Panel Nude Paintings

Kirsten Savage is one of Colorado’s top representational artists. As an avid world traveler and experienced mountaineer, Kirsten spends her time seeking out beautiful spaces where th...

Artist bio/statement: Matt Talbert is a contemporary oil painter living in Southern California. Both a graduate from the Orange County School of the Arts and the Laguna College of A...

Kirsten Savage is one of Colorado’s top representational artists. As an avid world traveler and experienced mountaineer, Kirsten spends her time seeking out beautiful spaces where th...

Karen Offutt's "Languishing" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a nude female figure covered by a sheer black fabric with peonies in the foreground. About the Artist: K...

Matt Talbert's "Stillness" (2024) is an oil painting on linen, measuring 21 x 14 inches (53.34 x 35.56 cm). The unframed artwork features a nude female figure seated beside a window,...

Kirsten Savage is one of Colorado’s top representational artists. As an avid world traveler and experienced mountaineer, Kirsten spends her time seeking out beautiful spaces where th...

Please note: This is a secondary market artwork with one previous owner. Kang Cho's artistic legacy endures through "Reclining Nude," a serene and contemplative handmade original o...

Matt Talbert ( US based) "Between Worlds" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female brunette model with gestural marks around her form. The artists signature impasto marks are evident throughout the painting. This painting is framed in a black float frame and ready to hang. Artist bio/statement: Matt Talbert is a contemporary oil painter living in Southern California. Both a graduate from the Orange County School of the Arts and the Laguna College of Art and Design, he is now named one of the "Top 100 Figurative Artist Working Now" by Poets Artists Magazine. Matt's primary focus is expressive paintings of the human figure exhibited in galleries such as Arcadia Contemporary...

"Heavy Arms" by Zack Zdrale (US based) is an original oil on panel depicting a nude male model in a pulling motion. Zack Zdrale (b. 1977) takes a traditional approach to his work a...

This female nude piece titled "Paradox" is an original artwork made from oil on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece measures 24”h x 18”w. Lauren Rinaldi (b. 1983, Brooklyn, NY) is a...

John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Levi Jackson" (2015) is a realist oil on panel painting that depicts a nude male lying on a bed, looking up seductively at the viewer's point...

DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER (1610–1690) Perseus and Andromeda Oil on panel 42.5 × 26.7 cm (16³⁄₄ × 10¹⁄₂ in.) Unsigned Provenance • Possibly Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Habsburg (16...

Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...

Continuing a series of small paintings in oil and tempera on wooden boards, artist turned to the image found in the live sketches at one of the beautiful Saturday mornings. So once ...

Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographi...

Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...

Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographi...

Dutch painter Egbert Modderman made this painting in the beginning of 2021. 2020 was a very successful year for the young Dutch painter, he did win ...

About the Artist: Karen Offutt was born and raised in Dallas, Texas by a creative family who encouraged her to explore her artistic talent from an early age. Her father is an artist ...

John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Pieta" (2021) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts two young athletic male figures atop a red cloth in vast desert du...

Matthew Durante's "Figure 1 2021" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a blue-toned nude female model superimposed over a pink and purple background.

Let Go 1, 2, 3 (Series) In these paintings, Zdrale depicts multiple figures—often iterations of the same man—locked in a cycle of struggle. The ropes that coil around or extend from ...

It's just a little embarassing. Our young bather went for a skinny dip in the river and now needs to snatch her clothes without being spotted by the elderly artist on the river bank ...

Oracles provide wise, insightful counsel and were thought to be portals through which the gods spoke directly to people. In Bruno Surdo's "The Oracle", the central female character ...

John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Reclining Man" (2015) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts a young man lying in the nude, against a surreal scene of ...

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...

John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Blake of Night" (2012) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude male figure crawling forward on a slab o...

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 ...

This painting demonstrates Bruno Surdo’s ability to merge the tradition of the classical nude with the quiet realism of contemporary interior life. A solitary female figure stands within a glass shower enclosure, her body partially obscured by reflections and framing devices. The tiled bathroom, sink, mirror, and everyday objects are rendered with careful observational precision, grounding the scene firmly in the present. Yet the treatment of the body—its sculptural modeling, soft chiaroscuro, and subtle contrapposto—reveals Surdo’s atelier training and deep engagement with Renaissance figure painting. The nude is not casual or incidental; it is constructed with the same anatomical discipline seen in High Renaissance studies of the human form. Art historically, the work enters into dialogue with the long tradition of bathing figures—from Titian’s and Giorgione’s reclining Venuses to Degas’ intimate bathers. However, unlike the mythological or voyeuristic framing of many historical precedents, Surdo situates the figure in a modern, enclosed domestic space. The glass partition becomes both a literal and metaphorical barrier, recalling the reflective complexities of artists like Degas and even the spatial investigations of modern realist painters. The presence of mirrors and layered surfaces introduces subtle commentary on perception and self-awareness. Rather than eroticizing the nude, Surdo emphasizes vulnerability and introspection. Within his broader practice—often centered on allegory, myth, or theatrical spectacle—this work feels restrained and contemplative, suggesting that the same classical language of form can articulate private, contemporary moments of solitude and embodiment. Bruno Surdo Venetian Shower, 2023 oil on panel 36h x 24w in 91.44h x 60.96w cm BRS119 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2023 New Work, Gallery VICTOR, Chicago, IL 2021 Ethos + Truth, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2020 Realities, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section, Chicago Sun Times, 2002 Review by Dennis Raverty, Art Papers Magazine, July 2001 WTTW Channel 11...

Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...

Calvin Lai's (US based) "Upon Waking" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female figure in a Contrapposto posture leaning back against a lavender hued wall whil...

John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Whispering Hope" (2018) is a beautiful realist painting that is an oil on panel. The piece depicts an athletic nude male figure lying on a be...

Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972) Untitled, 20th century Oil on wood panel 23 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. Framed: 29 x 25 x 1 1/4 in. Signed lower left: A Smith Arthur Smith is a listed Ameri...

A nude figure is suspended in air, being held up by an invisible force field and surrounded by loops of wire. The muscular figure is tense with all the defined muscles showing. The...

Nude figure in bright red interior

Hercules and Omphale Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm According to legend, Hercules had to make atonement and became a slave to the Lydian queen Omphale. When she found out who her slave was, she married him. Falling for his mistress and made effeminate by the luxury of court life, the former hero allowed himself to become the laughing stock of the court. He dressed in women's clothes, spun wool and did other women's work, whereas Omphale wore his lion's skin and carried a wooden club. When the time of punishment was over, the hero realised his delusion and left Omphale. So far, the painting could not be clearly assigned to an artist. Nevertheless, it impresses with its fluid and convincing painting, whose colourfulness and conception are reminiscent of the Prague School around Bartholomäus Spranger. This work follows an engraving and an etching made by Michel Dorigny in 1643 after a design by Simon Vouet. It shows the same scene but the print differs in minor details from the present painting (see e.g. the head of the lion) and the treatment of the faces seems to be painted more detailed and refined. So far there is no painting...

Hollis Dunlap's (US based) "Study of Morgan" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman, face downturned, with her long dark hair trailing down her porcelain fig...

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 ...

Pressure System by Zack Zdrale is a blend of contemporary elements yet reminiscent of the great masters. A male figure crouches down on a stone pedestal, ...

"Tea Party" by Kirsten Savage is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a woman sitting on an orange couch, in a sheer white skirt, holding a cup of tea. Kirsten ...

Clyde Steadman's "Annunciation" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model in an interior bathroom setting.

John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Islands" (2014) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts a nude male figure, lying in death in a desolate desert. Another...

Matt Talbert ( US based) "Awakening" is an oil painting that depicts a nude feminine form in pearls with an Afro reclining with her hands clasped in her hair. Artist bio/statement:...

John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Holding Back the Moon" (ca. 2018) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude young male figure, with his a...

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 ...

Kirsten Savage is one of Colorado’s top representational artists. As an avid world traveler and experienced mountaineer, Kirsten spends her time seeking out beautiful spaces where th...

Clyde Steadman's "Bathsheba" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model in an interior setting.

Brian O'Neill's (US based) "Exhale" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude male figure stooped over and keeling on the ground, with his back exposed and bowing his...

Evgeniy loves to listen to the great Jim McCann during the painting sessions and one of the Irish folk songs performed by him, very suitable in terms of lyrics and mood, gave the tit...

Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...

A solitary figure strains forward, arms fully extended, as if reaching beyond the frame itself. Rendered in warm, earthen tones, the oil painting captures the tension between strengt...

1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait of a woman seated in an interior The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Great use of color and abstract brush strokes...

An exceptional example of Hartman’s early post-impressionist works. This lovely work depicts several female bathers alongside various birds in an enchanting landscape. In the lower ...

John Tarantola's original nude portrait "The Embrace" (2015) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude male figure embracing the bright silhouette...

Suchitra Bhosle's "Ornament" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude blonde woman reclining on a white chaise lounge, her red skirt s...

Henri Joseph Thomas 1878 – Brussels – 1972 Belgian Painter 'Female Nude Behind Blue Curtains' Signature: signed lower right 'Henry Thomas' Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: image si...

Oliver Hazard Benson Danubia acrylic on panel 10h x 8w in 25.40h x 20.32w cm OB0107 Oliver Hazard’s paintings are produced directly from his imagination and deals with a mixture of ...

"Introvert" by Zack Zdrale (US based) is an original oil on panel depicting a nude male model. Zack Zdrale (b. 1977) takes a traditional approach to his work although his subjects a...

Nereid is a sea nymph, a female spirit of sea waters. She symbolizes everything that is beautiful and kind about the sea. Her melodious voice sing as she dances and twists on a sea ...

GEORGES ARTEMOFF "LA FEMME ASSIS A LA MANTILLE NOIRE” OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED RUSSIAN-FRENCH, DATE 1963 PROVENANCE: GALERIE MAKASSAR , PARIS 31.75 X 20 INCHES Illustrated in the c...