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Paula CraioveanuNude in Interior (Woman on Top) large oil painting Paula Craioveanu 39x27in2022
2022
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"Nude in Interior - Woman on Top" - original large art by Paula Craioveanu
Original, large, unique painting, oil on canvas, 39x27in / 100x70cm . Shipped as it is stretched ready for hanging.
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This painting presents a harmonious yet striking contrast between the softness of the human form and the architectural structure of the space.
The figure is positioned at the center, perched on the table with a graceful, almost statuesque pose. Her lifted arms create an upward movement that draws the viewer’s eyes toward the chandelier, seamlessly connecting the human form to the architectural elements above. The use of the table and chairs as part of the composition anchors the figure within the space, creating a dynamic tension between the curved forms of the figure and the geometric rigidity of the furniture.
This painting employs a cooler palette dominated by shades of blue, lavender, and soft grays, creating a serene, contemplative mood. The limited but deliberate warm tones in the figure’s body provide a beautiful contrast, making her stand out while still harmonizing with the overall color scheme. The cold light filtering through the windows creates an ethereal atmosphere, giving the scene a dreamlike quality. The interplay of warm and cool tones adds depth and emotional complexity.
The brushstrokes are loose and expressive, particularly in the background and the reflections on the table. This painterly quality conveys a sense of immediacy, emphasizing the emotional tone over precise detail. The subtle layering of color gives the painting texture, especially in the furniture and walls, suggesting a tactile quality to the space.
The environment is a refined interior, inspired by European interiors from the late 19th – early 20th centuries. The high ceilings, the chandelier, and the large windows evoke a sense of elegance and historical charm. The light streaming in through the windows feels soft and diffused, creating a balance between the figure’s presence and the environment. This interaction between light and architecture draws inspiration from Impressionist approaches to capturing atmospheric effects.
The figure’s pose, combined with the tranquil setting, suggests themes of self-reflection, elegance, and vulnerability. The placement of the woman on the table (an unconventional spot) adds an element of mystery or even defiance, challenging traditional notions of placement or propriety. The interplay between human presence and space feels contemplative, exploring how individuals inhabit and interact with their surroundings. The chandelier and furniture frame the human figure like an artwork within a gallery, suggesting the celebration of beauty.
This work has echoes of post-Impressionist interiors, particularly in its focus on capturing light and the interaction between the figure and the space. Artists like Pierre Bonnard or Edgar Degas explored similar themes, often placing figures in private, intimate settings. The cool palette and architectural elements may also hint at Scandinavian or Northern European influences, where light and interior space often play a dominant role in art.
While other paintings used a warm palette and a more grounded pose for the figure, this one adopts cooler tones and a more dynamic pose, suggesting motion or release. Both explore the human figure’s interaction with its environment, but this piece feels more introspective and ethereal.
This painting combines elegance and introspection with a modern expressiveness. The harmonious balance of human form, architecture, and light creates a tranquil, almost meditative atmosphere. The thoughtful use of color and brushwork gives the scene a dreamlike quality, making it a compelling piece that invites quiet reflection and emotional connection.
Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes, in a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern, validate the feminine experience, defining myself through it.
I was interested in how one experiences the body in a sensual form, and later focused on my own body, as I experience it myself, looking into the mirror and reconnecting.
My work challenges the tradition of the nude by capturing my point of view, the gaze of a female painter, by using photography, drawings, sketches, and painting on canvas, for, both physical and psychological exploration.
My art tries to create a visual language for emotion, beauty, feelings of intimacy and in the same time autonomy, captured with paint and vivid colors. My intense interest in colour and the gestures of the brush strokes are the means I see and convey the subjects in space, as living, passionate beings."
Paula Craioveanu
Biography:
Paula Craioveanu is a Romanian artist, born in 1976. She grew up surrounded by art and inspiration, in a family of artists. Trained in Bucharest and New York as an architect and painter. Holds a degree in Architecture and a PhD in Visual Arts. Presently working as a full-time artist.
At the age of 16, Paula Craioveanu moved to New York, where she came in contact with New York’s vibrant art scene, she graduated from high school and then studied at Parsons School of Design. Then she moved back to Romania where she studied for the next 6 years at the Architecture University in Bucharest and graduated with a degree in Architecture in 2000. In 2013 she earned a Ph.D in Visual Arts at the University of Arts in Bucharest with the theme “Geometry of Space in 17th century Dutch painting”. After this, she dedicated her full time to art, and showed her talent to the art world.
Paula Craioveanu works in acrylic and oil paints, but also pen and ink or tempera works on paper. She regularly participates in shows and exhibitions in galleries along the East and West Coast of the United States, like bG Gallery Santa Monica, Dacia Gallery and Perseus Gallery in New York.
Paula Craioveanu’s work is featured on the two most exclusive online art marketplaces, 1stDibs and Artsy.
Over the course of 20 years, Paula Craioveanu has created several painting series: “Abstract”, “Interiors”, “Nude in Interior”, “NeoMythology”. Paula Craioveanu’s work has been placed in private collection around the world, both in Europe and in the United States.
Today, Paula Craioveanu has set up studios and works in Bucharest and New York.
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- Creator:Paula Craioveanu (1976, Romanian)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 39 in (99.06 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Forest Hills, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: Romanian-American artist. PhD in Visual Arts.1stDibs: LU2240216056012
Paula Craioveanu
Trained in Bucharest and New York as architect and painter. Holds a degree in Architecture and a PhD in Visual Arts. Presently working as a full-time artist.
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