Academic Prints and Multiples
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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Original "Your Country's Call, Enlist Now" 1915 vintage British poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Your Country's Call. Isn't this Worth Fighting For? Enlist Now. Original WW1 poster, archival linen-backed vintage military poster.
Linen-backed and ...
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1910s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Leopard-cat
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of a leopard-cat
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Hunting Leopard
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of a Hunting Leopard
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Adirondac Grape
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century coloured engraving, Adirondac Grape
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Catacombs
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph, 1822 Paris Catacombs
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Whimbrel
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of Nuthatch Antique Print
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
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1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pratincole Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of a Snow Bunting
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
Category
1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Clouded Leopard
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of a Clouded leopard
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
leopard
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of a Leopard
Category
19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Goldcrest Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of Goldcrest Antique Print
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
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1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Lion
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of a lion
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Nutcracker
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of Nutcracker Antique Print
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
Category
1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Talpa Comune
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph, Talpa Comune
Category
19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Nuthatch Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of Nuthatch Antique Print
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
Category
1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
A Thames Barbell
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph, 1885 A Thames Barbell
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Reptiles
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of reptiles
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
La Morgue
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph, 1822 Paris, La Morgue
Category
19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original 1917 Railroad Map of Washington State railway map
Located in Spokane, WA
This is an Original Lithograph Vintage Railroad Map of Washington State; it is not a reproduction.
“Railroad Map of Washington, 1917, The Public Servi...
Category
1910s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Jay Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of a Jay bird
Matt size 24.5cm x 29.5cm
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
Category
1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Asiatic Lion, Lioness, Bengal Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Antique Steel Engraving Published 1866 by Blackie & Son, London for "A History of the Earth and Animated Nature" by Oliver Goldsmith.
Matt siz...
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Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Snow Bunting Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of a Snow Bunting
Matt size 24.5cm x 29.5cm
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
Category
1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Jellyfish Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
1896 Jellyfishes Original Antique Print - Jellyfish - Natural History
From a volume of Cassell's Natural History published in 1896
Matt size 37cm x 28cm
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Category
1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Mandrill Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Mandrill Antique print
Matt size 33.5cm x 26cm
Image Size 17cm x 11 cm
Category
19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Red-Throated Pipit Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of a Red-Throated Pipit
Matt size 24.5cm x 29.5cm
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
Category
1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
17th Century map of Cumberland, UK by Robert Morden
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Robert Morden (British, circa 1650 – 1703)
A map of Cumberland with hand colouring
An engraving
14.1/4 x 16.5/8 in. (36.5 x 42.5 cm.)
Category
17th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Original 1924 Soviet Union Public Scientific Journal Flint vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1924 Soviet Union lithographic poster for a monthly magazine called "Flint". The magazine was a public scientific journal that dealt with the electrical revolution, biolog...
Category
1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Food and the War! Original c. 1918 World War 1 vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Food and the War! American wheat to win! Rare and very seldom seen original World War 1 authentic vintage poster. Archi...
Category
1910s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Alphabet Letter "S", Saint, Religious
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed...
Category
1860s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold
Alphabet Letter "P"
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed in Colours. Hand-Painted Gold Highlights.
To produce a study for an historic illumination of antiphonals, the Arundel Society selected each of the alphabet letters from chorale books created in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Devotional pieces, the chorale music was greatly appreciated by Christians throughout the world. Often it was sung as responsive music where the choir would be divided into two parts thus creating a harmony which reinforced the Christian religious doctrine.
As illustrious as the music, the key letters that headed each piece would take their own place in the art world. Many initials would be specifically devoted to prominent men and woman of both religious and cultural importance. For example, the “F” was devoted to Fra Angelico, an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists...
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1860s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold
Alphabet Letter "T"
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed...
Category
1860s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold
Alphabet Letter "F"
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed...
Category
1860s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold
Alphabet Letter "K" Religious Saint
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed...
Category
1860s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold
Alphabet Letter "K"
Located in Florham Park, NJ
An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
Arundel Society. London, 1862.
Engraving. Printed...
Category
1860s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold
Ikebana - Carnations and Astilbe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Ikebana
Japanese Woodblocks.
Meiji Period. Circa 1895.
A disciplined art form, Ikebana seeks to bring nature and man together. The emphasis is on form and simplicity of design...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Primary Triangulation Between the Hudson and St. Croix Rivers
Located in Florham Park, NJ
As stated on NOAA.GOV:
The Office of Coast Survey is the oldest U.S. scientific organization, dating from 1807 when President Thomas Jefferson signed “AN ACT TO provide for surveyin...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
"Sparrow Hawk, " Original Color Lithograph by an American artist
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sparrow Hawk" is an original color lithograph by an unknown American artist. It depicts a bird perching on the limb of a tree, its young poking out of th...
Category
1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
London (England)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Late 19th Century map of London highlighting the city's marvels. Serving also as a mundane street map, this map provides ample information on the bustling metropolis of London. Show are Buckingham Palace, Royal Botanic...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Plan
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Samurai Warriors
Meiji 33 ( 1900)
Woodblocks
Original Hand-Color
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period in Japan, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an ...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Kabuki Theatre: Zo-Hiki (Drawing the Elephant)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kabuki Theatre
Meji 33 (ca1900)
Woodblock
Original Hand-Color.
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an art form of gre...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Samurai: Surprise Attack
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Samurai Warriors
Meji 33 ( 1900)
Woodblocks
Original Hand-Color
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period in Japan, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an art...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Kabuki Theatre: Ubanari
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kabuki Theatre
Meji 33 (ca1900)
Woodblock
Original Hand-Color.
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an art form of gre...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Jeux de fillettes a Laghouat - Original litograph (1897/98)
Located in Paris, FR
E. Dinet
Jeux de fillettes a Laghouat
Original litograph
Platesigned
1897/98
Printed on paper Vélin
Size 31 x 40 cm (c. 12 x 16")
INFORMATION : Published by 'Estampe Moderne, Par...
Category
1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
London (England)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Highly detailed street map of late 19th Century London. Each street is named as are gardens, parks, bodies of water, and important buildings. A magnifying glass is recommended.
Category
19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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, 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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Dish Garden
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Dish Garden in Blue and White China
Japanese Woodblock
Original Hand-color.
Meji Period. Circa 1895.
The enthusiasm for nature prints has spanned the centuries. By the mid-nineteenth century these works, illustrating varieties of flowers in naturalistic styles, had reached a peak of perfection. Each artistic form in traditional printing sought to enhance the beauty of botany. In the woodblock style, as it true for engravings and lithographs, it is imperative that the carving of each block be exacting as they must create an image true to that seen in nature.
For many, the dish garden is a re-creation of a favorite landscape design. It provides an opportunity to build a perfect pairing of ornament...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Samurai: Looking On
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Samurai Warriors
Meji 33 ( 1900)
Woodblocks
Original Hand-Color
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period in Japan, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an art...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Kabuki Theatre: Fuwa
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kabuki Theatre
Meji 33 (ca1900)
Woodblock
Original Hand-Color.
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an art form of gre...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Kimono in Red and Green (Front and Back)
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 Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Kachoga -- Flowers and Birds
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Japanese Woodblocks.
Meji Period. Circa 1895.
The enthusiasm for nature prints has spanned the centuries. By the mid-nineteenth century these works, illustrating varieties of f...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Kabuki Theatre: Nanatsu
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kabuki Theatre
Meji 33 (ca1900)
Woodblock
Original Hand-Color.
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an art form of gre...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Kabuki Theatre: Ya No Ne - The Arrow-Head
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kabuki Theatre
Meji 33 (ca1900)
Woodblock
Original Hand-Color.
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an art form of gre...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Kabuki Theatre: Shibaraku - Stop a Moment
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kabuki Theatre
Meji 33 (ca1900)
Woodblock
Original Hand-Color.
Woodblock printing flowered in the Edo Period, mid to late 19th century, and is still considered an art form of gre...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Ikebana Daisy
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Ikebana
Japanese Woodblocks.
Meiji Period. Circa 1895.
A disciplined art form, Ikebana seeks to bring nature and man together. The emphasis is on form and simplicity of design...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Academic prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Academic prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Owen Jones, Paul Jones b.1921, John James Audubon, and Basilius Besler. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Engraving and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Academic prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $26,100, while the average work sells for $650.
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