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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
Contemporary Cubist Figurative Abstract with Saxophone
Located in Soquel, CA
A highly abstracted figure playing saxophone in this contemporary cubist painting by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th c.). A bright and colorful palette of pastel purple, p...
Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Apollo & Daphne - Greek Mythology: Gilding, Ink and Acrylic on Canvas
Located in London, GB
With a background in engineering and architecture, Marco Araldi is demonstrably comfortable with both mathematical design and geometry. Naturally drawn t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Nude 9, Original painting on paper, Nude, People, Figure
Located in Deddington, GB
This original drawing by artist Ellen Williams is one in a series of elegant minimal nude studies, using a singular line to interpret the curves of a body. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: C...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

Reading Garden Spirit, Floral Figurative Contemporary Original painting, Books
Located in Deddington, GB
Original painting on paper by Agnese Negriba- In this artwork a female figure is depicted in a sitting position. She holds a book placed in front of her. The depicted person has retr...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Braiding Cord
Located in Anaheim, CA
This oil on canvas painting by Halin De Repentigny, measuring 40 inches by 60 inches, captures a swirling composition of intertwined human forms, evoking a powerful sense of movement...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

L'Enlevement de l'Europe Abduction Painting Surreel Tempera on Panel in Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
L'Enlevement de l'Europe Abduction Painting Surreel Tempera on Panel in Stock Gérard Willemenot (1943, Paris, France) graduated as an architect at the School of Art in Paris. After w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Panel

Portrait of Nude African American Woman
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This evocative pastel portrait captures the beauty and strength of an African American woman in a moment of quiet vulnerability. The artist masterfully uses soft yet precise strokes ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Board

Vortex, Love Couple - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Lightning
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric. Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Figurative Painting On An Abstract Background In Oil On Canvas. "Desolation"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
“Desolation” is an oil painting on canvas in a surrealist and constructive style, in a horizontal format that seeks to create a feeling of movement and transformation. The loneliness...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Gold

The Final Portal, Shrouded Male Nude on a Burgundy Backdrop, Oil on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
The partially shrouded male nude stands in front of a doorway outlined in black. The rich burgundy background does not give us any clues as to where the figure is yet the darkened d...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Ocean Light - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas
Located in London, GB
The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Solfrid in 2 Poses, Original painting, Contemporary, Nude, Feminine
Located in Deddington, GB
Painted from life, this drawing show the model in 2 poses and is drawn using pastels, paints and pencil. ADDTIONAL INfORMATION: Mixed Media 84.1 H x 59.4 W x 0.2 D cm (33.11 x 23.39...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Diptych of #2209E and 2306A, Original painting, Nude, Body, woman
Located in Deddington, GB
#2209E is an original minimalist style drawing by artist David Jones. In this contemporary life drawings David Jones used a drawing techniques central to his practise which involved ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

The foundation of the Hermitage - figurative painting
Located in New York, NY
A farm stands before you on the horizon. A windmill majestically slices the blue sky. A bird, painted in taut brushstrokes, struts on a branch. These are tranquil images; horizon far...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Guardians of the Primord , Myths Series original painting by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Guardians of the Primordial Woods" is a poignant new addition to my "Myths" series, intertwining the enigmatic beauty of Slavic and Scythian iconography with the wilderness of the n...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Eros and Psyche in L.A.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Amphibian Man male nude painting larger than life original 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

Glimpse of Something That Seemed All Potential - Nude Original Oil Painting
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 pornographi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Lust, From the Seven Deadly Sins Series, Nude Figures, Oil on Watercolor Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Seven deadly sins are the seven vices that spur other sins and further immoral behavior. First enumerated by Pope Gregory I (the Great) in the 6th century and elaborated in the 13th ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Love Nest
Located in Chicago, IL
Andrew LeMay Cox "Love Nest" - Overgrown fields of amber grain freckled with flowers of many. On a perfectly sunny day and the wind is strong but gentle. There is no one else in s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Mixed Media

Those Without a Tie - Paint by Alberto Gallerati - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Alberto Gallerati (b. 1945) in 1970s. Hand signed. Very good condition.
Category

1970s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"That Day in Pompeii", 1982
Located in Washington, DC
Acrylic on canvas painting by Joe Shannon (b.1933). Titled "That Day in Pompeii". Signed and dated in lower left. Gallery label on reverse. New York Time...
Category

1980s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Three Graces
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric. Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Torso 05 - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you. Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Self-portrait 11 Male nude 2009, canvas, acrylic, felt tip pen 98x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Self-portrait 11 2009, canvas, acrylic, 98x140 cm Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Felt Pen

The Power of Good, original oil painting by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
"The Power of Good," a compelling 100x100 cm oil on canvas from the "Self-Perception" series, manifests a profound narrative steeped in the contemporary struggle for moral triumph. T...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Narcissus with Venus Effect
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

In The Sun by Christophe Dupety - Male Nude Painting, Contemporary
Located in Paris, FR
In the Sun (2018) by French contemporary artist Christophe Dupety. Oil on canvas, 100 x 81 cm. In his Human Figures series, Christophe Dupety shows us some bodies which aspect remind...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Rider Series #28
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric. Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Three Ages of Woman (after Gustav Klimt)
Located in Dallas, TX
Vera Barnett has taken on a range of themes in her works, producing multiple series of paintings inspired by phobias, famous artworks, or most recently the written word in her exhibi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

XXX. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the recent years Maris Abilevs has been exploring the beauty of female shapes by using mixed media and various drawing techniques raging from expressi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Torso With Golden Lips - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you. Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Paige Seated in White Leotard - Original Oil Painting Study with Female on Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Andrew S. Conklin Paige Seated in White Leotard oil on panel 14h x 10w in 35.56h x 25.40w cm ACK013 Andrew S. Conklin Artist Statement—Motion Capture Studio Series Andrew S. Conkl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Alexandra Leaving" realist & abstract merged in oil painting of woman on bike
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Alexandra Leaving" is both a realist & abstract oil painting of a woman riding away on her bike in the evening. in Springs, Long Island, where the artist lives - right near where Ja...
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Woman with Doe" Contemporary oil painting of nude in nature
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The artist paints his wife as a small doe looks on, inspired by a real experience the couple had in their home in the woods. Artist Bio Nick Weber (b.1971) has exhibited mostly in the Northeast, with recent solo and group exhibitions at Harper’s Apartment, New York, NY, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, Tripoli Gallery Southampton, NY, and Eric Firestone...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Approaching Equilibruim" Oil Painting Featuring Nude Female Figure
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Approaching Equilibrium" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female figure, standing, with her face in profile and dappled in light. ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Jazz Lover
Located in Burlingame, CA
Multidisciplinary artist Kim Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media

Nude - Oil Paint by Rinaldo Geleng - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a contemporary artwork realized by Rinaldo Geleng (1920-2003) in 1970s Mixed colored oil on canvas. Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes frame: 124 x 104.5 cm
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1970s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Iranian servants and their fantasy world Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary art women
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic painting on canvas Hand-signed lower left by the artist Unique work THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI " Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to which we were accustomed from the previous deliberately art brut exhibition by Mohammad ARIYAEI. The Iranian painter's imagination moves serenely from the wildest frenzy to the meditative calm of great, fabulous stories. The artist then took pleasure in pouring the volcanic torrent of his barbaric figures onto the delicate latticework with which he is accustomed to lining his backgrounds with the patience of an illuminating monk. Already sweetness and paroxysm coexisted. Now gentleness wins. The trained imagination of the painter, yet spontaneously bubbling, by instinct as much as by erudition, has no difficulty in reconnecting with the abundant oriental tradition of the thousand and one nights, which, like a long underground river, resurfaces at the light of his painting. Spring renewal of traditions still alive. Systematic filling of space, a sort of oriental version of the Riches Heures...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"7" Abstract Painting 47" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
Located in Culver City, CA
"7" Abstract Painting 47" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov ATT: SHIPS ROLLED IN TUBE ABOUT: Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Pastel

Sunset - Original Surrealist Colorful Figurative Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing fragments of dreams, memories, and emotions in her surrealist paintings, Taiwanese-American artist Amy Tai blends cultures within her soft and sensual imagery. Tai's artist...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

TnT - Surreal Nude Figure, Fine Point Graphite Drawiing, Matted and Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
An overly exaggerated nude figure is the subject of Oliver Hazard Benson's drawing entitled "TnT". Upon closer look, the artist's fine hand is evident in the amazing detail in the f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Giclée

Heartbreaking - Drawing by Marco Fariello - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Heartbreaking 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 realized with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

Untitled 012 (Snow)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original contemporary painting by American artist Bruce Adams.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lily in Blue Tights on Pluff Chair - Oil Painting Figure and Vintage Chair Study
Located in Chicago, IL
Andrew S. Conklin Lily in Blue Tights on Pluff Chair oil on linen 24h x 18w in 60.96h x 45.72w cm ACK012 Andrew S. Conklin Artist Statement—Motion Capture Studio Series Andrew S. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Red Cloak
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Red Cloak Two Semi Nude Women Painting Artist signed. Peter Nixon was born in Lytham St. Annes Lancashire in 1956, England. Peter Nixon's direction in a ca...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Woman Learns the Names of Plants, America Martin_Oil/Acrylic_Figurative
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman Learns the Names of Plants" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 49.5" x 44" Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws i...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Yes. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Yes. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 61x43 cm Act
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Silence. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 97x67 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the recent years Maris Abilevs has been exploring the beauty of female shapes by using mixed media and various drawing techniques raging from expressive sketching to neat lines.
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Felt Pen

Look at me. 2018. Paper, mixed media, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By using mixed media and expressive sketching techniques the artist Maris Abilevs manages to convey the atmosphere of intimacy, eroticism and arousal
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Felt Pen, Stencil

Man 1, 120x55cm, oil on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Man 1, 2021, 120x55 cm
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Girl with the Scars" by Celi Jr. - Expressive Pensive Nude Blonde Woman
Located in Carmel, CA
Rizaldy Celi Jr. (American, Filipino-Vietnamese, born 1983) "The Girl with the Scars" 2024 Oil Paint, Varnish, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right of the painti...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Black and White Tandem" Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Black and White Tandem" Oil Painting 63" x 47" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov Artwork ships rolled in a tube ABOUT: Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian painter and gr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil

Nina with iMac Snow, Female Dancer Stretching on Chair with Bended Knee
Located in Chicago, IL
The classically posed dancer is juxtaposed against the iMac computer in Andrew Conklin's painting entitled "Nina with iMac Snow". While the computer is a technological marvel, it ha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Tenderness" Painting 55" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Tenderness" Painting 55" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov ATT: SHIPS ROLLED IN TUBE ABOUT: Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian painter and graphic known for his d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"InstaDiva 3" Painting 47" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov
Located in Culver City, CA
"InstaDiva 3" Painting 47" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov ATT: SHIPS ROLLED IN TUBE ABOUT: Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Mage Love Flower - Surreal Symbolism in Highly Detailed Original Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting, like each of the paintings in the Purple Dawn series, is based on an earlier work that was lost or destroyed in the course of time. Feeling that I wanted to finish wha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel

Black and White Nude Woman in Acrylic, Gouache, and Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Black and White Nude Woman in Acrylic, Gouache, and Charcoal on Paper Black and white painting of a woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine ...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic, Gouache

Black Stockings, mixed media portrait of nude woman, neutral colors
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016 presidential election. Little did I know. I had gone to the Woman's March in Washing...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Laser, Fabric

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