academism

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It is shocking to see that it is also from 1911 and to be reminded how quickly Cubism went off the rails toward academism in the hands of lesser artists.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2015

In the 1950s, when the Grand Prix was awarded to established artists, the avant-garde snarled about outdated academism.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other hand, consider an older Spaniard like Ignacio Zuloaga, long regarded as the discreditable essence of flashy, virtuoso academism.

From Time Magazine Archive

It gave the artist what academism could not: shamanistic power, a sense of the numinous.

From Time Magazine Archive

It would, however, be precipitate to say that there are no basic principles nor firm rules in painting, or that a search for them leads inevitably to academism.

From Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Sadleir, Michael