Category Archives: Realism & French Academy*

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

“Female Nude Raising Her Arm”

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon | "Female Nude Raising Her Arm"
(French, 1758-1823) drawing, black & white chalk, stumped on blue paper, c. 1810-20

Posted in Drawings, Nudes & Figures, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Charles Bargue

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

“Torso, Plate 1, No. 56 from ‘Cours de Dessin’ (Drawing Course)”

Charles Bargue | "Torso, Plate 1, No. 56 from 'Cours de Dessin' (Drawing Course)"
(French, 1826-1883) drawing, charcoal on wove paper, c. 1860′s

Posted in Drawings, Nudes & Figures, Realism & French Academy*

Edgar Degas

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

“Nude Woman Crouching, study for Semiramis”

Edgar Degas | "Nude Woman Crouching, study for Semiramis"
(French, 1834-1917) drawing, black chalk heightened w/white on off-white wove paper, c. 1860-62

Posted in Drawings, Impressionism/Expressionism, Nudes & Figures, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

“Madame LeBlanc’s left hand”

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | “Madame LeBlanc's left hand" (French, 1780–1867) drawing, gra
(French, 1780–1867) drawing, graphite on tracing paper, c. 1823

Posted in Drawings, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*

Frederick Lord Leighton

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

“Desdemona”

Frederick Lord Leighton | "Desdemona"
(English, 1830–1896) oil on canvas, c.1888

Posted in Portraits & Women, Pre-Raphaelites, Realism & French Academy*, Victorian

Jean-Charles Cazin

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

“Solitude”

Jean-Charles Cazin | "Solitude"
(French, 1841-1901) oil on canvas, c.1889

Posted in Landscape Fantastique, Landscapes, Realism & Brushwork, Realism & French Academy*, Tonalism

Jean-Léon Gérôme

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

“Polyphemus”

Jean-Léon Gérôme | "Polyphemus"
(French, 1824-1904) oil on canvas, ca. 1870′s-90′s

Posted in Homer's "The Odyssey", Mythology, Realism & French Academy*

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

“Jupiter and Thetis”

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | "Jupiter and Thetis"
(French, 1780–1867) oil on canvas, 1812

Posted in Mythology, Nudes & Figures, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

“Portrait of Madame Ingres, née Madeleine Chapelle”

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | "Portrait of Madame Ingres, née Madeleine Chapelle"
(French, 1780–1867) drawing, graphite on off-white wove paper, 1814

Posted in Drawings, Portraits & Women, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

“Countess Charles d’Agoult and her daughter Claire d’Agoult”

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | "Countess Charles d'Agoult and her daughter Claire d'Agoult"
(French, 1780–1867) drawing, pencil & chalk on paper, 1849

Posted in Drawings, Portraits & Women, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

“A Sleeping Odalisque”

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | "A Sleeping Odalisque"
(French, 1780–1867) oil on canvas, c.1830

Posted in Nudes & Figures, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

“Sketch, Head of a Young Blond Girl with Blue Eyes (Laure-Zoega)”

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | "Sketch, Head of a Young Blond Girl with Blue Eyes (Laure-Zoega)"
(French, 1780–1867) oil on canvas, c.1813

Posted in Portraits & Women, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

William Bouguereau

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

“Sketch of a Young Woman”

William Bouguereau | "Sketch of a Young Woman"
(French, 1825-1905) oil on canvas, c.1890

Posted in Portraits & Women, Realism & French Academy*

Jefferson David Chalfant

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

“Bouguereau’s Atelier at the Académie Julian, Paris”

Jefferson David Chalfant | "Bouguereau's Atelier at the Académie Julian, Paris"
(American, 1856-1931) oil on panel, 1891

Posted in Paris, Realism & French Academy*

Léon Cogniet

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

“The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome”

Léon Cogniet | "The Artist in His Room at the Villa Medici, Rome"
(French, 1794-1880) oil on canvas, 1817

Posted in Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

“Odalisque”

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre | "Odalisque"
(French, 1836–1911) oil on canvas, 1874

Posted in Nudes & Figures, Realism & French Academy*

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

“Mlle Joséphine Nicaise-Lacroix”

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | "Mlle Joséphine Nicaise-Lacroix"
(French, 1780–1867) drawing, graphite, 1813

Posted in Portraits & Women, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Jean-Léon Gérôme

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

“Suzanne Gerome” (the artist’s daughter)

Jean-Léon Gérôme | "Suzanne Gerome" (the artist's daughter)
(French, 1824-1904) oil on canvas, 1874

Posted in Portraits & Women, Realism & French Academy*

Hippolyte Flandrin

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

“La Florentine”

Hippolyte Flandrin | "La Florentine"
(French, 1809–1864) oil on canvas, c.1840

Posted in Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Hippolyte Flandrin

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

“La Florentine”

Hippolyte Flandrin | "La Florentine"
(French, 1809–1864) oil on canvas, 1840

Posted in Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art