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Nude Paintings For Sale
Artist: Jan De Ruth
Artist: Jon Blanchette
Farewell, Modern Nude Oil Painting on Canvas by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Farewell
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 18 in. x 10 in. (45.72 cm x 25.4 cm)
Frame Size: 23 x 15 inches
Category
1960s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Female Nude Figure, Sea Cliff Beach
Located in Soquel, CA
Female nude figure at the beach by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Jon Blanchette" verso. Image size, 24"H x 18"W.
Jon Blan...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Another Question, Modern Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
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
Seated Nude, Modern Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Seated Nude
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left
Size: 36 in. x 24 in. (91.44 cm x...
Category
1960s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Early Hours, Impressionist Nude Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: The Early Hours
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 44 in. x 21 in. (111.76 cm x 53.34 cm)
Frame Size: 50 x 27 inches
Category
1960s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Resting Nude, Large Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Resting
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 26 x 48 in. (66.04 x 121.92 cm)
Frame Size: 33 x 55 inches
Category
1960s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Nude Study, Reclining Figure on Blue Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Nude Study, Reclining Figure on Blue in Oil on Board
Mid Century nude study of a female figure in a reclining pose with a rich blue background by listed artist Jon Blanc...
Category
1960s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board
Azaki, Nude Portrait Oil on Canvas by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Azaki
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm)
Frame Size: 43 x 31 inches
Category
1960s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crossed Arms (Portrait of a Blond), Nude Oil Portrait by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Crossed Arms (Portrait of a Blonde)
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 35 in. x 25 in. (88.9 cm x 63.5 cm)
Frame Size: 44 x ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seated Nude with Orange Blanket, Modern Oil Painting by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Seated Nude with Orange Blanket
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.28 cm)
Frame Size: 4...
Category
1960s American Realist 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
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dressing Room, Modern Nude Oil Painting on Canvas by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991)
Title: Dressing Room
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Oil on Canvas. signed l.r.
Size: 20 in. x 10 in. (50.8 cm x 25.4 c...
Category
1960s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ivory White, Nude Modern Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jan de Ruth's Impressionist painting of a nude woman with her back to the viewer. She turns and looks over her shoulder, exposing her face and chest to us. The only garment she wears...
Category
1960s Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sisters of Rind, Nude Oil Painting on Canvas by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sisters of Rind
Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922–1991)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas, signed lower right
Size: 48 in. x 30 in. (121.92 cm x 76.2 cm)
Frame Size: 56 x 38 inches
Category
1960s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Le Bain
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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.