Contemporary Nude Paintings

A oil on canvas painting by Latin American Master, Fernando Botero. Featuring a beautiful, voluptuous nude on a lawn surrounded with books and pencils. It is signed lower right and ...

An Odalisque is a name given to a female slave or concubine in a harem. Other artists such as Matisse, Manet or Ingres painted woman in a similar manner and named them such. They are usually nude with some drapery and reclining on a couch. Elbekyan has included a mirror as does Manet in his famous painting of one of his models. They are described as being slaves. We don’t know what the artists intended by naming their models as they did. This one is a lovely young woman glancing at herself in a mirror. What were her thoughts? Robert Elibekyan was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1960 he moved to Armenia and settled in Yerevan. 1960-1965 he studied in the Yerevan Arts and Theatre Institute. Since 1970 Elibekyan is a member of the Union of Artists of Armenia. For many years Elibekyan is successfully involved in stage design in theatres of Armenia and overseas. Simultaneously he worked as a designer and producer of a number of films shot at the ArmenFilm Studio. Elibekyan's canvases are exhibited at famous museums and private collections such as the National Gallery of Armenia, Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, the Tretyakov Gallery and the Museum of Oriental Arts in Moscow, Alex Manoogian Museum in Detroit, Elyseum Palace in Paris, Presidential Residence of the RA, RA Government Office, the White House in Washington, Zimerli Museum in New-Jersi, in RA Matenadaran, Sergey Parajanov Museum of RA, Etchmiadzin Cathedral Museum. Elibekyan's exhibitions were organized and held not only in Armenia, Moscow, Vilnius and other cities of former Soviet Union, but also in major centers of Europe-Gallerie Soleil, Montreal, Gallery Artima, Paris, Gallery Catherine Guerard, Paris, International City of Arts, Paris, Gallery Claude Bessard, Paris, Gallery L'Oeil, Brussels, Gallery 22...

Versailles is an original gouache on paper. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right by the artist. Very good conditions, except for slight discoloration along the margins. Emile De...

Very typical of Bachardy's expressive style with ink and brush, this portrait of a young male nude was completed in 1985. Bachardy is equally known for his art, and his 53-year partnership with Christopher Isherwood.

An original signed oil on canvas by American artist Courtenay Hunt titled "Nude on Beach", c. 1985. Hand signed bottom right by Hunt. Framed size: 17" x 15". Courtenay Hunt was born in Florida, and showed an interest in Art at an early age. Hunt's first painting instructor was his cousin, The Comte de Molina who was well known between the World Wars as a portrait Painter in Europe. He studied at the Ringlings School of Art and with Jerry Farnsworth...

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...