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: 21st Century and Contemporary
Seated Nude
By Beth Rundquist
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Edition 7/22
A resident of East Hampton, New York, Beth Rundquist paints portraits, still lifes, figures and plein air landscapes. Its refreshing to see an academically trained pai...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Near to Cliffs, Original oil Painting, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Subject: Near to Cliffs,
Size: 15.5" x 21....
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sunset, Original oil Painting, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Subject: Sunset,
Size: 17.5" x 23.5" x 0.8...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Forest Nymph - Figurative Nude Oil Painting Colors Brown Grey Pale Blue Green
By Lyubena Fox
Located in Sofia, BG
"Forrest Nymph" (2016)
Oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm unframed
Painting was started in 2015, most of it was finished by 2016, the last touches done in 2019. Inspired by the 19th century French painter Bouguereau, she wanted to depict a nymph that inhibits the forest, wearing a flower crown made from Hepatica flowers, wild forest flowers.
The Painting’s Qualities
Lyubena Fox...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Joli Moi de Mai
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
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Les Marais de Blanchelande II
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
Women with Resting Minotaur
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil Painting of a women with a sleeping Minotaur.
Light neutral white painting by Cuban Artist Jesus Nordarse.
18 x 18 inches.
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Leaves I, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Leaves I" is an oil painting that depicts yellow Fall leaves with a cream colored background
Elizabeth Zanzinger...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - L'Espoir en Rose
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
Island, Original oil Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Subje...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Songe d'une Nuit d'Été
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork located in Los Angeles, USA.
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibited nationally as well as in th...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Prosperous Family: Academic Figurative Painting by Mark Beard aka Bruce Sargeant
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting on canvas of a family and red tractor against a classic American farm field
"Prosperous Family", painted by Mark Beard under his fictitious persona, Bruce Sargeant
84 x 58 inches unframed, 91 x 65 x 3 inches with a gold painted wood frame
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
This Academic style figurative oil painting on canvas was painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant, a pseudonym in homage to the fashion photographer, Bruce Weber, and figurative painter, John Singer Sargeant. Here, the artist captures a blue collar American farming family in their field with an old red tractor. The man and woman stand stoically with their young child, dressed in simple white garments, perhaps to symbolize their purity. Rolling mountains...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Men & Motorcycles, Mark Beard: Academic Figurative Painting of Four Male Models
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting of four male motorcycle riders by Mark Beard aka "Bruce Sargeant"
"Men and Motorcycles", painted in the early 2000's for Abercrombie and Fitch's flagship store in Milan, Italy
83 x 88.75 inches unframed, 88.5 x 94.25 inches with a simple black painted wood frame
Signed "Bruce Sargeant", upper right
Good condition based on scale, size, and age (see condition notes below)
This figurative painting of four young men on a motorcycle joyride was made by Mark Beard under his fictitious artistic persona, Bruce Sargeant. Painted in a modern Academic style, the handsome athletic men...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Sketch
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A portrait of a male head, in profile by BenFenske. The artist uses a variety of colors to convey a naturalist impression.
Artist Bio
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art
Materials
Crayon, Paper, Conté
"Tracy in Profile, " Mixed Media Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Bradley Schwartz's (US based) "Tracy in Profile" is an original, handmade mixed media drawing that depicts a woman in profile with her long black hair tucked behind her ears wit...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Seashore, Original oil Painting, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Subject: Seashore,
Size: 28.5" x 39.5" x 0...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Les Marais de Blanchelande
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
Ocean, Original oil Painting, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Subject: Ocean,
Size: 16.5" x 21.5" x 0.8'...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nude Sketch No. 3
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An academic drawing of a female nude figure sitting atop a flat surface. He highlights the body with white chalk. She leans on one arm and the other rests behind her torso.
Artist B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Tug, Original oil Painting, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen,
Year: 2021
Style: Impressionism
Subject: Tug,
Size: 12" x 16.5" x 0.8'' in...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Sky is the Limit
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
Oil, Panel
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Instantanné
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 Unite...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Untitled Portrait I (Academic Style Portrait Painting of a Young Muscular Man)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern, academic style portrait painting on canvas of a young athletic male
oil on canvas, 28 x 22 inches unframed
This vertical, contemporary portrait painting of a single young m...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Plume, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Plume" is an oil painting that depicts two red head women in the foreground with black fabric and forms cascading around them.
Elizabeth Zanzinger is an award-winning painter with an enthusiastic international following. She developed her artistic voice through her studies at the Aristides Atelier and Gage Academy of Fine Art in Seattle. Elizabeth finished her education with a fellowship award (Grand Prize, 2nd Annual Utrecht Art...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - L'Insoutenable Légèreté
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
Oil, Panel
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Amour Celeste
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork located in Los Angeles, USA.
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibited nationally as well as in th...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Statue of Athlete: Large Academic Style Bronze Figurative Sculpture of Nude Male
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
modern figurative bronze sculpture of a nude athlete
8.5 feet tall and measures 36 inches at the widest point
bottom base measures ...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - 7eme Symphonie
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
Oil, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - La Cathedrale Engloutie
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork located in Los Angeles, USA.
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibited nationally as well as in th...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Nirvana
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork located in Los Angeles, USA.
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibi...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Feedback Loop, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Feedback Loop" is an oil painting that depicts peculiar machine with wiring and red in interior with white background
Elizabeth Zanzinger is an awa...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Kyna de Schouël - Volcan
Located in Paris, IDF
Kyna de Schouel is a French artist born in 1939 who lives & works in Cholet, France. She uses charcoal, sanguine & washing but above all oil, especially for abstract compositions. She is Chevalier du Mérite du Dévouement Français & awarded of Mérite de l’Académie Leonard de Vinci...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait (after Stubbs and Anon.)
By Shelley Reed
Located in Denver, CO
This Reed piece is of a horse painted on 6 separate sheets of oil paper. It is painted in the influence of the European artist Stubbs. This painting is oil on paper, and is monochrom...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Spleen Heureux
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
Oil, Panel
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Luxe Calme & Volupté
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
Panel, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Si Versailles m'était Conté...
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
Panel, 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
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Noblesse Oblige
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork located in Los Angeles, USA.
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibi...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Kyna de Schouël - Le saule
Located in Paris, IDF
Kyna de Schouel is a French artist born in 1939 who lives & works in Cholet, France. She uses charcoal, sanguine & washing but above all oil, especially for abstract compositions. She is Chevalier du Mérite du Dévouement Français & awarded of Mérite de l’Académie Leonard de Vinci...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Kyna de Schouël - Falaise au moulin
Located in Paris, IDF
Kyna de Schouel is a French artist born in 1939 who lives & works in Cholet, France. She uses charcoal, sanguine & washing but above all oil, especially for abstract compositions. She is Chevalier du Mérite du Dévouement Français & awarded of Mérite de l’Académie Leonard de Vinci...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Au Feu!
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork located in Los Angeles, USA.
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibited nationally as well as in th...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Swing des Orangés
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork located in Los Angeles, USA.
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibited nationally as well as in th...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gallop (after Stubbs)
By Shelley Reed
Located in Denver, CO
This Reed piece is of a horse painted on 6 separate sheets of oil paper. It is painted in the influence of the European artist Stubbs. This painting is oil on paper, and is monochrom...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
French Contemporary Art by Kyna de Schouël - Le Moulin Abandonné
Located in Paris, IDF
Kyna de Schouel is a French artist born in 1939 who lives & works in Cholet, France. She uses charcoal, sanguine & washing but above all oil, especially for abstract compositions. She is Chevalier du Mérite du Dévouement Français & awarded of Mérite de l’Académie Leonard de Vinci...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Les Créatures de Promethée
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork located in Los Angeles, USA.
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France.
He has exhibited nationally as well as in th...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Reve d'Aivasovsky
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
Oil, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - L'Envolée Légère
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
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Douce France
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 Unite...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Éclaircie
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 Unite...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Avant l'Orage
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
Panel, Oil
Football Players (Framed Academic Style Figurative Painting of Male Athletes)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting of two muscular football players
Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant
Oil on canvas, signed upper right
20 x 16 inches unframed, 26 x 22 in...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Anaheim, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Thane Gorek's (US based) "Anaheim" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a green Anaheim pepper halved, so that it's seeds and core are exposed, with an indigo blue back...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Board, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Au Fond l'Espoir
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
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Colleville sur Mer en Hiver
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
French Contemporary Art by Kyna de Schouël - Port Espagnol
Located in Paris, IDF
Kyna de Schouel is a French artist born in 1939 who lives & works in Cholet, France. She uses charcoal, sanguine & washing but above all oil, especially for abstract compositions. Sh...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Archers: Academic Figurative Painting of Two Men Bow Hunting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative painting of two male archers by Mark Beard aka "Bruce Sargeant"
"Archers", date unknown, painted for Abercrombie and Fitch's flagship store in Milan, Italy
79 x 66.5 inches unframed, 86 x 73 inches with a black painted wood frame
Signed "Bruce Sargeant", upper right
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
This vertical, figurative painting of two young men bow hunting...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fossils, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Fossils" is an oil painting that depicts nude forms suspended in air between highway and underpass.
Elizabeth Z...
Category
2010s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Academic art for sale on 1stDibs.
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.
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