Academic Prints and Multiples
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
Louis I of France as a Roman Emperor, in profile to the right
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Louis I of France as a Roman Emperor, in profile to the right
Chiaroscuro woodcut, 1631-1633
Unsigned (as usual)
After a drawing by Hubert Goltzius (1526-1583)...
Category
17th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
ABS, Woodcut
Dancing Ariane - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
Dancing Ariane, Study for Ariane's Figure
Original lithograph enhanced in pastel
Printed signature in the plate
On light cream tinted vellum 48 x 31 cm (...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
"The Temptation of Saint Anthony " Etching, Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Temptation of Saint Anthony" is an original etching by Fernand Cormon. This piece has the artist's stamp. The piece is signed in pencil by the artis...
Category
1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Paper, Ink, Laid Paper
19th century color lithograph portraits patriotic American stars flags
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Presidents of the U.S." is an original hand-colored lithograph by Nathaniel Currier. It features the first eleven presidents of the United States.
14" x 10" art
23" x 19 1/8" frame
Nathaniel Currier was born March 27, 1813 to Nathaniel and Hannah Currier in Roxbury, Massachusetts. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to William S. and John Pendleton of Boston who had set up the first lithographic establishment in America. His apprenticeship served him well as he went on to be the largest publisher of lithographs. Mr. Maurer described Nat Currier as being very gentlemanly and liberal. As is evident to the success of the firm of Currier & Ives he was very devoted to his business.
Nat Currier had many friends including Horace Greely and P.T. Barnum. He was well known for his sense of humor and Harry T. Peters tells one story about P. T. Barnum. "Currier had heard that one day his friend, the great showman, had rushed into the barber shop of the old Park Hotel, at Beekman and Nassau Streets, to get a shave. Barnum had hurried up to Tom Higginson, the barber, and said, 'Tom, I'm in a hurry.' 'Sorry for it,' said Tom, 'but it's that gentleman's turn next.' 'That gentleman' was an unshaven irshman waiting for a ten-cent shave. Barnum turned to him and said, 'My friend, if you will let me have your turn, I'll pay for what you have done.' The gentleman consented, and, as Barnum found out later, had a full job done - absolutely everything the house had. The check was for a dollar and sixty cents. When Currier heard this story he found the very Irishman and had him pose. The result was the famous cartoon, "The Man that Gave Barnum 'His Turn.'"
Nathaniel was married twice; his first wife was Miss Eliza West of Boston. He had one son with Eliza, Edward West Currier. In 1847 he married Miss Laura Ormsbee of Vermont. Laura and Nathaniel are memorialized in the famous N. Currier lithograph The Road Winter...
Category
1840s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
18th century etching figurative neoclassical mythology scene dynamic
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cormar Attacking a Spirit on the Waters" is an etching by eighteenth-century Scottish artist Alexander Runciman, signed in plate on the lower edge of the etching, "ARunciman inv. & ...
Category
1770s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Paper, Ink
19th century color lithograph beetles nature forest tree leaves animal signed
By Louis Prang
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Stag Beetle & Longicorn Beetle" is an original color lithograph by Louis Prang. It depicts two forest-dwelling beetles. The artist signed the piece in the stone lower left. It was published by Selmar Hess in New York.
8" x 5" art
19 3/8" x 16" framed
Louis Prang (March 12, 1824 – September 14, 1909) was an American printer, lithographer, publisher, and Georgist. He is sometimes known as the "father of the American Christmas card".
Prang's early activities in the US publishing architectural books and making leather goods were not very successful, and he began to make wood engravings for illustrations in books. In 1851 he worked for Frank Leslie, art director for Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, and later with John Andrew. In 1851, he married Rosa Gerber, a Swiss woman he had met in Paris in 1846.
In 1856, Prang and a partner created a firm, Prang and Mayer, to produce lithographs. The company specialized in prints of buildings...
Category
1880s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
18th century etching figurative royalty wedding scene print black and white
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Marriage of Saint Margaret and King Malcolm" is an etching by Scottish artist Alexander Runciman. There is an engraved signature with the artist's monogram followed by "pinxit et fecit," indicating that Runciman both designed the original drawing and likely executed the etching on the metal plate. On the left, a young woman with a halo in fine dress stoops slightly and gathers her skirts as she leans over to accept the ring that the man on the right is reaching to place upon her finger. He is also young, dressed finely, and wearing a crown. Between them, a church official with a pointed hat and a long flowing beard recites the appropriate prayers for the occasion, while onlookers crowd in the background. The tiled floor demonstrates the use of one-point perspective, and the church appears to be in the Gothic style.
Art size: 8 3/4" x 7 1/4"
Frame size: 26 1/2" x 22 3/8"
Alexander Runciman (Edinburgh 15 August 1736 – 4 October 1785 Edinburgh) was a Scottish painter of historical and mythological subjects. He was the elder brother of John Runciman, also a painter.
He was born in Edinburgh, and studied at the Foulis Academy, Glasgow, and from 1750 to 1762 he was apprenticed to the landscape painter Robert Norie, later becoming a partner in the Norie family firm. He also worked as a stage painter for the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh.
In 1767, he went to Rome, where he spent five years. His brother John accompanied him, but died in Naples in the winter of 1768–69. During Runciman's stay in Italy he became acquainted with other artists such as Henry Fuseli and the sculptor Johan Tobias Sergel...
Category
1770s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
19th century color lithograph scientific bird animal print hawk tree leaves egg
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sparrow Hawk" is an original color lithograph by an unknown American artist. It depicts a bird perching on the limb of a tree, its young poking out of th...
Category
1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
A set of Biblical prints after the Dutch painter and engraver Gerard Hoet
By Gerard Hoet
Located in London, GB
The present collection is a set of 131 prints after Gerard Hoet, the Dutch golden age painter and engraver, depicting various biblical scenes. Hoet was a leading artist in the Classicizing Dutch Academic style, and his work is defined by history paintings, with a particular interest in mythological, classical, historical, and biblical scene, in particular Old testament scenes...
Category
Early 1700s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Ink, Black and White, Engraving
Sandringham - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Homes, Sandringham House
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Sandringham by HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated with the artworks of HRH The P...
Category
1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Ballochbuie, Balmoral, April - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Scotland, forest
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Ballochbuie, Balmoral, April by HM King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated with the artworks of HIs Majesty...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Greek Island, Fishing Boats - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Greece, Hills, sea
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Greek Island, Fishing Boats by His Majesty King Charles III (created when he was HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales) - Hand Signed Limit...
Category
1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Tetbury Church - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, king Charles, Cotswolds
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Tetbury Church by His Majesty King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated with ...
Category
1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Balmoral - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Homes, Balmoral Castle, British
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Balmoral by His Majesty King Charles III (formerly known as HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales) - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated with the artworks of HRH The Prince of Wales for over 25 years. Anna Hunter, gallery owner, wrote a handwritten letter to the Prince asking him if he would consider making signed lithographs from his beautiful watercolours which could
be sold in aid of his charities. The gallery subsequently worked with the Prince for over 10 years publishing some 18 different editions and raising over £4million for the Prince’s Charitable Foundation.
Lithographs were made from the Prince’s original watercolours under the guidance of Stanley Jones – a celebrated printmaker who had previously worked with Henry Moore for 30 years, and with Elizabeth Frink, David Hockney and others. Each one is hand-signed.
“…One thing I have discovered in the course of my painting efforts is that Balmoral Castle...
Category
1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Highgrove - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Homes, Highgrove House, British
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Highgrove by His Majesty King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associate...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Windsor Castle - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Homes, Architecture
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Windsor Castle by HM King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated with the artwo...
Category
1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Windsor Castle North Aspect - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Home, British
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Windsor Castle by His Majesty King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be asso...
Category
1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Glengairn, Aberdeenshire - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Scotland, British
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Glengairn, Aberdeenshire, January by His Majesty King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been ...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Wensleydale - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Yorkshire, British Landscape, Dales
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Wensleydale by His Majesty King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associat...
Category
1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Wensleydale from Moorcock - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Yorkshire, Landscape
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Wensleydale from Moorcock by His Majesty King Charles III (created when he was HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales) - Hand Signed Lim...
Category
1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Klosters - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Switzerland, Mountains, Hüreli, Skiing
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
The Hüreli, Klosters, Switzerland by His Majesty King Charles III (created when he was HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales) - Hand Si...
Category
1990s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Ben Avon - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Scotland, British, Braemar, Mountains
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Ben Avon, Near Braemar, January by His Majesty King Charles III (created when he was HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales) - Hand Sign...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Balmoral Winter Scene - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Scotland, king charles III
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Balmoral Winter Scene by His Majesty King Charles III (created when he was HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales) - Hand Signed Limited...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Overlooking Wadi, Saudi Arabia - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Mountains, Asir
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Overlooking Wadi, Asir Province, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia by His Majesty King Charles III, (created when he was HRH The Prince of Wales) - ...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hong Kong from HMY Britannia - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Union Jack,
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Hong Kong From HMY Britannia by HM King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated ...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Academic prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Academic prints and multiples 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 prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Owen Jones, Paul Jones b.1921, John James Audubon, and Basilius Besler. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Engraving 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 prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples 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 $50 and tops out at $26,100, while the average work sells for $650.
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