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
Untitled: Still Life with Cauliflower, Orange and Pepper
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/ Unknown Artist, "Untitled: Still Life with Cauliflower, Orange and Pepper", Monogrammed Still Life Watercolor on Paper, 16 x 20, Late 20th
Century
Colors: Brown, Blue...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“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
J.Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939), North African Horseman, 1915, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939)
A North African Horseman in the forest,
Watercolor on paper
signed and dated 1915 lower right, 32 x 27.5 cm
In a modern frame : 53 x 48 cm
...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor
Wensleydale - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Yorkshire, British Landscape, Dales
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Wensleydale by His Majesty King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associat...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Morning moments - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Morning moments
Original India ink drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Very good condition, paper lightly y...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
India Ink
Carrying Fruit Gold Leaf Screenprint by Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Untitled - Carrying Fruit
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: EA
Size: 47 x 20.5 in. (119.38 x 52.07 cm)
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cute Koala Bear Australia, Photorealism
By John Ruthven
Located in Miami, FL
John Ruthven is recognized as the “20th-century Audubon. In this very detailed and meticulously rendered work the artist depicts a Koala in an iconic and proud pose and a Photoreali...
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Rosa Nevada (Rose)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Paul Jones. (1921-1997)
Flora Superba.
London, 1971. Edition of 406.
Flora Magnifica.
London, 1976. Edition of 506.
Lithographs.
The portraits of flowers by Paul Jones are quit...
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dodo Gold Leaf Screen Print by Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Untitled - Dodo
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: EA
Size: 31 x 31 in. (78.74 x 78.74 cm)
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Screen
France early 20th century View of the Grosbois castle and head study, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
French school early 20th century
View of the Grosbois castle and a portrait study.
Black ink, black ink wash and watercolor on paper
Signed lower right (indistinct, see photo)
27 x ...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Carbon Pencil
BARRIER Gustave - Painting Bunch of Flowers
By Gustave Barrier
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
BARRIER Gustave (1871-1953)
Bunch of Flowers
Oil on card signed upper left
Old original frame re-gilded with gold leaves
Dim card : 56 X 46 cm
Dim fr...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled: Seated Rear Nude
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Seated Rear Nude", Unsigned Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 18 x 13, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Charcoal, Watercolor, Paper
Untitled: Three Nude Females
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Three Nude Females", Figurative/ Nude Charcoal signed Drawing on Paper, 24 x 18, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black a...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Collie
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled: Seated Rear Nude 2
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Seated Rear Nude 2", Unsigned Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 18 x 14, Late 20th Century
Colors: Brown...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Paper
Naked woman facing a little devil - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Naked woman facing a little devil
Original pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Good condition, paper...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Pencil
Doberman Pinscher
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
German Shepard
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
French Woman with Japanese Inspired Gown - Pencil drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
French woman with Japanese inspired gown
Original pencil drawing
Signed by stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Good condition, pap...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Pencil
Solothman on the Aase, Switzerland
By Eugene Schmidt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Eugene Schmidt (German/American, 1919-2007)
Title: Solothman on the Aase, Switzerland
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Oil on canvas board
Board size: 10 x 8 inches
Signature...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
“On the Seine, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original aquatint engraving of working river barges on the Seine in Paris, France. A horse drawn cart is seen loading or unloading product. Circa 1900. ...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Mezzotint, Paper
Untitled: Front Nude Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/ Unknown Artist," Untitled: Front Nude Watercolor", Figurative Nude Academic Watercolor Painting on Paper, 18 x 13, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black and White
A 18 x 13...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor
Nineteenth-century Coachman - Ink drawing - 1916
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Nineteenth-century Coachman
Original India ink and pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Very good co...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
India Ink
Two Horses and Flowers Gold Screenprint by Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lebadang, Vietnamese (1922 - 2015)
Title: Untitled - Two Horses and Flowers
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: EA
Size: 31 x 47 in. (78.74 x 119.38 cm)
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled: Solo Seated Nude
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Solo Seated Nude", Signed Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 17 x 14, Late 20th Century
Colors: Black, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Turquoise, Green, Purple
*Unidentified/ Unknown Artist signature...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Watercolor
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
Dalmation
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tribute to Degas Ballerina : Sitting female nude - Ink drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Tribute to Degas Ballerina : Sitting female nude
Original India ink and pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Pencil, India Ink
Untitled: Standing Nude
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/ Unidentified Artist, "Standing Nude", Figurative/ Nude Charcoal Drawing on Brown Charcoal Paper, 24 x 20, Late 20th Century, 1968
Colors: White, Blue, Black, Red, Black
"S...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal
Vanda Sanderiana (Whaling-Whaling Orchid)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Paul Jones. (1921-1997)
Flora Magnifica.
London, 1976. Edition of 506.
Lithographs.
The portraits of flowers by Paul Jones are quite impressive with dramatic backgrounds and ...
Category
1970s 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
Wensleydale from Moorcock - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Yorkshire, Landscape
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Wensleydale from Moorcock by His Majesty King Charles III (created when he was HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales) - Hand Signed Lim...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of Bertold Brecht
By Josef Breitenbach
Located in New York, NY
Silver print
Stamped in black ink, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Josef Breitenbach (1896-1984) was a German photographer and member of the Su...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Black and White
Secretary in the Subway - Pencil drawing - circa 1913
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Secretary in the Subway
Original pencil and color pencils drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier
On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in)
Good conditio...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Color Pencil, Carbon Pencil
"California Sunset"
By Charles Theller Wilson
Located in Southampton, NY
A truly magnificent oil on canvas painting of a sunset off the coast of California in the late 1800's. Signed lower right and in it's original period gold gilt frame which is in excellent condition. Overall it is 33 x 47 inches. Minor stretcher bar wear.
Biography Charles Theller Wilson
Born in San Francisco, CA on Oct. 10, 1855. Wilson first studied painting with his mother, Agnes (California's earliest known woman artist) and later with Jules Tavernier...
Category
1980s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape from French Provence, Painting 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
PONSON Etienne Aimé (1850-1924)
French Provence Mediterenean Landscape
Oils on canvas in Pair signed low
Old frames gilded with leaves
Dim canvas (each...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Cute Koala Bear Australia, Photorealism
By John Ruthven
Located in Miami, FL
John Ruthven is recognized as the “20th-century Audubon. In this very detailed and meticulously rendered work the artist depicts a Koala in an iconic and proud pose and a Photoreali...
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor
"Transmutations: A Study of Systems Substitution, Painting by Mary Fish
By Mary Fish
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mary Fish
Title: Transmutations: A Study of Systems Substitution
Year: 1980
Medium: Ink and Tempera on Paper, signed
Size: 33.5 x 56 in. (85.09 x 142.24 cm)
Category
1980s Academic Art
Materials
Tempera, Ink
Lady at Dressing Table - Original Painting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Lady at dressing table"
Oil on canvas signed and dated right below 1929
Old original frame gild with leaves
Dim canvas : 72 x 56 cm
Dim frame : 92 X 80 cm
ENJOLRAS Delphin (1857-...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Magnificent early 20th Century Oil Painting of Race horses - At the Gallops
Located in London, GB
Julius von Blaas (1845-1923)
At The Gallops
circa 1905
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated “Julius von Blass / 1905” (lower left)
110 x 200 cm (140 x 230 cms framed ish)
This enormous and grand depiction of horses exercising is an iconic image not only of the edwardien era but also of today’s racing elite.
Julius von Blaas was taught by his father Carl von Blaas (1815-1994) and trained in Venice, Florence and Rome. He was also influenced by his celebrated brother Eugen von Blaas...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
"The Working Man"
By R.V. Rowe
Located in Southampton, NY
34 x 28 overall
Canvas laid down on artist board
Signed lower right
Overall in gold leaf frame 30x24 inches
R.W. Rowe
Circa 1970’s
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cala Lily
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
One Hundred Flowering Plants.
Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.)
Woodblock Print.
15 x 11.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowering Plants” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers and plants in naturalistic styles. Traditional woodblock printing enhances the beauty of each work. The artist must carve different woodblocks for every color he wishes to transfer to paper. In this style of printing it is imperative that the register of each woodblock be exact as they must match perfectly to create an image without blurring.
In addition to his illustrated flower books...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Woodcut
Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A late twentieth-century American school portrait of a girl posed against a light slate background and gazing back at the viewer.
Displayed in a cream mat.
Matted dimensions: 14.5...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Libertine Carnaval in Venice - Ink drawing - circa 1916
Located in Paris, FR
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936)
Libertine Carnaval in Venice
Original India ink 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 ...
Category
1910s Academic Art
Materials
Color Pencil, India Ink
Portrait of Theresa Rogers
By Leon Kroll
Located in Miami, FL
Portrait of Theresa Rogers
Housed in a period hand carved wood frame. Some scatter minor paint loss and stretcher marks otherwise presents very well
Signature: Signed lower right
T...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Fagin Teaching Boys to Steal, Original Illustration from Oliver
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marshall Goodman, American XXth
Title: Fagin Teaching Boys to Steal (Oliver) I
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed in ink
Size: 17 x 23 inches
Frame: 21.5 x ...
Category
1960s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor
Anne Faure, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1946, Pastel
By Anne Faure
Located in Paris, FR
Anne Faure (born in 1878)
Portraits of a Gentlaman, 1946
Signed and dated lower right
Pastel on paper
40 x 31 cm,
Original frame with glass 60 x 51 cm
Anne Faure was born Anne F...
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Pastel
Kimono Design Men - Brown and Blue
By Matsui Yuoku
Located in Florham Park, NJ
REISHIN GACHO
(Album of Beautiful Designs)
Japanese Kimono Designs
Matsui Yuoku, Painter
Japan, 1900 (Meiji 33)
Honda Ichijirou, Publisher
Woodblock Prints
Celebrated as mu...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Art
Materials
Woodcut
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
Pencil, Crayon
Actinotus Helianthii. (Flannel Flower. Australia.)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Paul Jones. (1921-1997)
Flora Superba.
London, 1971. Edition of 406.
Flora Magnifica.
London, 1976. Edition of 506.
Lithographs.
The portraits of flowers by Paul Jones ...
Category
1970s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Musei Vaticani XIV, Scala Simonetti
Located in New York, NY
Musei Vaticani XIV, Scala Simonetti 2011
Massimo Listri is based in Florence, and is fascinated how his architectural subject matter allows him to control the composition of his ima...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
C Print
Klosters - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Switzerland, Mountains, Hüreli, Skiing
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
The Hüreli, Klosters, Switzerland by His Majesty King Charles III (created when he was HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales) - Hand Si...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Motene (Fashion)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
House of Bernard (French Fashion)
Founded 1905. Paris, France.
Watercolor over pencil.
Some with gold or silver leaf highlights
Coats, 1923. Evening dresses, 1926.
Framed to museu...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor
Jacket and Hat
By Klimko
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Klimko (signed)
USA, c1938
Watercolor over pencil.
Fashion has influenced men and women, kings and queen, rich and poor throughout time. Tumultuous as any history, the beginni...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor
Brother Sister
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Pierre Lavarenne (French, born 1928)
Title: Brother Sister
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 15 x 18.25 inches
Signat...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Napoléon and his Marshals
Located in Paris, FR
Emile Chepfer,
1876-1944, French
Napoléon and his Marshals,
Signed lower left
Oil on board
Emile CHEPFER: french painter, he was born in Nancy in 1876...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tam-Tam
Located in Florham Park, NJ
House of Bernard
Founded 1905.
Watercolor over pencil.
Some with gold or silver leaf highlights
Paris, France.
Coats, 1923.
Evening dresses, 1926.
French fashion has influe...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Archival Tape, Ink, Paper, Plexiglass, Rag P...
Rieuse
Located in Florham Park, NJ
House of Bernard
Founded 1905.
Watercolor over pencil.
Some with gold or silver leaf highlights
Paris, France.
Coats, 1923.
Evening dresses, 1926.
French fashion has influe...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Paper, Plexiglass, Rag Paper,...
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