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The 67 pages that link to Academic art, each with the reason it gives.

• William-Adolphe BouguereauNarrower topic: Bouguereau’s career and reputation were formed within France’s academic art system.

• Düsseldorf School of paintingNarrower topic: The academy’s instruction linked Düsseldorf painting to broader European academic practice.

• Raja Ravi VarmaNarrower topic: Varma adapted its perspective, anatomy, and oil-painting conventions.

• Alexandre CabanelNarrower topic: Cabanel’s polished finish and historical subjects exemplify French academic painting.

• Little Dancer of Fourteen YearsCompared with: The figure’s ordinary subject and startling realism challenged polished academic ideals.

• Louis LeroyCompared with: Leroy judged the exhibitors against conventions their work challenged.

• Suzanne ValadonCompared with: Valadon’s direct approach to bodies and domestic subjects departed from academic ideals.

• The Sleeping GypsyCompared with: Rousseau’s independent practice and unusual perspective departed from the academic standards of his time.

• Bal du moulin de la GaletteCompared with: Renoir's casual modern scene challenged the hierarchies and finish favored by official art institutions.

• Grande OdalisqueNarrower topic: The painting's classical idealization provoked judgments grounded in academic standards of drawing.

• Lawrence Alma-TademaNarrower topic: Alma-Tadema built his career within the nineteenth-century academic art system.

• Paula Modersohn-BeckerCompared with: Her direct figures and unconventional self-portraits depart from its polished ideals.

• Vasily VereshchaginCompared with: His direct, sometimes documentary approach challenged academic expectations for elevated historical subjects.

• Henry GeldzahlerCompared with: Geldzahler’s defense of recent work challenged museum hierarchies favoring established historical art.

• History of paintingCompared with: Its conventions became a target for several modern movements.

• La maja desnudaCompared with: The work uses a traditional nude subject while resisting the idealized conventions associated with academic art.

• Tiger in a Tropical StormCompared with: Rousseau’s self-taught style diverged from the training and finish prized by academic institutions.