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Nude Paintings For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Photorealist
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 25 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good,...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 17 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall very goo...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 25 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good,...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 25.5 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 26 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light mar...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Dionysus: Bringer of Love" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Dionysus: Bringer of Love" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 29 in H x 21 in W.
About the Artist:
...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl friends 2010, cardboard, author's technique, 31x21.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Girl friends
2010, cardboard, author's technique, 31x21.5 cm
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Antonia" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Antonia" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 30 in H x 38 in W.
About th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fragility of Fate, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Fragility of Fate" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 38.5 in H x 42.5 in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
double sided
size: 18 x 25 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model (lady in stockings and suspenders)
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
double sided
oil painting on card, unframed
si...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Blood Orange, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Garuda" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 38.5 in H x 42.5 in W.
About the Artist:
For as long as ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Lenaia" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Lenaia" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 21 in H x 29 in W.
About the Artist:
For as long as I ca...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude Woman, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2022
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Nude Wo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Solitary Confinement, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Diego Glazer's "Solitary Confinement" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang. The framed measurements are 22 in H x 26 in W.
About the Artist:
For a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Nude with Swan Circular Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Leda" Circular Oil on Canvas Figurative Nude with Swan
Detailed painting of Nude and Swan by Jose Garcia Arroyo. Jose is form Northwestern Mexico and sett...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Portrait of a Nude Lady reclining
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 26 inches
condition: overall very good,...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Portrait of an African American Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figure study of an African American man by American Impressionist artist Genevieve Rogers. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, 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...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Nude Sitting" Large oil painting on canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude Sitting" is a large oil painting on canvas by noted German/American artist Norbert Schlaus, 1927-2009. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The siz...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two dancers. Cardboard, oil, 34x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Two dancers
Cardboard, oil, 34x23 cm
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Alberto Standing 3, Original Figurative Painting, Bright Nude Life Drawing Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
Alberto Standing 3 is a contemporary nude painting by Judith Brenner. This is an orig...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper, Pastel, Ink
"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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Nereides 1
Located in Spetses, GR
Hatzi uses the linen canvas to create incredible underwater effects, showing vibrant reflections of light glistening through the water and on human skin, he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure with Red Robe
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking mid century figurative oil painting of a seated nude woman posing in a long lavish red robe by Northern California artist Genevieve Rogers (America...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Oil
The Bather by Childe Hassam
Located in New Orleans, LA
Childe Hassam
1859-1935 American
The Bather
Signed and dated “Childe Hassam” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Considered by many to be America’s foremost Impressionist painter, Childe Hassam composed his tranquil and intimate oil on canvas The Bather in the early years of the 20th century. The creation of the artwork aligns with a period of Hassam’s career where the artist’s palette was transforming, matching ever closer with the pale and pastel hues of French Impressionists like Claude Monet. Even the subject — a nude woman — represents a greater alignment with the Impressionist project, as artists of the movement and their non-mythological and non-biblical nudes still generated cries of indecency. With Hassam’s signature brushwork and attention to color, The Bather serves as a dream-like vision, serene and sensuous, of a young woman bathing in a lush forest.
While the artist's skill for landscape painting is on display, it is Hassam's command of form, light and color that brings this canvas to life. He creates a captivating composition, placing the nude subject in the bottom left of the canvas. The soft, undulating curves of the woman's body in contrapposto and the glow of her fair skin are balanced by the strong verticals and deep earth tones of the tall trees to her right. Hassam delicately frames the nude in the vivid blues of the distant water, building luminous color that further draws the viewer’s eye and results in a somewhat voyeuristic appeal — endowing his nude with both a natural innocence and an intentional sensuality.
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Childe Hassam began his artistic career as a freelance illustrator, working for national publications such as Harper’s Weekly, Scribner’s Monthly, and The Century. His first solo exhibition of watercolors took place in Boston in 1883, and he quickly catapulted onto the international scene, winning a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. The year before the present work was created, he received the Webb Prize from the Society of American Artists for another landscape painted at Gloucester. Hassam would receive numerous other awards throughout his career, most notably the Gold Medal for Distinguished Services to Fine Art from the American Dealers Association. A true master, Hassam depicted a way of life characteristic of both American and French society, and his work elucidates a critical chapter in American art history. Today, his work resides in the Oval Office of the White House and in numerous important museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, among others.
This painting will be included in Stuart P. Feld's and Kathleen M. Burnside's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
Circa 1905
Canvas: 24 1/2“ high x 20 18” wide
Frame: 35 7/8“ high x 31 1/4” wide x 3 1/4“ deep
Provenance:
Private Collection of William Young...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Female Nude Figure, Sea Cliff Beach
Located in Soquel, CA
Female nude figure at the beach by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Jon Blanchette" verso. Image size, 24"H x 18"W.
Jon Blan...
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1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Green Landscape with Dreamlike Nude Figure at waters edge 'Before Bathing'
By Georg Eduard Otto Saal
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
A German painter from Baden, he was a student of J W Schirmer in Dusseldorf and Baden Court.
Oil on Panel
Signed and Dated 1865
Provenance: Private Collection, Austria
Category
17th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
NUDE, VENICE STUDIO ITALY..Peter Kuhfeld contemporary British artist b 1952
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Peter Kuhfeld (born 4 March 1952) is an English figurative painter. He was born in Cheltenham and is married to the English figurative painter Cathryn Kuhfeld, née Showan. They ha...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"A Summer Afternoon" Wilson Irvine, Old Lyme Connecticut, American Impressionism
Located in New York, NY
Wilson Irvine
A Summer Afternoon, circa 1915
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
25 x 30 inches
Provenance:
Gift of the artist, c. 1930
Private Collection, Iowa, c. 1930
By Descent, Private Collection Iowa
Private Collection, West Virginia, 2017
Exhibited:
Art Institute of Chicago, Special Exhibitions: Paintings by John W. Alexander, Wilson Irvine, Edward Redfield, Maurice Sterne, Sculpture by Chester Beach...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nereides 2
Located in Spetses, GR
Hatzi uses the linen canvas to create incredible underwater effects, showing vibrant reflections of light glistening through the water and on human skin, he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Nereides 3
Located in Spetses, GR
Hatzi uses the linen canvas to create incredible underwater effects, showing vibrant reflections of light glistening through the water and on human skin, he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Beautiful Maidens Nude Women Harem, Playboy Cartoon African American Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
E. Simms Campbel was the first major African American Illustrator. He did covers for Esquire Magazine starting in the 1930s.
He created the famous bulging-eyed Esquire Mascot “Esky.”
He also worked for The Chicagoan, Cosmopolitan, Ebony, The New Yorker, Playboy, Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, Pictorial Review, and Redbook.
This work, "What do you mean your wife doesn't understand you ---- I'm your wife!" is from Cuties Daily Comic Strip, June 18, 1950
He was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame in 2002.
His work demonstrates a deep and masterfully understanding of drawing figures and faces in an academic but stylized style.
"My pleasure, boys. Always glad to see a delegation from the States." From the Playboy Collection...
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1960s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Water Games
Located in Spetses, GR
Hatzi uses the linen canvas to create incredible underwater effects, showing vibrant reflections of light glistening through the water and on human skin, he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH DRAWING- Nude Lady Lying Down
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Drawing
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
pencil/charcoal drawing on paper
paper: 10.5 x 14.5 inches
Superb mid-century oil painting on board by the French artist...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH DRAWING- SIDE PROFILE OF A NUDE LADY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Drawing
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
pencil/charcoal drawing on paper
paper: 13 x 10 inches
Superb mid-century oil painting on board by the French artist, Ge...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH POST IMPRESSIONIST DRAWING- NUDE LADY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Drawing
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
pencil/charcoal drawing on paper
paper: 13 x 10 inches
Superb mid-century oil painting on board by the French artist, Ge...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH POST IMPRESSIONIST Drawing - NUDE LADY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Drawing
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
charcoal/ink drawing on tracing paper
paper: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
Superb mid-century oil painting on board by the French artist,...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
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Ink, Charcoal
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH POST IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING - NUDE LADY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
""
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
acrylic painting on artist paper
paper: 12.5 x 19.75 inches
Superb mid-century oil painting on board by the French artist, Geneviève Zo...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
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Acrylic
GENEVIEVE ZONDERVAN (1922-2013) FRENCH POST IMPRESSIONIST DRAWING- NUDE LADY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
""
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
pencil/charcoal drawing on paper
in a folded A3 paper with other drawings on
paper: 12.5 x 9 inches
Superb mid-century oil painting on ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Seated Nude Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Study of a nude woman on a stool by American Impressionist artist Genevieve Rogers. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Presented in a cre...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Oil
"Attitude in Diaphanous, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Attitude in Diaphanous" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman, within a dark interior, wearing a transparent white dress as she rests a hand o...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Portrait of a Nude Red Headed Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Walter Emerson Baum (1884-1956). Portrait of a Nude Red Headed Woman, ca. 1940. Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches; 24 x 28 inches framed. Signed lower r...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Electric Sea
Located in Spetses, GR
Hatzi uses the linen canvas to create incredible underwater effects, showing vibrant reflections of light glistening through the water and on human skin, he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Blue Symphony
Located in Spetses, GR
Hyperrealistic depiction of a dazzling woman surrounded by bright wildlife, creating a vivid blue symphony of expression. Exhibited in Art basel Miami, 2018. Oil painting, ready to h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nudity Figurative Nude Painting Oil Canvas Color White Yellow Pink Green
Located in Sofia, BG
"Nudity" is a figurative nude Painting by the impressionist Maestro Dmitriev Alexey Olegovich.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting
...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cynthia (with Cat) /// Modern James Roy Hopkins Pet Nude Figurative Grass Sun
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: James Roy Hopkins (American, 1877-1969)
Title: "Cynthia (with Cat)"
*Monogram signed and dated by Hopkins lower right
Year: 1937
Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Framing: Recently framed in an Art Nouveau gold gesso moulding
Framed size: 39.25" x 50.25"
Canvas size: 34" x 45"
Condition: In excellent condition. A large beautiful and well executed work.
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Chicago, IL.
Biography:
James Roy Hopkins (1877-1969) was born in the rural farming community of Irwin, Ohio in 1877. His mother, Nettie Hopkins, painted with watercolors recreationally and encouraged her son’s artistic interests. Though he shared his mother's love of art, Hopkins initially entered Ohio State University in 1896 to study electrical engineering. However, he soon left and briefly enrolled in the Columbus School of Art before going to the Art Academy of Cincinnati where he studied with Frank Duveneck. In 1900, Hopkins moved to New York City and worked as a medical textbook illustrator. Two years later he made the pilgrimage to the art center of the western world at the time, Paris, France.
While in Paris he improved his craft at the Académie Colarossi. Hopkins embraced Parisian life and socialized with and visited the studios of such great artists as Pierre...
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1930s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil, Gesso
Girl - Figurative Oil Painting Colors Blue Pale Grey Black White
By Ivan Roussev
Located in Sofia, BG
"Girl" is a nude figurative painting by the impressionist Ivan Roussev.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting
STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Weigh...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
MODELS in front of the MIRROR PETER KUHFELD CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ARTIST
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
Peter Kuhfeld (b. 1952)
Painted In the studio, Evening; ; Reclining nudes in front of a mirror signed 'Kuhfeld'' (upper right)
Provenance
with Petley Fine Art, London.
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
François Lafon (French, 1846-c.1920) Nude Female Portrait France Oil on Painting
By François Lafon
Located in Meinisberg, CH
François Lafon
(French, 1846-c.1920)
Draped nude Woman seated between Pillars with young Child
• Oil sketch on paper
• Visible image, ca. 35 x 22 cm
•...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Reclining Twilight Nude Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Dazzling reclining nude figurative in a dreamy, twilight setting with desert tones by Scottsdale, Arizona artist Thomas (Tom) P. Darro (American, b. 1946), circa 1990. Signed "T.P. Darro" lower right corner. Displayed in a carved wood frame, with linen liner and wood fillet. Image, 18"H x 36"W.
Raised in an artistically rich atmosphere, Tom Darro has spent his entire life in the world of the arts. His father, Peter Darro, is a renowned painter and sculptor. His mother, Ann Darro, was an opera singer with the Chicago Civic Opera. In addition, three of Tom's uncles served as art directors for various organizations.
Born in Chicago, Tom opted not to take an offered scholarship to the Chicago Art Institute and instead headed for New York City. While there, he began his education in the intricacies of the art world. Later, Tom took the opportunity to move to Los Angeles to concentrate on his art studies. For over two years he took private lessons from European trained painter Theodore Lukits at his studio and workshop. He then studied color theory under artist Christian Title...
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1990s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Figurative Study, Two Models with Drapes
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful modernist figure study of two nude models draped in colorful fabric by listed California artist Molly E. Brubaker (American, 1922-2000). Signed "Molly Brubaker" on lower ...
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1980s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Reclining Nude Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous oil-on-canvas of a reclining nude female figure by Monterey California-area artist Patricia Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016). Signed "Gillfillan" lower left. Unframed. Size,...
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1980s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Study of Morgan, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hollis Dunlap's (US based) "Study of Morgan" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman, face downturned, with her long dark hair trailing down her porcelain fig...
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2010s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
The Walk - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Sea, Beach View, Realism, Woman
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
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2010s Photorealist 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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