutch Scene, Oil on Linen Painting by Alyona Kostina
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This warm, realistic painting depicting a day exploring the Dutch countryside features a golden field with a stream bisecting the landscape with windmills dotting the landscape. The...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Lady at Dressing Table - Original Painting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Lady at dressing table"
Oil on canvas signed and dated right below 1929
Old original frame gild with leaves
Dim canvas : 72 x 56 cm
Dim frame : 92 X 80 cm
ENJOLRAS Delphin (1857-...
Category
1920s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Flowers in Classical Urn”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very fine example of the artistry of the master still life painter of his day, Edward Chalmers Leavitt. Signed lower left and dated 1875. Condition is very good. Provenance: Christie’s Auction, New York, December 2, 1992, lot 228. Overall in period replica gold leaf deep cove gallery frame 25.75 by 17.75 inches.
Edward C. Leavitt (1842-1904) worked in Providence but is also associated with the Fall River School of still life painting through the influence of, and affinity of his style to, the work of Robert S. Dunning. Leavitt was a student of landscape painter James Morgan Lewin, a founder of Providence’s artistic “group of 1855.” Leavitt’s work is known for its realism, rich coloration, sharp focus and careful finish. His paintings of fruit and flowers incorporate ornate decorative pieces such as silver or bronze ewers, salvers, tankards, or plates on carved and polished tables. Leavitt was a prolific artist, exhibiting frequently at the National Academy of Design, the Boston Art Club, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His work inspired other still life painters in Providence, resulting in that city’s own still life tradition, including artists such as John Clinton Spencer, Bryant Chapin...
Category
1870s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
33% Off
Brother Sister
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Pierre Lavarenne (French, born 1928)
Title: Brother Sister
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 15 x 18.25 inches
Signat...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
“French Cavaliers”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on wooden panel painting of horse riding French cavaliers in battle. Signed lower left. Not dated. Original period gilded frame in fine condition. Painting has been recently professionally cleaned. Painting and frame circa 1875. Overall framed measurements are 16 by 14 inches. Condition of the painting is very good. Provenance: Saint Petersburg, Florida estate.
Charles Michel Guilbert D'anelle was a pupil of Horace Vernet ( known for his military paintings...
Category
1870s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$2,200 Sale Price
31% Off
Las costureras - Óleo sobre lienzo
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Óleo sobre lienzo de Baldomer Gili Roig – Mujeres cosiendo, firmado, con marco ornamentado.
Magnífica pintura al óleo sobre lienzo del reconocido artista catalán Baldomer Gili Roig ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vue du château de Versailles depuis la place d’Armes
Located in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, FR
Henry Tenré received a solid training in Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre’s studio at the Julian Academy from 1875 to 1885. Then he studied under the multi-medallist landscape pa...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Paintings
Materials
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Early English watercolour of cottage on lane in Pirbright Constable Contemporary
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive view of a rural lane in Pirbright by this highly collectable artist who was a contemporary and friend of John Constable.
Dr William Crotch (1775-1847)
Mr Pear's House at Pirbright from the Turnpike
Signed with initials on reverse and inscribed as title and additionally " Thunder about/ 1 pm"
watercolour and pencil
4 x 6½ inches without frame
11 x 13 inches with frame
William Crotch (5 July 1775 – 29 December 1847) was an English composer and organist. According to the British musicologist Nicholas Temperley, Crotch was "a child prodigy without parallel in the history of music", and was certainly the most distinguished English musician in his day.
Crotch was a professional musician, becoming the first Principal of the Royal Academy of Music...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
“Bavarian Flower Girls”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a vibrant portrait of a pair of Bavarian flower girls in traditional dress. The painting is unlined and has recently been cleaned. Circa 1875. The pain...
Category
1870s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"The ribbons bent"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The picture "Stozhki nakhilis" transports the viewer to the winter fairy tale of Transcarpathia, where a sunny day envelops the snow-covered slopes of the mountains with warm rays. O...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Child in White Dress”
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1890
Signed verso on stretcher bar
Original period gold leaf frame
Overall size framed 21 x 18 in
Category
1890s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,800 Sale Price
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Black-Headed Gull
By John Duncan
Located in Southampton, NY
In original gold leaf pierced frame
Signed and dated lower left 1902
Sight size 6 x 8 in
Category
Early 1900s Academic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Painting 19th Century Venice, Canal, Characters
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ALLEGRE Raymond (1857-1933)
Oil on wood panel signed low left
Old original frame gilded with leaves
Dim wood panel : 54 X 84 cm
Dim frame : 178 X 108 cm
ALLEGRE Raymond (1857-1933)...
Category
1890s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sakura is blooming"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting "Sakura Blooms" is a true ode to spring, created outdoors in the heart of Transcarpathia. Oleksandr Khrapachov skillfully conveys all the beauty of cherry blossoms, whic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Classic Still Life with Fan and Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Still Life, 20th Century
Oil on board
Sight: 16 1/4 x 19 in.
Framed: 19 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 1 in.
Category
20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Greek / Roman Naturalistic Allegory Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Stormy landscape scene in which a Cupid-like figure seen in the clouds appearing to have shot a number of wounded and dying men in the foreground. The men have a number of women and ...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl with Bouquet
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Monogrammed lower right
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Queen's Walk, Figurative Surrealism, 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: 2014
Style: Figurative Surrealism,
Subject: Queen's Walk,
Size: 40" x 35" ...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venus Cast - Figurative Painting Colors Black Purple White Yellow Grey
By Lyubena Fox
Located in Sofia, BG
"Venus cast"
Oil on canvas
(The painting is unframed 70 x 50 cm.)
The Painting’s Qualities
Lyubena Fox’s paintings are painted in several layers, using both the transparent and opaque qualities of oil paint. Each layer is applied after the previous has dried which makes the painting withstand time. It also creates a glowing, three-dimensional effect, which is due to the different layers showing though each other. These paintings are painted following the logic of how the eye perceives: seeing the details in the context of the form. To create a fulfilling experience, the images are composed of places, full of detail for the eye to explore and places where the eye can rest.
“The impressions of Lyubena's paintings on the viewer is so mighty, mesmerizing, grand, that it paralyzes the imagination with its realistic perfection.
Her paintings bring emotion of drama, mystery, love, desire and energy, represented by the vast creative power of her talent.”
Bio
Lyubena Fox was born in 1994 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
2013 she graduated from the National school of fine arts Bulgaria, specializing in illustration. The same year she moved to Florence, Italy to study painting with John M. Angel and in 2016 graduated from Angel Academy of Art Florence, after which she studied with Alessandro Dari.
2017 she has two solo exhibitions in Sofia.
2018 Lyubena has three of her paintings qualified as ARC finalists and later in May studies painting with her favorite contemporary painter Roberto Ferri...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1974 oil painting still life of a mandolin and apple by British George Weissbort
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
George Weissbort (Belgian / British, 1928 – 2013)
A MANDOLIN AND AN APPLE
Oil on canvasboard
18.1/8 x 22 in. (46 x 55.7 cm.)
George Weissbort was born in Brussels in 1928. Seven ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de caballero con sombrero
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior (desconozco el artista)
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
El estado de la pintura es aceptable
Medidas obra: 58 x 48 cm.
Category
Early 1900s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Óleo sobre tela - Retrato de dama con tocado floral
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
El estado de la pintura se puede ver, está bastante craquelada y está reentelada
Medidas de la obra: 59 x 45 cm.
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fossils, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Fossils" is an oil painting that depicts nude forms suspended in air between highway and underpass.
Elizabeth Z...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Port. Batumi"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting "Port of Batumi" by Oleksandr Khrapachov is full of legends about the life of the corners of the Black Sea, where the sea ridges and mountain ridges grow together. Paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century gouache of a visit to Pompei on the Grand Tour
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Neapolitan school (early 19th Century)
A visit to Pompei on the the Grand Tour
Gouache on paper
Inscribed ‘Porzione del quartiere a Pompei’ and ‘In Nap...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
In the Bazaar II
Located in New York, NY
In the Bazaar II, 1834-1855, by Theodore Frere (1814-1888)
Oil on wood
7 x 5 inches unframed (17.78 x 12.7 cm)
10 ⅝ x 9 inches framed (26.9875 x 22.86 cm)
Signed on lower right
Desc...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Large and Impressive Oil on Canvas "La Place Sainte Gudule, Brussels"
Located in LA, CA
Franz (Bernard) Gailliard (Belgian, 1861-1932) "La Place Sainte Gudule a` Bruxelles Apre`s Le Carnaval" A fine and large oil on canvas depicting a street scene in late 19th century B...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two Marines in Pair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
BURLING Gilbert (1843-1875)
Two oil on wood panel signed low right
Showing scenes of fishing by the sea
Frames giglded with leaves
Size wood panel : 22 X 41 cm (each)
Size frame : 33...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figures at a mill
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
English school, 18th Century
Figures at a mill
Gouache on paper
4.5/8 x 7.1/2 in. (11.8 x 19 cm.)
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Conversation, figurative, 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: 2023
Style: Impressionism
Title: Conversation
Size: 19" x 23" x 0.8''...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roses, Flowers, 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: 2020
Style: Impressionism
Title: Roses
Size: 19.5" x 23.5" x 0.8'' in...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original French Anatomical Study of Horse's Head
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Study of Horse's Head
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pen
Size: 19.75 (Height) x 12.75 (Width)
Signed: No
Condition: Good, minor di...
Category
20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Pen
Pacific Highway, 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: Pacific Highway
Size: 16.5" x 21.5" ...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sir Beauchamp, 1880-90 - oil paint, 73x62 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas with its original frame.
Category
1880s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Saint Sophia, City, 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: Saint Sophia
Size: 12" x 17" x 0.8''...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silence, Contemporary 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: Expressionism
Title: Silence
Size: 22" x 28" x 0.8'' inch...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1974 oil painting still life of strawberries by British artist George Weissbort
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
George Weissbort (Belgian / British, 1928 – 2013)
Strawberries
Oil on canvasboard
Signed and dated ‘G Weissbort 1974’ (lower right)
18.1/4 x 20.1/8 in. (46.3 x 51 cm.)
George We...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1974 oil painting still life of squashes and grapes by British George Weissbort
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
George Weissbort (Belgian / British, 1928 – 2013)
A SQUASH, A BUNCH OF GRAPES AND A GLASS OF WINE
Oil on canvasboard
18.1/8 x 22 in. (46 x 55.7 cm.)
George Weissbort was born in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Still Life with Clock, Teapot, Teacup, and Book
By Franz Krischke
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful still life oil painting by Franz Krischke from the 1950s. Painting depicts a clock, teapot, teacup, and open book arranged on a tabletop. Framed in a heavy, rustic frame. S...
Category
1950s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman Reading by JOZEF ISRAËLS - Dutch painter, Hague School, portrait art
Located in London, GB
Woman Reading by JOZEF ISRAËLS (1824-1911)
Oil on Panel
21 x 12.5 cm (8 1/4 x 4 15/16 inches)
Signed lower right
Executed circa 1870
Artist biography
Du...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
THINGVALLA
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right & dated 1879.
Antonio Jacobsen’s painting of the Thingvalla (a shipping line between Scandinavia and the United States) is a masterclass in maritime artistry, showcasing his signature crisp brushwork and dynamic composition. Jacobsen’s strokes are precise yet expressive, capturing the texture of the ship’s hull and the shimmering movement of the water. The fine detailing in the rigging and smokestack demonstrates his meticulous approach. • The Thingvalla appears to surge forward, cutting through the waves with a palpable sense of momentum. The artist’s use of diagonal lines and the tilt of the vessel enhances the illusion of motion.
Jacobsen’s ability to balance realism with artistic flair ensures that the Thingvalla feels alive, as if caught mid-voyage.
Bio:
Antonio Jacobsen, America's folk art hero recognized for his unsurpassed contributions to America's maritime history, recorded domestic and international ships as they passed through the age of sail to steam. He was a prolific painter and throughout his life painted an estimated 6000 paintings.
Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 November 1850, where, for generations his family had been violin makers. His father encouraged him to practice a similar craft. At an early age he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Design in Copenhagen, however, reversed family fortunes forced him to withdraw. At the age 18 it was compulsory for him to join the Danish military forces, but he decided instead, to sail for America.
He left his family behind and arrived in New York in the early 1870's. Like many other immigrants, he went to New York City's Battery Park looking for work. He passed his days sketching the ships that sailed in and out of the harbor. Not before long a representative from Marvin Safe Company noticed his drawings and offered him a job decorating safes.
His ability as an artist was further recognized as he began to receive commissions from sea captains and ship owners and eventually Steamship companies, to record their entire fleet. The Old Dominion Line, The Fall River Line and The White Star Line are some of the steamship companies that commissioned him to paint portraits of all the ship in their respective fleets. In addition, the Clyde Line, the Black Ball Line...
Category
1870s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$27,500
La Rentrée du Troupeau en Plaine de Barbizon
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jean-Ferdinand Chaigneau was born in the shipping center of Bordeaux on March 6th, 1830. There he studied drawing under the academic painter Jean-Paul Alaux (1788-1858). In 1847...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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.