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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
Seated Woman
Seated Woman

Seated Woman

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Seated Woman, 1884 Oil on board 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm) Framed dimensions: 15 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches Signed lower right: Thos. P Anshutz. Dated lower left: 1884– Provenance Priv...

Category

19th Century Academic Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Mexican School Mother and Child
Mexican School Mother and Child

Mexican School Mother and Child

Located in San Francisco, CA

Beautiful Mexican school painting of a mother carrying her child. It is a mixed medium on paper using what looks to be oil paint as well as oil, crayon and or pastel. Wonderfully exe...

Category

20th Century Academic Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil

“Dutch Harbor”
“Dutch Harbor”

“Dutch Harbor”

By Anthony Andreas de Meijier

Located in Southampton, NY

Watercolor on paper by the Dutch artist, Anthony Andreas Meijiers. Signed lower right. Condition: Excellent. Unframed. Anthony Andreas de Meijiers or Meyer was a Dutch active in...

Category

1840s Academic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

19th Century Charcoal Study of a Girl's Head on Colored Paper
19th Century Charcoal Study of a Girl's Head on Colored Paper

19th Century Charcoal Study of a Girl's Head on Colored Paper

Located in Firenze, IT

Academic studi of girl’s head. Charcoal on colored paper. By Enrico Reffo. This artwork is part of a collection of approximately twenty preparatory drawings, figure studies, and ske...

Category

Late 19th Century Academic Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

“A Corner of Lowes Water”
“A Corner of Lowes Water”

“A Corner of Lowes Water”

By David Bates b.1840

Located in Southampton, NY

Beautifully executed oil on canvas landscape with figures in a boat by the well known British artist, David Bates. Signed and dated lower left 1900. Titled, signed and dated verso. Condition is very good. Two small old patches verso. Framed in a period elaborate gold leaf frame with minor old restorations. Frame condition is very good. Overall framed measurements are 29.75 by 40 inches. Signed and dated lower left, 1900 Framed 29.75by 40.25 inches. Titled, signed and dated verso. Loweswater is one of the smaller lakes in the English Lake District in Cambria. The village of Loweswater is situated to the east of the lake. About: David Bates British, (1840-1921) David Bates was born in March, Cambridge in 1840 to Benjamin Bates a shoe maker and Sarah Bates. By 1851, the family had moved to Upton upon Severn in Worcestershire and from 1855 Bates became an apprentice at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works in Worcester. There he developed his artistic talent, painting flower decorations onto vases and plates. At some point after 1861, he became a full time artist and made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1863, continuing to exhibit there until 1893. He also exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Suffolk Street and the Grosvenor Gallery. He married Elizabeth Higgs from Worcester in 1867 and they lived at Cherry Orchard, Bath Road in Worcester where their children were later born. Their second child John Bates Noel (1870-1927) became a landscape artist and their younger son David Samuel...

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Early 1900s Academic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Academic drawing: L'Écorché by Houdon. Italian school. 19th century. 59x44cm
Academic drawing: L'Écorché by Houdon. Italian school. 19th century. 59x44cm

Academic drawing: L'Écorché by Houdon. Italian school. 19th century. 59x44cm

Located in Firenze, IT

Academic drawing: L'Écorché by Houdon. Italian school. 19th century. 59x44cm This represents the statue of the écorché by the French sculptor Houdon. Sculpture - Anatomical model o...

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Mid-19th Century Academic Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

“Scene in Union Square, New York on a March Day
“Scene in Union Square, New York on a March Day

“Scene in Union Square, New York on a March Day

By Winslow Homer

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...

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1860s Academic Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Engraving

“Floral Bouquet with Mandolin”
“Floral Bouquet with Mandolin”

“Floral Bouquet with Mandolin”

Located in Southampton, NY

Beautiful floral watercolor and gouache on paper with musical instruments by the German artist, Friedrich (Frederick) Jungling. Signed lower right and dated 1908. Excellent condition...

Category

Early 1900s Academic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

“Seaside Picnic”
“Seaside Picnic”

“Seaside Picnic”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original oil on canvas painting of a bucolic seaside picnic with a mother and her young children. Signed by the artist, F. G. Grust lower left. Condition is very good. The painting is housed in a period style gold leaf frame in fine condition. Overall framed measurements are 31.5 by 41.75 inches. Provenance: A California estate. F. G. Grust was a Dutch painter born in 1889 who was best known for his domestic interior and exterior scenes of a mother with her young children. He is the son of artist Theordor Grust (1859 - 1909), who also painted Dutch genre...

Category

1920s Academic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Large Albumen Photo Jerusalem Photograph American Colony Old City Market
Vintage Large Albumen Photo Jerusalem Photograph American Colony Old City Market

Vintage Large Albumen Photo Jerusalem Photograph American Colony Old City Market

By American Colony Jerusalem

Located in Surfside, FL

The mat measures 21 X 16 the images are around 12 X 9 inches. They bear the blindstamp of the American Colony Jerusalem. I am not sure if these are hand colored but they are from th...

Category

Early 20th Century Academic Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

“Rosee”
“Rosee”

“Rosee”

By Edouard Drouot

Located in Southampton, NY

Original bronze sculpture of “Rosee” the female water carrier by the well known French sculptor Edouard Drouot. Signed on the base. Paris foundry stamp on base. Circa 1910. Conditio...

Category

1910s Academic Art

Materials

Bronze

“Return from the Field”
“Return from the Field”

“Return from the Field”

Located in Southampton, NY

Oil on canvas backed onto wooden board of a worker with a scythe returning home from a day of labor. In a picturesque Swiss village. The painting is attributed to the hand of Karl Adolph Weber, the Swiss artist. Signed “K. Weber” lower right. Circa 1935. The painting is a contemporary wood frame in a mahogany finish. Overall framed measurements are 19 by 15.25 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector. Karl Adolph Weber was a Swiss artist born in 1899 and died in 1978 known for his rural landscapes and figurative paintings of Switzerland...

Category

1930s Academic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

“French Cavaliers”
“French Cavaliers”

“French Cavaliers”

Located in Southampton, NY

Oil on wooden panel painting of horse riding French cavaliers in battle. Signed lower left. Not dated. Original period gilded frame in fine condition. Painting has been recently professionally cleaned. Painting and frame circa 1875. Overall framed measurements are 16 by 14 inches. Condition of the painting is very good. Provenance: Saint Petersburg, Florida estate. Charles Michel Guilbert D'anelle was a pupil of Horace Vernet ( known for his military paintings...

Category

1870s Academic Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Summer Splendor. 2024. Acrylic on canvas. 65x80 cm. Signed
Summer Splendor. 2024. Acrylic on canvas. 65x80 cm. Signed

Summer Splendor. 2024. Acrylic on canvas. 65x80 cm. Signed

Located in Riga, LV

"Summer Splendor" invites the viewer into an intimate moment with a single pink peony in bloom. With no background to distract, the focus rests entirely on the delicate rhythm of pe...

Category

2010s Academic Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

“Portrait of a Head”
“Portrait of a Head”

“Portrait of a Head”, Circa 1780

$1,440Sale Price|20% Off

“Portrait of a Head”

Located in Southampton, NY

Late 18th century mixed media portrait of the head of an old man, perhaps the biblical figure Moses. Italian school . Composed of graphite, colored chalk, watercolor and gouache on ...

Category

1780s Academic Art

Materials

Chalk, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

“Bavarian Flower Girls”
“Bavarian Flower Girls”

“Bavarian Flower Girls”

Located in Southampton, NY

Here for your consideration is a vibrant portrait of a pair of Bavarian flower girls in traditional dress. The painting is unlined and has recently been cleaned. Circa 1875. The pain...

Category

1870s Academic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Man with Magic Show”
“Man with Magic Show”

“Man with Magic Show”

Located in Southampton, NY

China Trade aquatint engraving. The plate was engraved by Dadley in London after drawings by Pu Qua of Canton and published in 1799 by W. Miller of Bond Street in London. Sight size 11.5 by 9.5 inches. Under glass. Silver leaf frame with wear consistent with age. Overall framed measurements are 13.5 by 11.5 inches. Not examined out of frame. Borghese label verso. Provenance: Sarasota collector. Inscriptions read as follows: Pu-Qua. Canton. Delin. Dadley, London, Sculpt. Published May 4, 1799, by W. Miller, Old Bond Street, London. John Dadley...

Category

1790s Academic Art

Materials

Aquatint

Classic Still Life with Fan and Flowers
Classic Still Life with Fan and Flowers

Classic Still Life with Fan and Flowers

Located in New York, NY

Still Life, 20th Century Oil on board Sight: 16 1/4 x 19 in. Framed: 19 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 1 in.

Category

20th Century Academic Art

Materials

Oil, Board

“On the Seine, Paris”
“On the Seine, Paris”

“On the Seine, Paris”

By Hans Figura

Located in Southampton, NY

Original aquatint etching of working river barges on the Seine in Paris, France. A horse drawn cart is seen loading or unloading product. Circa 1900. Si...

Category

Early 1900s Academic Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Aquatint

“Afternoon Stroll”
“Afternoon Stroll”

“Afternoon Stroll”

By James Hamilton 1

Located in Southampton, NY

Original watercolor of a hunter and his dog taking a late afternoon stroll in the countryside. Signed middle bottom and dated 1852 or 1853 J. Hamilto...

Category

1850s Academic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Les Voila
Les Voila

Les Voila

By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss, 1859-1923) Title: Les Voila Year: 1915 Medium: Original lithograph Edition: Numbered 73/100 in pencil Paper: Wove Size image: 16 ...

Category

Early 19th Century Academic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Landscape, Paysage aux Bories
Landscape, Paysage aux Bories

Landscape, Paysage aux Bories

By Pierre Lavarenne

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Pierre Lavarenne (French, born 1928) Title: Landscape, Paysage aux Bories Year: Circa 1975 Medium: Oil on canvas Canvas size: 15 x 18.25 inches Signature: Signed lo...

Category

Late 20th Century Academic Art

Materials

Oil

“The Harem Girl”
“The Harem Girl”

“The Harem Girl”

By Konrad Filip

Located in Southampton, NY

Here for your consideration is an intriguing portrait of a young harem girl in costume by the German artist, Konrad Filip. Signed by the artist top right, Munich. Condition is very ...

Category

Early 1900s Academic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Fancy Ball Dress”
“Fancy Ball Dress”

“Fancy Ball Dress”

Located in Southampton, NY

“Fancy Ball Dress” Andre Leon Larue Mansion, French (1785-1834). Published by W. Spooner 259 Regent St.t. Deposé à Paris. Printed by C. Hullmandel. (Circa 1831) Hand-colored lithogra...

Category

1830s Academic Art

Materials

Lithograph

“Villagers”
“Villagers”

“Villagers”

Located in Southampton, NY

Original watercolor with graphite tracings by the well known German artist, Peter Von Halm. Signed in pencil lower right. Condition is good. Several tiny foxing spots with small areas of mild wrinkles on the outer corners. Matted but not framed. He was the son of an innkeeper and brewer. Initially, he wanted to become an architect and, in pursuit of that goal, attended the Technische Universität Darmstadt. After 1875, he studied copper engraving with Johann Leonhard Raab and general art subjects with Ludwig von Löfftz, at the Munich Academy. From 1883 to 1885, he lived in Berlin at the invitation of his friend, Karl Stauffer-Bern, where he created graphic versions of the Old Masters for Wilhelm von Bode...

Category

1880s Academic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

Black-Headed Gull
Black-Headed Gull

John DuncanBlack-Headed Gull, 1902

$1,920Sale Price|20% Off

Black-Headed Gull

By John Duncan

Located in Southampton, NY

In original gold leaf pierced frame Signed and dated lower left 1902 Sight size 6 x 8 in

Category

Early 1900s Academic Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

“Mallards at Salthouse”
“Mallards at Salthouse”

“Mallards at Salthouse”

By Alan Farrell

Located in Southampton, NY

Miniature watercolor painting on arches paper of three mallards at Salthouse (Norfolk, UK) done by the very well known miniature artist, Alan Farrell. Exhibited at the Royal Miniatur...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

“Home Life”
“Home Life”

“Home Life”

Located in Southampton, NY

Watercolor on paper by the Swiss artist, Simon Daniel Lafond. Signed and dated lower right, 1820. In very good condition, wth minor toning. Colors are strong with incredible detail ...

Category

1820s Academic Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Torah Scholar, Shimshon Holzman

Torah Scholar, Shimshon Holzman

By Shimshon Holzman

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Shimshon Holzman (1907-1986) Title: Torah Scholar Year: 1962 Medium: Watercolor and graphite on wove paper Size: 13.75 x 19.75 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed...

Category

1960s Academic Art

Materials

Watercolor, Graphite

Rescued - Archival fine art print, Black white, Montreal, City Vintage photo
Rescued - Archival fine art print, Black white, Montreal, City Vintage photo

Rescued - Archival fine art print, Black white, Montreal, City Vintage photo

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

An archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 g/m² paper, a photography of a street scene featuring a man on a Side-car, in Montreal cerca 1930 entitled ' Rescued ' ....

Category

1920s Academic Art

Materials

Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

"Port. Batumi"
"Port. Batumi"

"Port. Batumi"

By Oleksandr Khrapachov

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The painting "Port of Batumi" by Oleksandr Khrapachov is full of legends about the life of the corners of the Black Sea, where the sea ridges and mountain ridges grow together. Paint...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On a Ferris wheel - Archival fine art print, Black white, graphical photo
On a Ferris wheel - Archival fine art print, Black white, graphical photo

On a Ferris wheel - Archival fine art print, Black white, graphical photo

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

An archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 g/m² paper of a photograph by Harry Sutcliffe (1878- 1942) entitled ' On a Ferris wheel ' Graphic scene taken on a Fer...

Category

1910s Academic Art

Materials

Black and White, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

'Dancer in Seated Gesture 2, ' by James Cobb, Chalk and Conté on Paper, 2021
'Dancer in Seated Gesture 2, ' by James Cobb, Chalk and Conté on Paper, 2021

'Dancer in Seated Gesture 2, ' by James Cobb, Chalk and Conté on Paper, 2021

By James Cobb

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This 11.25 x 15.25 work on paper features a lone, seated, female dancer viewed from the back. The figure is twisting toward the viewer as she begins to look over her right shoulder. Her legs are pulled toward her body with the left leg crossed over the right. The isolation of the seated figure within the ground of the page lends a vulnerable quality to the work. The 16 x 20 dark brown mat has a window size of 11.25 x 15.25. Bio: Jim Cobb, until recently was hanging his work on Canyon Rd in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One-man shows have been hosted in Taos, New Mexico, Norman, Oklahoma and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. When the Oklahoma Art...

Category

2010s Academic Art

Materials

Chalk, Conté, Paper

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Find a wide variety of authentic Academic art 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 art 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, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Karen Darbinyan, Owen Jones, Paul Jones b.1921, and Mark Beard. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint 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 art, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $11 and tops out at $700,000, while the average work sells for $1,444.