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Nude Paintings For Sale
Red Rest
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Original acrylic mixed media painting on laid cream paper from 2011 in excellent condition. Sleeping female figure in grey and rust with stripes.
Signed and dated on the front lowe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Crayon, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment
Jazz Lover
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Multidisciplinary artist Kim Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Water Sports - Coney Island Nude Swimmers and Nude Bathers
Located in Miami, FL
Presented in a good broad craved and antiqued giltwood frame in the Spanish Baroque style. Each corner boldly carved with a stylized anthemion mantled by foliate scrolls. The beauti...
Category
1940s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Nemesis
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams often references historical painting themes and styles in order to throw into relief western tropes in figurative art. Here as part of the artist's series Myths and Lies,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Completed in the 1960s, this compelling studio ink drawing is executed in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Model, Astone Studio" Contemporary impressionist oil painting, female nude
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
After studying anatomy and academic painting at the Florence Academy of Art, Ben Fenske took the skills he learned and stepped back, putting his own hand into an academically proport...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman on Couch with Boy
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
With this series I continue my practice of alluding to historical painting styles and themes as a means of prompting various contextual associations. I began by referencing portrait ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LOUIS BUISSERET 1928 Surrealist Fantasy Nude Women Landscape Horse Belgian LARGE
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Louis Buisseret (Belgian)
Exhibited at the Pittsburgh International (Carnegie Institute) show of 1928 "Composition"
This surrealist painting depicts nude women having a picnic in a S...
Category
1920s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nu Assise by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Nude painting
Located in London, GB
Nu Assise by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Oil on canvas
55 x 47 cm (21 ⅝ x 18 ½ inches)
Signed lower left, Ludovic Rodo
Executed circa 1910
This work is accompanied by a cer...
Category
1910s Fauvist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of Philip" (2023) By Hollis Dunlap, Original Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hollis Dunlap's (US based) "Portrait of Philip" (2023) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a nude man.
Artist Biography:
Hollis Dunlap was born in north...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
After Icarus, ghostly floating figure, black w orange, blue nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on canvas
ABOUT the artist:
Audrey Frank Anastasi is a prolific feminist artist, working in painting, drawing, collage, mixed media, & printmaking. She is also curator, gallerist, educator and arts advocate. Most of Ms. Anastasi's figurative works are painted with her non-dominant left hand. She has created large bodies of works of birds, animals and birch trees.
She has had 20 solo & 200 group shows. Her "ref-u-gee" series will be shown in 2020 at Medgar Evers College in collaboration with the Valentine Museum of Art, Brooklyn. Accompanying the show will be a limited-edition monograph w/ over 180 images and a foreword by Phyllis Braff. Ms. Anastasi's collage series was exhibited at Welancora Gallery, Brooklyn, in May, 2019. In 2018, ten paintings were exhibited in "Painting to Survive," curated by Yale critic Jonathan Weinberg.
Book and catalog publications include "Stations of the Cross", SPQR press, BREUCKELEN magazine, “Audrey Frank Anastasi”, catalog essay Cindy Nemser, and "Collage," essay by Giancarlo T. Roma.
Public art includes a portrait of Jo Davidson...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Steamy Romance Lovers Embrace in Bed - Mid Century Paperback
By Victor Kalin
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century Artist Victory Kalin was too good an artist for his paperback assignments. He was as much a virtuoso graphic designer as an illustrator. The present work exemplifies his ...
Category
1950s Nude Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Gouache, Ink
Fregio monocromo neoclassico toscano a tema mitologico
Located in Florence, IT
This interesting grisaille […] of a high standard of quality and in an excellent state of conservation, represents an interesting derivation with slight variations from an engraving,...
Category
Late 18th Century Other Art Style Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Figurative Expressionism Warm Earth Tones Female Figures Painting
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Title: «Osadas en el Edén»
Collection: Muses
Description: Acrylic on canvas, figurative, red, pink, gestural, modern
Being daring in the comfort zone, without fear of facing challenges or dangers... when rules and borders dissolve, freedom is the only law that governs our movements... we must destroy the shackles that grip a woman's will, take risks without any fear, and crush the mutilating taboos... the reward is immediate. This artwork celebrates and empowers women to break free from societal norms and restrictions, take risks, and embrace their freedom. It encourages women to be bold and daring, and to reject any taboos or constraints that might hold them back. The artwork or collection is likely to be visually striking and powerful, and may feature images of women breaking free from bondage or engaging in daring and courageous acts. The message of the artwork is one of empowerment and liberation, encouraging women to embrace their strength and independence.
Victoria Tsemka...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nuts and Bolts
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed (lower left), 40cm x 56cm, (51cm x 67cm framed). The picture is good condition and the work comes directly from the artist.
Painter, draughtsman and teacher, b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vanitas (unfinished)
Located in London, GB
Alkyd-oil on board, 81cm diam., (100cm diam framed).
Although most famous for his portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth in the National Portrait Gallery, London, from the late 1970s up un...
Category
Early 2000s Post-War Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Berlin K.P.M. Porcelain Plaque Depicting a Sailor Kissing a Nude Siren
Located in New York, NY
Finely painted porcelain plaque; a shipwrecked sailor kissing a nude siren in a stormy sea. Impressed monogram and sceptre mark and H, incised 90.
Origin: Berlin
Date: late 19th cen...
Category
19th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Porcelain
Elements & Senses - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas
By Bill Bate
Located in London, GB
The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ABSTRACT Colors Artwork Body Forms Contemporary Artist Danny Avidan NEW Large
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
Sentada Desnuda, Surreal Painting of a Seated Nude Woman, Mexican Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Guillermo Meza (Mexican, 1917-1997)
Sentada Desnuda, 1941
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
23.5 in. h. x 19.5 in. w.
31 in. h. x 27 in. w., as framed
He was born in México...
Category
1940s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Inspired by Aspens
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Inspired by Aspens' by celebrated figurative artist Kim Frohsin, painted in 2018. The artwork is 15 x 11 1/2 inches and it is professionally framed in a museum quality white maple h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Female Model
Located in Chicago, IL
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Female Model by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. This alluring studio scene, painted in the 1960s, exemplifi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Controledchaos8
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel
Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paint
American Impressionist Nude Woman Playing Hide & Seek
By Louis Frederick Bernecker
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful Louis Berneker (1876-1936) American Impressionist painting of Nude Woman playing Hide and Seek. Great Light Pastel Colors of Greens and Blues. Louis Berneker was famous S...
Category
1920s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Ballerina" Painting 47" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ballerina" Painting 47" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
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ABOUT:
Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Contemporary Intricate Abstract Women Forms in Muted Dark Earth Tones Painting
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Title: «Orgia número 7»
Collection: Muses
Description: Acrylic on canvas, figurative, dark, love, gestural, modern
Symbolism of the number 7: love. This image tells us an erotic story about goddesses who embark on a soft and passionate orgy. Seven naked and uninhibited women in a paradisiacal setting."
Based on this description, the artwork in question is likely an erotic depiction of goddesses engaging in a sensual and passionate orgy. The symbolism of the number 7, which represents love, adds an additional layer of meaning to the artwork. The artwork is described as paradisiacal, suggesting that the women are enjoying themselves in a lush and idyllic environment. The image may be highly sensual and erotic, with a focus on the beauty and sensuality of the female form. The story being told is one of uninhibited pleasure and eroticism, with the goddesses embracing their sexuality and engaging in a free and passionate sexual experience.
Victoria Tsemka...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bagnante Addirmentata Bathing Nude Woman Oil Painting Rome In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Bagnante Addirmentata Bathing Nude Woman Oil Painting Rome In Stock
Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni (1967, Rome) descended from an artistic Tuscan family. His...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dans les Rochers de la Plage, a Carteret
Located in Paris, FR
Adolphe La Lyre
1850-1935 French
Dans les Rochers de la PLage, a Carteret
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Canvas: 42" high x 78" wide
Frame: 47 1/4" high x 82 1/2" wide
Origi...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Concile d'Amour - Gouache on Paper Unique Surrealist Woman Painter, 1968
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Le Concile d'amour, 1968
Gouache on paper
14 1/5 × 11 4/5 in l 36 × 30 cm
Frame included - 22 x 18 1/8 in l 56 x 46 cm
Signed, counter-signed and titled lower right
Cond...
Category
1960s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Flatlander"- Horizontal expressionist female nude with landscape in background.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Huge 1980's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Nude Model Man in Top Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Nu Aux Voiles Bleus'
by Henri Fuss (French, 1930-1985)
signed, dated and titled
oil on canvas
framed: 43 x 59 inches
canvas: 35 x 51 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Co...
Category
1980s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Warm Embrace' Abstract Expressionism Figurative Nude Woman Painting by Dooling
Located in Carmel, CA
'Warm Embrace' is a captivating mixed-media masterpiece that weaves together elements of figurative art, abstract expressionism, and contemporary sensibilities. In this artwork, a nu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Million Dollar" Oil Painting 35" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Million Dollar" Oil Painting 35" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
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ABOUT:
Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian painter and graphic known f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
TnT - Surreal Nude Figure, Fine Point Graphite Drawiing, Matted and Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
An overly exaggerated nude figure is the subject of Oliver Hazard Benson's drawing entitled "TnT". Upon closer look, the artist's fine hand is evident in the amazing detail in the f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Giclée
Dream
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Madé Gourdon, France, 1960s. "Dream". with frame: 70x61 cm - without frame: 55x46 cm. 10F format. Signed "Madé Gourdon" in the lower left. In its frame Montparnasse....
Category
1960s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Burlap, Oil
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - Pan and the Sleeping Nymph
Located in Corsham, GB
Pan, god of the wild, playing music to a sleeping nymph in a forest glade. Signed illegibly to the lower right. Presented in a modern gilt effect frame with linen slip. On canvas on ...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portal" - Horizontal expressionist landscape with female nude.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Enlighted, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two figures gaze toward a light emerging from surrounding darkness, where directional strokes create a sense of flowing movement. A warm glow illuminates their ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Holding Shadows - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Some friendships or relationships are not worth saving…it is like holding shadows which is nonexistent; they can break or compromise you. Because they are like a sleepless person dec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Islands" (ca. 2014) By John Tarantola, Surrealistic Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Islands" (2014) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts a nude male figure, lying in death in a desolate desert. Another...
Category
2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pastel Bust Of A Naked Young Woman Signed by Fried Pal American artist
By Pal Fried
Located in Gavere, BE
"Pastel Bust Of A Naked Young Woman Signed Fried Pal"
Pál Fried (June 16, 1893 in Hungary - March 6, 1976 in New York)
was a Hungarian artist known for his erotic paintings of dance...
Category
1950s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
Maro on Chrome and Yellow Vinyl Modern Side Chair - Original Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This classically painted figure study demonstrates the artists understanding of the human figure. A study for a series of larger paintings based on motion capture studios. Here the model is placed in a contrived position on a midcentury modern chair surrounded by props used in the motion capture process.
Andrew S. Conklin
Maro on Chrome & Yellow Vinyl Modern Side Chair, 2016
oil on panel
18h x 13w in
45.72h x 33.02w cm
Motion Capture Paintings, Chicago
My recent painting series describes the reality of motion capture environments by showing the interplay between female athletes and male technicians. These paintings are meant to explore conventions of female representation in Western figurative art and to contrast this past practice with the contemporary imagery of that subject via computer-based image technology.
This project was instigated by a number of things: first, by my abiding interest in depicting the human form in paint, as I find its versatility in a design, its invitation to empathy, and its difficulty, to be something worth attempting to depict with success. In addition, my curiosity regarding the new ways to depict the form using electronic technology seem to challenge to the traditional methods I rely upon, and I wanted to comment on the similarities and differences between the studios of the painters and the technicians.
In this way, I aim to continue my investigation into what I see as the contrasting quality of human nature, and symbolically represent opposites such as mind and body, analog and digital, realism and idealism, terrestrial and the transcendent.
Andrew S. Conklin is a figurative painter. He holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University, and studied painting at the National Academy of Design in New York City with Harvey Dinnerstein...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Black and White Tandem" Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black and White Tandem" Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
Artwork ships rolled in a tube
ABOUT:
Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian painter and gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
"Nude model" Impessionistic figurative study. Oil on canvas
Located in Oslo, NO
In this oil painting, I embraced the enchanting dance of light and form. With each brushstroke, I sought to capture the delicate interplay of shadows and textures on the human figure...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Reclining " Nude Watercolor Painting 13" x 19" in (1986) by Zaccaria Zeini
Located in Culver City, CA
"Reclining " Nude Watercolor Painting 13" x 19" in (1986) by Zaccaria Zeini
Medium: watercolor on paper
Signed and dated
Zaccaria El Zeini (1932 - 1993) was raised in the popular ...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Sitting Nude, Bea" 2016 oil painting of nude woman seated in thought, pink hues
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a nude female figure, sitting upon a bed; chest bent over knees, hand on head, seemingly bored. Hues of pink surround the figure due to decorative fabrics that are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Baigneuses en Bord de Rivière by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Nude painting
Located in London, GB
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Baigneuses en Bord de Rivière by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Oil on cardboard
98.2 x 79.4 cm (38...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Beautiful Large Oil On Canvas Impressionist Nude Signed V Regnart
Located in Gavere, BE
"Beautiful And Large Oil On Canvas Impressionist Nude Signed V Regnart"
Victor Regnart is a Belgian painter and engraver born January 26, 1886 in Élouge...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Braiding Cord
Located in Anaheim, CA
This oil on canvas painting by Halin De Repentigny, measuring 40 inches by 60 inches, captures a swirling composition of intertwined human forms, evoking a powerful sense of movement...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Valery" - Horizontal indoor female nude in yellow ochre and white.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Morning Glory Gown" - Vertical expressionist female semi-nude with gown.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bay Area Figurative Movement Seated Nude
Located in Soquel, CA
Tranquil figurative portrait of a seated nude woman with brown hair and brown eyes by an unknown San Francisco bay area artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Unframed.
Category
1970s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nymphs Dancing
By Henri-Pierre Picou
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
PICOU Henri Pierre (1824-1895)
Nymphs Dancing
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1881 low left
Old frame regilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 62 X 82 cm
Dim frame : 80 X 100 cm
PICOU Henri Pierre (1824-1895)
French Painter 19th century
Born on February 27th, 1824 in Nantes - Died on July 17th, 1895 in Nantes
Painter of History, allegorical subjects, genre paintings, Symbolist.
Pupil of Paul Delaroche...
Category
1880s Academic Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
China - 21st Century, Flag, Red, Pink, White, Great Wall of China, Pagoda
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
China, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed, front right middle)
14.96 H x 18.11 W in.
38 H x 46 W cm.
The contemporary society is seen as an "extra-wrapped" society by the artist Mihai Flore...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Oil Painting by Prof. Carl Leopold Voss. "Becoming and passing away"
Located in Berlin, DE
Exceptionally decorative painting by Professor Carl Leopold Voss.
The painting shows the bitter truth of youth and life.
Including various old docum...
Category
19th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girls by the Sea - Mid 20th Century Nude Still Life Oil by Michael D'Aguilar
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Baron Michael D`Aguilar was born on May 15, 1922 in London to Spanish parents. He was brother of the artist Paul D`Aguilar. He spent much of his early life in Spain. He studied at...
Category
1950s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Élégante dans un Parc.
Located in PARIS, FR
Very unique composition. The presence of an Architecture brings up a valuable interest to the overall scene.
Painter: Sézille des Essarts
Pays : France
Style : French School
Period ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting of a Minotaur, Original Oil Canvas by Cuban Artist
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil Painting of a Minotaur.
Bright Blue painting by Cuban Artist Jesus Nordarse.
Oil on Canvas. 11 x 8 inches.
THE MAN: Jesús Nodarse Valdés w...
Category
2010s Renaissance Nude Paintings
Materials
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.