"Geronimo", Large, Important Painting with 21 Male Nudes at Swimming Hole, 1940s

Reminiscent of the work of Jared French in its material (tempera), its color palette and its approach to the male figure, this lovely depiction of two dancing angels, one in the fore...

Lovely and atmospheric, this drawing of a series of male nude figures at the swimming pool -- one diving, one readying to dive, others at the mirr...

This stylized and richly-colored, almost cinematic, depiction of a nude Toltec male youth by John Garth shows the figure holding a knife and chalice, hinting at human sacrifice, stan...

Painted by Dunbar Beck, one of America's most accomplished and successful muralists, this painting of a half-nude man floating over a succession of dancing couples below was one of a...

An extraordinary example of Art Deco painting with allegorical meaning -- like so many murals painted in the 1920s and 1930s -- this large work by William L'Engle depicts five nude male figures laboring in the field, symbolizing life in Provincetown, Massachusetts. A Black male figure in the foreground is planting crops, while two other figures in the distance are pulling a rope, perhaps alluding to fishing boats tied up at the dock, while another nude seems to be sinking into sleep beneath a pier -- all with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the background. L'Engle called this "The Five Josephs," perhaps referring to Joseph of Arimathea and other figures in the New Testament. William L'Engle was a towering figure in the Provincetown art colony, and was extremely well connected with America's artistic elite, starting with his trip to Europe as a young man with Waldo Pierce and George Biddle. Over time, William and his life Lucy became close to a wide range of important figures in painting, theater and the arts, including Charles Hawthorne, Eugene O'Neill, Gerrit Beneker, John Dos Passos, Edmund Wilson and Mary McCarthy, William and Marguerite Zorach, Edna St. Vincent-Millay, Charles Demuth, Childe Hassam, George Biddle, Edwin Dickinson...

A brilliant reminder of how early the Art Deco style we know today emerged in France, this vividly-painted depiction of Mowgli, the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book," widely acclaimed around the world, was painted by Georges Barbier around 1918. The young man is shown here fully nude...

Large scale vintage oil painting "San Geronimo" by Larsen circa 1940s-1950s Fantastic vintage painting filled with light, texture and bold colors. The painting is in good vinta...

A 1980s large and arresting abstract expressionist acrylic portrait painting of a male nude torso by Robert English. Very well built gentleman sans hea...

Created in the 1940s, this painting has an air of nostalgia and foreboding. It depicts a house set against the backdrop of not-so-distant skyscrapers. The city fades into gray in con...

An oil on canvas of a fishing charter boat at sea with fishermen. Likely an illustration for a publication circa 1940s. canvas: 27 by 21 inches frame: 31 by 25 inches Fair overall...

Large Vintage 1970s Robert Gable Male Nude Study Oil Painting Offered for sale is a large vintage 1970s Robert Gable male nude oil painting on canvas. The artist worked in New York ...

Large-scale abstract male blue nude by renowned artist Shawn Savage. Acrylic on canvas. Newly framed in a matte black floating frame.