Abstract Nude Paintings
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Abstract Nude Paintings
Paper, Carbon Pencil
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Abstract Nude Paintings
Tempera, Illustration Board
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
1950s Abstract Nude Paintings
India Ink, Gouache
1950s Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
1970s Abstract Nude Paintings
Linen, Oil
1950s Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil, Panel
Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Paper, Gouache
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Paper, Gouache
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Acrylic, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Paper, Gouache
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, India Ink, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Early 2000s Abstract Nude Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
1970s Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Casein
1950s Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
A graceful nude surrounded by a glowing abstraction by artist Gary Leonard. The warm composition blends in the soft flowing contours of the figure as she move...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
In this modernist nude portrait, artist Robin Okun highlights the soft curves of the body against the structure of the space, adding expression with a subtle ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1970s Abstract Nude Paintings
Paper, Oil
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
Artist Comments
Recently, Sumner has been exploring the use of text in her paintings, adding poetry to accompany the message of the artwork. "This piece is about the loss we...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil
1970s Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
1970s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil, Mixed Media
1950s Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Abstract Nude Paintings
Masonite, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Charcoal
1950s Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
1990s Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Abstract Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Oil Pastel
1970s Abstract Nude Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
1980s Abstract Nude Paintings
Watercolor, Pen