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Nude Paintings For Sale
Oil on Canvas Painting -- Living Room
By Gary Masline
Located in Troy, NY
Despite it's undramatic title, "Living Room", this oil painting is cloaked in mystery. A woman lies prostrate before a large brown fireplace in what appears to be a gesture of anguish. Her face is not revealed while the contours on the red wing chair...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
Illusion
By Nancee Clark
Located in New Orleans, LA
Nancee Clark grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, with its then lush forests, raw beaches, the St. Johns River and the perfumes of the paper mill and the Maxwell House Coffee plant...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Art Déco Painting, ca. 1910, oil on cardboard. Romantic love scene in the forest
Located in Berlin, DE
Painting, around 1910, oil on cardboard. Romantic love scene in the forest.
Signed, Gaston Bussiere.
With beautiful (original) Art Deco frame.
Frame has minimal damage in places.
Dimensions with frame 67cm x 86cm
This painting is offered here for the first time exclusively on 1stdibs!
From private, German estate.
Gaston Bussière (April 24, 1862 in Cuisery – October 29, 1928 or 1929 in Saulieu) was a French Symbolist painter and illustrator.
Bussière studied at l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before entering the école des beaux-arts de Paris where he studied under Alexandre Cabanel and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. In 1884, he won the Marie Bashkirtseff...
Category
1910s Symbolist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Cardboard
The Judgement of Paris
By Hans Orlowski
Located in West Hollywood, CA
"The Judgement of Paris", an allegorical oil painting by German artist Hans Otto Orlowski.
Painted in a quintesential style that incorporates elem...
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Rite of Spring 2 - Contemporary, Peacock, Orange, Blue, Nude, Figurative Art
Located in Berlin, DE
The Rite of Spring 2, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
82 43/64 H x 139 3/8 W in.
210 H x 354 W cm
The artist's reference on fundamental myths of humanity and their analysis from the perspect...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Tribute to Loie Fuller Semi Nude
By Louis Fabien
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Hommage a Loie Fuller (Tribute to Loie Fuller) Large Nude Woman in Pink
Size: 59x59 framed 71x71x2
Impressive large painting tribute to Loie Fuller she wa...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
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
Oil, Canvas
Serrenade
By Sacha Zaliouk
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A monumental watercolor on paper, painted in Paris by Russian artist Sacha Zaliouk.
Zaliouk moved to Paris in the early 1920's and became an artist and illustrator, becoming part ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Diana and the Stag
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Dea Io - Oil on Canvas by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Includes a contemporary wooden frame.
Very Good conditions.
Provenance: Galleria Pesaro, Milan
Antonio Feltrinelli
(Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942)
Antonio Feltrinelli was born in M...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Puppet With the Green Eyes Contemporary Surrealist Painting Ellen Steinfeld
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modern surreal oil painting by American artist Ellen Steinfeld titled, "Puppet with the Green Eyes"
Category
1980s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reflection (after The Turkish Room by Balthus)
By Vera Barnett
Located in Dallas, TX
Vera Barnett has taken on a range of themes in her works, producing series of paintings inspired by phobias, famous artworks (as in her series "Classical Plastique,") or most recentl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
State of Mind Robert Mapplethorpe model Ken Moody
Located in Delray Beach, FL
State of Mind Robert Mapplethorpe model Ken Moody
watercolor on paper 96x46 (artist collection)
Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Nude Woman
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hilo Chen, American (1942 - )
Title: MB 3
Year: 1987
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame Size: 30 x 42 inches
Category
1980s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Casual Nude Portrait, British Impressionist Oil Painting
By J.B. Holmes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Casual Nude Portrait, Oil Painting
By J.B.Holmes, British artist, 20th Century
Oil painting on board, unframed
Board size: 12x10 inches
Nude portrait of a lady sat in a casual man...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 1970s Parisian Nude Portrait Modernist Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
1970s Parisian Nude Portrait, Abstract, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Elisabeth Dujarric, b.1930-2005
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Signed, dated 1979 and titled by the artist verso
Canvas size: 36 x 36 inches
Elisabeth Dujarric de la Rivière...
Category
1970s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nudes in Flowers of Michel Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful figurative nude in bed of flowers of "Michel" by Berkeley artist Patricia Gren Hayes (American, 20th Century), circa 1990. Signed mid right and on verso. Unframed. Size: 29...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Female Body Art
Located in Houston, TX
Pronounced acrylic body art on paper featuring chest and face by American artist Kismine Varner, circa 1990. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper ...
Category
1990s Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Self Portrait as a Super Ancient Goddess - 21st Century, Yellow, Green, Human
Located in Berlin, DE
Self-Portrait as a Super Ancient Goddess, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
98 27/64 H x 82 43/64 in.
250 H x 210 W cm
The artist shapes his heroes and goddesses in over-sized auto-portraits,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cupids Playing Very Large Bacchanal Rococo Scene Antique oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bacchanal Cupids Playing
French School, early 1900's
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 22 x 39 inches
framed: 27 x 44 inches
Large scale French Rococo style oil painting on ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Rococo Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Strange woman I - Contemporary, Nude, Green, Violet, Female, Figurative
Located in Berlin, DE
Strange women I, 2015
Acrylic on canvas pad
23.62 H x 17.71 W in.
60 H x 45 W cm
"Strange women" is a cycle of eight canvases that represents a female b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Abyss 3A - contemporary and classic painting, elegant and strong fish subject
Located in Dallas, TX
The work of Gian Marco Capraro mixes the old master's imagery mostly religious with a fresh technique, blurring some of the main characters, evoking a sense of mystery. The bold bright colours of the fish in this painting, make the fish stand...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Venere Subasio
Located in Dallas, TX
“Barnaby Fitzgerald’s outrageously gorgeous paintings are a guilty pleasure - yet the guilt is unnecessary, for they do not cloy or fatten us. They are as intellectually challenging ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Birch, Egg Tempera
Gravida 7, Para 3
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
[ New Orleans, LA :: b.1959, Augsburg, Germany ]
In 1959, Ruth Owens was born to a young German woman and a Black serviceman from Georgia. The nomadic military lifestyle of her chi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Nude Awakening, " Oil Painting on Jute Portrait signed by Ernesto Gutierrez
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Nude Awakening" is an original oil painting on jute canvas by Ernesto Gutierrez. It features a nude woman sitting on a green seat. The artist signed th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Jute, Oil
"Meditation, " Henry R. Rittenberg, oil, figurative, nude, impressionist, 1910-20
By Henry R. Rittenberg
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Henry R. Rittenberg, a native of Libau, Latvia, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and continued to live and work in Philadelphia and New York for the majority of his ca...
Category
1910s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expressionist Multicolor Nude Figure
By Tom Hamil
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid abstract expressionist painting of a colorful nude female figure by the artist Tom Hamil (American, b. 1928). Signed on verso "Tom Hamil". Circa 1970's. Unframed. Image size: 14"H x 8"W.
Tom Hamil, was born in New York in 1928 and raised primarily in California. After attending the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, he returned to California to begin his formal art training at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco (now known as the San Francisco Art Institute). He completed his education at the University of Washington with a Master’s Degrees and Doctorate in Fine Arts and Education. His first solo exhibition was held in 1956. Since then, he has participated in numerous one man shows, group shows, and has been represented in galleries in the US and Mexico.
In addition to his painting, Hamil has authored and illustrated a number of books. While at the Naval Academy, he received recognition for his paintings, drawings, and illustrations. Listed among Hamil’s many awards and honors are a Ford Foundation Fellowship and an Award of Excellence from the American Graphics Society.
Currently, he lives in Zirahuen, Michoacan, Mexico and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Hamil’s statement: “I am a man...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Three Ages of Woman (after Gustav Klimt)
By Vera Barnett
Located in Dallas, TX
Vera Barnett has taken on a range of themes in her works, producing multiple series of paintings inspired by phobias, famous artworks, or most recently the written word in her exhibi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Rite of Spring - Contemporary, Nude, Yellow, Flowers, Couple, Female, Male
Located in Berlin, DE
The Rite of Spring, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
82 43/64 H x 133 55/64 W in.
210 H x 340 W cm
The artist's reference on fundamental myths of humanity and their analysis from the perspect...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Remembering a Great Love - Contemporary, Fire, Prometheus, Couple, Nude, Myth
Located in Berlin, DE
Remembering a Great Love, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
82 43/64 H x 94 31/64 W in.
210 H x 240 W cm
"Remembering a Great Love" is a reinterpretation of the fundamental myth of Pygmalion. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Argentina, 1950 - oil paint, 105x86 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas, signed lower left
Georges Arnulf est originaire d'une ancienne famille niçoise. Il est le neveu de Gaston Arnulf, ancien conseiller général, et le fils d'un ancien hôtelier niçois. Il fait toutes ses études au lycée de Monaco et au lycée de Nice.
Après avoir suivi les cours de dessin et de décoration à l'École nationale des arts décoratifs de Nice, où il est l'élève de Jules Henri Lengrand, il est reçu en 1946 à l'École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, présenté par Pierre-Henri Ducos de La Haille le 30 octobre 1947, il y fréquente les ateliers de fresque et de gravure. Il entre chez le taille-doucier Robert Cami où il continue son apprentissage du burin1, de l'eau-forte, de la manière noire.
Il obtient en 1950 le premier grand prix de Rome de gravure en taille douce2 et il est missionné pour réaliser l'étiquette de la bouteille du Château Mouton Rothschild 19503.
Pensionnaire à la villa Médicis à Rome pendant trois ans et demi4, il voyage et grave au burin l'illustration d'une édition de luxe des sonnets de Shakespeare traduits en français...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Desabillage, Two Women.
By Robert Lepeltier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Robert Lepeltier (French, 1913-1996)
Title: Le Desabillage, Two Women.
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 16 x 12.75 inches
Condition: Excellent, Stretche...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two Nudes with Still Life
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category
1950s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Afternoon Rest
By Cillespi
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Just discovered within an exceptional private west coast collection, the signature and inscription on this incredible small oil on paper, is at the moment, undecypherable, we are res...
Category
1940s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Narcissus with Venus Effect
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
RYSZARD GRODNICKI, original Abstract painting, acrylic colors.
Located in Berlin, DE
RYSZARD GRODNICKI, Abstract painting, original painting, acrylic colors.
Dimensions with frame.
We offer another painting by this artist.
Born in Gdańsk in 1947. In 1971-76 stud...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Anna - XXI Century, Contemporary Abstract, Figurative Acrylic Painting, Textured
Located in Warsaw, PL
MICHAL SIKORSKI (born in 1972)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, at the atelier of Professor Stanislaw Kortyka at the department of painting. PhD in Fine Arts. Assis...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Standing Nude Oil Painting by Robert Philipp
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Philipp, American (1895 - 1981)
Title: Standing Nude
Medium: Pastel on Board, signed l.r.
Size: 11.5 x 7.5 in. (29.21 x 19.05 cm)
Frame: 18 x 12 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Nude with Art Students" Classroom Nude
By Joy Carrington
Located in San Antonio, TX
Joy Carrington Nude Model with Art Students
(1907 - 1999)
San Antonio Artist
Image Size: 35 x 18.5
Frame Size: Unframed
Medium: Oil
Circa 1940
Nud...
Category
1930s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Reclining Nude', Fauve Figural, SFAA, Carmel, LACMA, Louvre, Paris
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) circa 1955, and with Di Gesu estate stamp verso.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art C...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Standing Nude, Oil Painting on Canvas by Lou Zansky
By Lou Zansky
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lou Zansky (American, 1920-1978)
Title: Standing Nude
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Oil on canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 48 in. x 24 in. (121.92 cm x 60.96 cm)
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Nude, British Artist, Strong Colours, Original Oil Painting
By Beryl Darton
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Nude, British Artist, Strong Colours, Original Oil Painting
By British artist, Beryl Darton, Mid 20th Century
Oil painting on board, unframe...
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1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Nude Study, Reclining Figure on Blue
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century nude study of a female figure in a reclining pose with a rich blue background by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Signed "Blanchette" lower right. Unf...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Neon Nude: Mixed media painting on paper by Angela Lyle
By Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Bright and vibrant this mixed media on paper is a lovingly created study. Excellent condition
Angela was born in 1946 and studied art at Kingston Art College, London. Her early c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, California Fauve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
An elegant figural interior showing a young woman seated on a bed beside a table bearing a vase...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
RYSZARD GRODNICKI, original Abstract painting, acrylic colors. Expressionist.
Located in Berlin, DE
RYSZARD GRODNICKI, Abstract painting, original painting, acrylic colors.
Dimensions with frame.
We offer another painting by this artist.
Born in Gdańsk in 1947. In 1971-76 stud...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
That Beauty Queen
By Ruth Owens
Located in New Orleans, LA
[ New Orleans, LA :: b.1959, Augsburg, Germany ]
In 1959, Ruth Owens was born to a young German woman and a Black serviceman from Georgia. The nomadic military lifestyle of her chi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fauvist Abstracted Dancer
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist painting by Southern California artist Chris Hamamoto (American, 20th century). Image, 40"H x 30"W. Unframed.
Chris, a native of Southern California, has enjoyed creating artwork since childhood. After trying various media, he decided to specialize in painting on canvas and paper with acrylic paints. He is inspired by the works of Monet, Van Gogh, Sergeant, and Diebenkorn. Chris displays and sells his paintings in art festivals throughout California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Education:
Los Angeles Valley...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Purple Back: Mixed media painting on paper
By Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Drawn from life this model is obviously at ease which has allowed Angela to present a relaxed and subtle figurative work. Her colors are warm and this is a beautiful, graceful piece....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Something New / Modern Icon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Young woman's face, titled 'Something New / Modern Icon', oil and gold leaf on paper from artist Elena Zolotnitsky. A sublime work in blue, pink, warm rou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Nude Study in Sausalito Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and compelling nude study with Sausalito in the background by Patricia Gren Hayes (American, 20th Century), circa 1980. Artist's name on verso. Unf...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pensativa
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Artemio sepulveda painting "Pensativa".
Mixed media on canvas.
Signed by the artist.
35.75 x 44 in. image.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Invito al gioco" by Enzio Wenk, 1999 - Acrylic and Sand on Plywood, Nude Figure
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Invitation to the game"
Acrylic and sand on plywood.
Category
1990s Nude Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Self-portrait as a Cautious Hero - 21st Century, Red, Eyes, Human, Figurative
Located in Berlin, DE
Self-portrait as a Cautious Hero, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
226 H x 87.5 W cm
88 31/32 H x 34 29/64 inch
Rădvan's multifaceted self-portraits are also a reference to Narcissus, a mirro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fish and Bicycles # 12
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on paper by contemporary artist Bruce Adams from his Fish and Bicycles series. This work is currently part of an exhibition at Benjaman Gallery "Over the Fence".
This piece comes framed in an archival natural wood frame presentation.
The Fish and Bicycle series employs a similar strategy as my Men at Work series. This time the subject matter includes both men and women (exhibited in pairs) representing a range of gender identities. The title is derived from Irina Dunn’s witty statement (often erroneously attributed to Gloria Steinem...
Category
1980s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
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
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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