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Period: 20th Century
To Relate Freely
Located in Detroit, MI
This piece highlights the energy of the sacral chakra, located in the reproductive organs. This chakra carries the energy of creation, power exchange, and relationship. Featuring a m...
Category
Realist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
LED Light, Resin, Canvas, Oil
Study for the Spring (preparatory to the Four Seasons) by René-Marie Castaing
Located in PARIS, FR
René-Paris Castaing, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1924, left a large body of work, both sacred and secular. Many churches in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in South-West France still bear witness to the diversity of his talent. In 1942, he began a major decoration project for the Château de Diusse, in the north-east of the county, including an allegory of the four seasons. The vigorous pastel we are presenting here is a study for Spring, depicted as Flore undressing. This commission was a veritable swan song for the artist, who died a year later at the age of 47.
1. René-Marie Castaing, the great inter-war painter in Pau
René-Marie Castaing was born in Pau on December 16th 1896. His father, Joseph Castaing, was also a painter: he was the official portraitist of Pau's high society, which was particularly cosmopolitan at the end of the century, when many rich foreigners spent the winter in Pau, taking advantage of the mild weather to enjoy an outdoor lifestyle punctuated by hunting, horse ridings and golf.
René-Marie Castaing was admitted to the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in April 1920 and entered the studio of Paul-Albert Laurens (1870-1934). In 1924, he was awarded the First Grand Prix de Rome for Painting, which earned him a stay at the Villa Médicis for more than three years. He then returned to Pau in 1928, where he lived until his death.
Castaing's work is marked by the academic tradition, in which drawing plays as important a role as painting. Although his drawings are often sketches that help to set up large painted compositions, they stand as independent artworks in which the artist fully expresses the vivacity of his talent.
Castaing was a fervent Christian and religious painting played an essential part in his work, as shown by the decorations he created for the churches of Bizanos, Borce, Bidache and Salies-de-Béarn. The painter also created several secular decorations, such as that for the dining room of the Villa Saint-Basil's in Pau in 1935, and the Hunting at the Albret’s time commissioned in 1940 by the Prefecture of Pau. The décor created in 1942-1943 for the Château de Diusse, a mansion located north-east of Pau, was his last large-scale décor, as the painter died shortly after its completion on December 8th 1943.
2. Description of the drawing
Our pastel depicts an eminently secular theme: Spring is embodied by Flore, crouching on the ground with one knee touching the ground. She reveals her ample bosom by removing her shirt, her arms raised above her shoulders to undress.
Given Castaing's classical training at the Beaux-Arts and the influence of ancient statuary...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Haitian Painting of Village Women Bathing
Located in Larchmont, NY
Unknown Artist
Untitled (Haitian Women Bathing), c. 1970
Oil on canvas
24 3/4 x 32 in.
Framed: 30 1/8 x 38 in.
Signed illegibly lower left
Category
Outsider Art 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century French Nude Painting Of A Lady Stood Posed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
oil on thin board, unframed
board: 27 x 15 inches
good condition with some cracks shown in photos
provenance: from the artists estate, ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the sur...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Romanticist Oil on Burlap Painting of a Nude Male Figure Bathing in a River
Located in New York, NY
This elegant romanticist oil on burlap painting was realized by an unheralded master during the first part of the 20th century. Realized in tight, yet expressionistic brush strokes, the painting depicts a nude male figure in the foreground with his back turned towards the viewer. The man has one knee raised (perhaps grounded on a boulder) and an arm extended into the abstract background whose frenetic white stroked and blocks of mossy greens suggests a frothing river. He sits on a large river stone in a rich olive hue clutching a white towel in his right hand that supports the weight of his body. The figure's torqued position serves to highlight his muscular physique- whose ideal proportions recalls classical Greek sculpture. In the bottom right portion of the composition, there is an abstracted form in a sumptuous brick red that offers an understated pop of color that provides a dynamic contrast to the flesh tones, organic greens and flaxen hues of the figure's hair. Masterfully painted in a sophisticated palate, this painting would be a winning addition to any style of interior from traditional to contemporary, and is sure to be appreciated by connoisseurs of classical art and homoerotic art...
Category
Romantic 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Burlap
"Seated Nude" Impressionist Interior Scene Female Figure Oil Painting on Board
Located in New York, NY
A Mid-20th Century charming oil painting depicting a seated nude woman in a whimsical interior scene, Ducaire was known for her charming intimate figurative scenes portraying female ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Antique American School Signed Large Framed Nude Woman Marble Bust Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 28H.
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Camacunta, Oil Painting on Canvas by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo
Located in Long Island City, NY
La Camacunta
Eduardo Arranz-Bravo, Spanish (1941)
Date: 1966
Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 29.5 x 24.5 in. (74.93 x 62.23 cm)
Frame Size: 30.5 x 25.5 inches
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Early 20th Century Oil - Reclining Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking study depicting a reclining male model with his hands behind his head. The artist captures the scene in warm tones with soft reds and pinks making up the man's lean body. ...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman Lying Down on White Cloth - Oil Painting - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Lying Down on White Cloth is an artwork realized by an Italian Artist in mid-20th Century.
Oil on cardboard
24x34 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Modernist Nude Portrait by Henri Burkhard
By Henri Burkhard
Located in Larchmont, NY
Henri Burkhard, Born in New York in 1892, began his studies at the Art Students league in New York and then pursued international studies at the Académie Julian, Acadêmie Colarissi, and Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Pariss.
Once the artist returned to New York, he began to exhibit frequently frequently at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1926-36; the Corcoran Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the 1930's. Works by the artist have been handled and sold over the last hundred years at major American auction houses and dealers, such as Heritage...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Carol Maddison - 20th Century Acrylic, Nude Abstract
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking abstract portrait depicting a partially nude figure in a chair. The artist captures the scene with strong shapes and vivid colours to create an eye-catching composition. S...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Nude Lady Reclining Model Sketchy 20th century Beige Earthy Tones oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Nude Model
British School, circa 1970's
oil on board, unframed
board: 20 x 28 inches
provenance: private collection, Cotswolds, England
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Modern 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Portrait by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled (Nude), 20th century
Oil on board
11 1/8 x 14 in.
Framed: 17 x 20 in.
Signed lower right: A Smith
Arthur Sm...
Category
Modern 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Morning Swim Impressionist Nude Woman Portrait
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Morning Swim Impressionist Nude Woman Portrait
Artist signed, titled verso.
Wallace Bassford was an American painter and illustrator, known particularly for his floral still-lifes an...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude Sitting - Fine Nude Portrait of a Lady, Modern English Oil Painting
By Susan Crawford
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful c.1970 oil on panel nude portrait of a nude lady by Susan Crawford, an artist who has painted the Queen and many other Royals. Excellent quality and condition portrait of the lady with sketched body and highly detailed face.
The work is signed lower right and presented in a fine burr walnut frame.
Tryon Gallery, London exhibition label verso. This work likely sold at the artist's 1972 exhibition at the Tryon Gallery - details below.
This portrait is featured on the website of the artist under Portraits.
Artist: Susan Crawford (Scottish, b. 1941)
Title: Nude Sitting
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 27 x 23 in (59 x 49 cm) including frame
Condition: Ready to hang
Provenance: Tryon Gallery, Dover Street, London
Susan Crawford was born in Scotland in 1941 and was brought up on a farm in East Lothian where her parents bred and trained racehorses. She was educated at St Denis School, Edinburgh and at Priorsfield, Godalming, before studying classical drawing for two years at Studio Simi in Florence. In 1967 she went to Ireland for a few days and stayed for almost two years, thereby kicking off her professional career as an equestrian artist.
On returning to London she bought a studio and started getting private commissions to paint a number of famous racehorses and several royal portraits. She has to date painted 22 Derby winners. Her first joint exhibition was with the Tryon Gallery in 1969, where she sold all her pictures on the opening night.
Over the next 40 years she travelled widely; firstly to the USA then Canada, Germany, Brunei, Australia and the Sultanate of Oman as well as with numerous visits to Ireland and throughout the UK.
“Susan Crawford’s working of her paintings is masterly and shows a deep love of horses and animals, together with a special sensitivity towards the human form and personality. Such talent is a rare gift and one that brings enormous and lasting joy into the lives of all who come into contact with it.” HRH The Prince of Wales
Portrait Commissions include:
HM The Queen, HRH The Prince of Wales, HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, HRH The Princess Margaret , HRH The Princess Royal, HH The Sultan of Brunei and HM Sultan Qaboos...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Collection of Three French Oils on Board. "La Cagole, Redoutable & La Corrida".
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century collection of three abstract expressionist oils on board by French artist Emmanuelle Bardet. All signed to the front and each dated 1995 and titled to the reverse. The three paintings are titled; La Cagole...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - Nude woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Female
by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019)
watercolour on artist paper
painting: 20 x 12.75 inches
condition: sound condition
provenance: private collection, South of France
Sup...
Category
Modern 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Elegant Nude Woman in Dancing - Mid-Century Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
Excellent Mid-century nude by famous illustrator/ artist Walter Charles Klett. The work is masterfully painted with a sound understanding of the basic academic principles guiding t...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Pensive Nude (Oil on Canvas, Celebrated Texas Artist)
Located in New Orleans, LA
The first serious painting I bought as a collector, when I was around 30, was by William Anzalone of Texas. I saw it at the venerable Meredith Long Galle...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Lady in Interior Artists Model Mid Century Swedish Oil on Canvas framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Carl Gunne (Swedish 1893-1979)
signed lower front, authentication stamp verso
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 22 inches
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
provenance: from a...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light m...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
To Be Alone (With You)
Located in Detroit, MI
This painting features a light portal in the subject’s “crown” chakra, the body’s physical connection to the universal or divine. The figure is isolated in a bubble, but the “you” in...
Category
Realist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Resin, LED Light
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 26 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the surfa...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blessing, Nude Oil Painting on Wood by Joh Hardy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Blessing
John Hardy, American (1923–2014)
Date: 1997
Oil on Wood, signed
Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Woman posing nude
By Henry Meylan
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
101 x 86.5 x 3 cm
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edge
Located in Long Island City, NY
Edge
John Hardy, American (1923–2014)
Date: 1997
Oil on Wood, signed
Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Zengeist (Mask)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Zengeist (Mask)
John Hardy, American (1923–2014)
Date: 1998
Oil on Wood, signed
Size: 48 x 32 in. (121.92 x 81.28 cm)
Reference: Bool 405
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 25 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good,...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1960’s French Post Impressionist Oil Nude Lady Seated amazing texture oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
stamped verso
canvas: 41 x 29.5 inches
very good condition
provenance: the artists estate, Fra...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Disconnect
Located in Long Island City, NY
Disconnect
John Hardy, American (1923–2014)
Date: 1998
Oil on Wood, signed
Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alexander Redein FauvistNude Portrait, Titled "At Home"
Located in Larchmont, NY
Alexander Redein (American, 1912 - 1990)
At Home, 1975
Oil on board
12 x 15 3/4 in.
Framed: 17 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.
Signed lower right: Redein
Inscribed verso: At Home 1975
Alex Redein was born on January 21, 1912 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was a prominent member of the New York art community for many years. He studied at Yale School of Fine Art, The Art Students League, and in Mexico City. Along with Remo Farrugio, Byron Browne, Herbert and Henry Kallem, Joseph DeMartini, Michael Lekakis...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 25 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good,...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Female Nude Study Charcoal and Red Chalk Drawing by Georges Lucien Guyot
Located in Atlanta, GA
French artist Georges Lucien Guyot (1885 - 1972) signed this charming woman nude study.
This painting features a lovely design of a woman getting out of the bath and wiping with a towel. Only a few lines in charcoal and red chalk or sanguine mark the silhouette and posture and capture the model's expression. The red color emphasizes the color of the skin and imbues the lascivious movement. The sketches of the bath towel are only suggested, but it gives the whole thing a lot of softness and an incredible illusion of movement.
Signed on the bottom left corner: Georges Lucien Guyot.
The artist used a technique named "sanguine," or red chalk or crayon. The drawing has a blood-red, reddish, or flesh coloration. It has been popular for centuries for drawing employed by 15th and 16th Century artists such as the great masters like Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
The drawing is ornate with a contemporary wood frame with a red and yellow deep-textured pattern and an off-white matte with acrylic glass protection.
Measurements:
With Frame: 20.87 in. wide (53 cm) x 28.35 in. high (72 cm) x 1 in. deep (2.5 cm).
View alone: 11.44 in. wide (29 cm) x 18.94 in. high (48 cm).
About:
Georges Lucien Guyot (born December 10, 1885, in Paris, where he died December 31, 1972) is a French artist, sculptor, and painter.
From an early age, Georges Guyot showed artistic abilities, but the modest conditions of his parents did not allow him to study art. So he did his apprenticeship with a wood sculptor. Guyot excelled in copying works from the 15th, 16th, and 17th Centuries but rapidly showed an attraction for nature. This attraction led him to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where he could study wild animals and translate his observations into sculptures and paintings.
A familiar figure of Montmartre, Georges Guyot was the guest of the Bateau-Lavoir from the time of Cubism. In 1931, he joined the group of Twelve, created by François Pompon and Jane Poupelet...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil
Woman With Blue Eyes
Located in London, GB
'Woman with Blue Eyes', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1985). A topless redhead gazes out to the viewer with her intense blue eyes. A mysterious blue hand sneaks into view from ...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Seated Nude - Oil Paint by Giuseppe Torelli - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Nude is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Torelli in 1950s.
Oil on cardboard.
64x48 cm with frame.
Handsigned in the lower right margin.
Category
Modern 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
To Be Loved
Located in Detroit, MI
The subject in this painting has his arms crossed over his heart chakra, closing it off from view. Despite this physical closure, a powerful energetic force still radiates from the c...
Category
Realist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Female Nudes" Pink, Blue, Yellow, and Black Abstract Modern Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Pink, sky blue, yellow, and black abstract modern figurative drawing by Houston, TX artist Charles Pebworth. The drawing depicts four nude women behind what appears to be windows. Si...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 26 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light mar...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, Woman
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache and watercolor on paper
Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a career that stretched for more than 75 years.
Born in 1889, Scarlett had his first retrospective by 1928. He subscribed fully to the modernist credo. Interviewed at the time, he said: "If a futuristic painting...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Nude Study Ink Wash Drawing Painting by Robert Cami
Located in Atlanta, GA
Interesting ink-wash nude woman study by French painter Robert Cami (1900-1975). In between drawing and painting, the Lavis process consists of the use of a pigment diluted in the wa...
Category
Modern 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Ink
The snake and the apple by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Baroque 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 17 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall very goo...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fairest Rose - French Academic Nude Oil Painting by Delphin Enjolras
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed nude in interior oil on canvas circa 1900 by French academic painter Delphin Enjolras. The piece depicts a red-haired nude resting on a bed in a lush boudoir with a sheer scar...
Category
Academic 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1980’s French Surrealist Huge Oil Painting Nude Sculpture in Green Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris, 1980’s French Surrealist painter
Abstract Surrealist Figurative nude work
oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 26 x 32 inches
private collection, France
The painting is...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper
Estate s tamped
Provenance: Estate of Sam Esses
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist in a career that stretched for more than 75 years.
Born in 1889, Scarlett had his first retrospective by 1928. He subscribed fully to the modernist credo. Interviewed at the time, he said: "If a futuristic painting...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
female nude with fruit oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jesús Villar (1930-2015) - Female nude with fruit - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x38 cm.
Frame measures 80x72 cm.
The painter Jesús Villar was born in 19...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 26 inches
condition: overall very good,...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
double sided
size: 18 x 25 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude
By Jan De Ruth
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude" is an oil painting on canvas by noted Czech/American artist Jan De Ruth, 1922-1991. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 16 x 13 inches, framed size is 24 x 21 inches. Framed in the original wooden gold and black antique style frame, with fabric liner and gold bevel. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia
Studied: Rotter Art School, Prague; Ruskin Art School, Oxford University, England; ASL New York; New School, NY; also with Frederic Taubes.
Exhibited: 38 National Juried Exhibitions, 14 Museum Solo Shows and 51 Gallery Solo Exhibitions.
Author: Portrait Painting, 1964; Painting the Nude, 1968.
De Ruth, a native of Czechoslovakia and an American citizen, spent the years of World War II being shunted through five different concentration camps, including the infamous Auschwitz. He made four escape attempts and finally made good on his fifth try.
De Ruth constantly sought materials with which to draw, but "The only things we had were the few pieces of cloth we wore," he recalls. By chance, he was transferred to Germany as part of a labor detail and managed to sneak a pencil away from the camp supervisor. "I became a perfect thief during those years," he says. De Ruth drew a mother and child on a scrap of paper he scrounged from the factory where he worked and filled it in with shadings of coffee in various strengths-his finger was his brush. He exchanged the sketch for a piece of bread from a camp guard, and in effect, sold his first painting.
In March of 1945, after being transferred to his native Czechoslovakia, he made his successful escape "knowing every step of the way." After the war, De Ruth became the commissar in a small Czech town and remained in the post for one year, just long enough to forge some documents that allowed him to flee to England. He took up residence in London and enrolled at the Ruskin Art School in Oxford University. He arrived in the USA in 1948.
There are times in the life of a painter when his dedication to his art is overshadowed by the immediate requirements of self-preservation. This was one of those times! From '48 to 1955 he supported himself by working at night, earning his way painting designs on neckties and bathroom cups...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude, 1972 Mid Century Modern Painting by Gerald Fairclough, Female Figure
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Gerald Fairclough (American, Born 1946)
Signed: Fairclough 1972 (Lower, Right)
" Nude ", 1972
Oil on Canvas
24" x 20"
Housed in a 2 1/4" Frame
Overall Size: 28" x 24"
Small repair to canvas, see repair on verso. In otherwise very good condition. Ready to hang.
Provenance:
Four Winds Gallery Kalamazoo, Michigan
Private Collection Kalamazoo, Michigan
The Four Winds Gallery carried names such as Francoise Gilot, Jacques Potin, Robert De Niro Sr...
Category
Modern 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, Surrealist Oil on Board Painting by Tito Salomini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled
Tito Salomoni, Italian (1928–1989)
Oil on Board, signed lower right
Size: 11.5 x 9 in. (29.21 x 22.86 cm)
Frame Size: 18 x 15.5 inches
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model (lady in stockings and suspenders)
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
double sided
oil painting on card, unframed
si...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman on a blue background. Erotica. 1993. Oil on canvas. 98x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman on a blue background
1993. Oil on canvas. 98x140 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socia...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
The Devil's Mirror
Located in Washington, DC
A major work by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Titled "The Devil's Mirror" and signed on reverse. The mirror in the center of the painting reflects a distorted ...
Category
Outsider Art 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Mirror, Plaster, Wood
Stained glass window with naked woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquim Sabaté Casanova - Stained glass window with a nude woman - Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas - Hand signed - c.1990
Oil measures 92x65 cm.
Frameless.
Quimet Sabaté will enter the...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas