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Nude Paintings For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: Early 1900s
Reverie - Neo-Impressionist Nude Figurative Oil Painting by Georges Lemmen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and titled oil on board nude circa 1905 by Belgian neo-impressionist painter Georges Lemmen. The work titled 'Reverie' depicts a red-haired lady who is kneeling down and resti...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
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
Beautiful Large Oil On Canvas Impressionist Nude Signed V Regnart
Located in Gavere, BE
"Beautiful And Large Oil On Canvas Impressionist Nude Signed V Regnart"
Victor Regnart is a Belgian painter and engraver born January 26, 1886 in Élouges and died November 9, 1964 in...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Model in the Studio
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed (lower left), 59cm x 49cm (72cm x 62cm framed).
An Australian artist, who studied at the Royal Academy in London in the 1930s, Abbott became highly accomplish...
Category
1950s Post-War Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
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
Pre-Raphaelite Beauty - Victorian art nude oil portrait - British female artist
By Sara Wells Page
Located in London, GB
Painted by Sara Wells Page this is a large stunning half-length Pre-Raphaelite portrait oil painting of a semi clad young woman. It was painted circa 1900 by Page who worked and exhi...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Nude Paintings
Materials
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
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
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
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
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
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
Large American Impressionist Signed Women Bathers Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist painting of two nude bathers in a landscape. Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed lower right. ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
'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
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
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
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
"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
Allegory of Summer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a monumental Art Nouveau painting, one of a series he did on commission.
Valère-Bernard,
François Marius Valère-Bernard French ,
He was born on 1 August 1860, in Marseilles, France.
He died 8...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cubist Nude Pastel Study Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant pastel painting on paper by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974). This piece features a striking cubist nude study in blue-gray color with contrasting black lines. There is no visible signature.
Provenance: From the estate of the artist.
Newly reframed in an elegant blue-silver textured wood frame with black matte and acrylic glass protection.
Measurements:
With frame: 15 in. wide (38 cm) x 19.69 in. high (50 cm).
Opening view: 7.32 in. wide (18.5 cm) x 12 in. (30.5 cm).
(The last two pictures show the piece of art before framing).
Biography:
John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on June 23, 1903.
He studied art at Columbia University (BS), with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine. He was a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Typophiles, and the Yonkers Art Association (chairman from 1972-1973).
He worked as an art editor and book designer at the American Book Company, New York, 1932-1937, as Art Director at Oxford University Press, New York, 1939-1968, and as vice-president from 1960-1968, as an art director at Art In America 1957-1959 where he won the Readerscope Award in 1945 for a bronze work. He also taught art and lectured on basic design at New York University from 1950 to 1958.
He exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum 1935, 1937; at the Wakefield Gallery 1942, 1943, 1945; the Nierendorf Gallery 1945; at the Buchholz Gallery 1943, 1945; at the Whitney Museum of American Art 1945, 1950; at the Worcester Art Museum 1948; and at the Hudson River Museum...
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel
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
Sexy Woman in a Swamp Storm - Pulp Magazine, Hispanic Artist, Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Rafael Maria de Soto y Hernandez was born February 18, 1904 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It's high drama in the swamp. Woman in the Swamp is a masterfully executed example of Pulp Art and showcases Rafael DeSoto's full command of academic painting.
DeSoto did pulp covers up until the industry's demise in the 1950s for such magazines as Adventure, Argosy, Black Mask, Captain Zero, Crack Detective, Fantastic Novels, 15-Story Detective, Fifteen Western Tales, New Detective, Smashing Detective, and Walt Coburn's Western Magazine. He also painted many covers and interior story illustrations for men's adventure magazines, such as Action For Men, Adventure, Battle Cry, For Men Only...
Category
1950s Academic Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Venus Retrieved from the Hands of Death, Surrealist, Nudes, 1959, Oil on Canvas
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Venus Retrieved from the Hands of Death" by Philadelphia born modernist painter Leon Kelly, is a fantasy nude group scene of one female and two male figures. The 49" x 36" oil on ca...
Category
1950s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950s "Curled" Figurative Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper
Curled
1950's
Gouache on Paper
15" x 18", Unframed
From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann...
Category
1950s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
The sources, Collonges Bellerive, Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Gray wooden frame
55 x 47 x 5 cm
Category
1950s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a Black nude woman seated on a chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted 1950's mid-century modern English portrait of a black nude woman seated on a chair.
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s
Oils on ...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Mid Century Female Nude Figure, Sea Cliff Beach
Located in Soquel, CA
Female nude figure at the beach by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Jon Blanchette" verso. Image size, 24"H x 18"W.
Jon Blan...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Bathing Group
Located in Sheffield, MA
John Edward Costigan, N.A.
American, 1888-1972
Bathing Group
Oil on canvas board
Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left
12 by 16 in. W/frame 20 by 24 i...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edmond Suau (1871-1929) Une Académie, Standing man, signed oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Edmond Suau (1871-1929)
Une Académie, Standing man,
oil on canvas
signed lower left
88 x 70 cm
In quite good condition, some damages - small lacks of painting - in the lower part, ...
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Early 1900s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude black woman seated on a chair
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude black woman seated on a chair
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted 1950's mid-century modern English portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed.
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s
Oils on artists ...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
19th Century French Academic Study of a Hand
Located in SANTA FE, NM
French Academic Study of a Hand
Circa 1900
Oil on Cardboard
13 3/8 x 8 3/8 (19 1/8 x 14 1/8 frame) inches
Signed lower left "M. Granet"
A very finely...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie 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 L...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Watercolor
Deux Baigneuses dans un Paysage by GEORGES MANZANA PISSARRO - Bathers
Located in London, GB
Deux Baigneuses dans un Paysage by GEORGES MANZANA PISSARRO (1871-1961)
Oil on canvas
38 x 46 cm (15 x 18 1⁄8 inches)
Signed and dated lower left, Manzana Pissarro 55
This work is ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Leda, large 20th century figural red painting, New York artist Joseph Glasco
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996)
Leda
1956
Oil on paper
Signed and dated lower left
60 x 39 inches
Exhibited: Viviano, 1956, no. 3; Princeton, 1961, no. 73; Houston, CAM, 1986
A...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in a artists studio
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in an artists studio
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s
Great use of color and abstract brush strokes...
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1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Nude oil painting by Ludovic Rodo Pissarro titled 'La Brune au Tableau de Nu'
Located in London, GB
'La Brune au Tableau de Nu' by Ludovic Rodo Pissarro
Oil on canvas
60 x 81.5 cm (23 ⅝ x 32 ⅛ inches)
Signed lower left, Ludovic Rodo
Executed circa 1910
This work will be accompani...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s
...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman reading, seated
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman seated reading in an interior.
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during t...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman a bed
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted 1950's mid-century modern English portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed.
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s
Oils on artists ...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Reclining Nude, Oil Painting by Julian Ritter
By Julian Ritter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Julian Ritter, Polish-German/American (1909 - 2000)
Title: Reclining Nude
Year: circa 1955
Medium: Oil on Masonite
Size: 14 x 18 in. (35.56 x 45.72 cm)
Frame Size: 17.5 x...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
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.
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