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Nude Paintings For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1990s
Reclining Nude Figure
By David Hunt
Located in Soquel, CA
This original painting is a beautifully depicted nude figure study in a cozy interior space with southwest elements by San Jose, California artist David D....
Category
1990s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant pastel painting on paper was created by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974). This piece features a striking cubist nude study in a blue-gray color with contrasting black line...
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Nude Portrait Framed Oil Painting - Female Form
Located in Bristol, GB
FEMALE FORM
Size: 75 x 56 cm 29.5 x 22.04 inches (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A brilliantly executed mid-century modernist nude study, painted in oil onto canvas.
In this compo...
Category
1950s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Femme se Coiffant
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georges Dayez
1907-1991
Georges Dayez was born on July 29, 1907. His father Jules was a commercial printer. In 1909, the Dayez family moved to Vaires-sur-Marne. Dayez’s father fough...
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
untitled
Located in MADRID, ES
We consider this artwork one of the best available, if not the best, from Michèle Demedts. The unusual combination of strong greens and earth tones and...
Category
1990s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Black and White Figurative Nude - Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Black and White Figurative Nude - Oil on Canvas
Black and white figurative nude by F Vasquez (20th C). The nude torso of a woman takes up the canvas. Her right hand is on her hip wh...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Country Bath (self portrait)
Located in Toronto, CA
As a young person, Gordon Rayner learned to paint from his father, a commercial artist and weekend painter, and from his father`s close friend, Jack Bush. He spent 17 years working i...
Category
1990s Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pastel Bust Of A Naked Young Woman Signed by Fried Pal American artist
By Pal Fried
Located in Gavere, BE
"Pastel Bust Of A Naked Young Woman Signed Fried Pal"
Pál Fried (June 16, 1893 in Hungary - March 6, 1976 in New York)
was a Hungarian artist known for his erotic paintings of dance...
Category
1950s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
School of Paris, Sleeping Woman, Nude, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Fortunato Pirazzini (1907-2003), School of Paris, ca.1950. "Sleeping woman, Nude". Measurements : with frame : 56x71 cm - 22x28 inches
without frame : 46x61 cm - 18....
Category
1950s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rainbow Woman, Contemporary Multi-Color Figural Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary Multi-Color Figural Abstract, Rainbow Woman
Contemporary modernist oil painting of a seated female nude in an abstracted vivid rainbow color spectrum by San Francisco a...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Entering the Bus" Expressionist Figurative Composition Original Oil on Canvas
By Jakob Bokulich
Located in Soquel, CA
"Entering the Bus" Expressionist Figurative Composition Original Oil on Canvas
Dynamic figurative composition by Bay area Figural, Abstract expressionist and notable Burning Man art...
Category
1990s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Nude Oil On Panel "The Pose" By Jacques Van Rooten 20th
Located in Gavere, BE
Jacques van Rooten, is an artist born in Belgium. He was a painter of landscapes and portraits in a realistic style. Regularly exhibited in Belgium. He also made beautiful paintings ...
Category
1950s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Standing Nude Man, Mid-Century Figural Expressionist Painting, New York Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996)
Standing Man, 1955
India ink and gouache on textured paper
10 x 8 inches
16.75 x 13.5 inches, framed
Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Okl...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Gouache
Edouard Goerg, Les 3 Brunes, Large Oil on Canvas, 1955
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Large oil on canvas by Edouard GOERG (1893-1969), France, 1955. LES 3 BRUNES. With frame : 114x95cm - 44.9x37.4 inches ; without frame : 92.2x73 cm - 36.3x28.75 inches. Format 30F. S...
Category
1950s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Framed Original Vintage Abstract Nude Woman Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American exhibited cubist nude portrait oil painting. Oil and casein on board. Framed. Signed. Exhibition label verso.
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Female Nude
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique expressionist nude figure by Michael Eggleston (American, 20th Century). From a collection of his works. Unframed. Measures 40"H x 30"W.
Eggleston is a San Francisco Abstract...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century French Color Lithograph "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th Century color lithograph of abstracted man with leaves titled "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage) by French artist Jean Lucat (French, 1892 - 1966), circa 19...
Category
1950s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Ink, Screen, Paper
Morning. Women's act. 1959. Oil on cardboard, 95x71 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The morning hour. Act.
1959. Oil on cardboard, 95x71 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J....
Category
1950s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
"Belle Saison" The Beautiful Season - Figurative Nude Study
Located in Soquel, CA
"Belle Saison" The Beautiful Season - Figurative Nude Study
Nude study of a standing woman encapsulated in a golden surrounding with stratified textures on either side by Andrzej Malinowski (Polish, 1947-). The woman has bright orange hair, pulled back, wearing nothing but an orange sarong. Her eyes are closed, with a graceful, poised appearance. The woman in encapsulated in a golden background with stratified leaf textures on each side. The texture depicts tones of orange, blue, yellow and greens.
Signed "A. Malinowski" lower right.
Presented in a giltwood frame.
Image with frame: 48"H x 41"W
Image: 38.5"H x 31.5"W
Andrzej Malinowski was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1947. He worked as artist, painter, graphic designer, illustrator, and poster creator. He resides and works in France.
In his youth, Andrzej Malinowski drew inspiration from the works of Vermeer and Rembrandt. In 1973, he graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in the Illustration Department. After obtaining his diploma, he moved to Paris, where he continues to live and create. In 1982, he was granted French citizenship.
During the initial period of his stay in France, Malinowski was engaged in artistic direction, creating audiovisual presentations, television programs, graphics, illustrations, and posters. During this time, he won awards in the field of posters and illustrations. In 1977, he received the First Prize for the poster for the film The Exorcist at the Deauville Film Festival, as reported, among others, by French newspaper Le Parisien.
Andrzej Malinowski collaborated with the most prominent film directors. Those include:
Andrei Tarkovsky (Nostalghia, 1983),
Jerzy Skolimowski (Success Is the Best Revenge, 1984),
Andrzej Wajda (The Possessed...
Category
1990s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nude Figure Study, Standing Female Figure with Sage Green
By M. Z. Murphy
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Figure Study, Standing Female Figure with Sage Green
Figure study of a nude model in studio by Los Gatos, California artist M.Z. Murphy (American, 20th century), c.1990. The f...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Vintage Paris School Nude Female Bathers Double Sided Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist nude woman portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1950s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu, (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor Di Gesu Estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Lo...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Yellow Figure in Black Stockings
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative yellow figure in black stockings oil painting by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). From a collection o...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Helen - Mid 20th Century Pencil Figurative Nude Lady by Arthur Royce Bradbury
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Born on the 17th September 1892 in Preston, Lancashire. He specialised in painting portraits, landscapes and marines on oil, watercolour and pastel and was an accomplished etcher and...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Signed Indonesian Nude Woman Religous Original Framed Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Indonesian modernist nude oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salons d'Automne et Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Rice Paper, Oil
'Nude by a Mirror', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, California, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor Di Gesu Estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Contemporary Cubist Figurative Abstract with Saxophone
Located in Soquel, CA
A highly abstracted figure playing saxophone in this contemporary cubist painting by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th c.). A bright and colorful palette of pastel purple, p...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nude Mermaid Under Sea, German Outsider Folk Art OIl Painting
By Hajo Malek
Located in Surfside, FL
Fantasy Nude Mermaid
German outsider Naive artist born in 1922. has exhibited in Germany in 1969 worked in painting, gouache and linocuts. Expressionist Folk Art style.
Art brut, pr...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Expressionist Standing Nude from Behind in Oil on Cardboard
Standing nude woman from behind by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Bold...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely pastel painting on paper by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) is a striking cubist nude study in blue, purple, and orange-rust colors with contrasting black lines. The artwork is signed in the bottom right corner.
Provenance: From the estate of the artist.
Newly reframed in an elegant deep-textured wood frame with orange, black, and gilded colors, original beige jute matte, and glass protection.
Measurements:
With frame: 17.13 in wide (43.5 cm) x 24.41 in high (62 cm).
Opening view: 6.50 in wide (16.5 cm) x 12.44 in (31.5 cm).
About:
John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Modernist Nude Figure Painting by Alma Davies, Student of Raphael Soyer
Located in Larchmont, NY
Alma Davies
Untitled, 1954
Oil on canvas
40 x 25 7/8 in.
Signed verso: Alma Davies (illegible inscription)
Dated verso: 3/5/54
Inscribed on stretcher bar: Student of Raphael Soyer
W...
Category
1950s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Signed Nude Tropical Women Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintgae signed tropical nude landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 29H.
Category
1950s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cupid oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 46x55 cm. Frameless.
Category
1990s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Surreal Modernist Nude Erotic Macabre Skeleton Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage and usual American school painting. Oil on board.
Category
1950s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brutalist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) designed this brutalist pastel painting on paper. The striking cubist nude study design boasts green, orange, and rust colors with contrasting black lines. No signature is visible on the front, but the piece can be signed at the back, like many of the artist's works.
Provenance: From the estate of the artist.
Newly reframed in an elegant deep-textured wood frame with orange, black, and gilded colors, original beige jute matte, and glass protection.
Measurements:
With frame: 17.32 in wide (44 cm) x 23.03 in high (58.5 cm).
Opening view: 9.45 in wide (24 cm) x 13.19 in (33.5 cm).
Note: John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Antique Signed Nude Woman Interior Portrait Modernist Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist nude interior portrait painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 14L x 20H.
Category
1950s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitled, Figurative, Pen & Ink on Paper by Artist Somnath Hore "In Stock"
By Somnath Hore
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Somnath Hore - Untitled
Pen & Ink on Paper, 5 x 7.5 inches (Unframed Size)
( Unframed & Delivered )
Inclusive of shipment mounted not framed, Should you wish to receive the same fra...
Category
1990s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen, Paper
'Standing Nude', Figural, Iranian, Teheran, San Francisco Bay Area, SFAI
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An oil study of a man shown vigorously drying his hair with a towel. Signed lower left, 'Termeh' for Termeh Yeghiazarian (Iranian-American, 1959-2022) and dated 1994. Additionally signed, verso, 'Ms. Termeh Yeghiazarian'.
Termeh Yeghiazarian was born in Tehran and moved to the US in 1978. From 1991, she made San Francisco her home, becoming an active member of the Bay Area art scene as artist, teacher and activist.
Yeghiazarian received her BA from the Academy of Art and her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She was involved in the creation of the San Francisco Art and Culture Committee and in the establishment of community gatherings and cultural events that included First Fridays, Salons and the production of plays by Golden Thread Productions of which she was a co-founder.
As an artist, Yeghiazarian explored the social impact and politics of cultural representation. She exhibited widely and with success including throughout the San Francisco Bay Area...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Masonite, Oil, Watercolor
Seated Nude - Oil Paint by Giuseppe Torelli - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Nude is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Torelli in 1950s.
Oil on cardboard.
64x48 cm with frame.
Handsigned in the lower right margin.
Category
1950s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Antique American School Signed Large Framed Nude Woman Marble Bust Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 28H.
Category
1950s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Cosmic Dance" GAIA as Mother Earth a Visionary Figurative - Acrylic
Located in Soquel, CA
Emergence of Woman The Cosmic Dance A Visionary Figurative in Acrylic
Flowing and stylized figurative work by Visionary artist Kimberlee Kuwica (American, b. 1967). From GAIA: "As t...
Category
1990s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Foam Board, Acrylic, Illustration Board
'Reclining Nude', San Francisco Woman Artist, Large Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Vivian R. Huebler' for Vivian Ruth Lewis Huebler (American, 1890-1975); additionally signed, verso, with artist address and painted circa 1955.
Vivian Huebler w...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cosmic Dance - Visionary Figurative Nude Composition in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
The Cosmic Dream - Visionary Figurative Nude Composition in Acrylic on Masonite
Flowing and stylized figurative work by Kimberlee Kuwica (American, b. 1967). A figure is dancing tho...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
The Cosmic Dream - Visionary Figurative Nude Composition in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
The Cosmic Dream - Visionary Figurative Nude Composition in Acrylic on Masonite
Flowing and stylized figurative work by Kimberlee Kuwica (American, b. 1967). A figure is floating th...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Vintage American School Boudoir Scene Nude Female Interior Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 11L x 9H.
Category
1950s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blessing, Nude Oil Painting on Wood by Joh Hardy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Blessing
John Hardy, American (1923–2014)
Date: 1997
Oil on Wood, signed
Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Woman on a blue background. Erotica. 1993. Oil on canvas. 98x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman on a blue background
1993. Oil on canvas. 98x140 cm
Juris Utāns (1959-2022)
was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socia...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Disconnect
Located in Long Island City, NY
Disconnect
John Hardy, American (1923–2014)
Date: 1998
Oil on Wood, signed
Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edge
Located in Long Island City, NY
Edge
John Hardy, American (1923–2014)
Date: 1997
Oil on Wood, signed
Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Zengeist (Mask)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Zengeist (Mask)
John Hardy, American (1923–2014)
Date: 1998
Oil on Wood, signed
Size: 48 x 32 in. (121.92 x 81.28 cm)
Reference: Bool 405
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Mid Century Multi-Color Abstract Expressionist Figurative
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Exceptional mid century Abstract Expressionist figurative painting from her study with David Park by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Signed lower right "Honora Berg" and on verso. Unframed. Image 36"H x 30"W.
Berg studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff, and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nude Study Ink Wash Drawing Painting by Robert Cami
Located in Atlanta, GA
Interesting ink-wash nude woman study by French painter Robert Cami (1900-1975). In between drawing and painting, the Lavis process consists of the use of a pigment diluted in the wa...
Category
1950s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Ink
female nude with fruit oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jesús Villar (1930-2015) - Female nude with fruit - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x38 cm.
Frame measures 80x72 cm.
The painter Jesús Villar was born in 19...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Blue nude" Oil cm. 50 x 60 1953
Located in Torino, IT
blue,nude
Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989)
From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressive results dominated by an imp...
Category
1950s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stained glass window with naked woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquim Sabaté Casanova - Stained glass window with a nude woman - Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas - Hand signed - c.1990
Oil measures 92x65 cm.
Frameless.
Quimet Sabaté will enter the...
Category
1990s Pop Art Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Figurative -- Seated Nude Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract expressionist nude with heavy impasto of seated woman. Bay area find. Signed on verso "Swan," circa 1990. Unframed. Image size: 24"H x 18"W.
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman in profile oil on canvas painting portrait
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
José Palmeiro (1903-1984) - Woman in profile - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 80x60 cm.
Frameless.
José Palmeiro Martínez was a Spanish painter and lithographer, from the School of Paris, born in Madrid on August 19, 1903 and died in Bergerac, France, on March 15, 1984.
Of Galician roots, the data on the birth of José Palmeiro remain imprecise: although those stated here are those generally accepted, there are certain sources that affirm that he was born in 1901 and that he is a native of Betanzos (Galicia).
At the age of 18, he worked in the workshops of the newspaper El Sol where his drawings were published. José Palmeiro arrived in Paris in 1925 where he settled in the Montparnasse neighborhood. He became friends with Celso Lagary and is part of the group of Spanish painters from the School of Paris. He also established friendships with Ginés Parra...
Category
1950s Post-War 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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