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
"A Pompeiian Love Song" 19th Century Realism Antique Oil on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance:
Sold: Jackson's Auctioneers & Appraisers, Cedar Falls, Iowa, December 8, 2009, Lot 4
A Pompeiian Love Song" by Antonio Rivas (Spanish, 1845-1911) transports viewers back ...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Valley, landscape, Impressionism, Original oil Painting Canvas art 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: Valley
Size: 9" x 13.5" x 0.8'' inch...
Category
2010s Academic 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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
Young Emperor by Erulo Eroli
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erulo Eroli
1854-1916 Italian
Young Emperor
Signed "Erulo Eroli Roma" (lower left)
Oil on canvas
Standing over five feet tall, this monumental painting by celebrated Italian pain...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original French Anatomical Frontal View Study of a Horse's Head
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Frontal View Study of a Horse's Head
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Oil pastel on paper
Size: 11.75 (Height) x 8.25 (Width)
Sign...
Category
20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pencil
Tulips, Flowers, Original 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: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Impressionism
Title: Tulip
Size: 16" x 20" x 0.8'' in...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flowers in a Big Vase by Albert Duplain - Oil on canvas 62x74 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Albert Duplain (1890-1978) was a Swiss painter known for his depictions of Swiss landscapes and scenes of everyday life. His works, characterized by vibrant colors and a strong conne...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1900s French Atelier Academic Drawing Portrait of Classical Male Nude Sculpture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life study drawing
original atelier drawing
by the French artist, Jeanne Nachat (1898-1984)
Nachat attended the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Seashore, Coastal Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Coastal Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2023
Style: Impressionis...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Librarian
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas : 61 x 43 cm
Golden frame
With frame : 70 x 52.7 x 4 cm
This 19th-century portrait by an anonymous artist shows an elderly man seated at his desk, engrossed in writing...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Very Fine Orientalist Oil on Canvas "The Slave Market" a North African Scene
By Otto Pilny
Located in LA, CA
Otto Pilny (Swiss, 1866-1936) A very fine orientalist oil on canvas "The Slave Market", depicting a desert scene with the offering of two female slaves. Signed and Dated (l/r): Otto Pilny, 1910.
Canvas height: 31 1/2 inches (80 cm).
Canvas width: 47 1/4 inches (120 cm).
Frame height: 37 inches (94 cm).
Frame width: 52 inches (132.1 cm).
Previously offered at Christie's New York, 19th Century European Art, Sale 2521 on October 12...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Samantha Haring "Release" Oil on paper on panel
Located in New York, NY
Samantha Haring
"Release," 2024
Oil on paper on panel
20 x 20 in.
(hari021)
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Panel
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 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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Morning News Early 19th-century Realism: Antique Oil Painting on Wood Panel
By William Wallace Gilchrist
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance: Exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1911 #229
Description:
William Wallace Gilchrist (1879-1926) was an American painter known for his captivating depictions of everyday life scenes and his ability to capture the ambiance and aesthetic of the late 19th century. Born in Philadelphia, Gilchrist showed an early passion for art and pursued his artistic education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Gilchrist’s artwork often revolved around intimate domestic settings, where he skillfully portrayed the beauty and tranquility of ordinary moments. His painting “The Morning News...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
No Love Without Envy by Eugene Von Blaas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Eugen von Blaas
Italian I 1843-1932
No Love Without Envy
Signed and dated "Eugen von Blaas 1901" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Eugen von Blaas masterfully captured the spirit and charm of Venice, and No Love Without Envy stands as one of his most exceptional compositions. Larger and more finely detailed than many of his works, this grand painting reflects his unparalleled mastery of light, color and narrative. Rich in detail and emotion, this scene is believed to feature a stylized self-portrait of the artist alongside his wife, Paola Prina.
Set in a sun-drenched Venetian courtyard, the composition brims with life and intrigue. At its center, an orange seller—modeled by Prina—engages in a flirtatious exchange with an admirer, the artist himself, while three onlookers observe with amusement and envy. The interplay of light and texture is remarkable: von Blaas' exquisite brushwork renders the delicate lace, sumptuous fabrics and intricately adorned garments with near-photographic precision, while the soft flesh tones contrast beautifully against the timeworn stonework of Venice. This attention to detail, combined with the work’s luminous palette, creates a sense of immediacy and warmth that defines the best of von Blaas' Venetian genre paintings.
Born in 1843 to Austrian parents in Italy, von Blaas was raised in a household steeped in artistic tradition. His father, Karl Blaas, was a renowned portraitist and history painter, while his brother specialized in military scenes. When Karl was appointed professor at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts, the family relocated to the floating city—a move that profoundly shaped von Blaas’ artistic vision. Though he studied in Rome, Vienna and Paris, it was Venice that remained his greatest muse. Captivated by its light, architecture and everyday moments of romance and social interplay, he became the foremost painter of Venetian genre scenes.
During Venice’s Austrian rule, von Blaas adopted the Italianized name “Eugene de Blaas...
Category
20th Century Academic 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 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 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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape, Original 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: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2019
Style: Impressionism
Title: Landscape
Size: 16" x 20" x 0.8'' inch, (41x51x2cm),
Unframed, Stretched on wooden bar, Ready to Hang,
Artist Bio
Ara H. Hakobyan is an Armenian artist and art critic, Doctor of Sciences (arts, 2017), professor (2018) and a member of Artist Union of the Republic of Armenia (1999).
Ara H. Hakobyan was born in 1973 in Yerevan in the family of art historian Hravard Hakobyan. In 1997 Mr. Hakobyan graduated from the Yerevan State Academy of Arts, Department of Painting. During 1997-2000 Ara Hakobyan...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Rough Seas”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed luminous oil on artist board painting by the American artist, Franklin Dullin Briscoe. Signed and dated by the artist lower righ...
Category
1890s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Plums"
By Oliver Clare
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an outstanding still life painting of plums and assorted fruits by the master English artist, Oliver Clare. Signed lower right. Circa 1890. In very g...
Category
1890s Academic 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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cypresses, 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: Cypresses,
Size: 11" x 14" x 0.8'' ...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Pennsylvania Beauty”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an outstanding example of the landscape mastery of American artist, Edmund Darch Lewis. Fabulous light and clarity of the bucolic scene. Signed lower right and dated 1870. Recently cleaned. Several old patches verso with corresponding in paint. Condition is very good The painting is framed in its original gold leaf period frame which is in fine condition. Overall measurements are 35 by 46.5 inches.
Edmund Darch Lewis was born in Philadelphia, the son of a prominent businessman. According to family tradition he was educated at a private school...
Category
1870s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mephistopheles and the Faust" Mid 19th c, Antique Oil Painting on Wood Panel
By Alfred Jacomin
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The painting is dated and signed on the bottom left side.
Description:
Alfred Jacomin was a landscape and genre painter. He was a student of his father, Jean-Marie Jacomin, the Swiss...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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)
The dramatic subje...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Waiting for his Arrival” Oil on panel, Signed
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The painting is signed and dated 1872 in Algiers
Description:
Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet (1840-1920) was a French painter renowned for...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sunrise, Impressionism Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Sunrise
Size: 9" x 13.5" x 0.8'' in...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Hunting with Hounds Oil On Canvas by Eugene Pechaubes circa 1935
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas representing a hunting.
Signed bottom right E. Pechaubes.
Eugène Pechaubes (1890-1967). French school XXth century.
He mainly painted horses and horce racing.
Within...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nudo maschile nella posa di un satiro dormiente. XIX secolo
Located in Firenze, IT
Disegno del nudo maschile.
Dal 19 ° secolo
Disegno su carta leggermente colorata.
In buone condizioni.
Il disegno rappresenta un uomo sdraiato, che si abbandona al sonno.
In una posa...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of a Horse in Profile
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of a Horse in Profile
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Size: 14.25 (Height) x 19.25 (Width)
Signed: No
...
Category
20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Seashore, Coastal, Original oil Painting on linen, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Subject: Seashore,
Size: 28.5" x 39.5" x 0...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Singer Sargent
1856-1925 American
Stamped by artist's estate (en verso)
Oil on canvas
John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...
Category
19th Century Academic 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 Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Bucolic Landscape at Sunset”
By Ramsay Richard Reinagle
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful luminous painting of a bucolic rural scene in sunset by the English artist, Ramsey Richard Reinagle. Circa 1930. Condition is good. Sig...
Category
1830s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Tempest by Luis Falero
Located in New Orleans, LA
Luis Ricardo Falero
1851-1896 Spanish
The Tempest
Signed and dated "Falero / 1889" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Luis Ricardo Falero, the renowned Spanish painter celebrated for hi...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“In the Library”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful, highly detailed original oil on canvas painting of a young maid stopping her work to read a book in the library room. The artist is the Belgian artist, Jean Daniel Stevens...
Category
1890s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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)
The dramatic subje...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady with Books #3 - Surreal painting by Paula Craioveanu Framed
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Lady with Books 3"
39x23in / 100x60cm
Shipped as it is, stretched, framed. Size framed 41.5x25.7in
Free shipping with 1stDibs code
Lady with Books 3 and Lady with Books 1 - these ...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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)
The dramatic subje...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Adelaide" Eastman Johnson, Portrait by Prominent American Genre Painter
Located in New York, NY
Eastman Johnson
Adelaide, circa 1870-79
Signed with initials lower right; titled on the reverse
Oil on board
19 x 15 inches
For many years the foremost genre painter in the United ...
Category
1870s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Union Calvery Army”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of the Union Army Calvery in the field by the well known American artist Rofus Fairchild Zogbaum. Signed lower left and dated 1885. Condition is good. Craquelure throughout. Paint is stable. Tiny old repair in middle lower sky (see last photo). The painting is housed in its original gilt wood frame. Overall framed measurements are 20.5 by 30.5 inches. Provenance: A Brooklyn, New York estate.
Best known for his masterful and meticulous scenes of military engagements and nineteenth-century life in the American West, Rufus Zogbaum’s circle of acquaintances was wide and diverse. He mingled with naval commodores as well as emerging luminaries in American art, such as Norman Rockwell, his fellow illustrator and neighbor in the art colony of New Rochelle, New York. When the British writer Rudyard Kipling presented a copy of his first collection of short stories, Plain Tales from the Hills (1888), to Robley D. Evans, then captain of the USS Indiana, in 1896, the gift included a tipped-in original gouache painting by Zogbaum, whom Kipling cited in a brief poem on the leaf opposite the book’s title page. Kipling’s inscription and the four-quatrain poem begins: “Zogbaum draws with a pencil, / And I do things with a pen.”
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum was the son of Ferdinand Zogbaum and Mary Fairchild. The future artist’s father and his paternal uncle, Rufus Fairchild, were partners in a thriving musical instrument manufacturing and import business, first established in 1845 and then relocated to New York in 1853. Although he initially apprenticed in the family office, Rufus enrolled at the Art Students League, where he studied between 1878 and 1879. After pursuing further instruction at Germany’s University of Heidelberg in 1880, he moved on to Paris. During his two-year stay in the French capital, 1880–1882, he was a pupil of Léon Bonnat, a classical realist whose carefully constructed, emotive paintings of peasant life and religious passion reflected academic precepts of the day. The French master’s influence can be seen in Zogbaum’s oeuvre of highly-detailed, heroic paintings.
Upon his return to America, Zogbaum found regular work as an illustrator; between 1883 and 1899, he frequently contributed drawings to popular periodicals like the Saturday Evening Post, North American Review, and Harper’s Monthly, where he eventually earned a staff position. In 1884, he began a run of travels to the western territories, notably Montana. The fruits of these visits were seen in the drawings that accompanied magazine articles informed by the ideals of Manifest Destiny, as well as in finished oil paintings of cowboys...
Category
1880s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Gypsy Girl”
By Leon Herbo
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on mahogany wooden panel of a young gypsy woman in a colorful headdress and costume. Signed middle right and dated 1885, Brussels. Original inscription paper label vers...
Category
1880s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portraits Of Emperor Napoleon III And Empress Eugénie By Studio Of Franz Xaver W
By Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Located in New Orleans, LA
Studio of Franz Xaver Winterhalter
(1805-1873) German
Portraits of Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie
Oil on canvas
These grand portraits of Emperor Napoleon III and Empres...
Category
19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Battle of Ptolemais, 1191"
By Adam Springfield
Located in Southampton, NY
This large oil on canvas painting by Adam Springfield depicts the Battle of Ptolemais which took place in 1191. It is signed lower left and dated 1877. The verso of the painting contains the title of the painting. It has it's original period gold leaf frame and measures 44 x 63.75 inches. The siege of Ptolemais is unique in the history of the Crusades since the Frankish besiegers were themselves besieged, by Saladin's troops. It was not captured until July 1191 when the forces of the Third Crusade, led by King Richard I of England and King Philip II of France, came to King Guy's aid. Acre then served as the de facto capital of the remnant Kingdom of Jerusalem...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady with Books #3 - Surreal painting by Paula Craioveanu Framed
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Lady with Books 3"
39x23in / 100x60cm
Shipped as it is, stretched, framed. Size framed 41.5x25.7in
Free shipping with 1stDibs code
Lady with Books 3 and Lady with Books 1 - these ...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Watering the Cattle”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by the American artist, Edmund Darch Lewis. Signed lower right and dated, 1891. Several small punctures which will be professionaly restored. Old reline of ca...
Category
1890s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century English watercolour of woodland near Croxdale Hall
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very attractive and meticulously executed view of a rocky landscape within the woods dating to 1823. This would suit a library or study with its muted tones and skifull draughtsmanship.
William Nicholson (1781-1844)
Near Croxdale Hall
Signed with initials and inscribed with title and date 1823
Pen, ink and grey wash
11 x 8 inches, image only
17 x 13 inches without frame
The portrait-painter and etcher William Nicholson was born in Ovingham-on-Tyne, Northumberland, on Christmas Day 1781. His family transferred to Newcastle when his father was appointed Headmaster of the city's Grammar School. At an early age, though, Nicholson appears to have moved to Hull where he made his artistic debut, painting miniatures of officers garrisoned there. He was almost entirely self-taught, learning his craft through the close study of artworks in private and public galleries. He subsequently returned to Newcastle where he received many commissions to paint portraits of the old families of Northumberland. In 1808, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy, continuing to do so until 1822. By 1814, Nicholson, whose mother was a Scot, had moved to Edinburgh where he set up as a miniaturist and painter in oils. Soon, however, he began to specialize in watercolour portraits. Early subjects included the actor Daniel Terry and the poet and novelist James Hogg. In 1818 he began to publish a series of Portraits of Eminent Scotsmen, etched from his own portraits and those of other painters. Besides Scott and Hogg, the subjects included the writers Robert Burns, John Wilson ('Christopher North'), and Lord Jeffrey, the painters Sir Henry Raeburn, the divines Alexander Carlyle and Alexander Cameron, the engineer James Watt, the architect John Playfair, and the song-collector and composer George Thomson...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink, Pen
Forest Nymph - Figurative Nude Oil Painting Colors Brown Grey Pale Blue Green
By Lyubena Fox
Located in Sofia, BG
"Forrest Nymph" (2016)
Oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm unframed
Painting was started in 2015, most of it was finished by 2016, the last touches done in 2019. Inspired by the 19th century French painter Bouguereau, she wanted to depict a nymph that inhibits the forest, wearing a flower crown made from Hepatica flowers, wild forest flowers.
The Painting’s Qualities
Lyubena Fox...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Valley, Landscape 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
Signed to lower right
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Summer Valley,...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Reclining Nude California School
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century California School reclining nude female figure by anonymous 19th Century artist. In the style of William-Adolphe Bouguereau. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le pont de Saint Gérmain de Couilly (sur le Grand Morin)
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Exhibited:
Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1879 (no. 647)
Category
1870s Academic Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Anatomy Drawings of a Horse - Original French Artwork Equestrian Anatomy Study
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Anatomy of a Horse
by Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014)
original drawing stuck on card in blue folder/ thick paper, unframed
top drawing: 7.25 x 9...
Category
20th Century Academic Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Charcoal, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
Venice, Coastal, 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: Venice
Size: 12" x 16.5" x 0.8'' inc...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Manolo Gonzalez' Plaza de Toros, Maestranza, Seville, Bullfighting, Matador
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'John Fulton' (American, 1933-1998) and painted circa 1995.
The original oil painting for the poster advertising the appearance of Manolo Gonzalez at the prestigious Maestranza bullring in Seville and showing famous bullfighter in an emerald suit of lights, holding his espada at the ready while deflecting the enraged bull with his red cape.
John Fulton was an American bullfighter and painter who settled in Seville. Born in Philadelphia, he received a scholarship to an art school in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in the early 1950s. During this time, he studied both painting and bullfighting, killing his first calf there in 1953. In 1954, Fulton joined the U.S. Army and continued and continued painting and bullfighting on his downtime. After his release in 1956, he moved to Spain where he studied bullfighting under Juan Belmonte and performed as a novillero (novice) with some of Spain’s leading matadors. In July 1963, Fulton was sponsored by José María Montilla to take his 'alternativa' at the Plaza de toros...
Category
1990s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishing Boats, Seascape, 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: Fishing Boats
Size: 26" x 35" x 0.8'...
Category
2010s Academic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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