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Academic Art is the painting and sculpture produced under the influence of the European Academies, where many artists received their formal training. It is characterized by its highly finished style, its use of historical or mythological subject matter, and its moralistic tone. Neoclassical Art was closely associated with the Academies.

The term "Academic Art" is associated particularly with the French Academy and its influence on the Salons in the 19th century. Artists such as Bouguereau and Jean-Leon Gerome epitomize this style.


Chronological Listing of Academic Artists

  Drolling, Martin
  Vernet, Horace
  Scheffer, Ary
  Delaroche, Paul
  Robert-Fleury, Joseph- Nicolas
  Amerling, Friedrich von
  Winterhalter, Franz Xaver
  Glaize, Auguste-Barthélemy
  Amaury-Duval, Eugène-Emmanuel
  Gleyre, Charles
  Mottez, Victor
  Marilhat, Prosper
  Pils, Isidore
  Couture, Thomas
  Meissonier, Jean-Louis-Ernest
  Papety, Dominique Louis
  Hebert, Ernest
  Duverger, Theophile-Emmanuel
  Hamon, Jean-Louis
  Landelle, Charles
  Cabanel, Alexandre
  Boulanger, Gustave
  Bouguereau, Adolphe William
  Chaplin, Charles
  Heilbuth, Ferdinand
  Belly, Leon
  Delaunay, Jules-Elie
  Schreyer, Adolf
  Henner, Jean Jacques

  Bonnat, Leon
  Neuville, Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de
  Defregger, Franz von
  Lefebvre, Jules-Joseph
  Cot, Pierre-Auguste
  Duran, Carolus
  Firmin-Girard, Marie Francois
  Laurens, Jean-Paul
  Makart, Hans
  Munier, Emile
  Vibert, Jehan Georges
  Boldini, Giovanni
  Harlamoff, Alexej
  Blaas, Eugene de
  Regnault, Henri
  Siemiradzki, Henryk
  Cormon, Fernand
  Debat-Ponsan, Edouard
  Detaille, Edouard
  Weeks, Edwin Lord
  Beckwith, James Carroll
  Gervex, Henri
  Mancini, Antonio
  Jamin, Paul
  Edelfelt, Albert
  Cox, Kenyon
  Bilinska, Anna
  Baudry, Paul
  Gerome, Jean-Leon

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