Free downloadable public domain paintings in the Academic Art style. Academic art, or Academicism, is a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. Specifically, academic art is the art and artists influenced by the standards of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts, which practiced under the movements of Neoclassicism and Romanticism.
Saint Monica tenderly holds a boy (possibly Saint Augustine) while beckoning the viewer with an open hand in this Academic painting by French artist Alexandre Cabanel.
Details: Samson and the Philistines (1863) is a painting by Carl Bloch which was uploaded on November 28th, 2019[4]. The painting depicts the biblical story of Samson and the Philistines[1], and was created in 1863 in Academicism style[1]. It is considered to be one of Bloch'...
Details: Harper's Bazaar is an American monthly fashion magazine for women, first published in New York City in 1867. It is published by Hearst and positions itself as a style resource for women who prioritize high-quality fashion. Luc-Olivier Merson was a French academic painter and illustrator born in...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The crucifixion and death of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judea, most likely in...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia Gethsemane is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The temptation of Christ is a biblical narrative detailed in the gospels of...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian teaching that Christ physically departed from...
Details: The Descent from the Cross, or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels' accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The Last Supper is the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The biblical Magi also referred to as the Wise Men or Kings, also...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The Supper at Emmaus - a popular theme in Christian art - represents...
Details ‘Martyrdom of St. Denis’ was created in 1886 by Leon Bonnat in Academicism style. Saint Denis is a Christian martyr from the third century. Denis was Bishop of Paris and made many conversions with his speeches. The local Roman priest were alarmed by this and had Denis together with...
Details ‘The fountain at St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome’ was created in 1868 by Leon Bonnat in Academicism style. Fountains mark very important locations in Rome. It adds a very soothing and relaxing ambiance while enjoying and learning about the different facts and places in Rome. One of...
Details ‘Samson’ was created in c.1858 by Frederic Leighton in Academicism style. In the Hebrew Bible, Samson (/ˈsæmsən/; Hebrew: שִׁמְשׁוֹן, Šīmšōn, "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13...
🙏🏽Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to help keep this site free!Image Details ‘The good samaritan’ was created by Leon Bonnat in Academicism style. The parable of the Good Samaritan is told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. It is about a traveler (implicitly understood to...
🙏🏽Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to help keep this site free!Image Details William-Adolphe Bouguereau concluded the oil painting entitled Virgin and Lamb, or La Vierge à L'agneau in the original French La Vierge à L'agneau, in 1903. As a student at the...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau concluded the artwork entitled The Madonna of the Roses in 1903, only two years before his death. The painter had gone through significant losses during his lifetime, as he saw four...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! ‘The Resurrection of Lazarus’ was created in 1857 by Leon Bonnat in Academicism style. Saint Lazarus of Bethany, also venerated as Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the subject of a...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! William-Adolphe Bouguereau concluded the dramatic artwork entitled The Flagellation of Christ in 1880. The artist was praised by critics as well as the public for his oil paintings depicting mythological subjects and biblical stories. His most...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Different from the paintings of the past masters and their interpretation of this scene, Bouguereau gives a unique view of this sacred event. Although he follows the standards of traditional Christian religious imagery, the atmosphere is...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! After losing three of his five children to health issues, as well as his wife, Nelly Monchablon, Bouguereau felt the pain of grief and translated it into many paintings, like Pieta. In Compassion!, the artist also...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau concluded the oil painting entitled Sainte Famille, translated as The Holy Family, in the year 1863 and was exhibited in the Paris Salon shortly after. Four years later, the artwork was...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! This life-size painting, a serene vision of angels serenading the sleeping Jesus in the arms of a graceful young Mary, is one of the most important works by Bouguereau in the United States. Bouguereau's...
