Modern Nude Paintings
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Paper
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
1970s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Pastel
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
1980s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
1970s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 2000s Modern Nude Paintings
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Pen
1940s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil Pastel
1980s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Paper, Ink
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Modern Nude Paintings
Paper, Mixed Media
1950s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1960s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Modern Nude Paintings
Panel, Mixed Media
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
1970s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Modern Nude Paintings
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Pen
1990s Modern Nude Paintings
Paper, Ink, Pen
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Ink, Oil
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Pencil
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Gouache, Paper
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Gouache, Paper
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
1970s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Modern Nude Paintings
Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
1940s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Paper, Gouache
1940s Modern Nude Paintings
Paper, Pastel, Board
2010s Modern Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Modern Nude Paintings
Paper, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic