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: 19th Century
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) Portrait of Ernest Albert Waterlow, drawing
By Theodore Blake Wirgman
Located in Paris, FR
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925)
Portrait of Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow RA, (1850-1919)
pen and black ink on paper,
inscribed with thename of the sitter on the verso of the sheet, now not visible under the framing
15 x 12 cm
In a modern frame 34.5 x 30 cm
Theodore Blake Wirgman (29 April 1848 – 16 January 1925) was an English painter and etcher who moved to London, studied at the Royal Academy schools, became a painter of history and genre subjects, and worked as a portrait artist for The Graphic. A number of these portraits are held at the National Portrait Gallery. Theodore Blake Wirgman was born in Belgium and died in London.
He worked from a studio at 24 Dawson Place, Notting Hill, London, and joined The Arts Club in 1892.
Wirgman was part of a group of avant-garde young artists who emulated Edward Burne-Jones and Simeon Solomon...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Ink
Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A Carnival scene, watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912)
A carnival scene
21 x 16.5 cm
Watercolor and brown ink on paper
Signed lower right
Period frame : 35 x 30 cm (lacks in...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Horse 12 images Cassell 3 Panel Screen Wood
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of the Horse
Samuel Sidney (1813 – 1883)
London, 1873
Cassell Petter & Galpin
Chromolithography
Man’s fascination with the horse has spanned many centuries. Admired for ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
“House by the Lake”
Located in Southampton, NY
Finely executed watercolor and gouache landscape with figures by the Swiss artist, Louise Clauseau (Swiss). Signed under the mat by the artist and dated June, 1852. The watercolor ...
Category
1850s Academic Art
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Tudor Rose
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST.
M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt.
Lithographs with Later Hand-Color.
Berlin, 1870.
13” x 19” Unframed.
A fine German work, the illustrations a...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dendrobium x Ainsworth (Orchid Botanical Flower)
By Jean Linden
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Iconographie des Orchidees
Jean Linden (1817-1898)
Brussels, 1885-1894
Chromolithographs
“Orchid Fever” was not just a 19th century phenomenon. To this day the orchid has remained...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Canis (Wolf & Hyena)
By John Wilkes
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN WILKES (1750-1810)
Encyclopedia Londonensis
London, 1801-1828
Copper Plate Engraving
Original Hand-Color
9” x11” Unframed
At its best, the zoological art of the early n...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Engraving
Gemaltes Ornament. (Etruscan Vase Design),
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST.
M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt.
Chromolithograph.
Berlin, 1870.
13” x 19” Unframed.
A fine German work by, the illustrations are of classical and neo-classical decorative designs. The acanthus leaf, Greco-Roman busts, mythical animals and ornamental relief show the preferred style of architectural ornament over the centuries and from country to country. A trick of the lithographer was to use the occasional solid ground to give better dimension to the plate. Measuring 19” x 13”, many designs include a scale to show actual size. Only two of the 72 illustrations were printed in full color, another pair in sepia tones, and six in burnt orange and black to show typical Etruscan designs. Several have toned backgrounds. It has been the fashion to apply hand coloring to black and white engravings and lithographs for centuries. The superb condition can be attributed to the individual paper guards placed between each plate.
Many of the pieces illustrated are in museums; i.e. a Greek painted portrait medallion is preserved in the Classical Museum in Vienna (Plate 35) and the carved stone pedestal supports for a Roman table...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hawk
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
Kacho-ga. (Birds and Flowers)
Japan, c1880
Woodblock Print.
15 x 11.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowers” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers 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
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Anemones
By Walter Crane
Located in Florham Park, NJ
FLORA’S FEAST
A Masque of Flowers
Walter Crane, Illustrator
Cassell & Co., Publisher
Color Lithograph
London, 1889
Born in Liverpool, 15 August 1845, Walter Crane first studied art in his father Thomas’ studio. After both moving to London and losing his father, Crane obtained an apprenticeship as William Linton’s engraving shop. This position exposed the young Crane to political reform which would become a major influence on his future work.
As in illustrator, Crane became part of an influential group of political and religious radical movements. A supporter of the Liberal Party, Crane was outspoken in his support of the Communard’s attempt to overthrow the French government in 1871. It is seemingly ironic that at this time that Crane’s reputation as an illustrator of children’s books began to blossom. Within a decade Crane would join his life-long friend William Morris’s Arts and Crafts...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
“Watering the Cattle”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by the American artist, Edmund Darch Lewis. Signed lower right and dated, 1891. Several small punctures which will be professionaly restored. Old reline of ca...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Fruits and Bird 1867
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
MARTIN CORENTIN
Still Life Fruits and Bird
Dated 1867 and signed low right
Old Frame regilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas : 46 X 55 cm
Dim frame : 65 X 74 cm
Category
1860s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Supreme de Volaille -- Cotelettes d' Agneau
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Cows in a Landscape"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on board painting of cows in a landscape by the American artist, James Fairman. Signed lower right. In good condition; overall fram...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Acanthus Kelch
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST.
W. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt.
Lithographs with Later Hand-Color.
Berlin, 1870.
13” x 19” Unframed.
A fine German work, the illustrations are of classical and neo-classical decorative designs. The acanthus leaf, Greco-Roman busts, mythical animals and ornamental relief show the preferred style of architectural ornament over the centuries and from country to country. A trick of the lithographer was to use the occasional solid ground to give better dimension to the plate. Measuring 19” x 13”, many designs include a scale to show actual size. Only two of the 72 illustrations were printed in full color, another pair in sepia tones, and six in burnt orange and black to show typical Etruscan designs. Several have toned backgrounds. It has been the fashion to apply hand coloring to black and white engravings and lithographs for centuries. The superb condition can be attributed to the individual paper guards placed between each plate.
Many of the pieces illustrated are in museums; i.e. a Greek painted portrait medallion is preserved in the Classical Museum...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Stag Beetle & Longicorn Beetle, " Original Color Lithograph by Louis Prang
By Louis Prang
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Stag Beetle & Longicorn Beetle" is an original color lithograph by Louis Prang. It depicts two forest-dwelling beetles. The artist signed the piece in the stone lower left. It was published by Selmar Hess in New York.
8" x 5" art
19 3/8" x 16" framed
Louis Prang (March 12, 1824 – September 14, 1909) was an American printer, lithographer, publisher, and Georgist. He is sometimes known as the "father of the American Christmas card".
Prang's early activities in the US publishing architectural books and making leather goods were not very successful, and he began to make wood engravings for illustrations in books. In 1851 he worked for Frank Leslie, art director for Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, and later with John Andrew. In 1851, he married Rosa Gerber, a Swiss woman he had met in Paris in 1846.
In 1856, Prang and a partner created a firm, Prang and Mayer, to produce lithographs. The company specialized in prints of buildings...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "I" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic endeavo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Greek / Roman Naturalistic Allegory Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Stormy landscape scene in which a Cupid-like figure seen in the clouds appearing to have shot a number of wounded and dying men in the foreground. The men have a number of women and ...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Astronomie des Dames
Located in Florham Park, NJ
J. J. GRANDVILLE (1803-47).
aka Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard
Les Etoiles.
Text by Joseph Mery (1798-1865).
Engraved by Geoffroy.
Paris, 1849.
Steel engravings with original hand...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Initial Letters "X" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dendrobium x Ainsworth (Orchid Botanical Flower)
By Jean Linden
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Iconographie des Orchidees
Jean Linden (1817-1898)
Brussels, 1885-1894
Chromolithographs
“Orchid Fever” was not just a 19th century phenomenon. To this day the orchid has remained...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Audubon Bird Wildlife Red-Tailed Buzzard
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
Birds of America
Octavo Edition
Philadelphia, 1839
New York 1856-71
Lithographs. Original Hand-Color.
6.5” x 10.25” Unframed
Born in Haiti, John James LaForest A...
Category
1830s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Frieze 1
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST. M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt. Lithographs with Later Hand-Color. Berlin, 1870. 13” x 19” Unframed.
See images for similar works by Groupius. All images are priced individually.
A fine German work, the illustrations are of classical and neo-classical decorative designs in architecture. The acanthus leaf, Greco-Roman busts, mythical animals and ornamental relief show the preferred style of architectural ornament over the centuries and from country to country. A trick of the lithographer was to use the occasional solid ground to give better dimension to the plate. Measuring 19” x 13”, many designs include a scale to show actual size. Only two of the 72 illustrations were printed in full color, another pair in sepia tones, and six in burnt orange and black to show typical Etruscan designs. Several have toned backgrounds. It has been the fashion to apply hand coloring to black and white engravings and lithographs for centuries. The superb condition can be attributed to the individual paper guards placed between each plate. Many of the pieces illustrated are in museums; i.e. a Greek painted portrait medallion is preserved in the Classical Museum...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Still Life with Wine"
By Helen Whittemore
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by the American artist, Helen Simpson Whittemore. Signed lower right. Framed in custom made gold leaf frame. Overall size framed 33 by 28.75 inches.
Helen Si...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Salmon
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "Y" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic endeavor by Owen Jones. Teaching Applied Arts at the South Kensington School of Design, Jones honed his skills at transforming historical design into contemporary brilliance. Never imitating or duplicating, he remained true to the times and the materials available. Like his fellow artists, architects, painters and poets, he was on the cusp of change. In Jones’ lifetime a new aesthetic would develop. By the centuries’ end it would become an era with a heighten sense of nature coupled with design. The phrase ‘Art...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "Q" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic endeavor by Owen Jones. Teaching Applied Arts at the South Kensington School of Design, Jones honed his skills at transforming historical design into contemporary brilliance. Never imitating or duplicating, he remained true to the times and the materials available. Like his fellow artists, architects, painters and poets, he was on the cusp of change. In Jones’ lifetime a new aesthetic would develop. By the centuries’ end it would become an era with a heighten sense of nature coupled with design. The phrase ‘Art...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Salade de Homards -- Mayonaisse de Fillets de Sole
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
A British 19th Century watercolour of a traveller before a hilltop coastal fort
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
English School, 18th Century
A traveller before a Hilltop Coastal Fort
Watercolour and ink on paper
10.1/2 x 15.1/2 in. (26.7 x 39.5 cm.)
This early watercolour was initially though...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Chrysanthemum (Copper #3)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
100 Chrysanthemums
Keika Hasegawa
Kyoto, Japan
Meji Era (ca. 1895)
Japanese Woodblock
Printed in Color with some
Touching by Hand
Paper Size:
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Keika Hasegawa was active from 1893-1905. His most famous work is 100 Chrysanthemums, a glorious celebration of Japan’s most famous flower. As the Imperial Seal...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Casserole de Puree de Giber
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
A Pair of Wall Decoration 'En Grisaille' by Dufour, Paris, France, 19th Century
Located in Rome, IT
A fine Pair papiers peints 'En Grisaille' from the psyche´ series manufactured by Dufour, Paris, after designs by Merry-Joseph Blondel and Louis Lafitte.
-'Psyche´ about to stab the ...
Category
1820s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas
The Shire Stallion
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of the Horse
Samuel Sidney (1813 – 1883)
London, 1873
Cassell Petter & Galpin
Chromolithography
Man’s fascination with the horse has spanned many centuries. Admire...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Aylesbury Ducks
By J.W. Ludlow
Located in Florham Park, NJ
The Book of Poultry
J. W. Ludlow, artist
Lewis Wright (1838-1905), editor
Cassell, Petter & Galpin
London, Paris, New York, 1880
Vincent Brooks Day & Son
Chromolithography
...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Chicago in Early Days, " Original Color Lithograph by Kurz & Allison
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Chicago in Early Days" is an original color lithograph by Kurz & Allison. This piece features multiple views of the city of Chicago.
16 3/4" x 23 1/4" art
28 1/8" x 33 7/8" frame
...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters: "O"
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic endeavo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
A.Bachman (1863-1956), painting view of Venice
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
BACHMANN Alfred Félix August (1863-1956)
Lively view of Venice
Oil on wood panel signed low left
Old frame regilded with gold leaves
Dim wood : 24 X 34 cm
Dim frame : 38 X 48 cm
BA...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
"Wa-Em-Boesh-Kaa, A Chippeway Chief, " Hand-colored Lithograph by McKenney & Hall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Wa-Em-Boesh-Kaa, A Chippeway Chief," is an original hand-colored lithograph by McKenney & Hall. It features a portrait of a notable Native American chief, with informational text below.
13 1/2" x 18 3/4" paper
25 5/8" x 20 1/2" frame
American lithograph publishers. Most well-known for "History of the Indian Tribes of North America," a collection of 125 images that included biographical sketches and anecdotes of principal chiefs. Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859) served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1824 to 1830. In that capacity he commissioned and collected portraits of Native Americans...
Category
1830s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Study of a Seated Woman and Two Smaller Studies of the Same
By Henirich Schwemminger
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study of a Seated Woman and Two Smaller Studies of the Same
Unsigned
Annotated: "Roma" (Rome)
Black chalk heightened with white chalk on buff wove paper
Sheet size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches
Frame size: 17 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches
Condition: Good. Slight staining and discoloration verso.
Surface soiling and staining. A few scattered foxmarks. The bottom left corner reattached and backed. Splits at the top corner - backed. A small split at top right corner. A small loss and a hole at top left edge.
Framed with conservation glass.
Provenance:
Spencer A. Samuels & Co., NY
Michael Miller...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Chalk
Iris
By Walter Crane
Located in Florham Park, NJ
FLORA’S FEAST
A Masque of Flowers
Walter Crane, Illustrator
Cassell & Co., Publisher
Color Lithograph
London, 1889
Born in Liverpool, 15 August 1845, Walter Crane first studied art in his father Thomas’ studio. After both moving to London and losing his father, Crane obtained an apprenticeship as William Linton’s engraving shop. This position exposed the young Crane to political reform which would become a major influence on his future work.
As in illustrator, Crane became part of an influential group of political and religious radical movements. A supporter of the Liberal Party, Crane was outspoken in his support of the Communard’s attempt to overthrow the French government in 1871. It is seemingly ironic that at this time that Crane’s reputation as an illustrator of children’s books began to blossom. Within a decade Crane would join his life-long friend William Morris’s Arts and Crafts...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Column with Rosettes
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST. M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt. Lithographs with Later Hand-Color. Berlin, 1870. 13” x 19” Unframed.
See images for similar works by Groupius. All images are priced individually.
A fine German work, the illustrations are of classical and neo-classical decorative designs in architecture. The acanthus leaf, Greco-Roman busts, mythical animals and ornamental relief show the preferred style of architectural ornament over the centuries and from country to country. A trick of the lithographer was to use the occasional solid ground to give better dimension to the plate. Measuring 19” x 13”, many designs include a scale to show actual size. Only two of the 72 illustrations were printed in full color, another pair in sepia tones, and six in burnt orange and black to show typical Etruscan designs. Several have toned backgrounds. It has been the fashion to apply hand coloring to black and white engravings and lithographs for centuries. The superb condition can be attributed to the individual paper guards placed between each plate. Many of the pieces illustrated are in museums; i.e. a Greek painted portrait medallion is preserved in the Classical Museum...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Initial Letters "Z" (Alphabet)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic endeavo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Painting 19th Century Fox Hunting Scene With Characters Horses and Dogs
By Joseph August Knip
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
KNIP August (1819 - 1859)
Starting Fox Hunting day in Baden-Baden
Oil on canvas signed low right dated 1837
Old original frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 81 X 118 cm
Dim frame :...
Category
1830s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
L'Etoile du Berger
Located in Florham Park, NJ
J. J. GRANDVILLE (1803-47).
aka Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard
Les Etoiles.
Text by Joseph Mery (1798-1865).
Engraved by Geoffroy.
Paris, 1849.
Steel engravings with original hand...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Figures at a mill
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
English school, 18th Century
Figures at a mill
Gouache on paper
4.5/8 x 7.1/2 in. (11.8 x 19 cm.)
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Acanthus Leaf
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST. M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt. Lithographs with Later Hand-Color. Berlin, 1870. 13” x 19” Unframed.
See images for similar works by Groupius. All images are priced individually.
A fine German work, the illustrations are of classical and neo-classical decorative designs in architecture. The acanthus leaf, Greco-Roman busts, mythical animals and ornamental relief show the preferred style of architectural ornament over the centuries and from country to country. A trick of the lithographer was to use the occasional solid ground to give better dimension to the plate. Measuring 19” x 13”, many designs include a scale to show actual size. Only two of the 72 illustrations were printed in full color, another pair in sepia tones, and six in burnt orange and black to show typical Etruscan designs. Several have toned backgrounds. It has been the fashion to apply hand coloring to black and white engravings and lithographs for centuries. The superb condition can be attributed to the individual paper guards placed between each plate. Many of the pieces illustrated are in museums; i.e. a Greek painted portrait medallion is preserved in the Classical Museum in Vienna (Plate 35) and the carved stone pedestal supports for a Roman table...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Frieze 2
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST. M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt. Lithographs with Later Hand-Color. Berlin, 1870. 13” x 19” Unframed.
See images for similar works by Groupius. All images are priced individually.
A fine German work, the illustrations are of classical and neo-classical decorative designs in architecture. The acanthus leaf, Greco-Roman busts, mythical animals and ornamental relief show the preferred style of architectural ornament over the centuries and from country to country. A trick of the lithographer was to use the occasional solid ground to give better dimension to the plate. Measuring 19” x 13”, many designs include a scale to show actual size. Only two of the 72 illustrations were printed in full color, another pair in sepia tones, and six in burnt orange and black to show typical Etruscan designs. Several have toned backgrounds. It has been the fashion to apply hand coloring to black and white engravings and lithographs for centuries. The superb condition can be attributed to the individual paper guards placed between each plate. Many of the pieces illustrated are in museums; i.e. a Greek painted portrait medallion is preserved in the Classical Museum...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Frieze 2
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ARCHIV FUR ORNAMENTALE KUNST. M. Gropius, L. Lohde, P. Lehfeldt. Lithographs with Later Hand-Color. Berlin, 1870. 13” x 19” Unframed.
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A fine German work, the illustrations are of classical and neo-classical decorative designs in architecture. The acanthus leaf, Greco-Roman busts, mythical animals and ornamental relief show the preferred style of architectural ornament over the centuries and from country to country. A trick of the lithographer was to use the occasional solid ground to give better dimension to the plate. Measuring 19” x 13”, many designs include a scale to show actual size. Only two of the 72 illustrations were printed in full color, another pair in sepia tones, and six in burnt orange and black to show typical Etruscan designs. Several have toned backgrounds. It has been the fashion to apply hand coloring to black and white engravings and lithographs for centuries. The superb condition can be attributed to the individual paper guards placed between each plate. Many of the pieces illustrated are in museums; i.e. a Greek painted portrait medallion is preserved in the Classical Museum...
Category
1870s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Painting 19th Century Marine ruins old master
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
BACHMANN Alfred Félix August (1863-1956)
Bording near the Antique Temple
Oil on canvas signed Low Left
Frame gilded with leaves ...
Category
1890s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Crocus
By Walter Crane
Located in Florham Park, NJ
FLORA’S FEAST
A Masque of Flowers
Walter Crane, Illustrator
Cassell & Co., Publisher
Color Lithograph
London, 1889
Born in Liverpool, 15 August 1845, Walter Crane first studied art in his father Thomas’ studio. After both moving to London and losing his father, Crane obtained an apprenticeship as William Linton’s engraving shop. This position exposed the young Crane to political reform which would become a major influence on his future work.
As in illustrator, Crane became part of an influential group of political and religious radical movements. A supporter of the Liberal Party, Crane was outspoken in his support of the Communard’s attempt to overthrow the French government in 1871. It is seemingly ironic that at this time that Crane’s reputation as an illustrator of children’s books began to blossom. Within a decade Crane would join his life-long friend William Morris’s Arts and Crafts...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tellina. Plate 40 (Shells)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
WILLIAM WOOD
General Conchology;
or, a Description of Shells,
arranged according to the Linnean System
John Booth. London, 1815.
Engravings with Original Hand-Color
Tall Oc...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Canada Porcupine
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON.
BIRDS OF AMERICA
from Drawings Made in the United States
and Their Territories.
Lithographed, colored, and printed by J. T. Bowen. Philadelphia.
Published by V. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Archival Tape, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph
"Yellow Thunder" Chippewa Chief Lithograph Portrait by McKenney & Hall
Located in Hallowell, ME
“O-hya-wa-mince-kee. A Chippewa Chief.” [Yellow Thunder.] From McKenney & Hall’s History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Rice & Clark, 1843. Folio: image ca. 15 x 12. Lithograph. Original hand color. Very good condition.
The McKenney & Hall lithographs of Native Americans
The McKenney & Hall prints of Native Americans, from their History of the Indian Tribes of North America (1837-1844), document an important part of American history, illustrating the great leaders of the Indian nations which have disappeared since the mid-nineteenth century. Thomas McKenney, head of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs for many years, was a champion of the Indian and fought throughout his tenure to preserve something of their culture, so integral a part of the history of the United States. His legacy was a gallery of portraits of the great chiefs by artists such as James Otto Lewis, Charles Bird King and George Cooke...
Category
1830s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Paris Society Beauty Portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
A astounding portrait of a society beauty by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With an open face and and lightly smiling lips, she is wearing a gown typical of the romantic period. Drawn in graphite and heightened with white, the drawing is dated 1836
As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical information available on Adèle Grasset. We do know however, that she had studied with the highly prominent artist François Gérard (1770-1837) , known also as the Baron Gérard...
Category
1830s Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Painting 19th Century Flowers
By Raoul Maucherat de Longpré
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
MAUCHERAT de LONGPRÉ Raoul (1843-1922)
Two Bunch of Flowers in Pair
Oils on canvas each signed low right
Frames gilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas (each) : 65 X 54 cm
Dim frame (each) : 92 X 81 cm
For sale only by Pair
Certificate of authenticity
MAUCHERAT de LONGPRÉ Raoul (1843-1922)
French Painter 19th century
Born in Lyon in 1843. Died in Plessis-Robinson in 1922
Painter, Painter in watercolours, painter with the gouache. Flowers
Raoul Victor Maurice Maucherat de Longpré was taught by his father the silk painter Jean Antoine Marie Victor Maucherat de Longpré (1815). According to the family tradition related to the industry of the silk trade of Lyon, he starts very young to paint fans before making true paintings. Consequently, he specialized in floral painting. At the 30 years age he leaves his hometown and started his career at the "Salon de Paris" in 1876.
His brother Paul de Longpré...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Black Duck
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ALEXANDER POPE (1849-1924)
Upland Game Birds and Water Fowl of the United States
20 Chromolithographs, 14” x 20” Unframed
Scribner’s Sons, New York
1877-78
Alexander Pope was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1849. As he he grew up his interests and talents both matured in painting, wood carving and sculpture. The lure of nature led him to combine his abilities to better create a realistic image. He is said to be the first man to paint game birds carved from wood. Two of his painted carvings were purchased by the Czar of Russia...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Archival Tape, Archival Paper, Plexiglass, Rag Paper, Wood
Attlets de Racines
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Antique Bronze Dog "Whippet with a Butterfly" Arthur Waagen (1833-1898) 2 of 2
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait
“La Levrette au Papillon” or “Whippet (Greyhound) with a Butterfly”
Arthur Waagen (Germany, France 1833-1898)
Circa 1860’s
11 x 8 x 4 inches
(2of 2. No...
Category
1860s Academic Art
Materials
Bronze
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