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
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Saint Vaast la Hougue
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 - Mais où se cache le Soleil ?!
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 - Docteur Jeckyll and Mr Hide
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 - 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
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
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Rentrez Chez Vous Braves Gens !
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 - 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
Oil, Canvas
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Coup de Vent sur Colleville
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 - 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
Panel, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - Je Vole
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 - 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
Oil, Canvas
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
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17
century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705)
The dramatic subje...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Pair Italian Limestone Garden Sculptures with Cornucopia
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in limestone with Cornucopia associated with the harvest, prosperity, or spiritual abundance. Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto.
Measur...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Limestone
Portrait of Dorothy Thompson (The Wild Rose) - Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
A charming portrait of a beautiful blue-eyed girl in a pink dress holding flowers in her hand. It's based on Renaissance portraits where the subject is pushed to the foreground and i...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$14,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Four Season Extraordinary Set of Italian Stone Term Figure Sculptures
Located in Rome, IT
Four Term Figure sculptures with classically draped figures and their distinguishing symbols in carved Vicenza stone. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Measures: Height with squar...
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Limestone
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
Marines - Boats are Leaving for Fishing in Brittany
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GILBERT Pierre-Julien (1783-1860)
Marines - Boats are Leaving for Fishing in Brittany
Two Oils on wood panels in pair signed both low right
Old frames re-gilded with leaves
Dim wood ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Consolation, Collier
s magazine illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Signed upper left
Category
1940s Academic Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Pencil
Marble Sculpture of Roman Mythological subject Apollo
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in white Carrara marble of Apollo head .
Category
20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Limestone
$7,127 Sale Price
25% Off
Asian Love Story - The Good Earth - Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Magazine Story Illustration most likely for Cosmopolitan or Woman's Home Companion.
Caption: "'I will not heed these old ones,' said the maid. 'Let us flee together somewhere and ...
Category
1920s Academic Art
Materials
Adhesive, Oil
The Farm to the Donkey
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GARAT Francis (1870 - NC)
The Farm of The Donkey
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1883 low right
Frame guilded
Size canvas : 50 X 76 cm - Size frame : 60 X 76 cm
GARAT Francis (1870 -...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Painting 19th Century - Portrait of Young Lady
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
ERNEST BLANC-GARIN (1843-1916)
Portrait of a Young Lady around 1880
Oil on wood panel signed low
Old Original frame gilded with leaves
Dimensions wood : 40 X 30 cm
Dimensions frame : 62 X 53 cm
ERNEST BLANC-GARIN (1843-1916)
Belgian Painter 19th Century
Born 8 October 1843 in Givet (France)
Died 1916 in Brussels (Belgium)
Painter of Portraits and Urbanscapes.
In Brusssels he was taught by Jan Portaëls (1818-1895); then in Paris by Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889)
He took part in the Salon de Paris from 1868.
After a trip to Italy in 1870, he came back to Brussels for creating a private Art Academy providing a very liberal teaching.
His portraits are made with a lot of freedom and gracefulness.
Bibliography :
Dictionary of Artists E. Benezit Book II / 373
Gérald SHURR : Les petits Maîtres de la Peinture 1820- 1920 Book V
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Cherubs Musicians in pair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Mathilde LEHAUT (1816- nc)
Cherubs Musicians in oval pair
Two Oils on wood signed low
Framed by Gault (Paris) - Gold leaves
Dim wood panel (each) : 27 ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
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
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
$11,429 Sale Price
30% Off
Ballroom Dancers - Charcoal, Figurative, Fabric, Movement, Human Form, British
By Trudy Good
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Ballroom Dancers by Trudy Good. Original Charcoal & Pastel onto paper.
Trudy Good is a British figurative painter who has exhibited in numerous plac...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 17
century Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing painting of Cleopatra oil on canvas with a gilt wood frame.
Attributed to Giuseppe Diamantini (Fossombrone 1621-Venice 1705)
The dramatic subje...
Category
Late 17th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Winter Landscape by the River
By Jean Eugene Clary
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
CLARY Jean Eugène (1856-1930)
Winter Landscape by the River
Oil on canvas signed low right
Frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 46 X 80 cm
Dim frame : 68 X 103 cm
CLARY Jean Eugèn...
Category
1880s Academic Art
Materials
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
Paper, Conté, Crayon
GRISAILLE 19th Century - Cherubs asleep
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GRISAILLE 19th Century (anonymous)
Cherubs asleep
Part of "Rococo Style" made famous by François Boucher (1703 - 1770)
Oil on canvas Circa 1850
Old frame re-gilded
Dim canvas : 33 X ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Central Park Heroic Statue
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/15 , other size available, unframed
Category
Academic Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
A set of Biblical prints after the Dutch painter and engraver Gerard Hoet
By Gerard Hoet
Located in London, GB
The present collection is a set of 131 prints after Gerard Hoet, the Dutch golden age painter and engraver, depicting various biblical scenes. Hoet was a leading artist in the Classicizing Dutch Academic style, and his work is defined by history paintings, with a particular interest in mythological, classical, historical, and biblical scene, in particular Old testament scenes...
Category
Early 1700s Academic Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Black and White, Engraving
$11,429 Sale Price
30% Off
Female Nude
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Paul-Élie Gernez (1888-1948)
Oil on wood panel signed low right and back with date 1939
Old original frame
Size canvas : 54 X 81 cm
Size frame : 76 X 103 cm
Paul-Élie Gernez (born 27 January 1888 in Onnaing, France, and died 6...
Category
1930s Academic Art
Materials
Oil
Boy in a squero in Venice
Located in Roma, RM
Domenico Bresolin (Padua 1813 - Venice 1890), Boy in a squero in Venice
Oil on canvas applied to cardboard 27 x 16 cm initialed (DB) lower left.
Publications
D. Ritter, Venedig in...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
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
Gouache, Pencil
The Twelve Princesses
Located in New Orleans, LA
The greatest triumph of the artist’s career, this extraordinary and monumental oil on canvas by Gustave-Max Stevens perfectly represents the highly detailed compositions and richly h...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Sandringham - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Homes, Sandringham House
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Sandringham by HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated with the artworks of HRH The P...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Petite Mendiante By William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Located in New Orleans, LA
William Bouguereau
French 1825-1905
Petite Mendiante
(Little Beggar)
Signed “W. Bouguereau 1880” (center left)
Oil on canvas
William Bouguereau's faithful images of young women a...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Au Bord Du Ruisseau By William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Located in New Orleans, LA
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
1825-1905 French
Au Bord du Ruisseau
Signed and dated “W-Bouguereau-1888” (upper left)
Oil on Canvas
“Bouguereau’s paintings of children allowed for th...
Category
19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco
Located in New Orleans, LA
Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco
Signed (center right)
Oil on canvas
In this important oil on canvas, French Orientalist painter Charles Landelle captures the engaging visage of a young Moroccan woman in a moment of tranquil contemplation. Seated on the floor of what is almost certainly an opulent riad, the young woman wears an intricately embroidered Moroccan kaftan and headdress. The sumptuous patterns on the floor and in the background lend an additional warmth to the strikingly vivid red hues which dominate the composition and are a hallmark of Landelle’s work.
The symbols behind the young woman may represent either the Jewish Star of David or the Islamic Seal...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Balmoral - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Homes, Balmoral Castle, British
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Balmoral by His Majesty King Charles III (formerly known as HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales) - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated with the artworks of HRH The Prince of Wales for over 25 years. Anna Hunter, gallery owner, wrote a handwritten letter to the Prince asking him if he would consider making signed lithographs from his beautiful watercolours which could
be sold in aid of his charities. The gallery subsequently worked with the Prince for over 10 years publishing some 18 different editions and raising over £4million for the Prince’s Charitable Foundation.
Lithographs were made from the Prince’s original watercolours under the guidance of Stanley Jones – a celebrated printmaker who had previously worked with Henry Moore for 30 years, and with Elizabeth Frink, David Hockney and others. Each one is hand-signed.
“…One thing I have discovered in the course of my painting efforts is that Balmoral Castle...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
In the Boudoir
Located in Missouri, MO
Delphin Enjolras
"In the Boudoir"
Oil on Canvas
Signed Lower Left
Canvas: approx 29 x 22 inches
Framed: approx. 37 x 30 inches
Renowned as a portraitist of the upper echelons of s...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Highgrove - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Homes, Highgrove House, British
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Highgrove by His Majesty King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associate...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Windsor Castle - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Homes, Architecture
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Windsor Castle by HM King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated with the artwo...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Windsor Castle North Aspect - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Royal Home, British
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Windsor Castle by His Majesty King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be asso...
Category
1990s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Overlooking Wadi, Saudi Arabia - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Mountains, Asir
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Overlooking Wadi, Asir Province, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia by His Majesty King Charles III, (created when he was HRH The Prince of Wales) - ...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hong Kong from HMY Britannia - Signed Lithograph, Royal Art, Union Jack,
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Hong Kong From HMY Britannia by HM King Charles III - Hand Signed Limited Edition Lithograph.
Belgravia Gallery has been honoured to be associated ...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Lithograph
Rosetta
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Signed
This painting is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“Tohu-bohu” is a series of paintings by French-American painter John Bailly that explores the o...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Los Hermanos Islets
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Signed
This painting is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“When two worlds collide, mayhem or genius can ensue. Consider the freestyle fellowship that ha...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Paris
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media on paper
Signed
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“When two worlds collide, mayhem or genius can ensue. Consider the freestyle fellowship t...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Miami
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media on paper
Signed
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
“When two worlds collide, mayhem or genius can ensue. Consider the freestyle fellowship t...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Palazzo Doria Pamphilij Roma
Located in New York, NY
Palazzo Doria Pamphilij, Roma
C-print
Signed, titled, dated and numbered edition of 5 on artist's label on verso.
39.5 x 47.5 inches, edition of 5
47.5 x 59 inches, edition of 5
7...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art
Materials
C Print
Price Upon Request
Biblioteca Real Gabinete de Leitura, Rio De Janeiro-Brasile
Located in New York, NY
Biblioteca Real Gabinete de Leitura, Rio De Janeiro-Brasile
C-print
Signed, titled, dated and numbered edition of 5 on artist's label on verso.
39.5 x 47.5 inches, edition of 5
47....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Art
Materials
C Print
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