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 Buttonhole By Charles Spencelayh
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Spencelayh
1865-1958 British
The Buttonhole
Signed “C.SPENCELAYH” (lower left) and inscribed “This Drawing was accepted into the Royal Academy but crowded out for want of ...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
A. LEONARD - Flower Girl and her Dog
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A. LEONARD (19th-20th)
Flower Girl and Her Dog
Oil on canvas signed low left
Old Frame regilded with Leaves
Dim canvas : 46 X 38 cm
Dim Frame : 55 X 46 cm
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Landscape with windmill
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
KUWASSEG Charles Euphrasie (1838-1904)
Landscape with Windmill
Oil on canvas signed low right
New Golden frame
Dim canvas : 75 X 108 cm
Dim frame : 104 X 140 cm
KUWASSEG Charles Euphrasie (1838-1904)
French Painter 19th Century born on September 29, 1838 in Draveil (Essonne).
Died in October 1904 in Paris
Painter, Watercolor
Lively landscapes, seascapes, panoramas
Charles Kuwasseg...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Le Soir sur la Terrasse
Located in Paris, FR
Delphin Enjorlas
1857-1945 French
"Le Soir sur la Terrasse"
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Canvas: 28 3/4" high x 23 5/8" wide
Frame: 37 3/4" high x 42 7...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alone in the world, Oil on panel by Duwez Henri-Joseph (1810-1884)
Located in Gent, VOV
Alone in the world
Signature on the left
Presented in a period frame
Provenance: Sold in Paris on February 6, 1895, at Drouot, for 140 Gold Francs (Bénézit)
Biography Henri-Joseph ...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Acrylic
MINIATURE - L'Empereur Napoleon Ier
By Jacques Lienard
Located in Paris, FR
Jacques Lienard
(1779-1848) French
Napoleon Ist
Miniature on Porcelain
Signed
Porcelain: 5 1/2 high x 4 1/5 wide
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Porcelain
Flowering Pomegranate & Rock Rose: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "Cistusflore Albo, Balaustium Flore Minori Romanum, Cotinus", depicting flowering Pomegranate, Rock Rose...
Category
1640s Academic Art
Materials
Engraving
James Pradier, Phryne
Located in Tricase, IT
Phryne by James Pradier 1790-1852
Beautiful bronze representing "Phryne" a very pretty courtesan of ancient Greece covered with his peplo.
Susse frères stamp, signed on the terrace...
Category
1820s Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
Current, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Current" is an oil painting that depicts a lone figure in a golden field with clouds holding a floral fabric agai...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Study of the Movement of a Horses Head by Robert Ladou
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Study of the Movement of a Horses Head by Robert Ladou
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Charcoal on blue paper
Size: 20 (Height) x 13.75 (Width)
Signed: No
Co...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal
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
Car in a Village by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on Paper - 26x17 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Venice Laguna with Gondola
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ADAM-LAURENS Suzanne Adrienne, aka Nanny (1861-1915)
Venice, Lagoon with gondolier
Oil on canvas signed lower left
Frame gilded with leaf
canvas size: 55 X 42 cm Frame size: 64 X 77 cm
French painter born in Crest (Drôme ) February 20, 1861 Died in 1915 Landscape...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Lucrèce Borgia
Located in Paris, FR
Antoine Georges Rochegrosse
1859-1938
Lucrèce Borgia, circa 1880
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Canvas: 36 5/8" high x 29 1/8" wide
Frame: 50 3/8" high x 40 1/8" wide
Georges...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pierce Arrow - Archival fine art print, Black white, Car dealer's shop window
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 g/m² paper of a photograph of a former car dealer's shop window of the brand Pierce Arrow cerca 1925 entitled ' Pierce A...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Miss Twisty: Back to the City - Mid-Century Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Miss Twisty is a story of a young girl who leaves the big city to spend time in the country. The book is filled with insight and humor. This work is a deftly rendered black-and-wh...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Love & the Jester - Oil Painting of Sacrifice
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil Painting of a Love and Sacrafice by Cuban Artist Jesus Nordarse.
Oil on Canvas. 18 x 18 inches.
THE MAN: Jesús Nodarse Valdés was born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba in 1973. He studi...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still-Life With Roses and China Jewel Box
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Hortense DURY-VASSELON (1860-1924)
Still Life with Roses and China Jewel Box
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1905 low left
DIm canvas : 63 X 50 cm
Di...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Four young English girls with flowers are shown in a line and moving from left to right. They are pushed forward on the picture plane as if they were on a stage with a simple indica...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Anatomy Drawing of a Horse - Original French Artwork Equestrian Anatomy Study
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Anatomy of a Horse
by Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014)
original drawing stuck on card in blue folder/ thick paper, unframed
drawing: 12 x 19 inch...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
Olivia Unveiling to Viola (from Twelfth Night)
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Exhibited:
Birmingham Royal Society of Artists, 1879
“Autumn Exhibition of the Birmingham Royal Society of Artists.” The London Times, 25 August 1879. T...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, 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
The Morning News Early 19th-century Realism: Antique Oil Painting on Wood Panel
By William Wallace Gilchrist
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance: Exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1911 #229
Description:
William Wallace Gilchrist (1879-1926) was an American painter known for his captivating depictions of everyday life scenes and his ability to capture the ambiance and aesthetic of the late 19th century. Born in Philadelphia, Gilchrist showed an early passion for art and pursued his artistic education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Gilchrist’s artwork often revolved around intimate domestic settings, where he skillfully portrayed the beauty and tranquility of ordinary moments. His painting “The Morning News...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
“Dockside Serenity”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed original watercolor by the American artist, Erhard Ericson. Signed lower left by the artist. Condition is excellent. The waterc...
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Still Life composition
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jacques DELANOY (1820-1890)
Still Life Fruits and vegetables
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1890 low left
Old frame regilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 41 X 34 cm Dim frame : 53 X 44 ...
Category
1890s 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
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
Woman with cameo
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Original frame
This portrait of a woman with a cameo is a beautiful example of 19th-century classical painting, showcasing the refinement and elegance of its time. The...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17' century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705)
The dramat...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Sweet Roses
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed and titled lower left
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original "Your Country's Call, Enlist Now" 1915 vintage British poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Your Country's Call. Isn't this Worth Fighting For? Enlist Now. Original WW1 poster, archival linen-backed vintage military poster.
Linen-backed and ...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Watercolour painting by Henry Ryland
By Henry Ryland
Located in London, GB
This watercolour painting is by the English artist Henry Ryland, celebrated in his day and since for his Neoclassical pictures. Ryland was a contemporary of Lawrence Alma-Tadema and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Board, Laid Paper
Family scene, children dog and pup, French painting by Delacroix' prodigy friend
Located in Norwich, GB
A sweet and intimate family scene by the rarest of artists: French early 19th Century child prodigy Henri-Louis-Hippolyte Poterlet (1804-1835).
Poterlet was a close friend and confi...
Category
1820s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Music Teacher, Portrait Surrealism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Ashot Yan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Yan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2022
Style: Surrealism, Portrait,
Subject: The Music Teacher,
Size: 39" x ...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Woman by Emile Eisman-Semenowsky
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emile Eisman-Semenowsky
1857-1911 Polish
Portrait of a Young Woman
Oil on panel
Signed and dated “E. Eisman-Semenowsky, Paris 1882” (lower right)
A beautiful young woman exudes r...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
Original French Anatomical Study of Horse's Skeletal Structure
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Study of Horse's Skeletal Structure
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil and Coloured Pen on Paper
Size: 19.75 (Height) x 12.75 (...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pencil, Pen, Color Pencil
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
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17' century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705)
The dramatic subje...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Carriage to the Church by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on paper - 20x15 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Expectation, Portrait Surrealism, Original oil Painting
By Ashot Yan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Yan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2021
Style: Portrait Surrealism,
Subject: Expectation,
Size: 35" x 45" x 1...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pan and Siringa
Located in Roma, RM
Jafet Torelli (active in Florence in the second half of the 19th century), Pan and Siringa
Terracotta sculpture 54 x 22 x 22 cm signed Torelli Firenze on the base.
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Terracotta
Original French Anatomical Equine Study of the Role of Tendons
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Equine Study of the Role of Tendons
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pen, Acrylic and Pencil on paper
Size: 18.5 (Height) x 13.25 (W...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pen, Acrylic, Pencil
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
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
Canvas, Oil
Papaya and Moth Metamorphosis: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Maria Merian
Located in Alamo, CA
This exquisite hand-colored 18th century folio-sized engraving of a papaya plant and moth metamorphosis is plate 64 from Maria Sibylla Merian's publication '...
Category
Early 18th Century Academic Art
Materials
Engraving
“Elegant Table Still Life”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of an elegant table setting by the Hungarian artist, Bella Balogh. Signed by the artist lower right. Circa 1960. A beautiful classic style still l...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of Horse’s Limb
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of Horse’s Limb
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Size: 20 (Height) x 13 (Width)
Signed: No
Condition: G...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pencil
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
Napoleon III-Review At The Camp Of Chalon-sur-Saone, gouache, signed lower right
Located in PARIS, FR
This artwork might be one of the two versions, the other one being in the Museum of Army in les Invalides Paris (book). This version has a more accomplished academic style. Dimensio...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Gouache
Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of Horse's Head
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of Horse's Head
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Size: Excluding Mount: 8.75 (Height) x 10.75 (Width), ...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pencil
Half-lying young woman
Located in Genève, GE
Stamp of the workshop lower right
Work on paper
Golden wood frame with glass pane
35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Crayon
The Fair Student
By Henry Wyatt
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed and dated '1835' center right
Category
1830s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, 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
Cherubs Musicians in pair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Mathilde LEHAUT (1816- nc)
Cherubs Musicians in oval pair
Two Oils on wood signed low
Framed by Gault (Paris) - Gold leaves
Dim wood panel (each) : 27 ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Formal Portrait of a Chinese Man in Traditional Dress
Located in Miami, FL
Dressed in traditional clothing, a handsome Chinese man is depicted as he sits resolutely with one hand on his leg and the other holding a baton. Female Artist Joyce Ballantyne...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Actress June Knight
Located in Miami, FL
Celebrity portrait sketch of
actress June Knight but James Montgomery Flagg on card stock in two colors.
Signed and inscribed lower right. The work is unframed.
There
is a slight cr...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
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
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