Lawrence A Tadema (1836-1912)
Lawrence A Tadema (1836-1912) Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, was a Dutch painter of special British denizenship. Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he… Read More
Category: Academicism
William A Bouguereau (1825-1905)
William A Bouguereau (1825-1905) William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical… Read More
John W Waterhouse (1849–1917)
John W Waterhouse (1849–1917) John William Waterhouse was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s… Read More
Alfred Pierre Agache (1843-1915)
Alfred P Agache (1843-1915) Alfred-Pierre Joseph Agache also known simply as Alfred Agache, was a French academic painter. Little is known of Agache’s life. He was born in Lille, France, and exhibited… Read More
Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904)
Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical… Read More