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Nude Paintings For Sale
Style: Impressionist
Style: Photorealist
Model - Charcoal on Paper Grey Color
Located in Sofia, BG
"Model" by the impressionist Maestro Alexandr Reznichenko. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: charcoal on paper STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed The painti...
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2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Respite
Located in Denver, CO
Nude reclining figure in candlelight
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2010s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Please
Located in East Hampton, NY
Please Erotic Nude Cubist Painting NOT framed Neo Cubism About the Artist: Kenneth B Walsh (1922-1980) In the 1950s, Kenneth Bonar Walsh came to Montauk from New York City to paint seascapes, catch fish, sing of Nature's beauty, put down roots, and, later, develop a style of painting all his own. The Boston native moved to New York after attending the School of Practical Art on the G.I. Bill, where he began his career in the art department of Lever Brothers. But he had bigger dreams, and soon established the Bonart Studio, a commercial art business. RCA Records, the Ideal and Transogram toy companies, and the Schrafft’s candy and chocolate company were among the studio’s clients. The business a success, he began to take vacations. He liked Montauk so much that he built a house in Hither Hills...
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1970s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Nude. African American Woman exhibited piece 1942 University of Iowa exhibited
Located in San Antonio, TX
Coreen Mary Spellman (1905 - 1978) Dallas Artist Image Size: 20 x 14 Frame Size: 25 x 19 Medium: Oil Bio: Exhibited in the Ninth Annual Student Art show at the State University of Iowa Coreen Spellman Biography Coreen Mary Spellman (1905 - 1978) Coreen Mary Spellman was a fine-art teacher as well as a painter, designer, illustrator, lithographer and muralist. Many of her paintings depicted human-made structures and industrial landscapes in a style combining realism, precisionism and abstraction. Often the central subject such as in "Railroad Signal" was the only suggestion of humanity against a backdrop of stark Texas landscape. Of her painting these isolated subjects she said: "I enjoy taking some rather obscure or unimportant subject or theme and making something fine and important out of it . . . It always gives me great pleasure to discover something which has been passed over as being inadequate material". (Trenton 199) Spellman was born in Forney, Texas in 1905. At an early age she moved to Dallas, Texas and studied under Vivian Aunspaugh before attending the College of Industrial Arts (Texas Woman's University). She received a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University and a Masters Degree from the University of Iowa, Iowa City in 1942. In addition, Spellman received a Carnegie Scholarship for study at Harvard University, followed by studies with Kenneth Hayes Miller, Vaclav Vytlacil, and Charles Wheeler...
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1940s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Abstract ll
Located in East Hampton, NY
Abstract work COMES FRAMED simple wood, app 1.5" deep. Cubism Style Post Modern About the Artist: Kenneth B Walsh (1922-1980) In the 1950s, Kenneth Bonar Walsh came to Montauk fr...
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1970s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Man - Charcoal on Paper Grey Color
Located in Sofia, BG
"Man" by the impressionist Alexandr Reznichenko. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: charcoal on paper STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed The painting is unfr...
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2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Nature Woman Nude Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstracted nude, a watercolor painting by California artist Virginia Hughins (Virginia Brubaker DeWolf), (American, 1923-2004). Singed "V. Hughins" lower right. Unframed. I...
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1970s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Nude with Tree at El Capitan - Yosemite Mid Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century figurative landscape of a nude female figure with tree at El Capitan, Yosemite, California by Margaret Wherry Ziegler (American, 1909-1989). Signed "M. Ziegler" lower right. Displayed in a rustic new silver gilt frame. Image, 24"H x 12"W. Margaret Wherry Ziegler was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 27, 1909. At a young age she traveled with her parents to the Philippines, Japan, India, Italy, Greece, and Europe. She studied art at the Cincinnati Art Academy, Minneapolis Art Institute, the University of the Philippines, and the California College of Arts and Crafts. While in Japan she studied Japanese brush painting...
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1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Nude
By Marguerite Aers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Marguerite Aers (Belgian, 1918-1995) Title: Nude Year: Circa 1970 Medium: Oil on hardboard panel size: 11.75 x 9.5 inches Signature: Signed lower right by the artist Conditi...
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1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Take Me Somewhere
Located in East Hampton, NY
Photorealist Figurative Painting. Woman walking on beach in bathing suit Sexy & Seductive About The Artist: Cindy Press is a visual artist living a...
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2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Red Room
Located in Denver, CO
Nude figure in bright red interior
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2010s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Girl in a Chair, Large Painting by Bill Wiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Wiman, American (1940 - ) Title: Girl in a Chair Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 82 x 83.5 in. (182.88 x 212.09 cm) Frame: 83 x 84.5 inches
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1970s Photorealist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Baigneuse
By Marguerite Arosa
Located in Paris, FR
Marguerite AROSA (1850-1903), French "Baigneuse" (Bather) Oil on canvas Signed lower left Canvas: 66 1/5" high x 50" wide Frame: 74 1/5" high x 57 1/2" wide This painting was e...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Three Graces
Located in Pasadena, CA
Nude study of the Three Graces attributed to André Favory unsigned, after Cezanne. Excellent condition, framed.
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Resting Nude, Large Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Resting Year: circa 1965 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 26 x 48 in. (66.04 x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 33 x 55 inches
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1960s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Wildlife of the Southwest, Large Painting by Bill Wiman 1978
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Wiman, American XXth Title: Wildlife of the Southwest Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 58 x 58 in. (147.32 x 147.32 cm) Frame: 59 x 59 inches
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1970s Photorealist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Rajah of Sarawak - Mid-Century Mens Magazine - Pulp Adventure Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Male illustration Illustration - Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, KCB (29 April 1803[1] – 11 June 1868), was a British adventurer whose exploits in the Malay Archipelago...
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1950s Photorealist Nude Paintings

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Gouache

Impressionist Female Nude, Classic Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Female Nude, Classic Oil Painting By French artist Garnvault, 20th Century Signed by the artist verso Oil painting on canvas, u...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Nude Figure Study of a Black Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling mid century nude figure study of a black woman reclining by Raul Anguiano (Mexican/American, 1915-2006), 1968. Signed and dated lower left hand corner "R. Anguiano." Presented in wood frame under plexiglass. Image size: 25"H x 34"W. Framed size: 35"H x 43.75"W. Raúl Anguiano was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on February 26th, 1915. He started drawing cubist pictures at the age of 5, taking as his first models movie stars, as Mary Pickford, Pola Negri and Charlie Chaplin. Anguiano first artistic influence or aesthetic emotion came from the Holy Family by Rafael Sanzio. At the age of 12, Anguiano attended Guadalajara's Free School of Painting under the tuition of Ixca Farias. From 1928 to 1933, he studied with the Master painter José Vizcarra, the disciple of Santiago Rebull and José Salomé Piña, and organised the group "Young Painters of Jalisco" with other artists. During this period, Anguiano worked with different kinds of models: workmen, employees and a few intellectuals like Pita Amor. In 1934 Anguiano moved to Mexico City. He began teaching in primary schools and taught drawing and painting at La Esmeralda academy and the UNAM School of Art. Anguiano was a member of the Mexican Artistic Renaissance movement which was started in the 1920's by the Mexican School of Art in which he belonged. This renaissance began with the San Carlos Academy movement -- among whose leaders were Ignacio Asúnsolo and Jose Clemente Orozco -- and which emerged out of the students' and teachers' discontent with the traditional paintings methods (academicism), and the close contact that the young artists had with the problems of Mexico and its people, explaining the marked critical realism to the painters of the time, including Anguiano himself. The same year, Anguiano received a commission to paint his first mural, Socialist Education, a 70 meters fresco located at A. Carrillo School in Mexico City. Other works followed, including Mayan rituals (oils on canvas and wood), for the Mayan Hall in the National Museum of Anthropology, and Trilogy of Nationality (acrylic on canvas and wood), for the Attorney General's Office. In 1936 he moved into his surrealist period, which lasted almost a decade. He painted circus performers and prostitutes. The most notable among his works of the time are: The Madame (gouche, 1936), The Clown's Daughter (oil, 1940), the Pink Circus Artist and the Grey Circus Artist (oil, 1941). Also during this period, Anguiano produced a series of drawings based on his dreams, with cold tones and silver-greys predominating. In 1937 Anguiano joined the Revolutionary Writers and Artists League. Together, with Alfredo Zalce and Pablo O'Higgins, he was also a founding member of the Popular Graphics Workshop, where artists practised a graphic style based on Mexico's folk traditions. This was due to the powerful influence of the recently discovered Jose Guadalupe Posada and Goya. Raúl Anguiano belonged to the so-called "Third Generation" of post-revolutionary painters, along with Juan O'Gorman, Jorge González Camarena...
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1960s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Paper, Conté, Charcoal

American Impressionist Nude Woman Playing Hide & Seek
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful Louis Berneker (1876-1936) American Impressionist painting of Nude Woman playing Hide and Seek. Great Light Pastel Colors of Greens and Blues. Louis Berneker was famous S...
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1920s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

"Portrait of a Seated Nude Woman" American Impressionist Painting Oil on Panel
Located in New York, NY
A rare and breath taking work, with masterful bursh work and sublime execution of light. We are drawn to the subtle beauty and elegant pose. The tasteful compostion lends an intimate scene into the artists studio where Philip has captured her effortlessly. This piece comes displayed in a wonderful frame and hanging wire on verso. Art measures 24 x 20 inches Frame measures 30 x 26 inches Robert Philipp was born on February 2, 1895 in New York City. He was an American painter influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits of attractive women and Hollywood stars. Moses Solomon Philipp showed early talent and grew up in a family atmosphere that fed and cultivated his creativity. At age of 15, he entered the Art Students League for four years and then continued his training at the National Academy of Design. His teachers at the League included George Bridgeman and Frank DuMond, and at the National Academy he studied with Douglas Volk...
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1940s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Panel, 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...
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1960s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Board, Oil

Nude, Playboy-era Oil Painting by LeRoy Neiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Nude Year: 1960 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed and dated l.r. Size: 8 x 11.5 inches Frame: 16 x 19.5 inches
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1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

The Sunburn
By Mildred Green
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American female artist Mildred Green depicting fellow artist and friend Virginia Cuthbert. This beautiful pain...
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1930s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled 37 (Gun Sequence)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on wood painting by contemporary American artist Bruce Adams. This work is currently being featured in the exhibition "The Dreamer Who Dreams" and is designed to rai...
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2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Another Question
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Another Question Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 28 in. x 22 in. (71.12 cm x 55.88 cm) Frame Size: 35.5 x 29...
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1960s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, 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...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Casual Nude Portrait, British Impressionist Oil Painting
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...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Seated Nude Posing
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Moses Soyer, American (1899 - 1974) Title: Seated Nude Posing Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed u.r. Size: 21 x 17 inches Frame: 26 x ...
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1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Nude Original Oil Painting Mid 20th Century British Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Original Oil Painting, Mid 20th Century, British Artist By British artist, Beryl Darton, Mid 20th Century Oil painting on board, unframed Board size:...
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1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Interior
By Maurice Askenazy
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Maurice Askenazy. "Interior" is one of Maurice Askenazy’s more modern compositions, calling to mind the work of Bonnard or Vuillard. The intimate scene shows a nude female model, dramatically seen in profile, posing for a painter in a sun-drenched studio. The door to the room is open, giving the impression that the viewer is stealing a glimpse of a private interaction between artist and model. A cleverly placed mirror on the back of the open door reveals the reflection of the painter, who we are meant to take as Askenazy himself, at work. Askenazy takes great care to depict the details of the room, from the patterned ottoman...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, 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...
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1930s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

The Reclining Nude, British Impressionist Oil - Amazing Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Portrait of a Reclining Lady By J.B.Holmes, British artist, 20th Century Oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 16x12 inches Exquisite nude oil painting of a young lady, ...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

"Daydream" contemporary impressionist painting, reclining nude at rest, colorful
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a nude woman, sleeping cozily in the daytime. A nude figure sleeps curled up on a bed adorned with printed textiles. The open window beams light from a bright and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"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...
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1910s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Impressionist Nude, British Artist, Strong Colours, Original Oil Painting
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

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Oil

Apres le Bain
By Rafaello Busoni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rafaello Busoni, American (1900 - 1962) Title: Apres le Bain Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88...
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1950s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Modern British Abstract Nude Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb Impressionist mid-20th century British Impressionist oil painting on board, depicting this seated nude lady. Painted with thick oil and wide, vibrant ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

"Model, Astone Studio" Contemporary impressionist oil painting, female nude
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
After studying anatomy and academic painting at the Florence Academy of Art, Ben Fenske took the skills he learned and stepped back, putting his own hand into an academically proport...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Studio Model Posing Whilst Reading, Nude Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life Model Posing Whilst Reading, By J.B.Holmes, British artist, 20th Century Oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 12x10 inches Lovely elegant portrayal of model who is posi...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Impressionist Nude, Voluptuous Model, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Nude, Voluptuous Model, Oil Painting By French artist Garnvault, 20th Century Signed by the artist verso Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 15 x 18 inches S...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Demure Nude Figurative in Library by Margaret Wherry Ziegler
Located in Soquel, CA
A nude portrait of a demure young lady seated on an antique couch in a library setting by Margaret Wherry Ziegler (American, 1909-1989). Signed with monogram "MWZ" top right, and on verso. Unframed. Image, 24"H x 12"L. Ziegler studied at Cincinnati Art Academy, Minneapolis Art...
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1970s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Azaki, Nude Portrait Oil on Canvas by Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Azaki Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 24 in. (91.44 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 43 x 31 inches
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1960s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Artists Model, Nude Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model By J.B.Holmes, British 20th Century Oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 16 x 12 inches Captivating oil painting, showing a nude model being painted by anartist. There is a sense of relaxation in this portrait, with a radio on...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Draped Nude
By Thomas Fogarty Jr.
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Painter and teacher, Thomas Fogarty, Jr., taught at the Art Students League in Manhattan for many years and exhibited his oil and pastel landscapes and still lifes at the Whitney Museum of American Art and many New York galleries. Fogarty began his teaching career at the Pratt Institute and Rutgers University, before joining the faculty at the Art Students League, where he taught painting, composition and life drawing. Fogarty was a member of the Society of Independent Artists. Both the artist and his father, Thomas Fogarty, Sr., were beloved teachers at the Art Students League and influenced generations of American painters, including Norman Rockwell. In “Draped Nude,” Fogarty’s vibrant use of color and soft, sensitive brushwork reminds the viewer of Pierre Bonnard’s interiors or early Picasso...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

"Sitting Nude, Bea" 2016 oil painting of nude woman seated in thought, pink hues
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a nude female figure, sitting upon a bed; chest bent over knees, hand on head, seemingly bored. Hues of pink surround the figure due to decorative fabrics that are...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Linen

"Pink Skirt" impressionist oil painting of woman sitting holding a book.
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Pink Skirt" is an impressionist oil painting of woman sitting holding a book. Painted from life in his home in Chianti, Italy, his muse, Beatrice, sits on ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Nude Woman
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
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1980s Photorealist Nude Paintings

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Oil

"Floral Sheets" contemporary impressionist painting of resting nude woman
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Floral Sheets" is a contemporary impressionist painting of a resting nude woman. A nude figure lies on her back on a bed. Colorful textiles surround her...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

'The Red Hand-Towel' Munich School, Impressionist, Dortmund Kunstakademie, Paris
By Carl Otto Müller
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left 'C.O.M.' for Carl Otto Müller i(German, 1901-1970), and dated '69'. Additionally dated, verso, '1969' and titled, 'Myriam, Das Rote Handtusch'. Displayed in a pe...
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1960s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Blue Light Nude, Bea" contemporary impressionist painting of standing muse
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Blue Light Nude, Bea" is a contemporary impressionist oil painting of Fenske's muse, Bea. The first painting of the "Bea Nudes Series" is a loose presentation of brushstrokes that ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Precious bodies
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...
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2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Duality embraced
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
Francien Krieg Francien Krieg [1973] is a Dutch artist who lives in the countryside in the middle of The Netherlands. She is living there with her two children and husband, working ...
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2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Valerie
Located in Long Island City, NY
This large painting by John Kacere follows his most well-known style and subject matter. Rendered in excruciating photorealistic detail is the midsection of a woman dressed in linger...
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1980s Photorealist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

City - 4 , 1977 Large Painting
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Hilo Chen Painting oil on canvas 54 x 54 in 137 x 137 cm Contemporary photo-realist painter Hilo Chen (Yee-Lum) was born in 1942 in Taiwan and later became an American citizen. He is noted for his paintings of nudes and flowers. Chen's as painter is nothing less than superb. The skin tones of his nudes seem more "real" than life itself. You feel as though you can almost touch these women who are so oblivious to being observed. Chen's work is held in public collections at: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA...
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1970s Photorealist Nude Paintings

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Oil

"Dreaming Venus", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Sprick's (US based) "Dreaming Venus" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude feminine model laying on her side in the fetal posi...
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2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Board

Après le bain (After the bath)
Located in New Orleans, LA
For Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Impressionism's pre-eminent figure painter, depicting the nude was an exercise in bringing the canvas to life. He once said, “I look at a nude, I see myriads of minuscule shades. I have to find those which will make the flesh on my canvas come to life and resonate.” This compelling portrait by Renoir entitled Après le bain presents the nude figure of a woman in a serene, private moment, absorbed in the task of drying herself after a bath. The artist’s mastery of light and shading is incredible, achieving a sense of vitality in this otherwise ordinary scene. Renoir is celebrated for his figural work, especially his Rubenesque female nudes, however, it was not until the artist was in his forties that he depicted the nude with any frequency. In 1881, Renoir traveled to Italy, where he studied the works of the Renaissance masters and the ancient art of Pompeii and Rome. Upon his return to France, the nude became his favored subject, and he used the motif to combine the spontaneity of Impressionism with the solid modeling of classical painting. Renoir’s medium here, sanguine, a reddish-brown chalk, was used extensively in the Renaissance by Leonardo (who employed it in his sketches for the Last Supper), Michelangelo and Raphael. Its warm hue lends itself well to depicting flesh, and the chalk drawing allows for a greater focus on line, form and texture in a departure from the aspects of color and light that so often preoccupied the Impressionists. Après le bain conveys the impression of arrested motion with perfect naturalness, deftly capturing the moment before the elegant lines of the sitter's form change position. The sitter is almost certainly Gabrielle Renard, the nanny to Renoir’s children and a frequent model for the artist. Gabrielle was the cousin of Renoir’s wife, Aline, and came to Montmartre to work for the family at the age of 16. She developed a strong bond with the family and became a favorite subject for Renoir, appearing in several of his most important works, including his 1911 Gabrielle with a Rose (Musée d'Orsay). When Renoir began to suffer from severe rheumatoid arthritis that would eventually leave him unable to walk and scarcely able to grasp a paintbrush, it was Gabrielle that would assist the artist by positioning the paintbrush between his crippled fingers. Born in Limoges, France in 1841, Renoir began his career as an apprentice to a painter of porcelain wares. He later moved to Paris at the age of 21, enrolling at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts. It was here, while studying under Charles Gleyre, that Renoir attained a tremendous appreciation for the academic style of painting, a quality that would last throughout his career. This was also when he met Claude Monet and several other classmates, with whom he would later form the Impressionists. Working closely with Monet, Renoir began experimenting with the portrayal of light and its effect on his canvases. The youngest member of the Impressionist movement, an astute Renoir recognized how a subject was constantly changing due to the dynamic effects of light on color. Relying heavily upon his academic training that focused on composition, lines and descriptive details, Renoir distinguished himself among his contemporaries. His intuitive use of color and expansive brushstroke, along with acute attention to his subject, have placed him among the finest painters in history. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. Circa 1898 Canvas: 43 1/2" high x 35 1/2" wide Frame: 57 3/4" high x 49 1/4" wide Provenance: Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (acquired from the artist on January 25, 1899) J. Pereire Collection, France (1966) Sam Salz, New York (before 1981) Claus Virch, Paris French Compagny, Inc., New York Larry Silverstein, New York (circa January 1987) Le Clos de Sierne Gallery, Geneva Galerie Heyram, Paris (October 1987) Francis Gross M.S. Rau, New Orleans Literature: B. Schneider, Renoir, Berlin, 1957, p. 95 (illustrated in color, p. 83) M. Gauthier, Renoir, Paris, 1958, p. 83 (illustrated in color; erroneously dated '1916' and titled 'Woman in her toilet') F. Fosca, Renoir, L'homme et son obra, Paris, 1961, p. 280 (illustrated, p. 95; erroneously dated 'about 1890' and titled 'After the Bath...
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19th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Chalk

Painting of a river scene with nude bathers surrounded by green 'Les Baigneuse'
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
A lush verdant painting of three nude bathers in a French river. It speaks of summer days spent wild swimming, picnics filled with cheese & wine and hear...
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19th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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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.

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