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Art Subject: Head
Mid 20th Century French Charcoal Drawing - Portrait of a Standing Nude Women
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Portrait" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed paper size: 24.5 x 18.75 inches Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century French o...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Oil

Untitled portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Untitled portrait, 2016
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Beach Series, Mixed Media on Paper by Modern Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prokash Karmakar - Beach Series Mixed Media on Paper 16 x 23 inches 2004 ( Framed & Delivered ) Karmakar is best known for his landscapes and nudes, which are generally painted in v...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

'Leaving the Garden of Eden', Mid-century American Expressionist, Adam and Eve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'John T Stephens' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965; additionally inscribed, verso, with title, 'Leaving the Garden of Eden' and signed. Paper dime...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Laid Paper

Bernadette Kelly (b.1933) - 20th Century Oil, Double Take
Located in Corsham, GB
Oil on panel. Unsigned. (Provenance: Studio Sale of Bernadette Kelly, Hôtel Drouot, Paris).
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20th Century Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

NUDE WITH RED HAIR
Located in Los Angeles, CA
LUCIEN BOULIER "NUDE WITH RED HAIR" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED FRANCE, C.1930 26 X 20 INCHES Lucien Boulier 1882-1963 Lucian Boulier was born Verdun...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Mapping" (2024) by Lisa Fricker, Original Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lisa Fricker's "Mapping" is an original, handmade oil on collage painting that depicts a close up portrait of a bearded man on an abstracted background. Through her portrait and fi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Mixed Media, Panel

Antique Italian School Late 17th - Early 18th "Cherubs (A)" Pen drawing of Putti
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cherubs" (A) Pen and Ink drawing of Putto Italian School Late 17th early 18th century. Pen and ink on paper 6 ½ x 17 ½ (22 ½ x 11 ½) inches Antique scenes of putto and a faun cele...
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Early 20th century Red Chalk drawing of Art Deco nude women with Bob hair style
Located in Woodbury, CT
Davis Kemp Early 20th century Red Chalk drawing of Art Deco nude women with Bob hair style. Very well drawn nude study of two women from 1928 in t...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Morphosis II Oil Paint on Canvas by Bill Bate
Located in Deddington, GB
‘Morphosis II’ has been painted by the artist, Bill Bate, using oil paint on canvas. This painting started out as a single figure but has been heavily reworked evolving into a scene...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl with a hound, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Female Nude, Polish art
By Maciej Urbaniak
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic painting on canvas depicting a female in nude standing on a beach, near sea or an ocean, with a dog. The seascape is on the backround. Composition is created by ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Apres le Bain
By Rafaello Busoni
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rafaello Busoni, American (1900 - 1962) Title: Apres le Bain Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88...
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1950s Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Something New / Modern Icon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Young woman's face, titled 'Something New / Modern Icon', oil and gold leaf on paper from artist Elena Zolotnitsky. A sublime work in blue, pink, warm rou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Gold, Gold Leaf

Palimpsest 2
Located in Wien, 9
Walter Strobl opens a new chapter in his explorations of the neverending tension between stillness and movement. Strobl´s vibrant nudes capture women in movement: they are there and gone again, letting the pictoral space pulsate with both the presence and absence of the outlines of their bodies. He paints women with a keen interest in the lived experience of the body, avoiding clichees in his depictions. The viewer is excluded from this inner sensation, but it is precisely the privacy of the model`s slumber that permits us to revel in our own proprioception. His cityscapes and still lives tell their...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shining Star, Pop Art Digital Print by Michael Knigin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) - Shining Star, Year: 2002, Medium: Chromgenic print on canvas, mounted to board, signed and dated in pen, titled and numbered on verso, Editio...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Nude Paintings

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Digital

Shaosing Knobst Symbolic Taoist God - "Longevity Star", Acrylic on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The figure in this painting is like the popular but at the same time oddly obscure Taoist god called “Longevity Star”. Apparently he was an historical figure born bald and grey like ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

The Fun Couple, Contemporary Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
The Fun Couple, Contemporary Figurative Abstract Fun and imaginative contemporary abstracted figurative oil painting by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nude 6, 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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

Adversary, Female Figure, Insect Wing on Cloudy Sky, Oil on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Wim van Broekhoven "Standing Back Nude" Nude
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Standing Nude by Wim van Broekhoven. Drawing from models and observing urban, industrial and natural landscapes are recurring motifs. Drawing from a model is about representing expr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings

Materials

Ink

Nude.Twilight.
Located in Oslo, NO
In my creation, I captured a moment of introspective tranquility, using oils to weave a tapestry of serene colors and delicate shades. Each stroke on the paper is a verse in a poem o...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Early 20th Century Oil - Reclining Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking study depicting a reclining male model with his hands behind his head. The artist captures the scene in warm tones with soft reds and pinks making up the man's lean body. ...
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20th Century Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Circus Scene by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972) Untitled (Circus Figures), 20th century Oil on board 16 x 19 3/4 in. Framed: 20 x 24 in. Signed lower left: A Smith ...
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20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

WTF
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic painting by American Primitive Artist Robert Sellers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Making Love Series I, Nude Drawing, Pen & Ink Paper Pasted on Board "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Making Love Series I - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size) Pen and Ink on Paper Pasted on Board Shipment without frame . Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist...
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2010s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen, Board

Antique Oil Painting, Bruno Jüttner, Nude of a North African young Lady
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique oil painting, Bruno Jüttner, nude of a North African young lady Rare half-nude by the well-known German painter. Age-related condition. A pressure mark in the center left....
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nude Female Figure
By Sarah Newman
Located in Surfside, FL
A charming painting by the sister of famed Abstract Expressionist New York School artist, Barnett Newman. Stamped verso with artist estate stamp, retains part of old exhibition label. Painted circa 1940s. An unusual interior with nude female figure...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Signed, Acrylic on Canvas, Colorful, Nude Painting - Artist and Model 362.007
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Artist and Model 362.007 - Signed, Acrylic on Canvas, Colorful, Figurative, Nude Painting Linda Stein's Artist and Model series are early paintings she made in the 1970...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Achaemenid women Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary Iranian art painting nude women
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic painting on paper Hand-signed lower right Unique work THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI " Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to w...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Precarious, Nude dark colors female nude figure on top of tilting pillows
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An early work by the artist depicting a Nude posing atop a totem. ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking ...
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1980s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Tattoo me 1 2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Tattoo me 1 2002., Cardboard, mixed media, 153x117 cm Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Champagne Glasses, Oil Painting Portrait by Remo Michael Farruggio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Remo Farruggio, Italian/American (1904 - 1981) Title: Champagne Glasses Year: 1954 Medium: Oil on Masonite, Signed l.r. Size: 26 in. x 19 in. ...
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1950s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Relaxation. Nude. Canvas, cardboard, oil, 60x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Relaxation. Nude. Canvas, cardboard, oil, 60x100 cm Juris Germanis (1941) The artist has always had a tendency to catch the most significant features w...
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Early 2000s Realist Nude Paintings

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Cardboard, Canvas, Oil

Good morning. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 43x61 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. T...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Turban, mixed media portrait of nude woman wearing floral headpiece
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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Laser

Sheba Raven Cloak, Hatshepsut - Original Painting of Egyptian Goddess Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Oliver Hazard’s paintings are produced directly from his imagination and deals with a mixture of imagery he has witnessed in his travels, dreams, and read about in literature. The ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Without Heaviness - Close-Up Painting of Two Men Kissing, Original Oil on Panel
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 into images of intimacy. Rick Sindt Without Heaviness oil on panel 12h x 9w x 1.50d in 30.48h x 22.86w x 3.81d cm RIS040 “This body of work has been crystalizing in my mind for about five years,” says Sindt, “It is the product of reflecting on how the places I learned the most about myself, and my desires, are considered something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil paintings depicts moments that range from tender touches to more sexually explicit acts. “It was important to me that I only represent what I know,” explains Sindt, “I identify as a man, and I am attracted to others who identify as men. I don’t believe it is my place to speak on behalf of other members of the queer community whose experiences I am unfamiliar with.” “In creating this work, I spoke with men who told me about how they hid magazines when they were a kid, took out P.O. Boxes in their small hometowns to protect their privacy, and learned how to cover their tracks on the internet. These secretive acts become necessary when the need to understand yourself is great, but your world is bereft of representation." Rick Sindt b. 1990, Hastings, MN, EDUCATION 2013 North Park University, Chicago, IL - BFA Magna Cum Laude SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Two Countries, Rogue Philanthropy, Chicago, IL 2013 Tides, Erosion or Catch, Pull, Recover; The-One-Right-Now, North Park University; Chicago, IL GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Are We Not of Interest to Each Other, Uptown Arts Center, Chicago, IL Reinventing Ourselves From Another Point-of-View, Contemporary Gallery at Zhou B. Arts Center, Chicago, IL Collective: Process, Beans and Bagels, Chicago, IL 2015 Collective: for(a)ging, Hammond Art Center; Hammond, IN How We Make It, The Arts of Life, Chicago, IL Collective: One, Albany Park...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Valery" - Horizontal indoor female nude in yellow ochre and white.
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

The Death of the Chestnut Tree I
Located in BARCELONA, ES
It is a work that captures the melancholy and inevitable transience of nature. The tree's branches evoke a feeling of desolation and decay. Also, it suggests a reflection on the cycl...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Richard J.S. Young - Contemporary Oil, Abstract Seated Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine oil by Richard J.S. Young. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lying Nude with Signals 1 - Oil Paint on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Lying Nude with Signals 1 (Original Title: Nudo disteso con segnali 1) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017)...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lick (COLLABORATION WITH JACK BALAS)
Located in Fairfield, CT
This painting is a collaboration with artist Jack Balas. Jack is Wes Hempel's partner. A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict o...
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2010s American Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Women with Resting Minotaur
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil Painting of a women with a sleeping Minotaur. Light neutral white painting by Cuban Artist Jesus Nordarse. 18 x 18 inches.
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2010s Academic Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Deux modèles nus
Located in New York, NY
Color pastels, color crayons and gouache on tan wove paper. Dated in pencil, lower right recto. With the artist's monogram ink stamp, twice lower right recto and authenticity confirm...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Pastel, Gouache

Psychological experience
Located in New York, US
Natalia Pashukova (Russian, born 1950) Graduated from the Moscow Surikov Art Inst. A member of the Russian Artists' Union Lives in Moscow Natalia graduated from the Moscow Art Scho...
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1990s Nude Paintings

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Canvas

Daydreams in bloom Glodi Kasindi Malumbe Contemporary African art painting nude
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed and dated lower left by the artist Unique work Glodi KASINDI MALUMBE was born in 1992 in Kinshasa, in Democratic Republic of Congo. He lives and ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Carol Maddison - 20th Century Acrylic, Nude Abstract
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking abstract portrait depicting a partially nude figure in a chair. The artist captures the scene with strong shapes and vivid colours to create an eye-catching composition. S...
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

The power
Located in Vienna, AT
The power, 2024 by Les Panchyshyn Painting: Oil, spray on canvas 120 x 150 x 2 cm
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

SYNAVE Tancrede. (1860-1936). « Modèle posant ». Toile signée. H.65 L.54.
Located in ROUEN, FR
Tancrede SYNAVE. (1860-1936). "Model posing". Signed canvas. H.65 L.54.
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Early 20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

Lemmy Gonthier - "Face"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Lemmy Gonthier - Face - Circa 2014 Acrylic Numbered and signed lower right of the work Dimensions: 70 x 50 The human body is at the center of Lemmy's work. His taste for large forma...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Series Bath NO.1
Located in Beijing, CN
Artist Biography Zhang Chunyang was born in 1975 in Changchun, Jilin. She earned her B.F.A at Jilin University of Arts in 1999, and studied at Central Acadamy of Fine Arts, Beijing ...
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Boy
Located in White Plains, NY
'Boy' 2003 by American artist, Kim McCarty. Watercolor on paper, 29.75 x 22.25 in. (framed). This work on paper expresses the fragile vulnerability of adolescence. By using a “wet into wet” watercolor medium, the artist conveys the transitory and emergent state. The figures heads become too large for their small, narrow bodies, their hands too large for their arms. The translucent watercolor expresses both the flaws and perfection. Kim McCarty is known for her nubile and waif-like figurative watercolors in muted hues, which she likens to “blurry afterimages drifting past closed eyelids.” McCarty began working with the medium in 1993, after a fire destroyed her studio and she could no longer find a space with proper ventilation for working with oil paint and became quickly intrigued with watercolor’s transparency, immediacy, and “unforgiving qualities.” She works in a wet-on-wet technique, in which watercolor is applied to a moistened sheet of paper—a technique that allows for very little control over the final image because of the pigment’s tendency to spread. For McCarty, this style corresponds to the longing, loss, and vulnerability embodied in her subjects. A graduate of UCLA (MFA) and the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena (BFA), McCarty has had many solo exhibitions include Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York and David Klein Gallery...
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Early 2000s Realist Nude Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Seated Nude
Located in New York, NY
Seated Nude by George Grosz (1893-1959) Oil on canvas 9 ½ x 5 ½ inches unframed (24.13 x 13.97 cm) 15 x 12 inches framed (38.1 x 30.48 cm) Signed on bottom...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Reclining Nude
Located in Missouri, MO
Reclining Nude Carl Rudolph Krafft (American, 1884-1938) Oil on Canvas Signed Lower Left 38 x 40.25 inches Born in Reading, Ohio, Carl Krafft became a prolific regionalist painter o...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Banksia" Oil Painting 27" x 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Banksia" Oil Painting 27" x 39" inch by Sasha Sokolova Life Still "I produced this series in 2020 while mostly in lockdown due to the Coronavirus. I a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Aquarius" Oil Painting 31.5" x 51" inch by Sergey Dolmatov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Aquarius" Oil Painting 31.5" x 51" inch by Sergey Dolmatov Year: 2014
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Goddess I", Acrylic and Graphite on Paper
Located in Detroit, MI
This acrylic and graphite on paper from the seminal artist Artis Lane is one of the many model paintings from her long and illustrious career. The subject i...
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Late 20th Century Nude Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Graphite

"Seated Female", Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Detroit, MI
This mixed media on paper from the seminal artist Artis Lane is one of the many model paintings from her long and illustrious career. The subject is a nude woman sitting in pose. Artis Lane, in her many nudes, chose to depict a diversity of bodies, of all shapes, colors, and sizes. This work was recently exhibited adjunct to the "Steps Towards Justice: Artis Lane's Portraits of Rosa Parks" exhibition at Collected Detroit in 2021. The matte of this work is 31 x 25.75 inches while the image is 25.5 x 19 inches. Most recently in January 2021 Ms. Lanes' dynamic sculpture bust of Rosa Parks was chosen from the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC to reside in the President's Oval Office as a reminder to all who visit or see it via press photographs of her courageous demand for equal rights. It is a constant source of inspiration. All my life I have worked on three levels of consciousness: Portraits, Social Injustice & Metaphysics. In my work I strive to heal, uplift and inspire viewers and collectors to find perfection in their own being. - Artis Lane Artis Lane lived and worked in Los Angeles for over twenty years. She knew many celebrities, movie stars and individuals who moved in those circles. She was a sought after portrait painter. This particular painting of the famous movie star, Zsa Zsa Gabor, shows why. Artis has captured the personal essence of her subject, a warm, friendly woman, though famous, is not absorbed in her notoriety. This piece is signed by the artist on the lower right. Born Artis Marie Shreve in 1927, near an all-Black village in North Buxton, Ontario, Canada. After three years of art college in Toronto, Canada, Artis moved to Detroit where she met and married journalist and activist Bill Lane. In Detroit Artis Lane continued her training at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Cranbrook was designed by architect and faculty member, Eliel Saarinen who collaborated with Charles and Ray Eames on chair and furniture design. Numerous creative artists who are alumni of Cranbrook include: Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Donald Lipski, Duane Hanson, Nick Cave, Hani Rashid, George Nelson, Urban Jupena (Nationally recognized fiber artist), Cory Puhlman (televised Pastry Chef extraordinaire), Thom O’Connor (Lithographs), Paul Evans (Brutalist-inspired sculpted metal furnishings), Eugene Caples (small bronze images/abstract), Morris Brose (Bronze Sculptures), Herb Babcock known for blown glass) and Larry Butcher (mixed media abstract artist.) While in the Motor City she painted and sculpted the portraits of many of the business and political leaders of the day; Governor George Romney, Ford family members and Coleman Young, the Mayor of Detroit. After her divorce, she was invited by Diahann Carroll to move from Detroit to come live in New York City where she met and married, Vince Cannon. They spent time in Texas, Ruidoso, New Mexico and traveled to Mexico City, Mexico to paint many of the prominent families in the region. Eventually she settled in Los Angeles and has recently relocated to Detroit. Her portrait and sculpture work has depicted dignitaries like Jaqueline Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Gordon Getty, President Reagan, President Obama, First Ladies, Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama, Mrs. Walter Annenberg, Nancy Kissinger, including her most recent portrait commissioned by Academy Award winner, Jaime Fox. It’s an elegant painting of Oprah Winfrey, which was unveiled live on her show. Artis Lane has sculpted Don Cornelius, Quincy Jones, Lupita Nyong’o, Lena Horne, Stevie Wonder, and Magic Johnson, and many more. In the 1970’s, social issues became the next focus of her work, which included “Tear on the Face of America,” her civil rights statement, and “The Beginning,” a now famous painting depicting a young Rosa Parks seated in the fateful bus. Artis was honored by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC during the installation of her bronze sculpture of civil rights leader and longtime friend, Rosa Parks. In 1999, she was selected to execute and design the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to Ms. Parks. “My Civil Rights images led me naturally to ideas about what and who we are outside of race. I went from there to the most important body of work, the metaphysical images of generic man and generic woman emerging out of the ignorance of material concepts and evolving into spiritual awareness.” Artis Lane. The bigger challenge was to create art that could symbolize and communicate certain spiritual truths that have guided Lane’s life and creative endeavors for most of her adult years and led to her Metaphysical work. She leaves the workings of the foundry: the gaiting material, ceramic shell mold, etc., (the “birthing” materials of the foundry), on the bronze to symbolize generic man emerging out of material thinking into spiritual consciousness. She then shows the work in pairs… the traditional black patina bronze, with the ceramic shell pieces as a metaphor for the moralistic/materialistic conversations that mankind has wrestled with throughout eternity. The new millennium brought new challenges and celebrations of her work. At the age of 80, Lane was commissioned to create a 12ft bronze of her “Emerging First Man.” The sculpture was created for an 1100 acre private estate community in Atlanta, GA. In 2007, she was honored by The California African American Museum with a retrospective of her life’s work which included almost 100 works of art. In 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled Lane’s bust of Abolitionist and Suffragette, Sojourner Truth, which was the first African American woman to be installed in the new Emancipation Hall and is now a part of the collection of the United States Capitol. Ms. Lane’s solo exhibit, “The Art of Artis Lane,” at the Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, Ca in 2011, brought a thought provoking retrospective of her art to the public including the “Divine Metaphysics” series. Her bust of Arnett Hartsfield, Jr., Pioneering Firefighter & Activist, unveiled at The African American Firefighter Museum in Los Angeles in 2012. The California African American Museum in Los Angeles, mounted a retrospective exhibition entitled “A Woman’s Journey: The Life and Work of Artis Lane” in 2007/2008 and subsequently honored her with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Lane presented an official portrait of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, which was unveiled at City Hall by Mayor Eric Garcetti in 2014. All are merely a few recognitions of her achievements over the decades. Lane’s HistoryMakers interview was made a permanent part of the Library of Congress Collection in 2014. Her Artwork is displayed around the world. Artis has been a constant presence at the openings of her artistic colleagues in the region. As one of the honored “elders,” she provides encouragement and support for the younger African American artists who strive to use their own talents to express visions of social, ethical, and spiritual importance. She is, in short a force of nature whose life and work have graced both her native Canada...
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Late 20th Century Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

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