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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Style: Academic
The Declaration Of Love
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
COLIN François (1798-1864)
The Declaration of love
Oil on canves signed low left
Old frame regilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 41 X 57 - Dim frame : 56 X 71 cm
COLIN François (1798-1...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
A French 19th-20th Century Oil on Canvas "A Good Poker Hand Player Smoking Pipe"
Located in LA, CA
Émile Renard (French, 1850-1930) A Fine and Charming Oil on Canvas "A Good Poker Hand", depicting a joyous seated man, smoking a pipe, showing his Poker hand of cards. Within a carve...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - De ma Fenêtre
Located in Paris, IDF
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibited nationally as well as in the United States and China. His works e...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Little Ballerina
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alphonse PELLET (1853-1926)
The Little Ballerina
Oil on wood panel signed low right
Old frame regilded with leaves
Size panel : 30 X 43 cm - Size frame : 40 X 55 cm
Alphonse PELLET...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Sweet Roses
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed and titled lower left
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 18th Century Half Length Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Plaster, raised pins and later coloured to simulate terracotta
Height: 32 3⁄4 inches (83.5 cm).
Full of elegance and liveliness, it conveys the consummate ability of the artist. Be...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Plaster
Timing Belt Sculpture Clay Ceramic Handmade by Garo, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Figurative Sculpture Clay Ceramic Handmade
Artist: (Garo) Karapet Balakeseryan
Medium: Clay Ceramic, One of a Kind
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism, Surrealism
Title: Time Belt
S...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Basket of pansies Flowers - painting 19th century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
BIVA Paul (1851 - 1900)
Basket of Pansies
Oil on canvas signed low left
Framed by Gault (Paris)
Dim canvas : 60 X 80 cm
Dim frame : 80 X 100 cm
BIVA Paul (1851 - 1900)
French Pain...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
"Flowers" by Baldo Guberti - Oil on Masonite - 37.5 x 46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (43 x 56.5 x 3.5 cm)
Baldo Guberti was an Italian painter, engraver, and illustrator born in Ravenna in 1907 and died in Camaiore in 1974. His work is known ...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Masonite
A Party To The Castle in 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Party To The Castle in the 18th Century
Oil on canvas with a signature G.Weiss low left
Old frame regilded
Dim canvas : 46 X 38 cm
Dim frame : 66 X 58 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Entrance of General Bonaparte in Cairo, 1798
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Léon Gérôme,
(1824-1904)
"Entrance of General Bonaparte in Cairo, 1798"
Bronze with medal patina
Signed on the base “GEROME” and on the back part “SIOT Fondeur Paris”
Dimensi...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
Painting 19th century French School Genre Scene Interior Portrait
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French School 19th century
Close to François Xavier FABRE (1766-1837)
The Princess and The Chaperone
Oil on canvas
One can read on the reverse "Fabre Fecit" and the name and address of the canvas dealer shop...
Category
1850s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Watercolor Painting - Flowers with China Porcelain vase
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ROSENSTOCK Isidor (1880-1956)
Still Life of Flowers with China Porcelain Vase
Watercolor on card signed low right
Old original frame gilded with leaves and Glass
Dim card : 38 X 58 c...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor
Beautiful Woman, The Coy Look - French Painting
Located in Miami, FL
If Vogue magazine existed in the late 19th century, this sitter could be on the cover. The depth of her feminine beauty and sweetness is mesmerizing. She looks at you. You look ...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Nymphs Dancing
By Henri-Pierre Picou
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
PICOU Henri Pierre (1824-1895)
Nymphs Dancing
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1881 low left
Old frame regilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 62 X 82 cm
Dim frame : 80 X 100 cm
PICOU Henri Pierre (1824-1895)
French Painter 19th century
Born on February 27th, 1824 in Nantes - Died on July 17th, 1895 in Nantes
Painter of History, allegorical subjects, genre paintings, Symbolist.
Pupil of Paul Delaroche...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Pasture with Cows
By Rémy Cogghe
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Mouscron in the Belgian province of Hainaut, Cogghe attended the Academy of Roubaix where he studied under Constantin Mils. In 1876, Cogghe was admitted to the École Nation...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Sideview of a Gentleman)
By John Gilroy
Located in New York, NY
John Thomas Young Gilroy (English, 1898-1985), "Untitled: Sideview of a Gentleman", Charcoal/Pencil on Paper signed and matted to original card stock, 20.75 x 12.75 (22 x 14), Early 20th Century, 1920
Colors: White, Black
John Thomas Young Gilroy (30 May 1898 – 11 April 1985) was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy".
Born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, Gilroy attended Durham University until his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He resumed studying at the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained as a teacher. He taught at Camberwell College of Arts.[1]
In 1925, he gained employment at S.H. Benson's advertising agency, where he created the iconic advertisement art for Guinness featuring the Zoo Keeper and animals enjoying Guinness.[2] He worked with Dorothy L. Sayers.[3] He was also an accomplished portrait painter, numbering Royalty, Politicians, Actors and many others amongst his sitters. He worked in his large studio at 10 Holland Park, London, the former home and studio of Sir Bernard Partridge. He was a long-standing and much loved member of the Garrick Club...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
"A Short Break from Work" Oil On Canvas / Board By John George Brown
Located in Jacksonville, FL
"A Short Break from Work" captures the essence of a fleeting moment in the life of a young boy, skillfully portrayed by the artist John George Brown in oil on canvas or board. The sc...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Nude Boy Discovered in Barn - Gay Interest
Located in Miami, FL
Norman Mills Price depicts a handsome, nude blond boy with classical good looks. He is lying on his stomach in straw in the loft of a barn with his buttocks exposed. The artist captu...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Gouache, Board, Pencil
'Erika in Gesture II, ' by James Cobb, Drawing
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 21" x 19" academic drawing by artist James Cobb, 'Erika in Gesture II,' captures a female model in a standing pose. Facing away from the viewer...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Conté, Graphite
Sophie Holten (1858-1930), the Parthenon Frieze, London 1901
Located in Greding, DE
Painting based on the Peplos scene (Block V, eastern Parthenon frieze, ca. 447-433 BC) by the Danish painter Sophie Holten (1858 Skuldelev - 1930 Rosk...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
An Amusing Thought by Georges Croegaert
Located in New Orleans, LA
Georges Croegaert
1848-1923 Belgian
An Amusing Thought
Signed "Georges Croegaert Paris" (lower left)
Oil on panel
This oil on panel by Belgian artist Georges Croegaert is a rich ...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Flower Arrangement - Original 19th Century Painting
By Achille Théodore Cesbron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Achille Théodore CESBRON (1849-1915)
Flower Arrangement
Oil on oval canvas signed low right
Framed by Gault (Paris - Fbg St Honoré)
Dim canvas : 63 X 48 cm
Dim frame : 79 X 64 cm
Achille Théodore CESBRON (1849-1915)
French school 19th-20th century
Born the 5th of November 1849 in Oran (Algeria). Dead the 4th of January 1915.
Painter of genre scene, portraits, still life, flowers, pastel.
Pupil of Bonnat and Cormon, he regularly exhibited at the « Salon des Artistes Français », whose he became shareholder in 1883, getting several rewards and medals from 1882 to 1886.
He has got the Marie...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
“Waves along the Rocky Coast”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful watercolor and gouache painting of waves crashing on the rocks along the shore by the renowned American artist, Edmund Darch Lewis. Signed lower left and dated 1908. Condition is excellent. The painting is housed in its original art nouveau frame recently restored. Under UV glass. Overall framed measurements are 21.75 by 33.75 inches.
Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910)
Edmund Darch Lewis was born in Philadelphia on October 17, 1835 to a successful, wealthy, well-connected family. He studied with Paul Weber...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Girl Kneeling - female, figurative, nude, pencil drawing on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
It is a classic drawing in pencil. A young woman, nude, kneels, hands behind her head. She is looking away from the viewer into the distance, a solemn gaze.
Christopher Pratt, one of...
Category
1980s Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
At the market by Jean Ducommun - Drawing 30x42 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Signed
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Crayon
Pair Italian Limestone Garden Sculptures with Cornucopia
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in limestone with Cornucopia associated with the harvest, prosperity, or spiritual abundance. Excellent condition.
Measurements: Statue cm 160, ba...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Limestone
"Cherries and Tea" Original Oil Painting by Marsha Whitesides Piper
Located in Denver, CO
Marsha Whitesides Piper's (US based) "Cherries and Tea" is an oil painting depicting six red cherries placed with a reflective tea kettle in a dark interior.
Artist statement:
The ...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Young St. John the Baptist by Domenico Menconi
Located in New Orleans, LA
Masterfully carved with remarkable detail, a youthful Saint John the Baptist folds his hands in prayer in this stunning marble by the important Italian sculptor Domenico Menconi. The...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Marble
View of Venice - Painting 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
KAUFMANN KARL (1843-1901)
Pseudonym : CARNIER
Venice view
Oil on canvas signed CARNIER low right
Framed by Gault (Paris) gilded with leaves
Dim : canvas ...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Mounted Jockeys Taking a Jump
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Bronze (After) Henri (Comte) Geoffroy De Ruille, Mounted Jockeys (French 1842-1922)
"Mounted Jockeys Taking a Jump"
40"long x 26" high x 20 ½" wide
20th Century
Medium: Patinaed B...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
Portrait at the Painter's workshop
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Francesco Brunery (1849–1926)
Portrait at the Artist's Workshop
Oil on wood panel
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim panel : 30 X 24 cm
Dim frame : 54 X 46 cm
Francesco Brunery (1849...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Female Portrait Sketch #2
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A colorful sketch of a female bust, in the style of contemporary academic realism.
Artist Bio
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minnesota, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Conté, Crayon
A Sideways Glance
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed with monogram lower right
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Courtship and The Shepherd's Family (a pair)
Located in Mc Lean, VA
19th Century Dutch
Category
1860s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Paintings 19th Century Still Life With Flowers
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GODCHAUX Emile (1860)
Compositions of Flowers in Pair
Oil on canvas signed low Left
Old Frames gilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas (each) : 130 X 89 cm
Dim frame (each) : 149 x 109 cm...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
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 Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Rochefort Harbour in early 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Richard FAXON (1816 - 1875)
Rochefort Harbour with Galleons
Oil on canvas signed low right
New golden frame
Size canvas 73 X 50 cm
Size frame 69 X 95 cm
FAXON Richard (1816-1875)
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Woman Reading by JOZEF ISRAËLS - Dutch painter, Hague School, portrait art
Located in London, GB
Woman Reading by JOZEF ISRAËLS (1824-1911)
Oil on Panel
21 x 12.5 cm (8 1/4 x 4 15/16 inches)
Signed lower right
Executed circa 1870
Artist biography
D...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"In the Canadian Rockies" 19th Century Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The art is signed AB..6. lower right corner
Albert Bierstadt, a luminary of 19th-century American landscape painting, was born on January 7, 1830, in Solingen, Prussia (now Germany)...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Italian School of the 17th Century : Saint Jerome with a Lion - Oil Painting
Located in Paris, IDF
Italy : Venetian school of the 17th century
Saint Jerome wit a Lion, circa 1620
Oil on panel
Unsigned
On wood board 49 x 30 cm
Good condition, accidents/wear (see photos)
Category
Early 17th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
"L'Infini"
By Pierre Charles Lenoir
Located in Southampton, NY
Circa 1910 bronze cast medal by the French sculptor, Pierre Charles Lenoir. Edge mark, cornucopia.
Pierre Lenoir was a French sculptor and medallist and was one of the Breton sculp...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of Horse’s Head and Neck
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of Horse’s Head and Neck
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Size: 20 (Height) x 13.75 (Width)
Signed: No
...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pencil
Neoclassical Neapolitan busts of Aristocratic couple. Plaster. Circa 1820
Located in Firenze, IT
Two 19th century busts.
Charles X period, ca. 1820.
Material: plaster. It depicts two portraits, modeled by a sculptor in the late Empire era, which depict two aristocrats from Sou...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Chalk
Marines - Boats are Leaving for Fishing in Brittany
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GILBERT Pierre-Julien (1783-1860)
Marines - Boats are Leaving for Fishing in Brittany
Two Oils on wood panels in pair signed both low right
Old frames re-gilded with leaves
Dim wood ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Dorothy Thompson (The Wild Rose) - Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
A charming portrait of a beautiful blue-eyed girl in a pink dress holding flowers in her hand. It's based on Renaissance portraits where the subject is pushed to the foreground and i...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady in paris Street 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
LEBAS Léonie (19th-20th)
"Lady in Paris Street 1900"
Oil on wood panel signed low right
Old Frame regilded with gold leaves
Dim panel : 16 X 22 cm
Dim frame : 50 X 41 cm
LEBAS Léoni...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Orientalism : Young Girls Playing - Original lithograph 1898
By Etienne Dinet
Located in Paris, IDF
Etienne Dinet
Orientalism : Young Girl Playing , 1898
Original lithograph (Champenois workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in)
INFORMATION: Li...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tigers of Bengal
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ferdinand SCHEBEK (1875 - 1949)
Oil on canvas signed low left -
Tigers of Bengal -
Old coppery frame -
Dim canvas : 60 X 81 cm -
Dim Frame : 95 X ...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
“La Femme aux Figues”
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Southampton, NY
Original etching and lavis in black ink on Arches watermarked crème laid paper by Paul Gauguin. Titled: “La Femme aux Figues” (The Woman with Figs). This impression is from the 3rd s...
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Portrait of Mother and Daughter - Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
The Woman in the Green Coat, 1918
Lithograph
On vellum 47 x 36,5 cm (c. 18,5 x 14,3 inch)
INFORMATION : Edited by Louis Rouart in Paris, from a drawing ...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Evening Breeze, 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: 2010
Style: Impressionism
Title: Evening Breeze
Size: 23.5" x 31.5" x...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“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 stretch...
Category
1980s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowering Peppermint Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Pulegium Cervinum, Pseudo Pulegium Struthium, Pulegium Regium", depicting flowering Peppermint, Weld and Pennyroyal plants respectively 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 colorful engraving is printed on thin laid chain-linked paper. There are subtle creases in the right upper corner, very common with Besler's relating to the drying of the paper during its production. The right margin is thinner than the others. The print is otherwise in excellent condition with striking hand-coloring.
Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was an apothecary and botanist. He was curator of the Willibaldsburg Castle garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop...
Category
1640s Academic Art
Materials
Engraving
Apelles holding his palette and brushes
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
(Montauban 1780 – Paris 1867)
Apelles holding his palette and brushes
Late reinterpretation after The Apotheosis of Homer – c. 1860
Black chalk, stump...
Category
1860s Academic Art
Materials
Laid Paper, Pencil
Resting Man (Man relaxes draped only in a small towel) - In Celebration of Pride
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
A rare pencil drawing by John Lear created in 1957, signed and dated in pencil.
John Brock Lear...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Portrait of Napoléon II
Located in New Orleans, LA
The son of the legendary Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoléon François Charles Joseph, takes a spirited stance in this remarkable oil painting attributed to the Austrian portraitist Johann Peter Krafft. Believed to have been exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris, this work stands as a testament to both Austrian artistry and the legacy of one of the most powerful men in history.
After Napoléon's exile to the island of Elba in 1814, his son was seen by many of his supporters as the last hope of France. The child was named the ruler of half of Europe, holding the titles of Napoléon II...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Landscapes in Pair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Paul ARMANDI (19th Century)
Wood Landscapes by the river
Oils on canvas in pair signed low right
New golden frames
Canvas : 65 X 40 cm
Frame : 83 X 58 cm
Paul ARMANDI is one of ...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
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