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"Standing Young Woman" by Wilson - Nude Brunette Model over Black Background
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966) "Standing Young Woman" 2015 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. Shana Wilson, born in Edmonton in 1966, ...
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

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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Canvas, Oil

Sunrise (Nude on Armchair #4) original painting Paula Craioveanu 39x23in FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Sunrise (Nude on Armchair 4) part of Nude on Armchair series, see the other 3 paintings of the series. Original painting, size 39x23in / 100x60cm . Ship...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Serenade - Nude Painting by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Carmel, CA
Giampaolo Talani (1955-2018) The "mad scientist" of the art world, Talani created art out of virtually everything he touched. After completing his training at the Florence Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Board

Pair French Surrealist Nude Man & Woman Portraits Archery Bow & Arrow signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Arrows of Love French School, dated 1998 indistinctly signed to each painting each inscribed verso and with former collectors label pair of acrylic paintings on canvas, framed ea...
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1990s Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"The Wanderer", (2022) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai, Male Nude
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "The Wanderer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a tattooed male nude walking. Artist Bio: Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, medi...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Dreams by the window, original artwork by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
Welcome to my online gallery, where you can explore my new series of paintings - "The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness." In this series of artworks, I delve into the theme of...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"In Nature" (2024) By Quang Ho, Original Oil Nude Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Quang Ho's "In Nature" (2024) is a beautiful impressionist nude portrait of a woman standing in a vibrant green forest. About the artist: Quang Ho was born on April 30, 1963, in Hu...
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2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Gorgeous Abstract Expressionist Figures by Syril Frank
Located in New York, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021) Untitled, c. 1970s/80s Oil on canvas Framed: 21 3/4 x 25 2/3 x 1 in. This fantastic painting in the abstract expressionist style loosely depicts a ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Reclining Nude Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American interior nude portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed on verso.
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1910s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Do You Recall the Day? - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

J J A Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842-1923) A shoulder and back study, oil painting
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842-1923) A shoulder and back study, oil study oil on canvas 34 x 19.5 cm In good condition, a few small inpaintings visible under UV lights Stamp of the Estate sale in Toulouse on the stretcher In a modern frame : 40 x 25 cm Provenance : Estate of the artist and family of the artist by descent Estate sale in Toulouse 22 June 1999 This very interesting oil study was part of a set kept by the artist. He had studied fragments of anatomy both to use them as models in large compositions but probably also because he represented so many fragments. It is clear that this fragment of anatomy has a power of suggestion and serves as a relay to the imagination of the viewer, who is led to imagine the rest of the body taken as a model. We can speak of metonymy in painting and it is clear that the artist had this in mind when he kept such studies with him. Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ was born on 10 June 1842 in Paris. Originally of a Piedmontese origin, his family had been settled in France since the fourteenth century and by the time of his birth had reached the status of nobility He was an Orientalist French painter and sculptor. He was strongly influenced by the works and teachings of Charles Gleyre and Jean-Léon Gérôme. Lecomte du Nouÿ found inspiration for his art through extensive travels to Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Romania and Italy. The thematic content of Lecomte du Nouÿ's work was mainly figural, but also spanned over a vast range of imagery throughout his career, including classical, historical and religious. Lecomte du Nouÿ is known for remaining faithful to his detailed, realistic style throughout the extent of his career, despite the onset of the Impressionist, Fauvist and Constructivist artistic movements during his lifetime. His work is said to have contributed significantly to the establishment of an iconic repertoire representing the Orient in the nineteenth century.A Parisian street was named after him in 1932.  Lecomte du Nouÿ showed a strong attachment to visual art from a young age and was reported to have painted portraits of his father and uncle by the age of 6. In 1861, at 19 years of age, the artistic talents of young Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ prompted him to become a pupil at the atelier of Swiss artist, Charles Gleyre. Under Gleyre's guidance Jean-Jules-Antoine learned the significance of individualistic style and gained the foundations of creative visual presentation. Later, Lecomte du Nouy further perfected his knowledge of the artistic form under the mentorship of Jean-Léon Gérôme, who was a renowned painter of the Academicism movement. It was at this time that Jean-Jules-Antoine learned the precision required to depict "la belle nature" —a style of illustration that aims to create the most beautiful representations of the natural form. This later became one of the main techniques employed in Lecomte du Nouÿ's signature artwork. In 1865, Du Nouÿ accompanied fellow artist, Félix Auguste Clément...
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1890s Romantic Nude Paintings

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Oil

Azaki, Nude Portrait Oil on Canvas 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
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1960s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nude. Figurative and abstract acrylic painting, Body, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"The Orange Voltaire" by Linda Delahaye, Original Oil Painting, Female Nude
Located in Denver, CO
"The Orange Voltaire" by Linda Delahaye (France based) is an original oil on panel depicting a graceful female nude bathed in sunlight. Born: 1980, Canada ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Magdalena Bay (St. Mary Magdalene)
Located in Dallas, TX
John Cobb knew he wanted to be an artist since he was 9. In 1976, he entered Rhode Island School of Design where his realist tendencies were ostracized. Using the money intended for ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Alkyd, Panel

La Répétition (B. 756; M. 252)
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO Spanish, 1881 - 1973 La Répétition (B. 756; M. 252) signed in black ink "Picasso" (lower left) numbered in pencil "11/50" (lower right) lithograph on Arches S. 19-2/3 x...
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1950s Nude Paintings

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Lithograph

Versión libre “La Paloma” de Picasso
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Reinterpretation of the artwork “La Paloma” by Pablo Picasso at the request of a commercial venture and businessman.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Mixed Media

'Figurative Abstract', Woman Artist, Art Institute of Chicago, San Bernardino
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Suzanne Gertz (American, 1938-2003) and painted circa 1985, partial signature lower right. Suzanne Gertz first studied at the...
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1980s Modern Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

Model On Black: Mixed media painting on paper by Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
This mixed media on paper is a subtle study of the model, soft and flowing. Angela was born in 1946 and studied art at Kingston Art College, London. Her early career was predominan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Mixed Media

"Morning Routine" by Wilson - Intimate Nude Figurative in Bed with Red Underwear
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966) "Morning Routine" 2009 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. About the Artist: Shana Wilson, born in Edmon...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

1960's FRENCH MODERNIST ABSTRACT PORTRAIT OF NUDE LADY - BLACK & WHITE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, c. 1960's Title: Abstract portrait (double sided work with image on both sides) Medium: oil painting, on wooden panel, unframed. Size: painting: 2...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Curious Gull
Located in Fairfield, CT
A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the validity of the canon, paintings of the old masters on the walls of museums like the Met, the Louvre, Rijks museum still have a certain cache. They're revered not just for their technique but because they enshrine our collective past experience. Of course, it's a selected past that gets validated. Conspicuously absent to me as a gay man...
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2010s American Realist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, 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 23 inches condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the surf...
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1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

"Moonlight Sonata" Figurative Nude Original Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking nocturnal nude figurative fine art painting by California artist John Bowler (American, 20/21st Century), 2001. Signed and dated Bowler 2001 lower right corner (photo image enhanced). Presented in pewter-toned wood frame under glass. Image size: 22"H x 15"W. Framed size: 33"H x 23.50"W. A Granite Bay...
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Early 2000s Realist Nude Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

And Then On To You - Intimate Painting, Two Male Nudes Entangled in One Another
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Reclining Nude, Oil Painting by Julian Ritter
By Julian Ritter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Julian Ritter, Polish-German/American (1909 - 2000) Title: Reclining Nude Year: circa 1955 Medium: Oil on Masonite Size: 14 x 18 in. (35.56 x 45.72 cm) Frame Size: 17.5 x...
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1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

The Star
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The Star" 2004 by Mark Ryden & Marion Peck Oil on Wood Signed by both artists Custom Framed
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Early 2000s Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Oil

1950's French Surrealist Signed Huge Oil Painting Nudes Dreamscape with Skeleton
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Surreal Dreamscape with Nudes French artist, mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 1958? Canvas : 30 x 37.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: v...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Nude with Drape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nude with Drape, c. 1937, oil on board, 24 x 17 (oval), signed lower right, provenance: Frances Lee Kent Falcone Family Trust About the Painting Fletcher Martin’s Nude with Drape ...
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1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil

Mary Bernstein Abstract Seated Female Nude, Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Mary Bernstein (American, XX), Abstract Seated Female Nude, Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, unframed. 46" H x 42" W.
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Young man sitting white collar and polka dot sweater
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Molded frame in wood and gilded plaster 96.5 x 79.5 x 4.5 cm
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1920s Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil

Lady with Books #3 - Surreal painting by Paula Craioveanu Framed
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Lady with Books 3" 39x23in / 100x60cm Shipped as it is, stretched, framed. Size framed 41.5x25.7in Free shipping with 1stDibs code Lady with Books 3 and Lady with Books 1 - these ...
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2010s Academic Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Dipinto accademico italiano figurativo ritratto maschile fine del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
In uno sfondo naturale, con una grotta, il tronco di un'albero e un ruscello, risalta la figura di un giovane, in posizione centrale, coperto solo da un bianco perizoma cinto da un l...
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Late 19th Century Academic Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Morning. Women's act. 1959. Oil on cardboard, 95x71 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The morning hour. Act. 1959. Oil on cardboard, 95x71 cm Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J....
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1950s Realist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Old Master Dutch Female Nude Arcadian Landscape - 19th century art oil painting
By (Attributed to) Isaac de Mucheron
Located in London, GB
An original oil on canvas which is attributed verso to Isaac Mucheron with figure by Vandveldt. The scene depicts a nude in an Arcadia classical landscape with ruins. Fresh colour an...
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Early 19th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings

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Oil

1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Standing Female Dual Pose Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Study French School, circa 1960's chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed double sided size: 19.5 x 12 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance:...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Chalk, Pastel

On the red. 1992. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the red. 1992. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm Woman on the red with fruits In 1965 graduated from J. Rozentals Art High School, in 1971 graduated from the Painting Department of the Art Academy of Latvia (diploma thesis supervisor Indulis Zariņš). He has participated in exhibitions since 1970, organized about 20 solo exhibitions, and was a teacher. J. Rozentals Art High School, worked in various painting genres, created monumental wall paintings...
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1990s Fauvist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Inès", Back View of Seated Nude Woman with Flowered Branch Mixed Media Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This piece is not framed. Raluca Vulcan is a French-Romanian artist who likes to express the life and sensitivity of the human body, mostly through semi-abstract nudes and portraits...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Nude with a yellow medallion by William GOLIASCH - Oil on canvas 46x81 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas Gilded wood frame 85 x 50 x 2 cm
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - EROTIC MALE NUDE PORTRAIT IN RED BOOTS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Red Boots" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) gouache paint painting: 15.5 x 15.5 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original ...
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20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Gouache

"A Candid Moment" Oil Painting by Calvin Lai Featuring Female Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "A Candid Moment" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female portrait with her face in profile and contrasted with a blue background. The painting is framed, with overall dimensions of 16 x 13 inches, Artist Bio: Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, meditation, and personal growth. He found early on that drawing was something he loved, and to make a picture appear lifelike became his goal. Through constantly drawing, his work began to breath, and his fascination with value and perspective led Calvin to become a student of realism. Eventually he moved from where he grew up in Los Angeles to San Francisco. There he studied drawing and printmaking at San Francisco State University. In 2008, he enrolled in the Academy of Art for illustration, but began painting instead. He found that he preferred the fine arts over commercial illustration...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

1974 Modernist Swedish Expressive Nude Portrait Oil Painting - Repose by Red
Located in Bristol, GB
REPOSE BY RED Size: 49 x 41 cm (including frame) Oil on board A brilliantly executed modernist nude study, painted in oil onto board and dated 1974. This painting depicts a seated ...
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1970s Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil, Board

Allegory of Fortune
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: S. Spinelli Collection, Florence; their sale, Galleria Pesaro, Milan, July 11-14, 1928, lot 112 (unsold); reoffered Galleria Luigi Bellini, Florence, April 23-26, 1934, lot 132, as manner of Baldassare Peruzzi Dr. Giacomo Ancona, Florence, 1930s, and after 1939, San Francisco; thence by descent to his son: Mario Ancona, San Francisco; thence by descent to his children: Mario Ancona III and Victoria Ancona, San Francisco, until 1995; thence to: Phyllis Ancona Green, widow of Mario Ancona, Los Angeles (1995-2012) Literature: Donato Sanminiatelli, Domenico Beccafumi. Milan 1967, p. 170 (under paintings attributed to Beccafumi) Among the precious survivors of Renaissance secular paintings for domestic interiors are several unusual and particularly attractive panels painted in Siena at the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth centuries. These paintings depict exemplary figures from antiquity—heroes or heroines, as well as allegorical, literary, and mythological figures. For the most part, these panels have survived in groups of three, although it is possible that some of these works were painted either as part of larger series or as individual projects. One such trio by Beccafumi consists of two paintings now at the National Gallery, London (Marcia and Tanaquil) and a third in the Galleria Doria-Pamphilj, Rome (Cornelia). These were commissioned around 1517–1519 for the bedroom of Francesco di Camillo Petrucci in Siena and were most likely placed together as elements in the wall decoration (spalliere) or installed above the back of a bench or cassapanca. Another, earlier (ca. 1495–1500), set of three—Guidoccio Cozzarelli’s Hippo, Camilla, and Lucretia (Private Collection, Siena) survives with its original wooden framework—a kind of secular triptych. Judith, Sophonisba, and Cleopatra in the collection of the Monte dei Paschi, Siena, are by an anonymous artist close to Beccafumi called the “Master of the Chigi-Saracini Heroines.” Girolamo di Benvenuto’s Cleopatra, Tuccia, and Portia are dispersed (homeless, Prague, Chambery), and Brescianino’s Faith, Hope, and Charity are in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Siena. The present painting first appeared in the Spinelli sale in Florence in 1934, at which time it was sold with two panels of identical size and format. Each was catalogued as being by the “manner of Baldassare Peruzzi” and of unidentified subject. Of these, the painting depicting a male figure turned to the right has recently reappeared in a private Italian collection, while the location of the third work, portraying a cloaked figure turned three-quarters left, remains unknown. Our panel depicts the allegorical figure of Fortune. Here she is represented in typical fashion as a nude female figure balanced on a wheel (sometimes called the Rota Fortunae), her billowing drapery indicating that she is as changeable as the wind. The appearance of the Virgin and Child in the cloud at the upper right is an unusual addition to the iconography. The subjects of the two pendant male...
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16th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Nude with pillow - Realistic oil painting, Warm tones, Young Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
AGNIESZKA STAAK-JANCZARSKA (born in 1994) A graduate of the State Secondary School of Art of Józef Kluza in Krakow. In 2020, she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in ...
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2010s Naturalistic Nude Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Portrait of Two Seated Nude Women - British Modernist 1930's oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Modernist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. The painting comes from a collection of works by the artist, previously owned by his wife. Painte...
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1930s Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil

Energy Field - Floating Nude Figure Surrounded by Hoops, Original Oil, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
A nude figure is suspended in air, being held up by an invisible force field and surrounded by loops of wire. The muscular figure is tense with all the defined muscles showing. The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Abstract Female Nude - The Watcher
By Lilian Coket
Located in Houston, TX
Striking acrylic abstract of two nude female figures seated by a winged statue by Spanish artist, Lilian Coket, 2000. Signed lower margin. Original artwo...
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Early 2000s Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

"Serenity in the Left Hand" by Ale Casanova, Original Painting, Nude Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Ale Casanova's "Serenity in the Left Hand" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female model holding a mouse. Alejandro Casanova was born in Valencia, Spain, i...
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2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"TIFFANY" Figurative Portrait Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"TIFFANY" Figurative Portrait Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo Painting size: 24" x 18" in Medium: oil and acrylic on wood ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a head on crash...
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21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Nude Paintings

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Wood, Oil, Acrylic

Mid Century French Oil Painting Nude Lady on Bed Reading, signed & framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady in Interior Scene French School, mid 20th century signed oil on board , framed framed: 14.5 x 20 inches board: 12 x 17.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condi...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Aroused, Erotic Painting by George Grosz 1940
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Grosz, German (1893 - 1959) Title: Aroused Year: 1940 Medium: Oil on Paper, signed l.r. Paper Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Frame Size: 36 x 30 inches Prove...
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1940s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

George Weissbort (1928-2013) - 20th Century Oil, The Fallen Apple
Located in Corsham, GB
Female Nude, oil on canvas. Unsigned. (Provenance: Studio Sale, George Weissbort).
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

Free Study - Wrestler - 21st Century, Nude, Figurative
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Free Study - Wrestler, 2021 acrylic on cardboard 119 H x 79 W cm 46 27/32 H x 31 7/64 W cm The series of painted cardboards by Alexandru Rădvan is about our moments of 'respiro' ab...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Impressionist Nudes, Three Figures, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Nudes, Three Figures, Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the top right hand corner of the painting Oil painting on canv...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Down Is The New Up 5 - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary Nude Female Portrait with Dripping Pink, Yellow, and Green Accents
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Rémora 2" (2024) is a visually arresting acrylic on canvas by Inés Silvalde, measuring 60 x 80 x 3.5 cm. This work continues the artist’s exploration of the burdens, or "remoras," t...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Centaur with Harp original Paula Craioveanu oil/canvas Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Centaur with Harp”, 70x50cm, 31.5x19.5in, oil on canvas, from the same series of Neo-Mythology paintings. Shipped as it is, stretched. Comes with a certificate of authenticity sign...
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2010s Post-Modern Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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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