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Dawn. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dawn. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm
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Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
The Naiad and the Swan - Painting 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Albert Auguste FOURIE (1854-1937)
The Naiad And The Swan
Oil on Wood signed low left
New golden and invory stick frame
Dim wood panel : 35 X 27 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950s "Pink Lady" Mid Century Gouache Female Nude Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper
Pink Lady
c. 1940-1950's
Gouache on Paper
15" x 18", Unframed $1000
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks.
From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Carlos Alpizar "Mujer Enamor" Original Surreal Oil Painting C.2000
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carlos Alpizar "Mujer Enamor" Original Surreal Oil Painting C.2000
Woman in Love
Original oil on canvas. Signed lower right.
Canvas dimensions 46.5" wide x 38.5" high
The frame m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
FRANCISCO PICON (1934-2016) SIGNED LARGE SYMBOLIST OIL - NUDES SUNBATHING BEACH
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Francisco Picon (1934-2016), signed
Title: 'Sur la Plage'
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed
Size: frame: 20.25 x 26.25 inches
painting: 19.7...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lemmy Gonthier - Body 7
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Lemmy Gonthier - Body 7
Acrylic
Numbered and signed lower right of the work
Dimensions: 70 x 50
Circa 2014
The human body is at the center of Lemmy's work. His taste for large forma...
Category
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Abstract Expressionist Female Nude
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique expressionist nude figure by Michael Eggleston (American, 20th Century). From a collection of his works. Unframed. Measures 40"H x 30"W.
Eggleston is a San Francisco Abstract...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
LARGE FRENCH MODERNIST OIL - NUDE LADY SEATED MODELLING FOR ARTIST
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Serge Mallet (French contemporary), labelled verso.
Title: The Artists Model
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: painting: 28.75 x 21.25 inches
Prov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950s "Backside" Mid Century Figurative Nude Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper
Backside
c. 1950's
Gouache on Paper
15" x 18" Unframed
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks.
From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann.
San Francisco Abstract Expression
A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency.
Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Dolls - Original Oil Painting 48" x 36"
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The painting is a reflection on a philosophical idea of not always having control over one’s life. The two halves of the painting suggest that the reality of what is happening may be an illusion, and the puppet master is someone else entirely. The nakedness of the woman and the elaborate costume of the jester make us wonder at which is more powerful. Dolls are an excellent decoration that can captivate the curiosity of the viewer.
The painting is signed on the back and on the front.
The painting is framed.
Framed dimensions: 54" x 42" x 2"
Unframed dimensions: 48" x 36" x 1.5”
Sergiy Andreyev...
Category
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Emerging, Bill Bate, Original Figurative Painting, Nude Portraiture, Affordable
By Bill Bate
Located in Deddington, GB
Bill Bate
Emerging
Original Figurative Painting
Oil Paint on Canvas
Canvas Size: H 60cm x W 30cm x D 2cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diva. 2018. Paper, mixed media, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By using mixed media and expressive sketching techniques the artist Maris Abilevs manages to convey the atmosphere of intimacy, eroticism and arousal
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen, Stencil
In work/Four figures. Double-sided, cardboard, tempera, 56x47 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In work/Four figures. Double-sided, cardboard, tempera, 56x47 cm
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator.
Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family.
Vladimir Glushenkov...
Category
1970s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard, Tempera
ROBERT BOUILLE (1926-2021) LARGE FRENCH OIL - CLASSICAL NUDE IN PROVENCE WINDOW
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Robert Bouille (French 1926-2021), studio stamp verso
This artist of Var origin studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the scu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sunbathing on the Grass, Acrylic on Canvas by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Sunbathing on the Grass - 58 x 43 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas
UNFRAMED ALL IN DELIVERED PRICE
Style : Legendary master artist Lt. Prokash Karmakar fr...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mythological IV (Two Blems) - Contemporary Art, Yellow, White, Nude, Summer
Located in Berlin, DE
Mythological IV (Two Blems), 2016
Acrylic marker on canvas sheet (signed and dated front right corner)
23 5/8 H x 17 3/4 W in.
60 H x 45 W cm
(reproduced at page 43, in the catalogue...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Lemmy Gonthier - "Face"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Lemmy Gonthier - Face - Circa 2014
Acrylic
Numbered and signed lower right of the work
Dimensions: 70 x 50
The human body is at the center of Lemmy's work. His taste for large forma...
Category
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Nymphets. 2018. Paper, mixed media, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By using mixed media and expressive sketching techniques the artist Maris Abilevs manages to convey the atmosphere of intimacy, eroticism and arousal
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen, Stencil
Mythological VI (Panot and Blem) - Contemporary Art, Blue, Green, Nude, Pink
Located in Berlin, DE
Mythological VI (Panot and Blem), 2016
Acrylic marker on canvas sheet (signed and dated front left corner)
23 5/8 H x 17 3/4 W in.
60 H x 45 W cm
(reproduced at page 43, in the catal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Large French Post Impressionist painting of a nude in dappled summer sun
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A large and serene painting of a lady posing elegantly by the riverbank in dappled summer sun. William Malherbe was a master in Post Impressionist painting and sold much of his work...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Angels. Oil on wood 60X80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Angels. Oil on wood 60X80 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creating his works.
When Vadim was five...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
'Charlotte with Carnations', Paris, Royal Academy of Art, Denmark, Copenhagen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Accompanied by 1979 exhibition label signed, 'Kleno' for Evgenij Klenø (Dutch, 1921-2005) and titled, verso, 'Charlotte'; additionally titled, verso, on ...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Daisy Daydream, 2021, female figure, flower, plant, earth tones, brown, pastels
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Female figure, seated, floral pattern; acrylic ink, flashe and pastel on 300g Arches hot press paper; custom frame, shallow shadow box frame. Mustard yellow flower with pastel colors...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Wood, Acrylic, Archival Paper
CLAUDE LAGOUCHE (1943-2020) ORIGINAL 1960s FRENCH CHARCOAL DRAWING - NUDE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Goddess of Fertility, 1960s Semi Abstract, Nudes, Flowers, Red Blue Yellow Green
Located in Denver, CO
Goddess of Fertility, vintage 1960s original oil painting by Edward Marecak (1919-1993), semi abstract with somewhat cubist nude female and male figure in an interior scene with flow...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer 2 - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, secur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mythological V (Blem) - 21st Century, Nude, Yellow, Green, Nature, Myth
Located in Berlin, DE
Mythological V (Blem), 2016
Acrylic marker on canvas sheet (signed and dated front left corner)
23 5/8 H x 17 3/4 W in.
60 H x 45 W cm
(reproduced at page 43, in the catalogue 'Mythi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Sweetie One
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original oil painting on wood plaque by Lauren Rinaldi measuring 9.5"h x 5"w.
Lauren Rinaldi works using unbiased portraits of women’s bodies as a vehicle to explore ideas about b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Don Hemming - 2016 Oil, Nude Reclining on a Bed
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking contemporary nude study with graphite detail. Signed on the reverse.On canvas on stretchers.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Venus Retrieved from the Hands of Death, Surrealist, Nudes, 1959, Oil on Canvas
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Venus Retrieved from the Hands of Death" by Philadelphia born modernist painter Leon Kelly, is a fantasy nude group scene of one female and two male figures. The 49" x 36" oil on ca...
Category
1950s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
' Young Women & Birds' Nude Contemporary Figurative Oil/Canvas 38"x 38"
Located in Carmel, CA
Betsy - 'Self portrait with birds" oil on canvas 38"x 38', oil on canvas. 2021
Some of Betsy's paintings were printed on apparel at Marni 2019 Milan Fashion Show.
THE NEW YORK TIM...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study Of A Male, Possibly as St Sebastian, 16th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Study Of A Male, Possibly as St Sebastian, 16th Century
Early Italian School Oil On Panel
Fine 16th Century Italian School Old Master portr...
Category
16th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Brumes Veil
Located in Denver, CO
Brumes Veil
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Expansion of Consciousness. 2018, oil on canvas, 160x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Expansion of Consciousness. 2018, oil on canvas, 160x100cm
Agate Apkalne.
Born in Riga, 1977
Education:
2005 – MA in arts, Art Academy of Latvia
1998 ...
Category
2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage "Adam and Eve" Original Oil Painting by Sam C.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage "Adam and Eve" Original Oil Painting by Sam C.1970
Original oil painting on canvas board
Canvas board dimensions 30" wide x 40" high
The painting is housed in a rabbet and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lemmy Gonthier - Body 2
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Lemmy Gonthier - Body 2
Acrylic
Numbered and signed lower right of the work
Dimensions: 77 x 68
The human body is at the center of Lemmy's work. His taste for large formats requires...
Category
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Cerberus 4 - Contemporary Art, Nude, Dog, Flower, Male, Figurative Painting
Located in Berlin, DE
Cerberus 4, 2021
Acrylic on canvas (Signed and dated lower right corner)
49 7/32 H x 82 43/64 W in.
125 H x 210 W cm
(reproduced at page 139, in the catalogue 'Mythical Flesh' by Mark Gisbourne, Diana Dochia -
Printed and published by Kerber Verlag, 2021, Germany)
One of the twelve labours of Hercules...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
‘The Bathers’ Figurative Young Men Nude Ashcan School Artists Movement O/C
Located in Carmel, CA
Bernard Krigstein (March 22, 1919 – January 8, 1990) was an American illustrator and Ashscan school painter who received acclaim for his innovative a...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Modern Reclining Nude Female Figure
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant nude by Spanish artist Diaz Cruz (Spanish, 20th Century). This modernist figurative depicts a reclining nude woman from behind. The figure resides in an abstracted minimalist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
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
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘Seated Young Man’ Figurative Nude Male Model Mixed Media by Shana Wilson
By Shana Wilson
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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. Signed and ...
Category
1940s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, India Ink
Untitled (Nude in front of light house, Lake Erie)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Nude in front of light house, Lake Erie)
Oil on board, 1970
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Estate Stamp verso, No. 359 (see photo)
Condition: Original untouched "...
Category
1970s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"A Dream" Oil Painting
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "A Dream" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female figure in a Contrapposto posture turned away from the viewer and clutching her arms...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Rose
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Figurative painting from the artist's "Figures with Edges" series. This painting is featured in the book, Figures with Edges, pg 1. Acrylic paitning is 10 3/8 x 9 7/8. Professionally...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Untitled portrait, 2016
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Nude with Wineglass - Mid Century Bay Area Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial period Berkeley School figurative study of a woman with a wineglass by listed Berkeley artist Marjorie Cathcart (American, 1918 - 2014). Ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Love hate. 2006, mixed media, canvas, 120x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Love hate. 2006, oil on canvas, 120x100 cm
Erotic portrait of two women on pink background in BDSM style. Stencil art
Kristians Brekte (1981)
Educati...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Rococo Painting, The Brunette Odalisque, Nude Woman, Studio of Francois Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in Greven, DE
A voluptuous woman lies prone on a divan, bearing her backside and turning her head flirtatiously to the viewer, though averting her eyes slightly, as if to maintain a coy demeanor. Surrounded by lush fabrics of deep blues, the creamy tones of her skin and dressing gown are thrown in sharp contrast, making the figure glow luminously. The whole painting is ordered by folds - of flesh, of fabric, of cushions, of the rug - inviting the viewer's eye to look closely across the topography of the canvas.
One of Boucher's cabinet paintings (that is, paintings made for private collectors rather than official exhibition at the Salon), the open eroticism of this work invites a voyeuristic gaze. Although it was created for a private audience, it was later displayed at the Salon of 1767, where the critic Denis Diderot found it shocking and lascivious. Nonetheless, Boucher would later paint another iteration of this reclining pose, this time using Marie-Louise O'Murphy, a favorite mistress of King Louis XV, as his model, suggesting that the provocative composition was a stock figure for Boucher's private commissions.
"The Brunette Odalisque" (French: L'Odalisque or l'Odalisque brune) is a painting of c. 1745 by François Boucher, now in the Louvre in Paris. He later produced two other works in the odalisque genre, both known as "The Blonde Odalisque".
The present painting is another version of Bouchers painting which differs in minor details. The quality of the paint is very fine and the whole technique and style allows a dating to c. 1750. As Boucher's Painting was very famous there were several copies and versions which were made by his studio. The present painting can be attributed to the close circle of Boucher.
The Painting is framed in a golden frame which was built in the Rococo style in c. 1990.
Both the title of Boucher's painting and the objects found in the interior fix the subject as an odalisque, a concubine within the harem of the Ottoman sultan. The sumptuous textiles and exotic, decorative objects suggest early traces of Orientalism, although the figure appears European. Odalisque paintings...
Category
18th Century Rococo Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Swedish Art Deco Figurative Painting)
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Deco oil painting on canvas was realized in Sweden, circa 1945. It presents a stylized nude man crouching against a sea of abstract forms in tones of forest green, m...
Category
1940s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid 20th Century British Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superbly colorful mid-20th century British Impressionist oil painting on canvas, depicting this reclining nude lady. Painted with thick oil and w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Large 18' Century French Oil Paintings after Francois Boucher
By François Boucher
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing works of the genre scene, dates to the late 18th century. After the famous French artist Francois Boucher, who was the court painter to King Louis XV.
It is in its origina...
Category
18th Century Rococo Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Full moon. 2018. Paper, mixed media, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By using mixed media and expressive sketching techniques the artist Maris Abilevs manages to convey the atmosphere of intimacy, eroticism and arousal
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen, Stencil
"Expose" Oil Painting
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Expose" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female figure kneeling in a little black dress, clutching her arms to her body, as grey and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
His and Her's - Expressionist Figurative Painting of an African American Couple
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's His and Her's is a 40 x 36 inches oil painting representing an African American young couple. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant based pigments that Jaru collects himself during his long exploratory trips through India. Parris was born in NY and grew up in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, until he was ten years old. Partly Jamaican and Blackfoot Indian...
Category
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil, Pigment
Asleep. Contemporary Mixed Media on paper
By Angela Lyle
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
Four Oval Shaped 19' Century Allegorical Paintings
Located in Rome, IT
Set of four delicious putto figures , oval shape oil on canvas .
Fine tromple oeil painted frame .
Very good original condition.
Category
19th Century 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.
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