Academic Art
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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Academic
“Clipper under Full Sail”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a three mast clipper under full sail. Signed by the artist lower right. Condition is very good to excellent. Mild stretcher bar wear top. Circa 198...
Category
1980s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A. Costa 24 Woman original Figurative academician drawing painting
By A. Costa
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965
It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD.
He was f...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Carbon Pencil
'Nymph with a Centaur', French School, Academic, Greek Mythological Grisaille
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An exceptionally fine, brush and wash, mythological figural study showing a centaur interrupting the playing of his pan pipes to cast a speculative eye towards a dancing nymph. Datin...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Children in the Beach, 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: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Children in the Beach
Size: 31.5" x...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beehives, 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: Beehives
Size: 12" x 17" x 0.8'' inc...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ocean Serene, 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: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Ocean Serene
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x ...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
South Bay, 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: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: South Bay
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x 0.8...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coastal, 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: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Coastal
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x 0.8''...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Miner Bookends
By Max Kalish
Located in Greenwich, CT
Max Kalish was an important and highly collected American sculptor desired for his depictions of the working man. Here we see a miner taking a break. Kalish was adept at conveying ...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
“Chess Players”
Located in Southampton, NY
ARTIST
Hey, Paul, 1867-1952, artist
TITLE
Chess players
OTHER TITLE(S)
Die Schachspieler
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
1 print : etching ; sheet size 11 1/2" x 15" (30 x 39 cm.)
Date: 1898
SUMMARY
Three men are sitting around a chess board, two are playing and one is observing. The men are all late middle aged to old aged. The print has some fine details, and cross hatching is used extensively. On the table, besides the the chess set, are two coffee cups and a glass of water. Lower left in margin in pencil “original etching” in German. Lower right margin in pencil “chess players” written in German. No visible signature. The same etching by Paul Hey...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Richard Wagner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Richard Wagner
Etching, c. 1880
Signed in the plate (see photo)
Edition: c. 200 impressions
Condition: mint
Image/Plate size: 6 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches
Sheet size: 14 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches
...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Etching
Industrial Bridge Construction Seascape Pastel Painting by Thomas S. Halliday
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pastel and ink painting on Vellum paper by Thomas Symington Halliday (1902 - 1998), titled: Bridge Construction, and signed bottom left corner: T.S. Halliday.
This interesting indust...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Pastel, Ink
“Flying South”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of Canadian geese flying south under a twilight sky. Beautiful
light reflection in the water below Signed lower right and attributed to Alice Roge...
Category
1950s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Connoisseur By Georges Croegaert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Georges Croegaert
1848-1923 Belgian
The Connoisseur
Signed "Georges Croegaert Paris" (lower right)
Oil on panel
A Cardinal peers through a magnifying glass at gilded treasures in...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Return Of Columbus In Chains To Cadiz By Emanuel Leutze
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emanuel Leutze
1816-1868 American
Return of Columbus in Chains to Cadiz
Signed E. Leutze / Philadelphia (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Painted by the artist in 1842, this masterpiec...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Summer Valley, 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: Summer Valley,
Size: 9" x 13.5" x 0...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Clipper under Full Sail”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed oil on academy board by the well known American marine and portrait painter, Sam Sargent. Signed lower left “S. Sargent”. Signed verso, “Newburyport Studio, S. Sa...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Love Letter
Located in Washington, DC
Signed and dated '1884' lower right
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Galantine de Dinde....
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
“Off the Italian Coast”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very finely executed original micro mosaic painting by the Florentine artist Telesforo Franchino. Condition is excellent. Circa 1960. Signed...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Mosaic
Polo Player Bookends in Bronze
Located in Brookville, NY
Polo Bookends in bronze for the sporty library. These were purchased from the collection of a polo player on Long Island who had a beautiful library of sporting books. He also owne...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
"Horse Sketch 1" study of an Alfred Munnings painting, brown and earth tones
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Horse Sketch 1" is Amy Florence's study of an Alfred Munnings painting, one of her favorite artists.
Artist Bio
Amy Florence is a London born artist working out of her studio in F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board
"Horse Sketch 2" study of an Alfred Munnings painting, brown and earth tones
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Horse Sketch 2" is Amy Florence's study of an Alfred Munnings painting, an artist she takes inspiration from.
Artist Bio
Amy Florence is a London born artist working out of her st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board
Still life with aquarium
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This oil on canvas painting was executed by Lev Meshberg with his authentic technique where he used wax over canvas to create a texture first and then the paint.
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Canterbury Gate Cathedral
By Preston Cribb
Located in New York, NY
Preston Cribb (English, 1876-1937) "Canterbury Gate Cathedral", Etching titled and signed in Pencil, 13.63 x 9.50 Framed (Image: 9.50 x 5.25), Early to Mid 20th Century
Colors: Bla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Etching
“Red Poppies and Grapes”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a circa 1920’s still life of red poppies and purple grapes. Oil on artist canvas board . Signed lower right but artist is unknown. Appears to be “A. ...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude woman with roses by famous Latvian painter Janis Rozentāls
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Janis Rozentāls was born in 1866 in Saldus, Latvia, to a family with modest means. The son of a
blacksmith, Rozentāls faced economic challenges in his early life, prompting him to mo...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Magnolia Parviflora
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Flora and Sylva
Henry G. Moon (1857-1905)
London, 1903
Chromolithography.
They say that luck is just an opportunity that is taken. It was certainly true for Henry G. Moon whe...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Roman and Arabic Numerals (Numbers)
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 Art
Materials
Lithograph
Academic 19th Century portrait of a young woman by Cabanel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889) was a prominent French academic painter known for his mastery of Neoclassical and Academic art. Born on September 28, 1823, in Montpellier, France, Caba...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Shepard
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sukotyro Sus (Warthog)
By John Wilkes
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN WILKES (1750-1810)
Encyclopedia Londinensis
London, 1801-1828
Copper Plate Engraving
Original Hand-Color
9” x11” Unframed
At its best, the zoological art of the early n...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Engraving
Plate 1838. Cycad
Located in Florham Park, NJ
This piece would pair well with "Plate 1851. Cycad." by William Curtis which is also listed.
WILLIAM CURTIS.
The Botanical Magazine.
Engravings with original hand-color.
9.5” x 5...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Plexiglass, Handmade Paper, Archival Tape, Archiv...
Gondolier (Figurative Painting of Man in Venice by Mark Beard, Bruce Sargeant)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting of a muscular male gondolier with Venice's St. Mark's Campanile in the background
"Gondolier" painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudony...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Urtica (Nettle)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
GEORGE DIONSYSIUS EHRET (1708-1770).
Plantae Selectae....
Text by Dr. Christoph Trew.
Drawn by Georg Dionsysius Ehret.
Engraved by Johannes Jacobus and Johannes Elias Haid.
Nuremberg...
Category
1750s Academic Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Magnolia Rustica Rubra
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Flora and Sylva
Henry G. Moon (1857-1905)
London, 1903
Chromolithography.
They say that luck is just an opportunity that is taken. It was certainly true for Henry G. Moon whe...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
“Mending the Clothes”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed original watercolor by the Italian born artist, Cesare Tiratelli. Signed bottom right. Strong, rich vibrant colors. Condition ...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Ikebana - Carnations and Astilbe
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 Art
Materials
Woodcut
“Scene in Union Square, New York on a March Day
Located in Southampton, NY
Original wood engraving on paper. Taken from Harper’s Weekly, April 7, 1860. Signed “Homer” in the plate. Condition is good. Slight staining lower left. Very slight tear to the l...
Category
1860s Academic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Engraving
Landscape, Post 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: 2022
Style: Impressionism
Title: Landscape
Size: 27.5" x 31.5" x 0.8'...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Single Camellias
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Flora and Sylva
Henry G. Moon (1857-1905)
London, 1903
Chromolithography.
They say that luck is just an opportunity that is taken. It was certainly true for Henry G. Moon whe...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Black-Faced Heath Breed
By David Low
Located in Florham Park, NJ
David Low (1786-1859)
The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Isles
William Nicholson, RSA, Illustrator
Brown, Green, & Longman’s, Publisher
London, 1842
Lithographs with Original Hand-Color
Page Size, 12.5 x 17
“Professor Low...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Ocean Breeze, 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: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Ocean Breeze
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x ...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At the Foggy Beach, 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: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: At the Foggy Beach
Size: 31.5" x 39...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Bradley Wharf, Rockport”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful and historic original painting of the red fishing shack known as “motif number one” at the end of Bradley’s Wharf in Rockport, Massachusetts. The artist of the painting is the well known American marine...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cold Winter, Impressionism, Landscape, 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: 2016
Style: Impressionism
Title: Cold Winter
Size: 14" x 18" x 0.8'' ...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vienna, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind, cityscape
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2015
Style: Impressionism
Title: Vienna
Size: 9" x 12" x 0.8'' inch,...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Reclining Female Nude”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original conte crayon drawing of a reclining female nude on tinted archival paper by the American artist, Renate Duncan. Signed lower left. Artist full name and address verso. Circa ...
Category
1980s Academic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Conté
In the Beach, 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: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Title: In the Beach
Size: 19.5" x 27.5" x 0...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roses, Impressionism, Still Life, 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: Roses
Size: 19.5" x 23.5" x 0.8'' in...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Village Road, Impressionism, fall, 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: Village Road
Size: 19.5" x 23.5" x 0...
Category
2010s Academic Art
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: 2017
Style: Impressionism
Title: Roses
Size: 12" x 16" x 0.8'' inch, ...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roses, Still Life, 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: Roses
Size: 19.5" x 23.5" x 0.8'' in...
Category
2010s Academic Art
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 27.5" x 0.8'' in...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
In The Village, 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: In the Village
Size: 19" x 23" x 0.8...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumn, Fall, 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: Autumn
Size: 19.5" x 23.5" x 0.8'' ...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Color-full Winter, Landscape Impressionism, Original Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2022
Style: Impressionism
Title: Color-full Winter
Size: 19.5" x 27.5...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
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