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
Oblique-leaved Begonia
Located in Florham Park, NJ
This piece would pair well with Thornton's "Hyacinths" which is also listed.
DR. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (c1765 – 1832).
The Temple of Flora.
London, 17...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Plexiglass, Rag Paper, Silk, Watercolor, Arc...
Rosa (Roses)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color
374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” t...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Initial Letters "W" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Agave or American Aloe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
DR. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (c1765 – 1832).
The Temple of Flora… (Lottery Edition).
London, 1812.
Painted by Reinagle, Henderson, Pether, et. al.
Eng...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Gesso, Handmade Paper, Plexiglass, Silk, ...
Initial Letters "N" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "V" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "X" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Piper Indicum (Pepper)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color
374 plates.
Hortus Eystettens...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Solanum Pomiferum (Tomato)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color
374 plates.
Hortus Eystettensis...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Italia mit Corsica Sardinia und Sicilla
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Italia mit…Corsica, Sardinia und Sicilia.
Geographia Universalis, Vetus et Nova, complectens Claidii Prolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII. Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1542.
En...
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
White Headed Eagle - Young (Bald Eagle)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.
Birds of America
Amsterdam Edition.
Johnson Reprint Company, New York.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Netherlands
G. Schut & Zonen watermark.
1971-73
Edition of ...
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "I" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Indian Reed (Cana)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
DR. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (c1765 – 1832).
The Temple of Flora.
London, 1798-1810.
Painted by Reinagle, Henderson, Pether, et. al.
Engraved by Ward, Caldwall, Earlom, et. al.
A...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Melocactos Melocactus (Cactus)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color
374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” t...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Malva hortensis flore... (Hollyhock, Mallow)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
This piece would pair well with Basil Besler's "Malva Rose" which is also listed.
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdo...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Gesso, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Plexig...
The Blue Passion Flower
Located in Florham Park, NJ
DR. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (c1765 – 1832).
The Temple of Flora.
London, 1798-1810.
Painted by Reinagle, Henderson, Pether, et. al.
Engraved by Ward, Caldwall, Earlom, et. al.
Aq...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Ficus Indica (Prickly Pear Cactus)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with later hand-color
374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” to...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
The Narrow-Leaved Kalmia (Mountain Laurel)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
DR. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (c1765 – 1832).
The Temple of Flora.
London, 1798-1810.
Painted by Reinagle, Henderson, Pether, et. al.
Engraved by Ward, Caldwall, Earlom, et. al.
A...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint, Engraving, Mezzotint, Watercolor
Amerique Septentrionale
Located in Florham Park, NJ
VICTOR LEVASSEUR
Amerique Septentrionale.
Paris, 1847.
Lemercier.
Laguillermie et Rainaud, Schmitt, A Piat, et al. Sculpt.
Lithographs with Later Hand-Color.
13.75” x 21” Unfr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Malva Rosea (Hollyhock, Mallow)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
This piece would pair well with Basil Besler's "Malva hortensis flore..." which is also listed
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Rag Paper, Silk, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Gesso, Handm...
The Superb Lily
Located in Florham Park, NJ
DR. ROBERT JOHN THORNTON (c1765 – 1832).
The Temple of Flora.
London, 1798-1810.
Painted by Reinagle, Henderson, Pether, et. al.
Engraved by Ward, Caldwall, Earlom, et. al.
A...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Engraving, Gesso, Handmade Paper, Mezzoti...
George Kellaway After Thomas Stewardson, Lady In Costume Playing The Mandolin
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 19th-century stipple engraving by George Kellaway (fl. 1821-1828) is after a painting by Thomas Stewardson (1781-1859).
She turns and looks towards the heavens with hair ...
Category
1820s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Paper
Flowering Iris Plants: A Basilius Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving depicting flowering "Iris latifolia violaceo colore maior; Iris latifolia vulgaris coerulea; Iris latifolia maior variegata (Tall Bearded Garden Iris and Flag Iris) plants from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713.
This beautiful hand-colored engraving is printed on thick laid chain-linked paper. There is latin text on the verso. There is pinpoint hole in the periphery on the right and another on the left. There is a very faint vertically oriented crease on the right, related to the process of drying the paper during its production, which is common with original Besler engravings...
Category
Early 18th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Windsor Castle - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Homes, Windsor Castle, British
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
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
Pl. CCXI. Salmon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
The Natural History of British Fishes
London, 1802-1808
Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring
Born in Ireland, Donovan’s interests were both as a collector and an illustrator. He was invited to become a Fellow of the Linneas Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society. Both his wealth and his social stature gave him access to many of the collections of very famous scientists including Sir Joseph Banks...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Pl. LIII. Fig.1. Le Turbot. Fig. 2. L'Orbis. Fif. 3. La Mole.
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Denis Diderot (1713-1784
Jean le Rond d’Alembert (1713-1783)
Histoire Naturelle…
Recueil de Planches, Sur les Sciences, les Arts Liberaux
et les Arts Mechaniques, avec Leur Expl...
Category
Mid-18th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Lake Trout, Lake Bream
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
The Natural History of British Fishes
London, 1802-1808
Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring
Born in Ireland, Don...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Sea Trout, Pike
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
The Natural History of British Fishes
London, 1802-1808
Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring
Born in Ireland, Donovan’s interests were both as a collector and an illustrator. He was invited to become a Fellow of the Linneas Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society. Both his wealth and his social stature gave him access to many of the collections of very famous scientists including Sir Joseph Banks...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Mackarel, Spanish Mackarel
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
The Natural History of British Fishes
London, 1802-1808
Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring
Born in Ireland, Donova...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Bonito LXXXIII
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
The Natural History of British Fishes
London, 1802-1808
Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring
Born in Ireland, Donov...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Ikebana Daisy
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Ikebana
Japanese Woodblocks.
Meiji Period. Circa 1895.
A disciplined art form, Ikebana seeks to bring nature and man together. The emphasis is on form and simplicity of design...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Salmon
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Edward Donovan
The Natural History of British Fishes
London, 1802-1808
Engravings with Original Hand-Coloring
Donovan’s interests were both as...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
Pharbitis Tricolor (Morning Glory)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Paul Jones. (1921-1997)
Flora Superba.
London, 1971. Edition of 406.
Flora Magnifica.
London, 1976. Edition of 506.
Lithographs.
The portraits of flowers by Paul Jones ...
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Tulipa Polyanthos
Located in Florham Park, NJ
BASIL BESLER (1561 – 1629).
Hortus Eystettensis.
Konrad Bauer. Altdorf, 1613, 1640, 1713 – 50.
Copper plate engravings with modern hand-color
374 plates. 21 ¼” to 21 ½” x 16” t...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
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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