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Nude Paintings For Sale
Lord of the Center - Original Artwork of Highly Detailed Symbolic, Surreal Scene
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting, like each of the paintings in the Purple Dawn series, is based on an earlier work that was lost or destroyed in the course of time. Feeling that I wanted to finish wha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
"Yellow odalisque" cm. 15 x 10 1925
Located in Torino, IT
odalisque, yellow, orient
Giulio DA MILANO (Nizza, 1895 - Torino, 1990)
Giulio Da Milano was a Giacomo Grosso's disciple and he was very close to the artists that used to patronize...
Category
1920s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,852 Sale Price
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Surreal Nude Oil Painting with Wooden Frame "New Man Alone 1"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique and vivid oil painting on on board with an integrated wooden frame.
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Enamel
$5,400
Two Nudes
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Sir Terence Frost RA (1915-2003) was a British abstract artist, born in Warwickshire, who worked in Cornwall. Frost became a leading figure of abstract art and attended St Ives Schoo...
Category
20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Adam and Eve, Large Surrealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Russ Warren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Russ Warren, American (1951 - )
Title: Adam and Eve
Year: 1980
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 56 x 49 in. (142.24 x 124.46 cm)
Category
1980s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$6,000 Sale Price
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Modern Figurative Painting, "Dance Like Nobody's Watching"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original figurative oil painting on canvas by Stephanie Clair. It is framed as pictured. Its dimensions are 31"x43". A certificate of authenticity will follow...
Category
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Norman Baasch "Blue Nude" Original Acrylic on Canvas C.2012
Located in San Francisco, CA
Norman Baasch "Blue Nude" Original Acrylic on Canvas C.2012
Original acrylic on canvas
Canvas dimensions 30" wide x 24" high
The frame measures 38" wide x 32" high
Signed and dat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
At The Painting School - Charcoal on Paper Red Grey Color
Located in Sofia, BG
"At the painting school" by the impressionist Alexandr Reznichenko.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: charcoal on paper
STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
T...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
" Orange Nude "Oil cm. 25 x 60 1952
Located in Torino, IT
Italy,Italian Painter,Women,Nude,Orange,Red ,1952
Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989)
From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical a...
Category
1950s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,565 Sale Price
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Return of the Goddess - Original Painting of Surreal, Symbolic Goddess Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
As is generally the case with my paintings, this work proceeded from a place of unknowing. The specificity of imagery and technique belie the non-specific character of the ideas and narratives presented. The imagery is not tied to any pre-existent source (textual or other). It is not preconceived by the artist, rather it is produced spontaneously in the process of painting. That said, it seems both easy and sensible to connect the imagery in this painting to common cultural material, especially that from very ancient sources. The central figure is very much like a totemic Neolithic goddess- the sort of which seem to be among the most ancient artistic works, examples are extant from eras stretching back tens of thousands of years. A lot has been written about figures of that kind but of course no one can reasonably claim to truly understand them. Here the great goddess appears with wings and entwined serpents. Crowned also with a glowing orb she has become an emblem of a matristic hermetica. The smaller figure may be less evidently archetypical. She is a younger goddess, a daughter like Persephone to Demeter. She lifts the breasts of her mother signifying perhaps how the presence of the child evokes the nurturing qualities of the mother or how Persephone’s seasonal ascent from the underworld awakens in her mother the impulse to again give life to the world. The cluster of gynomorphic figures contained by the crescent moon at the center of the painting refer to the balanced transformations of the lunar cycle and their mysteriously harmonic physical manifestation in the vital cycles of a woman’s body. At their axis is the cycloptical abdomen of the figure enthroned on the moon. The entire totem rises from a terrestrial gateway into an open landscape. In the background megaliths obscure the horizon. They represent a first boundary in time- the beginning of history. Below is the gateway, the opening to an inner earth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Nude portrait of Marie-Henriette Mus, the wife of the artist.
Located in Oostende, BE
Oil on canvas painting of Marie-Henriette Mus (1927), the wife of the artist Cornelis Leegenhoek (1903-1971). Leegenhoek was a Master Restorer at the Bruges Museums.
Category
1920s Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alberto Standing 1 Judith Brenner, Sketch Painting, Original Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Alberto Standing 1
Original Figurative Painting
Mixed Media on Paper
Size: H 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an ind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Aesthetic Movement Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
“Woman with Rose” Lily Harmon, Female American Modernism Mid-century
By Lily Harmon
Located in New York, NY
Lily Harmon (1912 - 1998)
Woman with Rose
Ink and gouache on board
23 x 19 inches
Lily Harmon, was an artist who worked in portraiture, assemblage and book illustration, and whose ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Board
Sisters' Embrace, Happiness Series: Journey to Inner Peace original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the "Happiness Series: Journey to Inner Peace", the painting, which captivates with its depth, reflects the essence of exploring happiness and joy in unpredictable times. This can...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
I miss you. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
I miss you. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm
Act
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
$456 Sale Price
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1980s 'Zeus, Venus & Hera' Semi-Abstract Oil Painting, Mythological Figural Art
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating 1982 oil painting titled 'Zeus, Venus, and Hera' is a stunning example of semi-abstract figurative art by Edward Marecak (1919-1993), a prominent Denver modernist ar...
Category
1980s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Conversations in a Dream
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric.
Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Generations of Love, original artwork by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the latest addition to the "The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness," the artist presents a captivating portrayal of love and generations. At the heart of the canvas, a mothe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Nude with Oil on Linen Canvas, Original Painting, Nude, Female
Located in Deddington, GB
Blue Nude by Gabrielle Moulding [2020]
This painting was completed in my studio from drawings and watercolours of the model. I love drawing and painting from life to capture a mood ...
Category
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Fire and Ice, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Fire and Ice" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts several nude women with horns with the fleshy tones of one figure's face fading into blue in this c...
Category
2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Woman Bathing', Chouinard, Yale, ASL, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, GGIE
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Palmer Schoppe' (American, 1912-2001) and dated 1966.
Displayed in a gilt frame with a water-gilded, silver gilt frame.
Framed dimensions: 27 H x 1.25 D x 23 W i...
Category
1960s Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On the red. 1992. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the red. 1992. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm
Woman on the red with fruits
In 1965 graduated from J. Rozentals Art High School, in 1971 graduated from the Painting Department of the Art Academy of Latvia (diploma thesis supervisor Indulis Zariņš). He has participated in exhibitions since 1970, organized about 20 solo exhibitions, and was a teacher. J. Rozentals Art High School, worked in various painting genres, created monumental wall paintings...
Category
1990s Fauvist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,662 Sale Price
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Nude Woman, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Yellow, Black by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Ashit Sarkar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ashit Sarkar - Untitled - 15 x 12 inches (unframed)
Acrylic on Canvas
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style : Women have a special place in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Justin McCarthy Nude Painting, Outsider Artist
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Justin McCarthy (American, 1891-1977)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Materials: board/panel
Dimensions (H, W, D): 24"h, 18"w
Additional Info...
Category
20th Century Outsider Art Nude Paintings
Materials
Paint, Board
Women Bathing, Nude, Watercolor on Rice Paper, Green, Grey, Browncolor"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kartick Chandra Pyne - Untitled - 18 x 29 inches (unframed size)
Watercolor on Rice paper
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style : After g...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rice Paper, Paper
"Stretched back" nude acrylic paint on bristol paper 65x49cm
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
"Fascination" abstract acrylic paint on bristol paper linen panel 54x81cm 2014
The title is enough on its own… tonic color chords.
Category
2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,236 Sale Price
20% Off
Blue Rider Series #27
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric.
Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
I'm sowing seeds, original artwork by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
Welcome to my online gallery, where you can explore my new series of paintings - "The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness."
In this series of artworks, I delve into the theme o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red-haired girl, "Gardens of Resilience" series original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Gardens of Resilience: Cultivating Hope
There is a literary saying: "For Ukrainians, the heart is in children, the soul is in songs, and life is in gardens."
The "Gardens of Resilien...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tell me more. 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
$375 Sale Price
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Sisters in Bloom, Gardens of Resilience by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Sisters in Bloom" is a poignant portrayal that delves into the profound bond shared between siblings amidst the vibrant tapestry of nature. As part of the 'Gardens of Resilience' se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$820 Sale Price
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EVA'S LILIES by Vasili Zianko, author's volume-contour technique
Located in Zofingen, AG
This art-work the part of project "Another skin".
The paint is made in the author's technique of painting by Vasili Zianko based acrylic painting on canvas using a variety of textures, washes, the finest glazing, volumetric contours.
The Lily flower is a symbol of the purity, royalty, pride and nobility. Jewish legend says that a Lily flower grew in paradise during the Eve's temptation by the devil and could be defiled, but no dirty hand...
Category
2010s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Nude in Ivory and Coral', Large Mid-Century Expressionist Figural Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Sears" for Richard Sears (American, 1924-2013) and dated 1960.
A substantial, Expressionist style figural oil showing a partially-draped woman seated at a dressi...
Category
1960s Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
TEARS OF SIHUACOATL by Vasili Zianko, author's volume-contour technique
Located in Zofingen, AG
The paint is made in the author's technique of painting by Vasili Zianko based acrylic painting on canvas using a variety of textures, washes, the finest glazing, volumetric contours...
Category
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nude Woman, Acrylic on Paper, Yellow, Brown, White by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Ashit Sarkar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ashit Sarkar - Untitled - 15 x 12 inches (unframed)
23 x 20 inches (framed)
Acrylic on Paper
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style : Women...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Once Upon a Moonlit Night
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I sought to capture the fluidity of motion and the vibrant interplay of color. The moon's gentle glow and the tranquil background set a scene of serene introspection, ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Linen, Acrylic
Mavka and the Woodland Fairy: Enchanted Garden, "Gardens of Resilience" series
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting from the "Gardens of Freedom" series, a woodland garden unfolds before the viewer's eyes. Through the foliage, the face of Mavka emerges, with a fairy seated on her...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Smile
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Artist: Vadym Mykhalchuk
Title: Smile
Year: 2017
Style: Pop Art
Materails: Oil on canvas
Height: 100 cm
Width: 80 cm
Category
2010s Pop Art Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Surreal Erotic Composition Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist surreal painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed. Image size 20L x 24H. Framing is available.
Category
1990s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,871 Sale Price
25% Off
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
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Nude, Figural, Watercolor and Gouache, Catalogued Rodin's Studio
By Odilon Roche
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Odilon Roche was born in Chateauneuf-sur-Loire in 1868. He was a professional wine taster who traveled around Europe attending wine fairs. In 1902 he opened a shop selling artists'...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Seated 1974. Oil on canvas, 100x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Seated
1974. Oil on canvas, 100x60 cm
The central focus of the artwork is a nude woman seated in a relaxed position. The artist's portrayal captures the beauty and form of the fema...
Category
1970s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,033 Sale Price
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Nina with iMac Snow, Female Dancer Stretching on Chair with Bended Knee
Located in Chicago, IL
The classically posed dancer is juxtaposed against the iMac computer in Andrew Conklin's painting entitled "Nina with iMac Snow". While the computer is a technological marvel, it ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
At night. Paper, mixed media, 14.5x8 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At night. Paper, mixed media, 14.5x8 cm
watercolor, ink on paper.
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his...
Category
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$456 Sale Price
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"Red Odalisque" oil cm. 17 x 12 1947 Offer Free Shipping
Located in Torino, IT
red, odalisque,orange,yellow
Giulio DA MILANO (Nizza, 1895 - Torino, 1990)
Giulio Da Milano was a Giacomo Grosso's disciple and he was very close to the artists that used to patronize La Coupole de Montparnasse (from Kisling to Pascin, from Derain to Vlaminck). He is considered one of most representative exponents of the Turin’s artistic scene in the ‘30s-‘40s, close to the Gruppo dei Sei. His works can be found in the following museums:
Turin, Modern Art Gallery...
Category
1940s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel
$2,852 Sale Price
20% Off
Emancipation Mixed media on paper, 19.5x33 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Emancipation
Mixed media on paper, 19,5x33 cm
"Emancipation" is a surreal and figurative mixed media artwork created on paper. The surreal nature of the composition invites viewers...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$456 Sale Price
20% Off
#2209D, Original Figurative Painting, Black and White Nude Painting, Still Life
Located in Deddington, GB
#2209D is an original minimalist style drawing by artist David Jones. In this contemporary life drawings David Jones used a drawing techniques central to his practise which involved meditative drawing, helping to create the clean lines and considered compositions.
David Jones, artist draws Matisse style life drawings. David Jones art is represented by Wychwood Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Nude Woman - Painting, Oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Maite Delteil
1933
Nude Woman, 2005
Oil on canvas
40.6 x 30.5 cm
16 x 12 in
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eclipse, Melancholy serie
Located in Zofingen, AG
The edges are painted
This piece of art weaves together images of a temporary dimming of consciousness, where an individual is immersed in a whirlpool of personal experiences, preju...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
10-11-9 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Nude Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$17,604 Sale Price
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"Donna con calze Rosse" Olio su cartone cm. 50 x 70 1984
Located in Torino, IT
Figura femminile con calze rosse
Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989)
From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressive resu...
Category
1980s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Morphosis II underwater painting , blue painting , sea painting, people painting
By Bill Bate
Located in Deddington, GB
'Morphosis II' has been painted by the artist, Bill Bate, using oil paint on canvas.
This painting started out as a single figure but has been heavily reworked evolving into a scen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
First wedding morning
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"Happy is he who can love his wife like a mistress, and unhappy is he who allows his mistress to love him like a husband."
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman, Nude, Acrylic on Canvas, Brown, Red, Yellow by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Ashit Sarkar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ashit Sarkar - Untitled - 12 x 10 inches (unframed)
Proposed Frame size: 3-4" Wooden Frame: 20 x 18 inches (framed)
Acrylic on Canvas
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style : W...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Red Ophelia, colorful abstract female nude
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An expressionist figurative oil painting integrating abstracted form and color. The title suggests the classic Shakespearean character from Hamlet and the symbolism of beauty, madnes...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed, Watercolor on Paper. Framed Painting - Figurations 359.007
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Figurations 359.007 - Signed, Watercolor on Paper, Framed Painting
Linda Stein's Figurations series are early paintings she made in the 1970s. They
show the artist's p...
Category
1970s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Enchantment of the Mythic Steed Myths Serie original art by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Enchantment of the Mythic Steed" is the latest painting in my "Myths" series, where the spiritual and the terrestrial intertwine. This piece encapsulates the essence of my artistic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Echoes of the Forest , Myths Series original painting by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
In "Echoes of the Forest," the latest painting from my "Myths" series, I explore the symbiotic relationship between the mystical and the natural wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blair Hughes-Stanton 'Reclining Nude' abstract oil painting British Surrealism
Located in London, GB
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Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981)
Reclining Nude, c. 1936
Tempera on canvas
76.5 x 102 cm
Signed lower right 'Blair H S'.
Provenance: The estate of the artist.
A magnificent abstract nude rendered in a dynamic colour palette. This is probably Hughes-Stanton's most important work, and belongs to the nation's great, if brief, period of British Surrealism. The three major elements are distinct: the pastel tones of the window view and wall, the sensual curvatures of the pale nude, and the bold foreground featuring a fantastically accomplished still life of a fruit bowl (which could be a painting in and of itself) and the impressively phallic chair back. This is a brilliant example of erotic modernist abstraction.
Blair Hughes-Stanton, son of the artist Sir Herbert Hughes-Stanton, was a noted British artist of the interwar period. At the age of 13 he joined the Royal Navy training ship HMS Coway, but at 19 - advised by his father - he abandoned the sea for his paintbox. He studied art at Byam Shaw School (1919-1922) where he was influenced by Leon Underwood (who was a major influence throughout his studying), Royal Academy Schools (1922-23), and Leon Underwood's School (1923-25). He was celebrated mostly for his skills as an engraver, and was a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society when it was established in 1925. His first wife was the printmaker Gertrude Hermes...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera
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.