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
Period: 20th Century
Jungle by the River - Original Old painting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
VON PLESSEN Willy (1868-1937)
Jungle by the River - Probably from old german colonies in Africa
Oil on wood signed low left
Frame gilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas : 62 X 50 cm
Dim ...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Tetbury Church - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Heritage, Cotswolds, British
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Tetbury Church by His Majesty King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated with ...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Epesses, Switzerland" by Monique Monod - Pencil and watercolor
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Silver wood frame with glass pane
36 x 46 x 1,5 cm
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
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
Canvas, Oil
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
Dame Elizabeth Frink, large British watercolour and pencil drawing of an Osprey
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink CH DBE RA (British, 1930 – 1993)
Osprey
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Signed and dated ‘Frink 69’ (lower right)
29 x 39.1/2 in. (73.7 x 100.3 cm.)
View wo...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
Yesterday's Love, Love can Be True. The Heart can Betray
Located in Miami, FL
Classic illustration for a romanace novel from the 1950's in England. Recently these charming works have been the source of interest and even parody. Unsigned, unframed. Vale Studi...
Category
1950s Academic Art
Materials
Pencil, Gouache
“Still Life with Strawberries”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very nicely executed original still life oil painting on fiberboard of strawberries by an unknown artist. Signed lower right, Charles Burch. I believe this painting is quite possibly the work of Edward Pritchard...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Fiberboard, Oil
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
Scene of Venetian evenings during the Carnival - Ink drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Scene of Venetian evenings during the Carnival
Original India ink and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10....
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Color Pencil, India Ink
Victory - Athletic Young Man in Classical Pose, ( Female Sculptor )
By Evelyn Beatrice Longman
Located in Miami, FL
Evelyn Beatrice Longman was a trailblazing female artist getting major commissions at the very begining of the 20th century.
Having lived in New York City, I used to walk by the li...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
Young woman lying on the sofa
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
'Female Nude Figure Study, ' by John Fenton, Drawing on Paper
By John Fenton
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 23.5" x 19.5" drawing of a seated female nude depicts the figure in a frontal pose leaning forward with one leg raised and elbow placed on her kneecap. Her head rests in ...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Conté
Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Drawing 38x51 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Gentle Evening - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Gentle evening
Original pencil and color pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Very good condition, pa...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Color Pencil, Carbon Pencil
Under the weight of the cross by Pierre Eugène Vibert - Charcoal 63x48 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Sanguine and charcoal on paper without frame
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal
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 Hunter”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a solitary hunter in the field by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom right. ...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Original 1917 Railroad Map of Washington State railway map
Located in Spokane, WA
This is an Original Lithograph Vintage Railroad Map of Washington State; it is not a reproduction.
“Railroad Map of Washington, 1917, The Public Servi...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Stanley Spencer study for The Apotheosis of Hilda, British, 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Stanley Spencer (British, 1891-1959)
Study for The Apotheosis of Hilda
Pencil
19.3/4 x 30 in. (50 x 76 cm.)
Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, Stanley Spencer studio sale, 1998...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Marble Sculpture of Roman Mythological subject Apollo
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in white Carrara marble of Apollo head .
Measurements: Statues cm 150, base cm 85.
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Limestone
"White Vase"
By Margaret Fulton Spencer
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting of a still life with white vase by the American artist Margaret Fulton Spencer.Signed middle bottom. Titled verso. In original condition; unlined. The painting is housed in a art nouveau reproduction frame. Overall 27.25 by 23.25 inches.
Biography forMargaret Spencer
The niece of painters Thomas Alexander...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Swiss by Otto Vautier - Drawing 31x24 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor
Still life with apples and channe by Georges Djakeli - Oil on wood 9x11 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Djakeli G. Officier de cavalerie
Work on wood
Gilded wood frame
13 x 15 x 2 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
“Misty Morning Gloucester”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on artist board painting of a misty morning in Gloucester Harbor by the Provincetown artist, Kay Kellogg. Signed lower left. Circa 1935. The painting d...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Board
“A Corner of Lowes Water”
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...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Tavern Life”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a lively tavern scene. Signed lower right and dated 1942 by the British artist, George Anderson Short...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
“Flower Seller, Notre Dame”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very nice original hand colored copper plate etching (aquatint) by the Hungarian born artist, Marianne L. Almasy. Depicts a Parisian flower girl selling her bouquets with the iconic...
Category
1980s Academic Art
Materials
Etching, Archival Paper
British turn of the 20th century ink drawing of an allegory of time
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sidney Herbert Sime (British, 1867 – 1941)
An allegory of lost Time
Ink on paper
Signed ‘S. H. SIME.’ (lower right)
6.5/8 x 5.7/8 in. (17 x 14.5 cm.)
Sidney Sime...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Ink, Paper
20th Century drawing of William Docker Drysdale by Gilbert Spencer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Gilbert Spencer RA, RWS, NEAC (British, 1892-1959)
Portrait of William Dockar Drysdale
pencil
Signed and dated `Gilbert Spencer/ 1949’ (lower right)
15...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Jay Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of a Jay bird
Matt size 24.5cm x 29.5cm
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of John Torcapel by Alexandre Blanchet - Pastel on paper 27x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pastel
Mrs John Torcapel by Alexandre Blanchet - Sketch 35x47 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Total dimension with the passe-partout: 63 x 48 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Crayon
'Piano And Violin Recital', Paris Salon, Royal Academy, Still Life of Tulips
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Alf. Broge' for Carl Harald Alfred Broge (Danish, 1870-1955) and dated '1918'.
Alfred Broge first studied with Helger Gronvold and, from 1889 to 1891, at Denmar...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bunch of Roses with Chinese Vase
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
MONNOT Maurice Louis (1869-1937)
Bunch of Roses with Chinese Vase
Oil on canvas signed low right
Frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 61 X 50 cm
Dim Frame : 90 X 80 cm
MONNOT Maurice Louis (1869-1937)
French painter 19th – 20th century
Born the 22th of October 1869 in Paris. Dead in 1937
Painter of interior and still lives. He was the pupil of Joseph Bail...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a woman by Stefanie Guerzoni - Charcoal on paper 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal
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 black folder/ thick paper, unframed
drawing: 11.75 x 18 inches
overall size: 19.75 x 13 in...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
Painted Cast-Metal Tiger circa 1900
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Painted Cast-Metal Tiger
Continental School, circa 1900
8.75 x 19.5 inches
Ex. Collection Interior Designer Joseph Cicio
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Joseph Cicio followe...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Metal
Snow Bunting Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of a Snow Bunting
Matt size 24.5cm x 29.5cm
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Rembrandt Self Portrait, 1636"
By Viktor de Jeney
Located in Southampton, NY
Here is a etching executed by master painter and copyist, Viktor de Jeney. Done circa 1965 using the same techniques employed by Rembrant when he executed his now most famous self portrait etching in 1642. Framed measurements are 15.5 by 12.5 inches in original white mat and one inch wood frame. Sheet size 8.25 by 8 inches.
De Jeney was born in Budapest, Hungary and emigrated to the United States in 1962 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. He was known for his paintings of Native American Indians...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Etching
Young woman sitting
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Crayon
Indian Ritual Walking on Fire, Firewalking Ceremony, Mythology and Religion
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Narrative artist Robert Riggs captures a highly-charged scene of an Indian firewalking ceremony. Firewalking is part of a religious ritual and is associated with the mystical powers...
Category
1950s Academic Art
Materials
Varnish, Pigment
Rialto Bridge, Venise - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Michel Mathieux-Marie
Rialto Bridge, Venise
Original drypoint etching
Handsigned in pencil
On vellum, 28,5 x 38 cm (c. 11,2 x 14,9 inch)
Numbered /100 copies
Excellent condition
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Etching
Sketch woman portrait by Stephanie Guerzoni - Sketch on paper 26x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Crayon
“Still Life with Grapes and Peaches”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very nicely executed original still life oil painting on fiberboard by the Wales born artist, Edward Pritchard. Signed lower left. Circa 1915. Conditi...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
Pair of 20th Century illustrations from 'A frog who would a-wooing go'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Frank Adams (British,1871-1944)
“Pray, Mistress Mouse, / will you give us some beer?”/Heigho! Says Rowley, / “For Froggy and I are/fond of good cheer”. / With a rowley powley/Heigho!...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pen, Ink
Notre-Dame de Paris - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Michel Mathieux-Marie
Notre-Dame de Paris
Original drypoint etching
Handsigned in pencil
On BFK Rives vellum, 28,5 x 38 cm (c. 11,2 x 14,9 inch)
Numbered /100 copies
Excellent...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Etching
Mary Magdalene - Original lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice DENIS (1870 - 1943)
Mary Magdalene
Original lithograph enhanced in pastel
Printed signature in the plate
On light cream tinted vellum 32,5 x 47...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
"In surprise" by Henri Fehr - Drawing 36x27 cm
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Crayon, Charcoal
Study of a young girl by Henri Fehr - Drawing 50x70 cm
By Henri Fehr
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Crayon
Portrait of a man by Hans Berger - Drawing 38x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Crayon, Engraving
Red-Throated Pipit Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of a Red-Throated Pipit
Matt size 24.5cm x 29.5cm
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
“Bringing Home the Game”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a hunter bring home the fresh game by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed top right. ...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
“The Hunters”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of two hunters in the field by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom right. Circa ...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
View of old Lausanne by Ch. François Villermet - Work on paper 31x48 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
48 x 64 x 1 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
Anatomy 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/ thick paper, unframed
size: 11.25 x 15.5
overall size: 12....
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Crayon, Charcoal, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
Early 20th Century view of St. Ives harbour, Cornwall, UK by Fred Bottomley
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Fred Bottomley (British, 1883-1960)
St Ives harbour
Gouache and watercolour
Signed `F. Bottomley.’ (lower right)
9.1/8 x 13.1/8 in. (23.2 x 33.4 cm.)
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
Pensive young woman by Emile Hornung - Pastel on paper 37x29 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Sketch on the back of the work
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Pastel
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