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American Circus Scene by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972) Untitled (Circus Figures), 20th century Oil on board 16 x 19 3/4 in. Framed: 20 x 24 in. Signed lower left: A Smith ...
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20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil, Board

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men on Beach n.d. Signed in red, u.l. Oil on canvas 36 x 24 inches $4,250 + $250 framing This work is offered by CLA...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figure in a Psychoscape III
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed (lower right), 24.5cm x 19cm (40cm x 35cm framed). Renowned as Australia’s foremost surrealist painter and poet, James Gleeson’s o...
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1980s Post-War Nude Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Christmas Morning" - Vertical expressionist female semi-nude in pale colors.
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Did I Steal You Away? - Intimate Painting of a Couple Embracing, Original Oil
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 into images of intimacy. Rick Sindt Did I Steal You Away? oil on panel 18h x 24w x 1.50d in 45.72h x 60.96w x 3.81d cm RIS036 “This body of work has been crystalizing in my mind for about five years,” says Sindt, “It is the product of reflecting on how the places I learned the most about myself, and my desires, are considered something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil paintings depicts moments that range from tender touches to more sexually explicit...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Nude with Chair and Fruit" Large oil painting on canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude with Chair and Fruit" c. 1980 is a large oil painting on canvas by noted German/American artist Norbert Schlaus, 1927-2009. It is signed at the lower right corner ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

I Might Grow to Be Kinder - Intimate Portrayal of a Couple Embracing
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 pornographi...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Sunset Port Landscape, circa 1690 School of Claude LORRAIN (1600-1682) Claude
Located in Blackwater, GB
Sunset Port Landscape, circa 1690 after Claude LORRAIN (1600-1682) Huge 17th/18th Century classical harbour landscape with figures and moored ships at sunset, oil on canvas. Huge and magnificent landscape of an extensive view of the harbour and ancient architecture. Typical of the works of Claude Lorrain. Framed in a 17th Century gilt frame...
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17th Century Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Naked woman with white flowers"- Yellow ochre expressionist nude with flowers.
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Silent Shadows" India Ink and Watercolor on Cotton Paper, Figurative, Nude
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions: Artwork 11 x 11 in, framed 15 x 15 in This painting is unique, signed on recto by artist, and includes a certificate of authenticity I...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

Dancers Waiting To Go On, Male Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid and dynamic painting of two male figures preparing to go on stage by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). Titled "Dancers Waiting To Go On" lower left, and signed and dated "...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Cardboard

"Nude on Chair" Mixed Media Painting 22" x 22" inch by RAOUF RAAFAT
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nude on Chair" Mixed Media Painting 22" x 22" inch by RAOUF RAAFAT mixed media & acrylic on paper
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Naked young woman from behind
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 119.5 x 72.5 x 3.5 cm Small ones missing paint on original frame
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil

Two Nudes in a Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Two Nudes in a Landscape c. 1980 is an oil painting on canvas by noted German/American artist Norbert Schlaus, 1927-2009. It is signed at the lower left corner by the a...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Fine Antique Classical Nude Draped in Robes Dancing with Dog Gold Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, 19th century Title: Classical nude draped in robes with dancing dog. The work looks as though it might have been a ceiling...
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19th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bright Summer Woodland Landscape Golden Light French Impressionist Oil Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunbathing by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed and stamped verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 29 x 36 inches very good condition provenance: from the artists estate, France Josine Vignon (1922-2022) was a French artist living on the Rue Beautreillis in the Marais district of Paris. She painted with a beautiful style, largely influenced by the Impressionist and Post Impressionist...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The journey
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
The artist Francien Krieg describes her vision about her work The truth is that I paint myself ... and therefore the battle of my own body with age, my own fears and my fascination...
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2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Self-portrait 1 Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
Self-portrait 1 2009, canvas, acrylic, 140x98 cm. Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Felt Pen, Canvas, Acrylic

Bathers
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present outstanding original oil on canvas by American artist William Gropper (1897-1977.) William Gropper was an artist and illustrator, known for his exceptional a...
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1940s American Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil

Jeune fille au bord de l'eau - Contemporary Oil On Canvas Portrait, 2018
Located in PARIS, FR
Huile sur bois par l'artiste Etienne François. Etienne François est un peintre français, basé à Montreuil. Son esthétique est une rencontre entre la peinture contemporaine...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Klaudia frontal nude - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Klaudia frontal nude is one of the best works by the artist Marco Fariello. It is made on canvas, painted in oil in 2021. The subject of the work is the representation of a nude of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Japanese Oil Painting Realism & Surrealism Ryonosuke Fukui Nude
Located in Wilmette, IL
Fukui began his artistic career in post-war occupied Japan as an innovator in Japanese prints by producing work utilizing his unique mimeographic process. Though he was very active i...
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1980s Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nebula, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Miranda Gamel depicts an ethereal being with a glowing crown and wings. Star nebulas and light beams surround her in lustrous prismatic hues. The nude fi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Oil

The artist’s muse
Located in London, GB
Presented in a hand-made 18th Century ebonised frame.
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1930s Realist Nude Paintings

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Chalk

Immersion In Silence - Contemporary Figurative Fantastic Realism, Large Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
Anna Malinowska is a painter, draftswoman and graphic artist, born in 1965. She graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1991 in the studio of...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Zlatan Pilipovic (b.1958) - Framed Contemporary Oil, On the Chaise Lounge
Located in Corsham, GB
A colourful interior scene, showing a life model poised on the edge of a Chaise Lounge. Beautifully lit by natural daylight. The painting has been well-presented in a 20th Century mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil

Female Nude 2 - Large Format, Modern Figurative Oil Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting in the studio of Professor Jan Świtka. He made his de...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Surrealist Figurative painting, "Brief. Kauai I"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil painting by San Diego artist, Julia San Roman. Its dimensions are 40.75" x 61" x 1.5". It is framed as pictured. A certificate of authenticity wi...
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2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Against the Glass
Located in London, GB
Alkyd-oil on Masonite board, 102cm x 83cm, (124cm x 104cm framed). The painting comes directly from the artist. Michael Leonard is most probably most famous for his portrait of HM ...
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Early 2000s Post-War Nude Paintings

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Masonite, Alkyd

Girl with a hawk. Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Girl with a hawk Oil on canvas, 80x60 cm Dagnia Cherevichnik (1974) Born in 1974 in Riga. Professional education: 1986-1993 – J. Rozentals Riga Art Secondary School; 1995 - 2001- L...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

to all my lovers oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - to all my lovers - Oil on canvas Canvas size 60X60 cm. Frameless. Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Summer. 2021. Oil on canvas, 70x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Summer. 2021. Oil on canvas, 70x70 cm Colorful bright artwork with two girls Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti, Georgia in 1952. He studied at the Art College named after Nikoladze. Then he went to serve in the Soviet Army from1970 to 1972. After completing his military service he entered the Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry at the faculty of artistic metal, from which he graduated in 1986. During his studies, he has been actively engaged in painting. His favorite artists are Gauguin, El Greco, Botticelli, Turner and Picasso. Works of artistic stone He worked also with stone, cornelian and onyx. But his soul gravitated to bright and blustery color, and so he has became engaged in painting. At first his paintings were quiet, with muted tonal gamma. The color image was built on the play of hues and halftones. Such a careful elaboration of color educates the taste, sharpness and delicacy of vision. Gradually, the painter became more experienced, and his paintings acquired assurance and power of maturity, blooming in colorful brilliancy. Nugzar's color preferences The color of Nugzar’s paintings is deep and multi-layered. It is woven of infinite number of hues and filled with light. At first sight it may be difficult to recognize the shapes in the play of flickering color dabs. The figures appear gradually, they draw the first breath just before our eyes, crystallizing from the color heap. The painter is attracted by major tonality and motives that years ago could be called “the gallant feasts” - repasts, assiduities, music parties, and airings. After somewhat daemonic, infernal imagery of early paintings, it has appeared the theme of “Le joie de vivre,” the joy of life. Source of inspiration Born in the ancient Kolkhida, he keeps the blissful pagan feel of entirety and completeness of being. It is embodied almost literally in his favorite personage auroral gorgeous-bodied beauty of a girl. He grants these forms even to Olympian inhabitants - Aphrodite, Athene, Arthemide, let alone the Bacchants. I remember unwittingly that Niko Pirosmani similarly painted on his impoverished buckrams the luxurious prince repasts and languid, elephantine beauties. Working style But his style is not bounded by grotesque parody, as well as the irony is not the only aspect of his world outlook. In his landscapes we can catch the ecstatic admiration with Nature. In contradistinction to his favorite impressionists, he never paints from nature and never bears in mind the particular place. It is just a blooming Earth, studied very closely, so that the trees are cut by the edges of the painting, and at the same time it is a bird’s eye view revealing infinite, boundless spaces. Nougzar says that the landscape for him is first of all a color ensemble. He can just leaf through the illustrated journal, nourishing his eye with color in various combinations, and so get the impulse to create a ‘physical’ landscape image. Probably, his landscapes are no less fantastical than his figure compositions, but such is his talent, his mission - to make the world more beautiful and gentle than it is in reality. Exhibitions Nugzar Kakhiani...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Young woman posing naked
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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Early 20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

Women & Water - 21st Century, Nude, Red, Blue, Contemporary Painting, Sea
Located in Berlin, DE
Women & Water, 2022 acrylic on canvas 19 11/16 H x 19 11/16 W in. 50 H x 50 W cm The torrid sun, the infinite blue of the sea, the warmth of summer days, and ordinary people caught...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

A Love Couple - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Paper, Ink

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

Gazing - Realistic oil painting, Nude, 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

"Things In The Bedroom" Figurative Nude, Oil with 24k Gold Leaf on Canvas, Frame
Located in New York, NY
Rebecca Leveille (who is also known for her illustration work under the name Rebecca Guay) received a BFA from Pratt Institute in 1992. Leveille’s art has garnered words of praise from Jerry Saltz, Walter Robinson, and Peter Frank. She has been a guest artist/speaker at Rhode Island School of Design, University of Massachusetts, Savannah College of Art and Design, and Fordham University, a guest instructor at Pratt Institute, and a guest artist by invitation to shows and events in Melbourne Australia, Paris, Nagoya and Osaka (Japan), Valencia, San Fernando, and Torrelavega (Spain). Her work has been featured in Juxtapoz Magazine, American Art Collector, and Hi Fructose among many other publications and is collected internationally. In 2018 she was featured in a solo show at The Untitled Space. Her work has additionally been featured in The Untitled Space group shows “UPRISE / ANGRY WOMEN”, “SHE INSPIRES” as well as "EDEN" (2019) and “(HOTEL) XX" (2018) presented at SPRING/BREAK Art Show. She has been featured at Sotheby’s New York for the annual “Take Home A Nude” exhibit and auction presented by The New York Academy of Art (2017-2019), The Allentown Museum of Art, PA, Delaware Art...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Winter - Female Portrait, Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Nu au canapé bleu y Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Nude painting
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE 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...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sleeping Man. Contemporary Mixed Media on paper
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela brings vibrant immediacy to her figurative paintings. She uses a depth of colour and bright outlines of her figures to emphasize shape and contours. In all her works Angela gi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil

Marinas I
Located in Miami, FL
“Marinas 1” 2021 Enamel Paint on Wallpaper 51 1/2 x 38 3/4 inches $3000 USD ------- Laura Gonballes is an artist who lives and works in Barcelona, Spain with visual language infl...
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2010s Art Deco Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Bamboo Paper

Lick (COLLABORATION WITH JACK BALAS)
Located in Fairfield, CT
This painting is a collaboration with artist Jack Balas. Jack is Wes Hempel's partner. Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- A walk through an...
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2010s American Realist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nu Allonge - Post Impressionist Nude Oil Painting by Paul Elie Gernez
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated nude oil on panel by French post impressionist painter Paul Elie Gernez. The work depicts a brunette nude relaxing on a fur rug, her ...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - La Bellezza
Located in Paris, IDF
Signed on reverse Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the S...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Annunciation" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Annunciation" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model in an interior bathroom setting.
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2010s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

The Horse Tamer - original painting by Paula Craioveanu - Neo Mythology Hero
Located in Forest Hills, NY
The Horse Tamer, oil on canvas, 200x100cm/ 79x39in Shipped rolled in a tube directly from the artist's studio, anywhere in the world The horse tamer, is inspired by “The Iliad...
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2010s Nude Paintings

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Oil

"Woman" Contemporary Figurative in Neon Orange Aromas Artist Frank Thomas Romero
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant contemporary nude figure in neon orange on a purple abstract background by Aromas, California, Monterey Bay Area abstract expressionist artist Frank Romero (American, b-1985)...
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Out of sight 2 2006, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Out of sight 2 2006, canvas, mixed media, 180x140 cm Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, social...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Seated Young Man Figurative Art, Nude Man Model Oil On Board Painting By Shana
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana’s portraits adorned two covers of Time Magazine. Shana’s work is about the face and eyes. Young face, old face, black or white. Her subjects are confused, lonely, ragged and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Wood

"Rhapsody"
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This painting is a fantasy, but it is about real things. Real dreams, real experiences, real opportunities. We are, all of us, free to strip off our clothes and explore a kelp fore...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Naked Girl, Oil on Canvas, 2000
Located in New York, NY
A Chinese artist creates this oil painting, Wanshan Guo, born in 1991. She graduated from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, currently based in Guangdong, China. "I enjoy making im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil

Happy, Nude, Contemporary art, Figurative, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Happy, Sise: 53x43.5 inches, (135x110 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. Looking at the "Happy" oil paintin...
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2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Allegory of Summer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a monumental Art Nouveau painting, one of a series he did on commission. Valère-Bernard, François Marius Valère-Bernard French , He was born on 1 August 1860, in Marseilles, France. He died 8...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Reclining Nude (Framed Early 20th Century French Woman Portrait Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A gorgeous nude by French artist Constantin Font (1890 - 1954), in wonderful condition and nicely framed. I missed one of his nudes at auction recently in England because the price went too high, so I was thrilled when this one came along from a British dealer...
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Early 20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

What Are They Looking At ? Sexy Nude Naive Caribbean Art , Swimming Pool Party
Located in Miami, FL
A young man at a crowded upper-class Haitian swimming pool attracts attention. We see him only from the back in a Magritte like pose. Transfixed expressions of some of the nubile bare-breasted bathing beauties and one man with his hands down his pants give us a clue that the mystery man is special. This is a fascinating work packed with drama and overflowing with pent-up emotion.
Bigaud's narrative is as complex as his figural composition of lookers and swimmers. Notice the sight lines of the lookers go back to front while the two swimmers go from left to right. The twenty-two figures are contained in the rectangular shape of the pool, which is pushed to the front of the picture plane. The cars of the pool partygoers are seen in the background with one witness. He is fully clothed and is most likely a chauffeur. The fully clothed female at the pool offering food is a servant. A boxy-looking radio with a pack of cigarettes and the style of the cars give glue to the date. Most Haitian art depicts average working people. The pool party departs from that tradition and shows life of the Haitian upper class. Most likely, this was painted in Petion-Ville. The higher the elevation in Port-au-Prince the more wealthy the homes. Although the artist's painting technique may be described as naive or lacking polish.
It's one of the reasons why the work radiates charm and interest. The painting is oversized with huge dimensions of 55 x 48 and will be a statement in any room. Wilson Bigaud is considered to be a Haitian master. The condition is good. Three repaired one-inch issues on the extreme center and upper right edge. Visible only on close inspection. Otherwise presents very well and is elegantly framed, ______________________________________ Haitian master Wilson Bigaud is renowned for works portraying everyday life and rites of passage—vodou rituals, fortune-tellers, weddings, cockfights, and carnivals—with voluminous figures and lucid colors. Born in Port-au-Prince, in 1946 Bigaud was among the first to attend DeWitt Peters’s Le Centre d’Art d’Haïti, where he studied with Hector Hyppolite...
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1970s Outsider Art Nude Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Her Transformation, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Miranda Gamel shares a dreamy portrait of a woman with a neon pink crown surrounded by glowing butterflies. Miranda portrays the subject with illuminated...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Breakfast with satire. 2009. Oil on canvas, 100x110 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Breakfast with satire. 2009. Oil on canvas, 100x110 cm Dagnia Cherevichnik (1974) Born in 1974 in Riga. Professional education: 1986-1993 – J. Rozentals Riga Art Secondary School; 1...
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Early 2000s Contemporary 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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