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Nude Paintings For Sale
Museum Quality, Nude with Pink Towel
Located in Miami, FL
Walkowitz creates a powerful composition with the tightly cropped nude figure pushed up-close to the viewer and occupying half of the picture plane. Smaller figures lead the eye back...
Category
1920s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Femme de petite vertue à la cigarette Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fabulous original French oil painting, depicting this "Femme de petite vertue", seated within an interior smkoing a cigarette. Beside her on the table, sits a bowl of strawberries an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Woman
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hilo Chen, American (1942 - )
Title: MB 3
Year: 1987
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame Size: 30 x 42 inches
Category
1980s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
BURNING DESIRE
Located in Tulsa, OK
Loretta Hirsch, BURNING DESIRE, ink marker pencil, liquid ink, gold leaf, on German Card stock Paper, 11.70 X 8.30 in, $740.00 (unframed)
Born in Oklahoma and educated at the Atlant...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lily in Blue Tights on Pluff Chair - Oil Painting Figure and Vintage Chair Study
Located in Chicago, IL
Andrew S. Conklin
Artist Statement—Motion Capture Studio Series
Andrew S. Conklin, a native of Chicago, Illinois, is a figurative painter. Conklin's paintings are a product of his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Le Desabillage, Two Women.
By Robert Lepeltier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Robert Lepeltier (French, 1913-1996)
Title: Le Desabillage, Two Women.
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 16 x 12.75 inches
Condition: Excellent, Stretche...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lord of the Center - Original Artwork of Highly Detailed Symbolic, Surreal Scene
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting, like each of the paintings in the Purple Dawn series, is based on an earlier work that was lost or destroyed in the course of time. Feeling that I wanted to finish wha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Acrylic
"The Minotaur" Surrealist Figurative Abstract Painting
By Gil Bruvel
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist painting of the famous mythical creature "The Minotaur" by artist Gil Bruvel. Framed in a thick golden frame.
Artist Biography:
Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1959, Gil B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Love Knot - Archaic Irish Manuscript Inspired Erotic Artwork of Entwined Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
Painting Description:
This painting began as an adaptation of a sketch I made after figures in an old Irish manuscript- probably The Book of Kells or Li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Acrylic
Biology 101
By Jackie Felix
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on un-stretched canvas by Jackie Felix, currently featured in the exhibition at Benjaman Gallery "Over the Fence".
Jackie Felix (1929-2009) earned her Bachelor of ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude, Drawing of Woman, Charcoal, Pastel, Blue, Red, Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Subrata Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Subrata Das - Untitled - 10.5 x 8 inches (unframed unmounted )
Charcoal & Pastel on board , 2013
**The work will be shipped unframed (parcel )
If you wish it to be framed and despatched, Kindly contact with the gallery.
Style : Subrata Das's works are a poetic representation on Indian Mythological forms, skillfully rendered. His present works representing the divine love of Radha and Krishna, are traditional in subject yet contemporary in his use technique.
About the Artist & his work :
Born : 1967, Kolkata.
Education: 3 Years Foundation Course under the guidance of eminent artists Mr. Shuvaprasanna from College of Visual Arts, Kolkatta.
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
2008 - Kanvas Art Gallery, Kolkata.
2005 - Art Walk, Oberoi Hotel, Mumbai.
2002 - Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata & Chitrakoot Gallery, Kolkata.
2001-02 - Standard Chartered Grindlays Gallery, Kolkata.
1997 - ABN-Amro Gallery, Kolkata
1996 - Gallery Aurobindo, New Delhi.
1995 - Sponsored by RPG Enterprise at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata
Selected Group Exhibitions :
2008 - 'Shiksha 08', organized by Delhi Friends Round Table at New Delhi; 'Summer Show', Idiyas Gallery, Kolkata & 'Monsoon Show', Master Collection, Kolkata.
2007 - ‘Vibrant Hues’, Kanvas Art Gallery, Kolkata; ‘Facts of Life’, Sop. Gallery One, Gurgaon; ‘Colors 2007’, organized by Art Land at Majestic Hotel, Dubai & ‘Art Fair India -07’, organized by Hindustan Times and Habiart Foundation, Kolkata.
2006-07 - ‘Essence of Bengal Art’, presented by Group Fifty, New Delhi & ‘Art for Concern’, organized by Right Lines Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Charcoal, Board
Large Impressionist Textured Embracing Nude Painting
By Jim Rabby
Located in Houston, TX
Large oil painting of embracing nudes against a deep blue background. Skin toned colors against a blue and green background. Framed in a nice gold frame with a white matte.
Artist B...
Category
1970s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
IT'S TIME TO TELL STORIES
Located in Tulsa, OK
Loretta Hirsch, IT'S TIME TO TELL STORIES, ink marker pencil, liquid ink, on German Card stock Paper, 11.70 X 8.30 in, $740.00 (unframed)
Born in Oklahoma and educated at the Atlant...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Ink, Paper
"Blue Light Nude, Bea" contemporary impressionist painting of standing muse
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Blue Light Nude, Bea" is a contemporary impressionist oil painting of Fenske's muse, Bea.
The first painting of the "Bea Nudes Series" is a loose presentation of brushstrokes that ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Research & Development Figural 3 & 4
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of paintings in one singular frame presentation by American contemporary artist Bruce Adams
Art is the R&D for culture. Artists Conduct the R&D for society. In the late tw...
Category
1990s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Research & Development Figural 1 & 2
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of paintings by American contemporary artist Bruce Adams.
Art is the R&D for culture. Artists Conduct the R&D for society. In the late twentieth century painting was rejec...
Category
1990s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Torso
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting of an ancient marble sculpture of a man's torso.
John Woodrow Kelley (Tennessee, 1953) is a figurative artist who focuses on c...
Category
2010s Academic Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abstract Female Nude - The Watcher
By Lilian Coket
Located in Houston, TX
Striking acrylic abstract of two nude female figures seated by a winged statue by Spanish artist, Lilian Coket, 2000. Signed lower margin.
Original artwo...
Category
Early 2000s Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
LOVE CHAINS
Located in Tulsa, OK
Loretta Hirsch, LOVE CHAINS, ink marker pencil, liquid ink, gold leaf, on German Card stock Paper, 11.70 X 8.30 in, $740.00 (unframed)
Born in Oklahoma and educated at the Atlanta C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Nude
By Marguerite Aers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Marguerite Aers (Belgian, 1918-1995)
Title: Nude
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Oil on hardboard
panel size: 11.75 x 9.5 inches
Signature: Signed lower right by the artist
Conditi...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moon and the Frittata
Located in Dallas, TX
A professor of painting at Southern Methodist University since 1984, Barnaby Fitzgerald spent his childhood in Italy where he earned a printmaking degree in Urbino. He received a BFA...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Sunburn
By Mildred Green
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American female artist Mildred Green depicting fellow artist and friend Virginia Cuthbert. This beautiful pain...
Category
1930s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Reclining Nude - elegant, abstracted figurative, nude, female, oil on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Dan Hughes pays homage to classical painting techniques with a loose hand. Bold, modulated colour brushstrokes showcases formal composition in a new and refreshing light. Well known ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil
Nude, Face, Etching, Lithograph on paper, Brown, Blue by Indian Artist"In Stock"
By Kamal Mitra
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kamal Mitra - Untitled - 21.2 x 14 inches (unframed size)
A/P Etching and Lithograph on paper.
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang condition.
About Kamal Mitra’s Works :
While...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Paper, Etching
Untitled 37 (Gun Sequence)
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on wood painting by contemporary American artist Bruce Adams. This work is currently being featured in the exhibition "The Dreamer Who Dreams" and is designed to rai...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
State of Mind Robert Mapplethorpe model Ken Moody
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
State of Mind Robert Mapplethorpe model Ken Moody
watercolor on paper 96x46 (artist collection)
Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Controledchaos8
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel
Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paint
Nude Girls Dance Playboy cartoon "They Say Every Little Gesture Has Meaning
Located in Miami, FL
"They Say Every Little Gesture Has a Meaning", Playboy cartoon illustration, August 1968
Pen and watercolor on board
12.5 x 9.5 in. (image)
Signed...
Category
1960s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pen, Watercolor
Venere Subasio
Located in Dallas, TX
“Barnaby Fitzgerald’s outrageously gorgeous paintings are a guilty pleasure - yet the guilt is unnecessary, for they do not cloy or fatten us. They are as intellectually challenging ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Birch
The Pleiades-Taygete - nude, female, figurative, charcoal and ink on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Richard Tosczak creates life size paintings and sketches of his models which he then recreates in bronze. This large scale canvas reflects speed, gesture and the effect of capturing ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic Polymer
Nude Study in Sausalito Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and compelling nude study with Sausalito in the background by Patricia Gren Hayes (American, 20th Century), circa 1980. Artist's name on verso. Unf...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nude with Zip Code - Original painting on panel - Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Hassan Ertugrul Kahraman (1952-)
Nude with Zip Code
Mix media on panel : Acrylic paint, sculpture and collage
Signed bottom right and signed again on the back
Dated 1990
Size : 50 x...
Category
1990s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Seated Nude Posing
By Moses Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Moses Soyer, American (1899 - 1974)
Title: Seated Nude Posing
Year: circa 1950
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.r.
Size: 21 x 17 inches
Frame: 26 x ...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Demoiselle outta Avignon
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and Spray paint on wood board.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Wood
Something New / Modern Icon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Young woman's face, titled 'Something New / Modern Icon', oil and gold leaf on paper from artist Elena Zolotnitsky. A sublime work in blue, pink, warm rou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Nude in Red
Located in Houston, TX
Acrylic painting on nude female with red highlights, 2010.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate of Authe...
Category
2010s Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary Cubist Figurative Abstract with Saxophone
Located in Soquel, CA
A highly abstracted figure playing saxophone in this contemporary cubist painting by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th c.). A bright and colorful palette of pastel purple, p...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nu de dos
Located in Paris, FR
Grigory Gluckmann
1898-1973 Belarussian
Nu de dos
Oil on panel
Signed lower right
Panel : 10 5/8" high x 13 3/4" wide
Frame: 17 1/8" high x 20 1/2" wide
...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Argentina, 1950 - oil paint, 105x86 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas, signed lower left
Georges Arnulf est originaire d'une ancienne famille niçoise. Il est le neveu de Gaston Arnulf, ancien conseiller général, et le fils d'un ancien hôtelier niçois. Il fait toutes ses études au lycée de Monaco et au lycée de Nice.
Après avoir suivi les cours de dessin et de décoration à l'École nationale des arts décoratifs de Nice, où il est l'élève de Jules Henri Lengrand, il est reçu en 1946 à l'École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, présenté par Pierre-Henri Ducos de La Haille le 30 octobre 1947, il y fréquente les ateliers de fresque et de gravure. Il entre chez le taille-doucier Robert Cami où il continue son apprentissage du burin1, de l'eau-forte, de la manière noire.
Il obtient en 1950 le premier grand prix de Rome de gravure en taille douce2 et il est missionné pour réaliser l'étiquette de la bouteille du Château Mouton Rothschild 19503.
Pensionnaire à la villa Médicis à Rome pendant trois ans et demi4, il voyage et grave au burin l'illustration d'une édition de luxe des sonnets de Shakespeare traduits en français...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Another Question
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Another Question
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 28 in. x 22 in. (71.12 cm x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 35.5 x 29...
Category
1960s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Flora #7" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Floral #7" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of vibrant lilac, rich purple, bright green, yellow ochre, and blue.
...
Category
2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude at the Beach - Abstract Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Figure in red, green, blue conte crayon by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Unsigned, from a collection of his works. Image size: 24"H x 18"W....
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Conté, Paper
born2boogie
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel
Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paint
Reclined Pose: Mixed media painting on paper
By Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Drawn from life this model is obviously at ease which has allowed Angela to present a relaxed and subtle figurative work. Her colors are warm and this is a beautiful, graceful piece....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Gouache
"Pink Skirt" impressionist oil painting of woman sitting holding a book.
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Pink Skirt" is an impressionist oil painting of woman sitting holding a book. Painted from life in his home in Chianti, Italy, his muse, Beatrice, sits on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Ink Wash- Nu sur le Siège Devant le Miroir (Naked on the Seat)
By B. Charasson
Located in Houston, TX
Light hearted French ink painting of a partially nude young female arranging her hair in front of a mirror by B. Charasson, 1980s. Signed lower rig...
Category
1980s Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Hot Couple Looking for Sexy Third - mw4w - 2429 (San Francisco)
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel
Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Flora #8" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Nude - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Floral #7" is one in a series of surreal paintings of the female figure featuring intricate patterning and hues of bright yellow, lime green, pale pink, supple pink light blue, and ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Oil Painting Titled: Girl in Water
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Oil painting on canvas, this particular piece is one of the few pieces left from her graduate program, her earlier work.
Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982...
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2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude on Chair
By Max Weber
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy impasto pained in alla prima ( Wet-on-wet ) technique. Layer of damar varnish. Frame burn, On Masonite. Unframed
Signature: Signed Max Weber upper left.
Category
1940s Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boy
By Kim McCarty
Located in White Plains, NY
'Boy' 2003 by American artist, Kim McCarty. Watercolor on paper, 29.75 x 22.25 in. (framed). This work on paper expresses the fragile vulnerability of adolescence. By using a “wet into wet” watercolor medium, the artist conveys the transitory and emergent state. The figures heads become too large for their small, narrow bodies, their hands too large for their arms. The translucent watercolor expresses both the flaws and perfection.
Kim McCarty is known for her nubile and waif-like figurative watercolors in muted hues, which she likens to “blurry afterimages drifting past closed eyelids.” McCarty began working with the medium in 1993, after a fire destroyed her studio and she could no longer find a space with proper ventilation for working with oil paint and became quickly intrigued with watercolor’s transparency, immediacy, and “unforgiving qualities.” She works in a wet-on-wet technique, in which watercolor is applied to a moistened sheet of paper—a technique that allows for very little control over the final image because of the pigment’s tendency to spread. For McCarty, this style corresponds to the longing, loss, and vulnerability embodied in her subjects.
A graduate of UCLA (MFA) and the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena (BFA), McCarty has had many solo exhibitions include Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York and David Klein Gallery...
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Early 2000s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Vintage French Mid-Century - Blue Nude
Located in Houston, TX
Delightful French gouache painting of a nude female figure from the back and surrounded by calming shades of blue, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat ...
Category
1950s Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Nude in Ivory and Coral', Large Mid-Century Expressionist Figural Oil
By Sears, Roebuck & Company
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Sears" (American, 20th century) and dated 1960.
A substantial, Expressionist style figural oil showing a partially-draped woman seated at a dressing-table and br...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Making Space" Lauren Rinaldi, oil painting, figurative, nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lauren Rinaldi works using unbiased portraits of women’s bodies as a vehicle to explore ideas about body image, sexuality and self-identity and is often informed by her own personal ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Reclining Nude', Fauve Figural, SFAA, Carmel, LACMA, Louvre, Paris
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) circa 1955, and with Di Gesu estate stamp verso.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art C...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Two Nudes with Still Life
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category
1950s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement Nude Study
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude study by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Image, 26"H x 20"W on artsits cardboard. Signed/stamped "Estate of Honora Berg" on verso, from a collection of her works.
Berg studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff, and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Untitled Nude
By Rowann Villency
Located in New York, NY
Rowann Villency, Untitled Nude, Abstract Figurative Nude, Mixed Media, 42.75 x 28.75, 1989
Colors: White, Blue, Orange, Purple, Turquoise, Gold
Framed 5...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Mixed Media
Shop Antique and Vintage Nude Paintings
Today, antique and vintage nude paintings are popular works of art to consider when decorating your home.
The nude as an artist’s subject gained prominence in ancient Greece, wherein male nudes were rendered equivalent to power and victory owing to the Greeks’ celebration of men in athletic events as well as in the worship of the gods who populate Greek mythology. Nude sculptures in Greece positioned men as warriors — strong, moral and fearless. The naked female figures featured in prehistoric art and the art of ancient civilizations, on the other hand, were symbols of fertility and procreation.
Italian painters of the 1400s looked to the magnificent nude sculptures of Greek and Roman art for inspiration. By the end of the century, drawing of undressed models was part of the common practice for these artists. When Christianity had spread through Europe, however, Christians condemned Renaissance nude paintings — most of which are considered famous nude paintings today — because they were erotic, exploring, in some cases, same-sex relationships as well as women’s sexual power. Censorship was the order of the day, except for religious-themed works, such as 1526’s iconic Adam and Eve, an oil painting made by German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, one of more than 50 works made in his workshop based on the biblical story. Tuscan painter Daniele da Volterra was famously hired to paint fig leaves over the most exposed figures of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. While freedom of expression for artists has expanded significantly since then, prudish censorship persists when it comes to Renaissance nudity.
On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of authentic antique and vintage nude paintings, from works focused on the reliably reclining figures of Impressionist-style art to oil paintings created by contemporary artists who often work to reject the idealized human forms and unrealistic depictions of female nudes that preceded them. Additionally, find a primer on 1stDibs on how to arrange wall art as well as tips on creating salon-style gallery walls for presenting the wonderfully provocative nude paintings you’ve decided to bring into your home.
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