Examples of the 1800's, 1900's, and 2000's
One can argue that Ingres, David and others shown in my previous page are also academic, but the present page is specifically "pompier", containing painters sometimes classified as secondary, all of them however adepts of academic realism. The works are roughly arranged chronologically, in two blocks.
Jacques-Louis David
Paris & Helen, 1798
Josef Rebell
Arkadische Landschaft ~1810
F J Navez
Musical group, 1821
Hippolyte Flandrin
Naked young man, 1836
Bénouville
Esther, 1844
Alexandre Cabanel
Fallen angel, 1847
Rosa Bonheur
Horse Market, 1855
Detail
Albert Bierstadt
Majestät der Berge, 1860's
J L Gérôme
Harem in the kiosk ~1870
Jean-André Rixens
The death of Cleopatra, 1874
Burne-Jones
Le chant d'amour, 1877
Albert Bierstadt
Turquoise sea, 1878
Jean-Léon Gérôme
The snake charmer, 1880
Alma-Tadema
Reading Homer, 1885
Frank Dicksee
An offering ~1890
G Rochegrosse
Chevalier aux fleurs, 1894
John Collier
Lady Godiva, 1898
Henry Scott Tuke
Young swimmers, 1902
Eugene de Blaas
The Flirtation, 1903
Alma-Tadema
Finding of Moses, 1904
Alma-Tadema
Ask me no more, 1906
G B Torriglia
The web of life ~1910
John Collier
Horace and Lydia, 1924
Montague Dawson
Pacific rollers
Daniel Greene
96th St, ~1990
Bamrah Dharbinder
Lost in a crowd, ~1990
A S Conklin
Rehearsal, 1991
Stephen Gjertson
Peace, 1997
John W Kelley
Orpheus, 1998
Patricia Watwood
Francisco, 1999
Patricia Watwood
Music and Poetry, 2000
David Ligare
Areta, 2000
Patricia Watwood
Psyche's doubt, 2004
Jacob Collins
Reclining nude ~2010
Claudio Bravo
Unknown title
Roberto Bernardi
Glass, ~2010
George Grie
Arrested expansion, ~2010
Tjalf Sparnaay
Salad bowl, 2012
J. P. Jenkins
Désespoir, 2012
George Angelini
Gentleman farmer ~2012
Paul S. Brown
Wine and cheese, 2015
François Gérard
Cupid and Psyche, 1798
P N Guérin
Morpheus and Iris, 1811
P P Prudhon
Nu féminin, ~1815
P P Prudhon
Nu féminin, ~1815
P P Prudhon
Nu masculin, ~1815
P N Guérin
La Rochejaquelein, 1817
J L David
Mars désarmé, 1824
Winterhalter
Italian girl, ~1833
D L Papety
Daphnis and Chloe, ~1840
Bénouville
Achille, 1847
Winterhalter
Maharajah D. Singh, 1854
J L Gérôme
Slave auction, ~1866
Paul Dubois
Narcissus, 1867
J L Gérôme
Bashi-Bazouk, 1869
Frederick Leighton
Daedalus & Icarus, 1869
J L Gérôme
Pelt merchant, Cairo, 1869
J L Gérôme
Turkish bath, 1872
Burne-Jones
Perseus, 1877
Rosa Bonheur
A dog, 1879
J W Waterhouse
Lady of Shalott, 1888
E B Leighton
Call to arms, 1888
J G Vibert
The Diet, ~1890
Tapiro i Baro
Tangerian beauty, 1891
Bouguereau
Psyche's abduction, 1895
Henri Godet
Psyche's abduction, 1898
Henri Godet
Psyche's abduction, 1898
H J Draper
Icarus, 1898
Auguste Raynaud
Watering, ~1900
Maxfield Parrish
Egypt, 1904
Th Chassériau
The toilet of Esther, 1911
T Gorini
Archer, ~1920
James Childs
Terrace, 1986
David Ligare
Hercules, 1993
Jacob Collins
Vincent, 1998
Patricia Watwood
Vincent, 1999
Luciano Ventrone
Nude, ~2006
Patricia Watwood
Bacchus, 2008
Jason De Graaf
Hyperrealism 2015
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