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Nude Paintings For Sale
"Supplicant, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Supplicant" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman with horns resting her head gently on a nude woman's knees, the fleshy tones of her face...
Category
2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Chronicles From My Apartment" (FRAMED) Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo
By Isaac Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Chronicles From My Apartment" (FRAMED) Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo
Painting size: 24" x 18" in
Size framed: 30" x 24" in
Medium: Oil, oil stick, and aerosol on wood
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Nude Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil Crayon, Oil, Spray Paint
Two Wrestlers - sumos
Located in Burlingame, CA
Here is David Shevlino's magnetic 'Two Wrestlers', oil on canvas, 26 x 29.2 inches and framed 27.5 x 30.75 inches, painted in 2022, created with a minima...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Look And Sanity (Beautiful Representation) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. (Issues b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Nude with Art Students" Classroom Nude
By Joy Carrington
Located in San Antonio, TX
Joy Carrington Nude Model with Art Students
(1907 - 1999)
San Antonio Artist
Image Size: 35 x 18.5
Frame Size: Unframed
Medium: Oil
Circa 1940
Nud...
Category
1930s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Dea Io - Oil on Canvas by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Includes a contemporary wooden frame.
Very Good conditions.
Provenance: Galleria Pesaro, Milan
Antonio Feltrinelli
(Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942)
Antonio Feltrinelli was born in M...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Lecture
Located in Paris, FR
Delphin Enjorlas
1857-1945 French
La Lecture
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Canvas: 18 1/8" high x 24" wide
Frame: 27 1/8" high x 33 1/8" wide
Delphin Enjolras was a French g...
Category
19th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Surrealistic Nude Oil Painting "Effigy 2"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A large scale, unique and vivid surreal oil painting on stretched canvas, depicting four nude female figures. Ready to hang. Framing on request
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Seated Male, Mid-Century Male Nude Figurative Expressionist Drawing on Paper
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996)
Seated Male, 1969
Ink on paper
Signed and dated lower right
25 x 19.5 inches
27.5 x 22 inches, framed
Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Okl...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Ink
Nude Oil Female Figure Realism Expressionism Contemporary Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Christiane Bouret is a painter that works with oil paint to create figurative artworks and portraits, and the present painting is an excellent example of her work. In the image, we s...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blonde Nude, Oil Painting by Nathan Wasserberger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nathan Wasserberger, Polish/American (1928 - 2012)
Title: Blonde Nude
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Image: 36 in. x 24 in. (...
Category
1960s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Four Fates
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Acrylic on canvas w/charcoal and pastels
Category
2010s Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Lust, From the Seven Deadly Sins Series, Nude Figures, Oil on Watercolor Paper
By David Becker
Located in Chicago, IL
Seven deadly sins are the seven vices that spur other sins and further immoral behavior. First enumerated by Pope Gregory I (the Great) in the 6th century and elaborated in the 13th ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Lightning
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric.
Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Girl with a jug
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"The jug is so simple, any potter blinds it without difficulty, And everything in you inspires me with awe, Everything is full of subtle feminine charms."
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Impressionist woman's body oil painting on canvas "Silent solitude"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In Silent Solitude, French contemporary artist Natalya Mougenot captures the quiet poetry of the female form—an introspective study that transcends traditional portraiture to become ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Three Nudes, Dancers Fauvist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative fauvist watercolor with three nude figures by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). From the estate of Doris Warner. Signed "Warner" lower right. Unframed. Image, 15"H x...
Category
1970s Fauvist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Red Curtains 2" Contemporary Nude Figure Bathing Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
“Red Curtains 2” is a framed oil on canvas painting by Alina Maksimenko, depicting an abstracted nude bathing against a curtained backdrop. The artist’s expressive use of color adds ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Paint
Cubist Nude in White
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil on panel by American artist Robert McIntosh, c.1958.
"Cubist Nude in White", is an original oil and collage on panel, signed,c.1958, a painting directly from the personal collection of the artist...
Category
1950s Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Judith Brenner, Solfrid Dancing, Original Figurative Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Solfrid Dancing
Original Figurative Painting
Mixed Media on Paper
Size: H 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Blair Hughes-Stanton 'Reclining Nude' abstract oil painting British Surrealism
Located in London, GB
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Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981)
Reclining Nude, c. 1936
Tempera on canvas
76.5 x 102 cm
Signed lower right 'Blair H S'.
Provenance: The estate of the artist.
A magnificent abstract nude rendered in a dynamic colour palette. This is probably Hughes-Stanton's most important work, and belongs to the nation's great, if brief, period of British Surrealism. The three major elements are distinct: the pastel tones of the window view and wall, the sensual curvatures of the pale nude, and the bold foreground featuring a fantastically accomplished still life of a fruit bowl (which could be a painting in and of itself) and the impressively phallic chair back. This is a brilliant example of erotic modernist abstraction.
Blair Hughes-Stanton, son of the artist Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton, was a noted British artist of the interwar period. At the age of 13 he joined the Royal Navy training ship HMS Coway, but at 19 - advised by his father - he abandoned the sea for his paintbox. He studied art at Byam Shaw School (1919-1922) where he was influenced by Leon Underwood (who was a major influence throughout his studying), Royal Academy Schools (1922-23), and Leon Underwood's School (1923-25). He was celebrated mostly for his skills as an engraver, and was a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society when it was established in 1925. His first wife was the printmaker Gertrude Hermes...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
“L’après-midi d’un faune” by Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867 – 1944) French Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
Ker-Xavier Roussel
Lorry-les-Metz 1867 – 1944 Etang-la-Ville
French Painter
'L’après-midi d’un faune'
Signature: signed lower left and right
Medium: pastel on paper mounted on boar...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper, Board
Brunette Nude Figurative - Acrylic Abstract Expressionist on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Brunette Nude Figurative - Acrylic Abstract Expressionist on Paper
Abstract expressionist acrylic painting depicting a brunette woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician and San Francis...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Caroline with Pointed Toes" nude water color painting of a women jumping
Located in Edgartown, MA
Wendy Artin is an American contemporary artist who works primarily in watercolor and charcoal. Her work is figurative and classical and explores the timele...
Category
2010s Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Woman at Basin, Picasso Style Portrait of a Female Nude, American Modernist
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Woman by Basin" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a framed and matted portrait of a female nude.
The 22.5" x 17.75" mixed media on artist board i...
Category
1920s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Amazon
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: “Herbert Barnett”. Published: Art Digest, November, 1939.
Exhibited: Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1939. The Institute of Contemporary Art, “Art of New England”, 1939. Contemporary Arts, Inc., New York, November, 1939.
Herbert Barnett was an American artist whose life and work was closely tied to New England, and yet, his distinctive style of painting draws upon both the American tradition of representation and the artistic innovations of the Cubists. He is known as a painter of extraordinary ability and a virtuoso draftsman.
Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, Barnett grew up in Providence. While still in high school, he began to study painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. From 1927-31, he studied at the Boston Museum School and soon acquired a reputation for technical proficiency. At seventeen, he had his first one-man show at the Grace Horne Gallery in Boston and was already teaching private classes. After art school, where he won the Paige Travelling Fellowship, Barnett spent three years traveling and studying in Europe.
In the late 1930s, Barnett's bold and expressive figure paintings and Cape Ann landscapes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large BELLE EPOQUE French Impressionist Academic SENSUAL NUDE w/ Pearl Choker
Located in New York, NY
Gorgeous Antique Belle Epoque French ACADEMIC Sensual Nude by Jules F. Ballavoine (1855-1901). This is a large rare example by the artist, painted in the...
Category
19th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Who Am I
Located in East Hampton, NY
Cubism Style
Post Modern
American Modern
Acrylic on Canvas
Comes UNFRAMED
About the Artist:
Kenneth B Walsh (1922-1980)
In the 1950s, Kenneth Bonar Walsh came to Montauk from New Y...
Category
1970s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Feet Up / nude - mixed media acrylic on paper
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Painting on paper is 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches. Professionally hinged into an 8ply museum mat with an outer dimension of 16 5/8 x 18 3/4 inches, with an archival crystal clear case.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment
Black Stockings, mixed media portrait of nude woman, neutral colors
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016 presidential election. Little did I know. I had gone to the Woman's March in Washing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Laser, Fabric
Girl with jam
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"A woman becomes a goddess when she explores and accepts her femininity."
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude in Life Class with Green Shoes - British 40's Slade School art oil painting
By E.A. Jay
Located in London, GB
This superb Post Impressionist Slade School female full length seated nude portrait oil painting is by female artist E A Jay. Painted in the 1940'...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
The wind of change
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The wind of change is rarely warm and gentle, it can rather knock you off your feet. But still refreshing, invigorating and internally feel you can not do without it. Sometimes it's ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bay Area Figurative Movement, "Waiting For Her Lover" Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastic figurative abstract color field painting by Northern California artist Arthur Krakower (American 1921-2009). C. 2008. Monogram "AJK 08" lower right corner. Unframed.
Arth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figure No. 8, 2012
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Figure No. 8, 2012' by John Goodman. The artwork is 52 x 32 inches. Artist signed and dated in ink verso. Condition is excelllent.
Goodman’s signature restrained palette and impast...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Free and blooming - wings of freedom original painting by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the "Tales of Existence" series, the artist presents a powerful new work that embodies the themes of emotional resilience, the search for stability, and the profound connection be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Solitude
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Academic painter Guillaume Seignac was renowned for his masterful treatment of the idealized nude. His languishing female subjects based on Greco-Roman prototypes were and rem...
Category
19th Century Academic Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Fauve Nude in Interior', Copenhagen, GothenberDanish Expressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed with initials lower left, 'H.V.S.' for Hans Voigt Steffensen (Danish, born 1941) and painted circa 1985. Additionally signed, and titled, 'Charlotte'...
Category
1980s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tug O' War" - Contemporary Abstract Nude Figure Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louis Braquet is a top-selling artist in New Orleans, and as his paintings sell out quickly at the Royal Street gallery that represents him we are thrill...
Category
2010s Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Art Déco Painting, ca. 1910, oil on cardboard. Romantic love scene in the forest
Located in Berlin, DE
Painting, around 1910, oil on cardboard. Romantic love scene in the forest.
Signed, Gaston Bussiere.
With beautiful (original) Art Deco frame.
Frame has minimal damage in places.
Dimensions with frame 67cm x 86cm
This painting is offered here for the first time exclusively on 1stdibs!
From private, German estate.
Gaston Bussière (April 24, 1862 in Cuisery – October 29, 1928 or 1929 in Saulieu) was a French Symbolist painter and illustrator.
Bussière studied at l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before entering the école des beaux-arts de Paris where he studied under Alexandre Cabanel and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. In 1884, he won the Marie Bashkirtseff...
Category
1910s Symbolist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Cardboard
A large, Cubist 20th Century oil painting of two nudes
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Maurice Lasnier (French, 1922 – 2006)
Deux grandes nues cubisantes
Oil on board
Signed on the reverse under the backboard
38.1/4 x 25.5/8 in....
Category
20th Century Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled 37 (Gun Sequence)
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on wood painting by contemporary American artist Bruce Adams. This work is currently being featured in the exhibition "The Dreamer Who Dreams" and is designed to rai...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Skyward, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"I decided to lean into the suggestive pose of the figure," shares artist Sumner Crenshaw, "creating a work that radiates with confident sensuality and femini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nu au canapé bleu by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Nude painting
Located in London, GB
Nu au canapé bleu y Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Oil on canvas
46 x 38 cm (18 ¹/₈ x 15 inches)
Signed lower left, Ludovic Rodo
Executed circa 1910
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Lélia Pissarro.
Provenance: Private collection, France
Artist biography:
Ludovic-Rodolphe Pissarro, born in Paris in 1878, was Camille Pissarro’s fourth son. Encouraged by his father...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nuns
Located in Edinburgh, GB
“Often an act, in itself worthy of condemnation, becomes laudable due to the intention that inspires it”
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alcmene with Galanthis, Oil Painting
By Ryan Pickart
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Ryan Pickart layers art historical references in this sensual nude. The painting tells the Greek myth of Alcmene and Galant...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Nude Portrait by Henri Burkhard
By Henri Burkhard
Located in New York, NY
Henri Burkhard, Born in New York in 1892, began his studies at the Art Students league in New York and then pursued international studies at the Académie Julian, Acadêmie Colarissi, and Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Pariss.
Once the artist returned to New York, he began to exhibit frequently frequently at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1926-36; the Corcoran Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the 1930's. Works by the artist have been handled and sold over the last hundred years at major American auction houses and dealers, such as Heritage...
Category
1930s Fauvist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 19th Century Oil Painting of Perseus and Andromeda
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique miniature oil painting of Perseus and Andromeda on papier mache. Extraordinary detail. Titled and artist monogram on reverse. Pr...
Category
Early 19th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Papier Mâché
The Woman on the Sofa - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
"The Woman on the Sofa" is a beautiful and impressive oil on canvas by Antonio Feltrinelli.
It was realized between the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s and represents...
Category
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Portrait of Woman - Oil on Wooden Panel by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman if a beautiful oil on wooden panel realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Very good conditions.
Antonio Feltrinelli
(Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942)
Antonio Felt...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
'Abstract Figural', Woman Artist, Art Institute of Chicago, San Bernardino
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Sue Gertz' for Suzanne Gertz (American, 1938-2003) and painted circa 1975.
Suzanne Gertz first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and, subsequ...
Category
1970s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Charcoal
1920's French Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Nude Woman in Pink Interior Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
French School, circa 1920's
circle of Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21 x 25.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: v...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude with Tropical Animals - Oil Painting on Canvas by A. Feltrinelli - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude with Tropical Animals is a beautiful and impressive oil on canvas by Antonio Feltrinelli.
It was realized between the end of the 1920s and the b...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study nude oil on canvas "lady with a blue veil" French school 19thl
Located in Gavere, BE
Preparatory French nude academic study oil on canvas "lady with a blue veil" with a Napoleon III period frame.
Attributed to: Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran (1837-1917).
Charles-Émile ...
Category
1890s French School Nude Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Power Play, Nude, Oil Painting, Green, Brown colors by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Sajal Sarkar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sajal Sarkar - Untitled - 72 x 48 inches (unframed size)
Oil on canvas
Inclusive of shipment in a roll form.
Style :
In his paintings, the male nude form has fascinated him and has...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Comfort Zone, Crouching Nude Female Figure, Gazing Upward, Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
Getting out of one's comfort zone and ending the anxiety by rebuilding the lineal composition, the contrasts of color, textures and even the narrative. This happens just by throwing an impulsive stroke of red paint. While the figure is not in real danger, i.e. actually bleeding, but instead the red paint represents stepping out of one's comfort zone. It means to leave the status quo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Femme Assis a la Mantilla Noire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
GEORGES ARTEMOFF
"LA FEMME ASSIS A LA MANTILLE NOIRE”
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
RUSSIAN-FRENCH, DATE 1963
PROVENANCE: GALERIE MAKASSAR , PARIS
31.75 X 20 INCHES
Illustrated in the c...
Category
1960s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Early 20th century Red Chalk drawing of Art Deco nude women with Bob hair style
Located in Woodbury, CT
Davis Kemp
Early 20th century Red Chalk drawing of Art Deco nude women with Bob hair style.
Very well drawn nude study of two women from 1928 in t...
Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
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.