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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

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

Materials

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

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

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

Category

1980s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Klaudia frontal nude - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2021

Klaudia frontal nude - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2021

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

Camouflage - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting
Camouflage - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting

Camouflage - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting

Located in Salzburg, AT

The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

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

Chelsea Model. Contemporary Nude Oil Painting
Chelsea Model. Contemporary Nude Oil Painting

Chelsea Model. Contemporary Nude Oil Painting

By Glenn Ibbitson

Located in Brecon, Powys

This is a classic and rather lovely life painting. Full of shade, tone and light Ibbitson creates beautiful studies of the human form. Oil on canvas Excellent condition. Signed

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

June. 2016, canvas, acrylic, 81x60 cm

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

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

96. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm
96. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm

96. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm

Located in Riga, LV

Act 96. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm on the backside of the artwork lithography

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil

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

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

Banuso (Safe Space) - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionist, Men, Earth Tone
Banuso (Safe Space) - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionist, Men, Earth Tone

Banuso (Safe Space) - 21st Century Contemporary, Expressionist, Men, Earth Tone

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Self-portrait 1  Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm.
Self-portrait 1  Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm.

Self-portrait 1 Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 140x98 cm.

Located in Riga, LV

Self-portrait 1 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 ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Felt Pen

Nude in the Mirror  original oil on canvas
Nude in the Mirror  original oil on canvas

Nude in the Mirror original oil on canvas

By Paula Craioveanu

Located in Forest Hills, NY

"Nude in the Mirror" is inspired by Magritte's "The Lovers" painted in 1928 in his Surrealist period. Original, unique painting. 70x60cm / 27.5x23.5in Part of the "Nude in Interi...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sebastian: Contemporary Oil Painting on Linen, Unframed, 116.5 x 66 cm
Sebastian: Contemporary Oil Painting on Linen, Unframed, 116.5 x 66 cm

Sebastian: Contemporary Oil Painting on Linen, Unframed, 116.5 x 66 cm

Located in BARCELONA, ES

Felix Campean's artwork presents a scene of a human body emerging with astonishing anatomical precision, capturing every detail of musculature and skin with hyper-realistic fidelity....

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

The Space Between - Large Chiaroscuro Oil Painting, Face Emerging from Darkness
The Space Between - Large Chiaroscuro Oil Painting, Face Emerging from Darkness

The Space Between - Large Chiaroscuro Oil Painting, Face Emerging from Darkness

Located in Chicago, IL

The Space Between This work foregrounds negative space as an emotional register. The figure’s isolation is intensified by the surrounding darkness, which functions as both void and refuge. Hall’s mastery of chiaroscuro is evident in the way light traces bone and muscle while leaving the face partially obscured, denying easy access to the subject’s inner life. Nathan Brad Hall...

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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Adjacent Worlds  Female Nude with Braids Looking at Her Reflection Thru a Portal
Adjacent Worlds  Female Nude with Braids Looking at Her Reflection Thru a Portal

Adjacent Worlds Female Nude with Braids Looking at Her Reflection Thru a Portal

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

A female nude stares at what we are to believe is her reflection yet at closer look we see what looks like a cosmic portal. Is she really staring at her reflection or is this an adjacent world as Bruno would suggest with it's title? Bruno Surdo Adjacent Worlds oil on canvas 60h x 36w in 152h x 91w cm BRS068 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"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

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...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Muscles1111

Muscles1111

By Carlton Scott Sturgill

Located in New Orleans, LA

medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in De...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media

Naked Young Woman - Drawing by Marco Fariello - 2021

Naked Young Woman - Drawing by Marco Fariello - 2021

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 ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

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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.