Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Style: Contemporary
Torso 03 - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled (Standing Nude with Fist)
Located in New York, NY
James Childs (1945-2020)
1975
Inscribed, l.l.
Graphite on paper
28 x 17.75 inches
$3,125
Category
1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
MB 827 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Two Nude Males by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of two nude males with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 827"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
29.75 x 21.75 inches unframed
Signed, l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
Con...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 018 (Figurative Life Drawing of Handsome Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 018"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
Signed, lower right
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Standing Male Nude 1)
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
MB 023 (Figurative Life Drawing of Handsome Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 023"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30.5 x 17.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower le...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Figure Drawing by Mark Beard (Stoic, Muscular Male Nude Charcoal Life Drawing)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower left
Strong f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 085A (Contemporary Life Drawing of Nude Male by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 085A"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 18.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower rig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
"Boys on Blue Bed II" Dark Blue Toned Sensual Homoerotic Figurative Watercolor
By Steve Louis
Located in Houston, TX
Dark blue toned homoerotic figurative watercolor painting by contemporary Houston, Texas artist Steve Louis. The work features two nude men stretched out o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
BLUE SUN original art Paula Craioveanu Nude inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Blue Sun” Tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper
Shipped rolled in a tube 25x3x3in. Drawing was originally in mat, that covered the right corner!! The lines are the result of the pre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Ink, Archival Paper
Untitled 28 (Polaroid Transfer Drawing of a Reclining Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Polaroid transfer drawing of a reclining male nude on Rive BFK paper by Mark Beard
9.5 x 7 inch image size
22 x 15 inch paper size
Ed. 5/6, Polaroid Transfer on Rives BFK paper, unfr...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Polaroid
Untitled (Standing Male Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Standing Male Nude)
2017
Signed and dated, recto
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50....
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
Female Nude - Contemporary Figurative Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
MB 824 (Double-Sided Figure Drawing of Handsome Nude Men by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, academic style life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 824"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30.5 x 21 inches unframed
...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Female Nude 1 - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Study for "Lucifer"
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Nude of Woman - Watercolor by Anastasia Kurakina - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is a watercolor realized by Anastasia Kurakina in March 2016.
The little artwork is in good condition and with vivid colors.
Hand signed,...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Female Nude 2 - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Rich Seated 2, Original painting, Nude, Contemporary, Watercolour
Located in Deddington, GB
Rich Seated 2 is a contemporary nude painting by Judith Brenner. This is an original drawing from life on paper using acrylic, pan pastel , ink and watercolour pencil. The idea is t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Untitled (Two Standing Nudes)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Two Standing Nudes)
2021
Signed and dated, recto
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
30 x 20.5 inches (76.2 x 52.1 cm)
$1,600
This work is offe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
Red Model:: Mixed media painting on paper
By Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela was born in 1946 and studied art at Kingston Art College, London. Her early career was predominantly spent designing sets and costumes for rock bands. This connection with the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Torso ( Relection ) - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Jose el velezolano, Sabado 25 de junio. Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jose el velezolano Sabado 25 de junio, 2016 by Celso Castro
Crayon and pastel on cardboard
Image size: 40 H in. x 29 in. W
Unframed
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Cardboard
Forest No. 1, after Tom
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by Zachari Logan is a self portrait made with colored pencil on Mylar depicting the artist nude immersed in the foliage of the forest.
Forest No. 1, After Tom
2022
Accompanied by certificate of authenticity signed by the artist
Colored pencil on Mylar
9 x 6.5 inches
“This drawing is a tribute to Tom of Finland, whose work has long-influenced my own in relation to drawing, the construction of space, and self-portraiture. In Finland’s compositions, images of men in the landscape—logging, foresting, and relaxing (together, naked, clothed, alone, in pairs and in groups) had a profound effect on my own thinking about the queer body represented. I see no separation between land and body—we are nature. The queer body is not unnatural (that is a false dichotomy, often espoused by religious and conservative world views). Finland’s renderings of bodies in nature are for me a rupture of the largely European tradition of only representing male nudity...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil
Summertime - original large blue nude by Paula Craioveanu 39x27in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Summertime", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube.
Artist Statement
"I started by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Pencil
Anima Mundi- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing, Nude Female on Paper
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist)
Anima Mundi
65 x 50 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass)
Measurement with included frame: 80 x 65 x 3 cm
Charcoal on Paper
The Italian artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Untitled
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Untitled
1993
Signed and dated, l.r.
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
30 x 18 inches
$1,600
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Charcoal
Study for "Lucifer"
Located in New York, NY
This work on paper by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero, Nude Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero" by Celso Castro-Daza
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor, pastel, and ink on archival paper
Sheet size: 19.5 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Portrait of a Boy - Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing in pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1982. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artist depicts a delicate...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Dreaming - original large Blue nude by Paula Craioveanu 39x27in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Dreaming”, pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Nude shown in a Victorian interior, in a cinematic view. In a distorted per...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Archival Paper, Pencil
Duchándome, June 5th, Watercolor Nude, Pastel and Ink on Archival Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Duchándome June 5th" by Celso Castro-Daza
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor, pastel, and ink on archival paper
Sheet size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W
2018
Drawing on paper is hi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Reclined Pose: Contemporary Mixed media life study 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 Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Torso 05 - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled (Two Men, Sitting and Standing)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Two Men, Sitting and Standing)
2017
Signed and dated, l.r.
Charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
30 x 21 inches (76.2 x 53.3 cm)
$1,600
This work ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
feline Mystique - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a cat
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist)
Feline Mystique
33 x 50 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass)
Measurement with included frame: 43 x 60 x 3 cm
Charcoal on Paper
The Italian a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Eveil - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a dear
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist)
Eveil
48 x 33 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass)
Measurement with included frame: 58.5 x 42.5 x 3 cm
Charcoal on Paper
The Italian artist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Companions - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of two cows
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist)
Companions
65 x 50 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass)
Measurement with included frame: 76 x 61 x 3 cm
Charcoal on Paper
The Italian artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
MB 089A (Contemporary Graphite Drawing of Seated Male Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 22 inches, 37.5 x 26 inches framed
Custom frame with Natural wood molding, white 8ply mat, AR non glare glass
Signed BEARD 20...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Graphite
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Infinite Self, Painting 2009
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sutra, a Sanskrit word meaning “thread”, is a word or small group of words that summarize an entire complex web of ideas, truths, wisdoms, or teachings all woven together into a sing...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Reclined Nude - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and oil pastel on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 44x34.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome ...
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1960s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Untitled
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Untitled
2019
Signed and dated
Two-sided drawing in charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
30 x 20.5 inches
$1,600
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Charcoal
Pedro Pablo, Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Pedro Pablo 1998, by Celso Castro
Black crayon on archival paper
Image size: 40 H in. x 48 in. W
Sheet size: 45 H in. x 59 in. W
Unframed
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U...
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1990s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Archival Paper
The Boys- Penis. Carbon Pencil on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The Boys by Celso Castro-Daza
Carbon Pencil on archival paper
Image size: 47.5 in. H x 39 in. W
Sheet size: 59 in. H x 42.5 in. W
Unique
1996
Drawing on paper is his basic work to...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Carbon Pencil
Running Men
Located in London, GB
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 36cm x 44cm, (45cm x 53cm framed). The picture is behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass.
Throughout h...
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1990s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil
Nocturne - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a Nude Woman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist)
Nocturne
65 x 50 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass)
Measurement with included frame: 80 x 65 x 3 cm
Charcoal on Paper
The Italian artist R...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Duchándome en Cuerpo Ajeno May 30th. Watercolor and ink on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome en cuerpo Ajeno May 30th, by Celso Castro-Daza
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor and ink on paper
Image size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W
Unframed
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride their erect penises...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
VENUS RESTAUREE original art Paula Craioveanu Nude inspired by Man Ray
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Venus Restauree”, tempera pencil charcoal on blue paper.
Check 1stDibs free shipping code for items over $500. Shipped rolled in a tube, well packed.
Artist Statement
"I started...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Archival Paper
Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Dior and Sies Marjan, Triptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Untitled- Penis. Aquacolor Crayon on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled- Penis by Celso Castro-Daza
Aquacolor Crayon on archival paper
Image size: 48 in. H x 39.5 in. W
Sheet size: 59.5 in. H x 44 in. W
Unique
1996
Drawing on paper is his bas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Crayon, Watercolor
MODERN EVE - nude by Paula Craioveanu - original art ultramarine blue
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Part of my Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper.
Shipped rolled in a tube. Shipping anywhere in the world. Registered airmail.
This piece, Modern Eve, is a striking and expressive work that beautifully captures the essence of Matisse’s influence while maintaining its own contemporary voice. The use of ultramarine tempera on paper creates a dynamic interplay between form and negative space, with the vivid blue standing out against the warm, neutral background.
The loose, fluid brushstrokes give the figure an organic, almost spontaneous energy, reminiscent of Matisse’s Blue Nudes series. The dripping paint and gestural lines evoke a sense of movement, reinforcing the sensuality of the pose.
The arching posture of the figure conveys ecstasy or release, with an elongated, exaggerated form that enhances emotional intensity. The simplification of anatomy aligns with Fauvist principles—prioritizing emotional impact over precise realism.
The choice of ultramarine is bold and effective. It has historical significance in art, often associated with spirituality and depth (as seen in Yves Klein’s monochromes), yet here it is used in a raw, expressive manner that makes the figure feel both powerful and ethereal.
The use of tempera adds a unique opacity and depth to the strokes. It gives the painting a sense of immediacy, as if the artist captured the moment in a burst of inspiration. The visible brushwork and drips make the process part of the final aesthetic, reinforcing a connection between artist and viewer.
The clear homage to Henri Matisse’s Blue Nude series is well-executed but doesn’t feel derivative—it builds upon his legacy while pushing it forward. The sensual yet modern representation of the female body echoes the freedom of early 20th-century modernists but with a contemporary edge. The piece also recalls the expressive, raw energy of Egon Schiele’s linework, albeit with a more fluid and painterly approach.
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Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes, in a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern, validate the feminine experience, defining myself through it.
I was interested in how one experiences the body in a sensual form, and later focused on my own body, as I experience it myself, looking into the mirror and reconnecting.
My work challenges the tradition of the nude by capturing my point of view, the gaze of a female painter, by using photography, drawings, sketches, and painting on canvas, for, both physical and psychological exploration.
My art tries to create a visual language for emotion, beauty, feelings of intimacy and in the same time autonomy, captured with paint and vivid colors. My intense interest in color and the gestures of the brush strokes are the means I see and convey the subjects in space, as living, passionate beings."
Paula Craioveanu
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Untitled (Female Nude)
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Charcoal
Duchándome, May 28th, Watercolor Diptych, 2018
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome, May 28th by Celso Castro-Daza
From the Duchándome Series
Watercolor and ink on an archival paper
Individual size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W
Sheet Size: 19.5 in. H x 27.5 i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Watercolor
Untitled - After Cadmus - Nude Males Embracing, Original Graphite Drawing
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
This untitled work by Rick Sindt was inspired by the works of Paul Cadmus. It is a small graphite drawing of two male nude figures with both of their faces somewhat obscured during an intimate moment. The graph lines often used by artist are still visible to distinguish between the photographic elements of a Polaroid photo and this actual drawing. The piece is framed in a white float frame measuring 12.5h x 10.5w inches.
Rick Sindt
Untitled - After Cadmus
graphite on panel
10h x 8w in
25.40h x 20.32w cm
Shifting the historic male gaze into a male-on-male gaze, this body of work anchors its
exploration of queer culture in relationships and introspection. Beginning with a survey of
several photo archives, I overwhelmingly encountered pictures that fit into two distinct
categories: spectacular demonstrations or public displays of sexuality. All of these images were overtly political. Then, I began to find a subset of more intimate images. Typically, these were images submitted by loved ones or donated to foundations after someone’s death. These images depicted common, tender scenes.
Working my way through these images, I reflected on D. A. Miller’s assertion that gay
identity, to which we have entrusted our politics and ethics, stands in an essentially reductive
relation to the queer desires on which it is based. And David Halperin’s argument that, “identity has become the preferred category for thinking about homosexuality. Moreover, it has been promoted at the direct expense of pleasure or feelings or subjectivity.” This left me asking the questions: how is queer culture transmitted if not genealogically? Is there a universal queer experience? What is queer sensibility and subjectivity and can it be visually represented?
In the body of work submitted here, black and white graphite drawings maintain a
Polaroid scale referencing the found historical photographs on which they are based, oil paintings provide isolated moments of feeling as they investigate questions about queer dispositions in a contemporary setting, and a few key sketches provide insight into how a few individual inquiries began.
Rick Sindt
b. 1990, Hastings, MN,
EDUCATION
2013 North Park University, Chicago, IL - BFA
Magna Cum Laude
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Two Countries, Rogue Philanthropy, Chicago, IL
2013 Tides, Erosion or Catch, Pull, Recover; The-One-Right-Now, North Park University;
Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Are We Not of Interest to Each Other, Uptown Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Reinventing Ourselves From Another Point-of-View, Contemporary Gallery at Zhou B.
Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Collective: Process, Beans and Bagels, Chicago, IL
2015 Collective: for(a)ging, Hammond Art Center; Hammond, IN
How We Make It, The Arts of Life, Chicago, IL
Collective: One, Albany Park...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Panel, Graphite
Blue Nudes I, Ink on Paper Blue & White Drawing, Figurative Study Women Posing
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Blue Nudes I" (2019) by SarahGrace
Ink on Paper Drawing, Blue & White, Women Posing, Faces, Poses, Yoga, Dancing, Figurative Study
Drawing / Nude / Human Figure / Flora / Figurativ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Untitled
2019
Signed and dated
Double-sided drawing in charcoal with red and white conté crayon on Rives BFK paper
30.25 x 20.5 inches
$1,600
This work is offered by CLAMP in Ne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Charcoal
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