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ACADEMIC STYLE

During the Renaissance, the first European fine art academies were established in Italy and would guide the style and standards of visual culture in the following centuries. Academic art became dominant across the continent in the 17th century, with artists coming together to offer instruction in this style of painting and sculpture

The academic art period represented a significant change from the previous era when painters, sculptors and other artists were part of guilds and seen more as artisans than purveyors of culture. While patronage from the elite and the church remained pivotal, young artists were able to support themselves for the first time through academic exhibitions and an independent marketplace. The leading academies included the French Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture founded in Paris in 1648 (which became the Académie des Beaux-Arts after the French Revolution) and the London Royal Academy of Arts formed in 1768 under the inaugural leadership of painter Joshua Reynolds

Academy students sketched drawings based on prints, sculptures and, finally, live models. Movements including neoclassicism and romanticism were particularly popular in these art schools and institutions where the influence of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin was prominent. Beaux Arts architecture and furniture design drew on these movements, too, and, as they also originated at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the disciplines share common ground with academic painting and sculpture.

Although academic art was a major shift for artistic status when it began, by the middle of the 19th century it was viewed as stodgy and resistant to new ideas, with the subject matter of artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jean-Léon Gérôme generally limited to allegorical or mythological themes. Impressionism, realism and the other movements that engaged with contemporary issues that followed were direct reactions to the academic tradition, although it continued to inform the avant-garde as artists like Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso started their practices as academic realists.  

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Style: Academic
The Bath : Two Women Wiping - Lithograph (Petrides 1947)
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne VALADON (1865-1938) Two Women Wiping Lithograph enhanced with stencil after a drawing Signed in the plate On Lana vellum, 32 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) INFORMATION: Lithograph...
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1940s Academic Nude Prints

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Woman Naked on the Sofa - Original Etching Signed (Petrides #E4)
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne VALADON (1865-1938) Woman Naked on the Sofa, 1932 Original etching Signed in pencil On BFK Rives vellum 47 x 37 cm (c. 18.5 x 14.5 in) INFORMATION : Printed in 1932, this e...
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1930s Academic Nude Prints

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Nude Woman Doing her Hair - Original Etching Signed (Petrides #E5)
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne VALADON (1865-1938) Nude Woman Doing her Hair, 1932 Original etching Signed in pencil On BFK Rives vellum 47 x 37 cm (c. 18.5 x 14.5 in) INFORMATION : Printed in 1932, this...
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1930s Academic Nude Prints

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Grandmother and Child - Original Etching Signed (Petrides #E14)
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne VALADON (1865-1938) Grandmother and Child, 1932 Original etching Signed in pencil On BFK Rives vellum 47 x 37 cm (c. 18.5 x 14.5 in) INFORMATION : Printed in 1932, this etc...
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1930s Academic Nude Prints

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Nude Woman in the Bath - Original Etching Signed (Petrides #E1)
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne VALADON (1865-1938) Nude Woman in the Bath, 1932 Original etching Signed in pencil On BFK Rives vellum 47 x 37 cm (c. 18.5 x 14.5 in) INFORMATION : Printed in 1932, this et...
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1930s Academic Nude Prints

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Nude Crouching Woman - Original Etching Signed (Petrides #E3)
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne VALADON (1865-1938) Nude Crouching Woman, 1932 Original etching Signed in the plate On BFK Rives vellum 15 x 15 cm (c. 5.9 x 5.9 in) INFORMATION : Printed in 1932, this etc...
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1930s Academic Nude Prints

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Young Woman Sponging Herself - Original Etching Signed (Petrides #E12)
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne VALADON (1865-1938) Young Woman Sponging Herself, 1932 Original etching Signed in pencil On BFK Rives vellum 47 x 37 cm (c. 18.5 x 14.5 in) INFORMATION : Printed in 1932, t...
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1930s Academic Nude Prints

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Naked Woman in the Bath - Original Etching Signed (Petrides #E2)
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne VALADON (1865-1938) Naked Woman in the Bath, 1932 Original etching Signed in pencil On BFK Rives vellum 47 x 37 cm (c. 18.5 x 14.5 in) INFORMATION : Printed in 1932, this e...
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1930s Academic Nude Prints

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"Seated Nude" 2002 colorful lithograph of female figure at rest - unframed
By Beth Rundquist
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Edition 7/22 A resident of East Hampton, New York, Beth Rundquist paints portraits, still lifes, figures and plein air landscapes. Its refreshing to see an academically trained pai...
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Early 2000s Academic Nude Prints

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Academic nude prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Academic nude prints 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. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including (After) Francois Boucher, Beth Rundquist, and Giovanni Volpato. Frequently made by artists working with Archival Paper, and Archival Tape 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 nude prints, so small editions measuring 12 inches across are also available. Prices for nude prints 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 $200 and tops out at $987, while the average work sells for $618.

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