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Contemporary Nude Paintings

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Another Day Still Disable -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern

Another Day Still Disable -21st Century, Contemporary Figurative Portrait Modern

By Abdulateef Salaudeen

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique; this is not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. (Issues b...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Amphibian Man male nude painting larger than life original by Paula Craioveanu
Amphibian Man male nude painting larger than life original by Paula Craioveanu

Amphibian Man male nude painting larger than life original by Paula Craioveanu

By Paula Craioveanu

Located in Forest Hills, NY

Amphibian Man, acrylic on canvas, 200x100cm, 80x40in The painting was inspired by an amphibious creature called Ichtyandro, half man half fish, able to live and breath in both worlds...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Two male Nudes. Painting.Pastel, carbon pencil, ink on archival paper mounted
Two male Nudes. Painting.Pastel, carbon pencil, ink on archival paper mounted

Two male Nudes. Painting.Pastel, carbon pencil, ink on archival paper mounted

By Celso José Castro Daza

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride their erect penises...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Paper, Pastel, Ink

1986 Intimate Couple Portrait by Mystery Artist
1986 Intimate Couple Portrait by Mystery Artist

1986 Intimate Couple Portrait by Mystery Artist

Located in New York, NY

Mystery Artist Tennessee, 9/12/86 Oil on canvas 34 x 43 3/4 x 1 in. Titled and inscribed upper left

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1980s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Model On Back: Mixed media painting on paper

Model On Back: Mixed media painting on paper

By Angela Lyle

Located in Brecon, Powys

This mixed media on paper is a subtle study of the model, soft and flowing. Angela was born in 1946 and studied art at Kingston Art College, London. Her early career was predominan...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Klaudia frontal nude - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2021

Klaudia frontal nude - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2021

By Marco Fariello

Located in Roma, IT

Klaudia frontal nude is one of the best works by the artist Marco Fariello. It is made on canvas, painted in oil in 2021. The subject of the work is the representation of a nude of ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Out of skin. Semi-nude female portrait, warm gold, cosmic, symbolic figurative
Out of skin. Semi-nude female portrait, warm gold, cosmic, symbolic figurative

Out of skin. Semi-nude female portrait, warm gold, cosmic, symbolic figurative

By Julia Mordvinova Gilje

Located in Oslo, NO

Out of Skin moves between figurative realism and symbolic imagery. A luminous female figure emerges from soft fields of light, while fine constellation-like lines echo her form. The ...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Oil, Canvas

Nude in French Interior - original extra large oil painting by Paula Craioveanu
Nude in French Interior - original extra large oil painting by Paula Craioveanu

Nude in French Interior - original extra large oil painting by Paula Craioveanu

By Paula Craioveanu

Located in Forest Hills, NY

"Nude in French interior", in a classical room lighted from one side. Part of my Nude in interior series. Nude placed in a a sober classical interior in contrast with the modern rel...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Abduction of Europa - Bruno Surdo, Original Oil Painting

The Abduction of Europa - Bruno Surdo, Original Oil Painting

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

This painting, depicting the mythological Abduction of Europa, situates Bruno Surdo squarely within the grand tradition of European history painting while simultaneously revealing th...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Rose
The Rose

The Rose

By Kim Frohsin

Located in Burlingame, CA

Figurative painting from the artist's "Figures with Edges" series. This painting is featured in the book, Figures with Edges, pg 1. Acrylic paitning is 10 3/8 x 9 7/8. Professionally...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

We Can Try Again - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple
We Can Try Again - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple

We Can Try Again - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple

By Rick Sindt

Located in Chicago, IL

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...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Eros and Psyche
Eros and Psyche

Eros and Psyche

By Barnaby Fitzgerald

Located in Dallas, TX

A professor of painting at Southern Methodist University since 1984, Barnaby Fitzgerald spent his childhood in Italy where he earned a printmaking degree in Urbino. He received a BFA...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Upon Waking" Oil Painting

"Upon Waking" Oil Painting

By Calvin Lai

Located in Denver, CO

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...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Self-portrait 2  Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm
Self-portrait 2  Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm

Self-portrait 2 Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm

By Juris Utans

Located in Riga, LV

Self-portrait 2 2009, canvas, acrylic, 140x98 cm Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris U...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Felt Pen

Naked Young Woman - Drawing by Marco Fariello - 2021

Naked Young Woman - Drawing by Marco Fariello - 2021

By Marco Fariello

Located in Roma, IT

Naked young woman is one of the best works by the artist Marco Fariello realized in 2021. It is an academic drawing of a female nude. It is painted with oil on canvas. The subject ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

"Open Figure", Contemporary Figurative Nude, Blurred Model, Acrylic on Canvas
"Open Figure", Contemporary Figurative Nude, Blurred Model, Acrylic on Canvas

"Open Figure", Contemporary Figurative Nude, Blurred Model, Acrylic on Canvas

By Maura Petersen

Located in Carmel, CA

Maura Petersen (American, born 1956) "Open Figure" 2019 Acrylic paint on stretched canvas Signed on the back of the canvas. “Open Figure” is a dynamic figurative painting that empha...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Canvas

Orange Woman, Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper, Signed, 21st Century
Orange Woman, Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper, Signed, 21st Century

Orange Woman, Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper, Signed, 21st Century

By Angela Lyle

Located in Brecon, Powys

Angela brings vibrant immediacy to her figurative paintings. She uses a depth of colour and bright outlines of her figures to emphasize shape and contours. In all her works Angela gi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil

June. 2016, canvas, acrylic, 81x60 cm
June. 2016, canvas, acrylic, 81x60 cm

June. 2016, canvas, acrylic, 81x60 cm

By Maris Abilevs

Located in Riga, LV

This art piece is part of the series of unique sizable works called 'Home alone'. By using mixed media and expressive sketching techniques the artist Maris Abilevs manages to convey ...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Heartstrings" by Jon Wassom - Mixed Media Figurative Painting, 2024
"Heartstrings" by Jon Wassom - Mixed Media Figurative Painting, 2024

"Heartstrings" by Jon Wassom - Mixed Media Figurative Painting, 2024

By Jon Wassom

Located in Denver, CO

Jon Wassom’s "Heartstrings" is an evocative mixed media painting on panel, measuring 16 x 16 inches. This striking composition explores themes of intimacy, emotion, and human connect...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Model with Mandolin in Ink and Charcoal on Paper
Model with Mandolin in Ink and Charcoal on Paper

Model with Mandolin in Ink and Charcoal on Paper

By Katherine Kallick

Located in Soquel, CA

Model with Mandolin in Ink and Charcoal on Paper Black and white painting of a woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine "Kathy" Kallick (American, b. 1952). A woman is sitting in a chair, with a mandolin in her lap. She is shown in profile, looking to the viewer's right. Next to the chair is an end table with a vase of flowers. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Paper size: 22.5"H x 28.38"W Katherine Kallick...

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1970s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water Signed in red, recto Oil on canvas 96.25 x 67 inches (244.5 x 170.2 cm) $15,000 + $900 framing This work is offered by Cla...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Contemporary nude paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary nude paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add nude paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, pink, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alexandru Rădvan, Angela Lyle, Julien Calot, and Bruno Surdo. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary nude paintings, so small editions measuring 3.63 inches across are also available. Prices for nude paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $71 and tops out at $110,000, while the average work sells for $2,797.