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Nude Paintings For Sale
Freddie Mercury
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine. Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius. The artist's works are in private col...
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2010s Realist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache

Madonna
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine. Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius. The artist's works are in private col...
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2010s Realist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache

Portrait of a girl with glasses
Located in Vienna, AT
Was born in 1993 in the city of Marganets, Ukraine. Artist Gorbachenko Multiple participants of group and solo exhibitions and Art Fair Vilnius. The artist's works are in private col...
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2010s Realist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Oil, Canvas, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Today I give you late autumn, "Journey to Inner Peace" series oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Today I give you late autumn. Drink the bitter black wine of the rains. Breathe in the golden pollen of the last leaves. Any autumn is a magical red fox, circling her head with a rou...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Garden of Reflections, "Journey to Inner Peace" series original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the "Happiness Series: Journey to Inner Peace," each artwork is a profound exploration of the elusive yet essential quest for joy and tranquility amidst the tumultuous currents of...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Maria, Nude on Blue Background - Original Oil Painting, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962) Maria, Nude on blue Background, c. 1950 Original oil painting on panel Signed bottom left Titled on the back On panel 55 x 46 cm (c. 22 x 18 inch) ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil

"Affectus 2" Painting 39" x 47" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Affectus 2" Painting 39" x 47" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov ATT: SHIPS ROLLED IN TUBE ABOUT: Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian painter and graphic known for his d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Elegant dans le miroir - Post Impressionist Nude Oil by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas nude by French post impressionist painter Jean Gabriel Domergue. The work depicts a brunette lady wearing only a gold silk skirt turned away from the a...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Kitch - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Sea View, Realism, Swim Floats, Pastel
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Couple. Paper, charcoal, 99x98 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Couple. Paper, charcoal, 99x98 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of L...
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1990s Realist Nude Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Albert Bertalan (1899-1957) "Nudo in un interno" Grande Olio su Tela
Located in Pistoia, IT
"Nudo in un interno rosso", grande dipinto a olio su tela firmato A. Bertalan. Albert Bertalan (Jászberény-Ungheria, 21 settembre 1899; Parigi, 28 dicembre 1957) è stato un pittore ...
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1920s Fauvist Nude Paintings

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Oil

70 shades of gray
Located in London, GB
Painting:oil on paper Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork Size:42,5x30,5x0,1 Frame:Not Framed Olga Volha Piashko background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of style...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Moyo 80x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Moyo,80x100,2020
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2010s Pop Art Nude Paintings

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Tempera, Canvas

"Les deux moitiés" two figures floating through deep green and blue water
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Les deux moitiés" is a contemporary ethereal nude figures in green and blue water. Astone brought professional dancers into her studio and let them improvise as she painted them. Sh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Redhead On A Yellow Blanket - Original San Francisco Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Redhead On A Yellow Blanket - Original Figurative Nude Study Original San Francisco figurative nude painting depicting a redhead model laying on a yellow blanket. Her hand lays over...
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1970s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Deep into the outer reaches of space
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic, dye, pencil on canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Dye, Acrylic, Pencil

Anatomy Lesson No. 76 (Figurative Painting of Two Male Nude Models, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Anatomy Lesson, No. 76, 2024 (modern oil painting of two closely cropped nude male figures against gold background) oil on linen 30 x 24 inches 31 x 25 x 2 inches with a black floate...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nudo maschile nella posa di un satiro dormiente. XIX secolo
Located in Firenze, IT
Disegno del nudo maschile. Dal 19 ° secolo Disegno su carta leggermente colorata. In buone condizioni. Il disegno rappresenta un uomo sdraiato, che si abbandona al sonno. In una posa...
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19th Century Academic Nude Paintings

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

Faun`s sweet dream, 90x80cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Faun`s sweet dream, 2021, 90x80 cm
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Faun`s rest, 70x80cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Faun`s rest, 2021, 80x70 cm
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

You will find nothing inside. Realistic acrylic painting, Figurative, Dark color
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by young artist Darya Hancharova. Painting is a depiction of underwater female nude. Color scheme is mostly dark with navy blue with lighter ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Blue woman, 80x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Blue woman, 2022, 80x100 cm
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Man 1, 120x55cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Man 1, 2021, 120x55 cm
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Anatomy Lesson No. 57 (Figurative Painting of Two Male Nude Models, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Anatomy Lesson, No. 57, 2024 (modern oil painting of two closely cropped nude male figures against red background) oil on linen 30 x 24 inches 31 x 25 x 2 inches with a black floater...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait - Nude Figurative Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
An early work by Marc Zimmerman - Self Portrait - Nude Figurative Painting By Marc Zimmerman Title: 'Traysi & Marc: Summerland' , oil on canvas This masterpiece is exhibited in th...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fuerteventura
Located in Oslo, NO
I was fascinated by the beauty of the female body on one of the beaches of the windy volcanic island of Fuerteventura in the Canary Archipelago. The woman took refuge under a rock an...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

French Impressionist Nude Female Figure Showering Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Female by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide condition: o...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Color Pencil

When I live my Dream - 21st Ct Contemporary Painting of Boy with Bare Chest
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
David van der Linden 'When I live my dream'' 60 x 70 cm (Framed 70x80 cm, frame is included in price) Oil on wood panel David van der Linden is a...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Mini Portrait Oil Painting - Nude on Purple Chair
Located in Bristol, GB
NUDE ON PURPLE CHAIR Oil on Canvas Size: 29.5 x 26.5 cm (including frame) A tender and contemplative composition of a nude portrait, painted in oil onto canvas. The artist explore...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

A Redheads Dream - Figurative Nude With Butterflies and Flowers
Located in Soquel, CA
A Redheads Dream - Figurative Nude With Butterflies and Flowers Original figurative nude painting of a redhead woman surrounded by butterflies and magenta flowers, by possibly an u...
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1940s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Painting Oil On Canvas, Nude In An Oriental Setting by Maurice Briard
Located in Gavere, BE
"Painting Oil On Canvas, Nude In An Oriental Setting Maurice Briard" Beautiful and large oil on canvas, French school signed from the 1920's representing a naked young girl in an Ori...
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1910s French School Nude Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Rubenesque nude woman . full figure Nude Regionalism - "Hilda Nellis"
Located in Miami, FL
Plump or fleshy and voluptuous nude... you can describe it as you see it. Signed, titled and dated lower left: John Steuart Curry / 1934 "Hilda Nellis", John Steuart Curry is best ...
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1930s American Realist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Female Nude Woman Interior
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1949. Gouache on paper, sheet measures 13.5 x 13.5 inches. Image measures 12 x 12 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Unframed....
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Cubist Female Nude Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1967. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 12 x 17.5 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition. Born in Newark, New ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Paintings

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Watercolor

Cubist Female Nude Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1967. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 11 x 14 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition. Born in Newark, New Je...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Paintings

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Watercolor

French Impressionist Nude Female Figure Pencil Sketch Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figure by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide condition: o...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Color Pencil

French Impressionist Nude Female Figure Sat On Arm Chair Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide condition: ov...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Color Pencil

Abstract Female Nude Woman Interior
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1945. Gouache on paper, sheet measures 12.5 x 16 inches. Image measures 11.5 x 15 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower left. Unframed. ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Cubist Female Nude Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1967. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 11.25 x 17.25 inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition. Born in Newark, ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Paintings

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Watercolor

English School Mid 20th Century Oil - Bather in the Woodland Lake
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame. On board.
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Nude Female Figures Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Figures by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide condition...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Color Pencil

The Fall of Icarus
Located in London, GB
Gouache on paper, signed (lower left) and titled (lower right), 68cm x 88cm, (88cm x 108cm framed). The work is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. A realist pain...
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1960s Post-War Nude Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Mid 20th Century Oil - Out of Place
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On canvas.
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

Framed 20th Century Oil - Balinese Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
Female nude study. Unsigned. Well presented in a large textured frame. On canvas laid to board.
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

Nude woman oil on canvas painting portrait
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Palet (1911 - 1996) - Nude - Oil on canvas Oil measures 81x65 cm. Frameless. Joan Palet was born in Barcelona on March 28, 1911 in a family of sculptors and wood carvers. He b...
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1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

After
Located in Toronto, ON
70" x 50" Unframed Original - Oil on Canvas Hand Signed by Robert Hartshorn
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

French Impressionist Nude Female Posed Figure Pencil Sketch Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Female by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide condition: o...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Color Pencil

French Impressionist Posed Nude Female Figure Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Nude Figure by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide condi...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Color Pencil

Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant pastel painting on paper was created by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974). This piece features a striking cubist nude study in a blue-gray color with contrasting black line...
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1950s Cubist Nude Paintings

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Pastel

French Impressionist Nude Female Model Posed On Arm Chair Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Model by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 8 high by 10 inches wide condition: ov...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Color Pencil

French Impressionist Set of Two Nude Male Figures Showering Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figures by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 10 high by 8.25 inches wide conditio...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Color Pencil

French Impressionist Nude Female Figure Stretching Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figure by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide condition: o...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Color Pencil

French Impressionist Set of Two Nude Female Figures Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Figures by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back pencil drawing on artist paper, unframed measures: 10 high by 8 inches wide condition...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Color Pencil

Rare Modernist Oil Painting Line Drawing Nude Man Louis Stettner
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed and Dated Modern Line Drawing Oil Painting of Nude Man. Louis Stettner (November 7, 1922 – October 13, 2016) was an American photographer of the 20th century whose work inclu...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Studio Male Nude, 19th Century Harold William Boutcher (1867-1903) Newlyn School
Located in Blackwater, GB
Studio Male Nude, 19th Century Harold William Boutcher (1867-1903) Large 19th Century Newlyn School portrait of a seated nude male, oil on canvas by Harold William Boutcher. Excell...
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19th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Reflection in Red Contemporary Women Portrait Original Painting by Lada Kholosho
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this artwork, the serenity of the figure is juxtaposed with the dynamic scarlet background, symbolizing comfort in passion and color. The painting portrays the female form in a m...
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

La Baloneuse Framed Signed Painting
By Emile Wegelin
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Emile Wegelin: Capturing the Essence of Nature.  Painting on Hardboard   Size-Width Size-Height: 32'' x 25'' Signed in Ink Emile Wegelin (1875-1962) devoted his life to paintin...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

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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