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Summer Is To Hot - New Expressionism, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Born in 1966 in Wroclaw. Works mainly in oil and acrylic painting. He studied at Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts in the studio of Professor Konrad Jarodzki and Andrzej Klimczak Dobrzani...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Francois Boucher, Odalisque
By (After) Francois Boucher
Located in Milan, IT
Second half of the 18th century, follower of François Boucher
Odalisque
Oil on canvas, 75 x 125 cm
Framed, 124 x 152 cm
In the 18th century, French artist François Boucher did no...
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
FADING INTO STONE 1 original surreal painting oil/canvas Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Fading into Stone 1", original, unique painting, 80x60cm / 27.5x23.5in
Shipped stretched ready for display.
“Fading into Stone 1” presents a striking fusion of sculpture and interi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,400 Sale Price
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Sleeping Woman - Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping woman is an artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Oil on canvas, 110 x 160 cm.
Very good conditions
Antonio Feltrinell...
Category
1930s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
American School Signed Trompe L'Oeil Nude Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American school modernist painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Nicely framed. Image size, 16L x 20H.
Category
1940s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$746 Sale Price
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1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Female Figure Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
size: 12.5 x 19 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: priva...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Nude in the Mirror original oil on canvas
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1960's French Signed Oil Portrait Nude Lady Dancing with Tambourine
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tambourine Player
French School, circa 1950's-1960's
signed lower front corner
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 18 x 16 inches
board: 14 x 12 inches
provenance: private coll...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Signed Oil Portrait of a Nude Lady Soft Lighting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, indistinctly signed lower corner
Title: Portrait of a Nude Lady
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 18 x 21.75...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edmond Suau (1871-1929) Une Académie, Standing man, signed oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Edmond Suau (1871-1929)
Une Académie, Standing man,
oil on canvas
signed lower left
88 x 70 cm
In quite good condition, some damages - small lacks of painting - in the lower part, ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,726 Sale Price
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Óleo sobre tela - Desnudo femenino - Año 1966
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Como pueden apreciar, la obra va firmada en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1966
En la parte trasera, va nuevamente firmado
Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un fino listón de ...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
signed oil painting on card, unframed
size: 17 x 24 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Large, Sensational Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Showgirl, Burlesque Dancer
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Sensational Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club Showgirl. Painted in the 1950s, this is a large, vertical, abstracted portrayal of a standing Burlesque danc...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
double sided
size: 18 x 25 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Light Waves" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Light Waves" by Kirsten Savage is an elegant, original oil painting featuring a nude female model with her hands raised above in a graceful pose. This handmade masterpiece is framed...
Category
2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Tribute to the sculpture Alimondo Ciampi- 21st Century contemporary painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone
Tribute to the sculpture Alimondo Ciampi
60 x 50 cm
Oil on canvas
The painting is framed in a golden frame, with frame the size is 67 x 57 cm
Daniela Astone works and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dance
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant oil painting, I've unleashed a wave of dynamic energy and emotion. The abstract forms blend with expressionist fervor, as the figures—a synthesis of impressionist and...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
1930's French Oil Painting Portrait of Standing Nude Lady Double Sided Image
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
French School, circa 1930's period
oil on board, unframed
board : 14 x 10.5 inches
double sided work
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impossible Fgures - Contemporary Figurative Ink Ecoline 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, Watercolor
"Igniting the Inner Flame" by Jon Wassom, Mixed Media, Male Nude
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom's "Igniting the Inner Flame" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts an a male nude in a contemplative pose. This piece is unf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$4,400 Sale Price
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Playground
Located in Burlingame, CA
Born in Venezuela and based in San Francisco since 2019, Alexis' paintings showcase an exploration of his innermost self through abstraction. Each canvas or work on paper is a rhythm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
French Modernist 1970's Oil Painting Two Nude Females Beautiful Original Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nudes
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on board, framed
measures: 25.5 x 16 inches
provenance: private French collection
Beautiful French oil painting depicting two female ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hotelscene with Ghost- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a game with nude
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ferenc Erdok
Hotelscene with Ghost
240 x 185 cm
Oil on canvas
A unique work where a classical theme as a male nude and todays game world come together....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
La Danse Macabre
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian Symbolist artist Jan Frans DeBoever (1872 - 1948), created symbolist/allegorical paintings throughout his lifetime. He centralized on allegorical and literary subjects, generally depicting the constant struggle of good vs. evil. This is consistently reflected by images of beautiful women interacting with skeletons, gargoyles and demons.
La Danse Macabre...
Category
1910s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Nude.Lying.
Located in Oslo, NO
In this piece, I've portrayed a deeply human experience, imbuing the canvas with the vulnerable essence of rest and introspection. Using oil on paper, I've masterfully captured a mom...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Morning frequencies
Located in Burlingame, CA
Born in Venezuela and based in San Francisco since 2019, Alexis' paintings showcase an exploration of his innermost self through abstraction. Each canvas or work on paper is a rhythm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Lady with Books 1 original painting by Paula Craioveanu 39x23in FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Lady with Books 1
Original painting. size 39x23in / 100x60cm . Comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Shipped stretched, as it is, ready for hanging and framed, from Florida, US....
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Joven desnuda en el mar - Óleo sobre tela - Año 1907
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior y fechado del año 1907
Se presenta enmarcada la obra (el marco tiene alguna ligera faltas de policromía)
El estado de la obra es bueno aunque ha tenido...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Nude Figure Dressing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated verso
Title: Nude getting dressed
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 10.5 x 8.75 inche...
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
String Theory
By Wes Hempel
Located in Fairfield, CT
A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the va...
Category
2010s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,600 Sale Price
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"Female Nude" Oil on Canvas in Frame Signed Art Nouveau Painting
By Henry Caro-Delvaille
Located in Pistoia, IT
Henry Caro-Delvaille (1876-1928) "Female Nude" Oil on canvas in frame signed lower right.
Daniel Auguste Benjamin Delvaille a.k.a. Henry Caro-Delvaille was born in Bayonne on July 6...
Category
Early 20th Century French School Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elegant Ink Drawing of a Reclining Female Nude
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Reclining Female Nude
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed black biro drawing...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Ink, Ballpoint Pen
Angel Among Humans. No. 8. Antonio Monasterio : "Angel" Series
Located in Firenze, IT
Antonio Monasterio – Angel Among Humans. No. 8
Medium: Mixed media on paper (pastels, wax crayons, red pen)
Dimensions: 56 x 44 cm
Signature: Signed lower right in cursive
Support: W...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Wax Crayon, Pen, Color Pencil
"Momentum", (2022) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai, Female Nude
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Tipping the Scale" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female with an orange and white background.
Artist Bio:
Calvin Lai's art is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
George Weissbort (1928-2013) - 20th Century Oil, Resting in White Sheets
Located in Corsham, GB
Female Nude, oil on canvas. Unsigned. (Provenance: Studio Sale, George Weissbort).
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Annunciation" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Annunciation" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a nude female model in an interior bathroom setting.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Large Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club Showgirl
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Sensational Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club Showgirl. Painted in the 1950s, this is a large, vertical, abstracted portrayal of a standing Burlesque danc...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
19th Century French oil painting of a nymph playing pipes, a female nude
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Charles Cres (French, 1850-1907)
A Wood Nymph playing the pipes
signed and dated `Ch. Crès/ 1884’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
25.7/8 x 15.1/2 in. (65.8 x 39.4 cm.)
Charles Cres was born in Briare in the province of Loiret. As early as 1875 he exhibited at the annual Paris Salon and was subsequently awarded...
Category
19th Century Academic Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Orange Voltaire" by Linda Delahaye, Original Oil Painting, Female Nude
Located in Denver, CO
"The Orange Voltaire" by Linda Delahaye (France based) is an original oil on panel depicting a graceful female nude bathed in sunlight.
Born: 1980, Canada
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
20th Century English Impressionist Oil Painting Artists Nude Model Posed On Bed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Model
by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century)
signed oil painting on board, unframed
board: 30 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good
provenance: all the paintings we have ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on card, unframed
size: 18 x 23 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to the surf...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expressionist Female Nude
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique expressionist nude figure by Michael Eggleston (American, 20th Century). From a collection of his works. Unframed. Measures 40"H x 30"W.
Eggleston is a San Francisco Abstract...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled II" by Ale Casanova, Original Painting, Nude Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Ale Casanova's "Untitled II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude male model stretching on a couch.
Alejandro Casanova was born in ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Entanglement XIII by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting, woman, body
Located in Paris, FR
Entanglement XIII is a unique oil on paper painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 57 × 42 cm (22.4 × 16.5 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
"You Are Not Alone Anymore" - Oil Painting Featuring an Astronaut & Nude Figure
Located in Denver, CO
In "You Are Not Alone Anymore," Andreas Claussen's oil on canvas from 2023, measuring 35.43 x 47.24 x 1.18 inches, the artist masterfully intertwines surrealism with realism, challen...
Category
2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Nude Lady with Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady
French Modernist, dated 1940
indistinctly signed
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 14 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Classical 19th century French Nude of a lady in the Barbizon Forest landscape.
By Leon Richet
Located in Woodbury, CT
Classical 19th century French Nude of a lady in the Barbizon Forest landscape.
Richet spent much of his adult life in Paris. It was there that he met and became a student of Jules L...
Category
1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hellenic Hypotenuse. Nudes among Greek Columns. Mid-Century Surrealism
Located in Miami, FL
Klett was an in-demand illustrator in the post-war period of the late 1940's and 1950's. and . His work appeared in many of the newsstand magazines at the time.
This work is a pers...
Category
1940s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Green Landscape with Dreamlike Nude Figure at waters edge 'Before Bathing'
By Georg Eduard Otto Saal
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
A German painter from Baden, he was a student of J W Schirmer in Dusseldorf and Baden Court.
Oil on Panel
Signed and Dated 1865
Provenance: Private Collection, Austria
Category
17th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The painter and the Model oil on canvas painting fauvism nude
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - the painter and the Model - Oil on canvas.
Work measurements 61x46 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish pa...
Category
1970s Fauvist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$660 Sale Price
30% Off
"Covet" by Celi Jr. - Dark Expressionist Figurative - Nude Woman in Oni Mask
Located in Carmel, CA
Rizaldy Celi Jr. (American, Filipino-Vietnamese, born 1983)
"Covet" 2023
Oil paint, Varnish, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Covet" by Rizaldy Celi Jr. is a striking exploration of expressionist-disrupted realism, depicted on a 48" x 36" wood board. This provocative piece challenges traditional norms of beauty and desire by juxtaposing a nude woman donning an Oni mask...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Varnish
Nude Woman Along Stream
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Allen Dean Cochran’s Nude Woman Sitting by Stream is a captivating exploration of serenity and nature, rendered in vibrant hues of green and blue. The painting features a nude woman ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Three Nudes, Modern Painting by Inukai 1938
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kyohei Inukai (aka Earle Goodenow), American (1913–1985)
Title: Three Nudes
Year: 1938
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 14.5 x 10 inches
Frame Size: 18 x 14 inches
Category
1930s Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Body Art
Located in Houston, TX
Acrylic body art featuring upper torso, arms and face by American artist Kismine Varner, circa 1990. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displaye...
Category
1990s Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Kneeling Nude Study Poised Elegance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Study
French School, circa 1960's
chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed
stamped
size: 18 x 12.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: priv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Red Dirt & Sea - 21st Century, Water, Nude, Landscape, Figurative
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Red Dirt & Sea, 2022
acrylic on cardboard
119 H x 79 W cm
46 27/32 H x 31 7/64 W cm
The series of painted cardboards by Alexandru Rădvan is about our moments of 'respiro' about the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
The Bather by Childe Hassam
Located in New Orleans, LA
Childe Hassam
1859-1935 American
The Bather
Signed and dated “Childe Hassam” (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Considered by many to be America’s foremost Impressionist painter, Childe Hassam composed his tranquil and intimate oil on canvas The Bather in the early years of the 20th century. The creation of the artwork aligns with a period of Hassam’s career where the artist’s palette was transforming, matching ever closer with the pale and pastel hues of French Impressionists like Claude Monet. Even the subject — a nude woman — represents a greater alignment with the Impressionist project, as artists of the movement and their non-mythological and non-biblical nudes still generated cries of indecency. With Hassam’s signature brushwork and attention to color, The Bather serves as a dream-like vision, serene and sensuous, of a young woman bathing in a lush forest.
While the artist's skill for landscape painting is on display, it is Hassam's command of form, light and color that brings this canvas to life. He creates a captivating composition, placing the nude subject in the bottom left of the canvas. The soft, undulating curves of the woman's body in contrapposto and the glow of her fair skin are balanced by the strong verticals and deep earth tones of the tall trees to her right. Hassam delicately frames the nude in the vivid blues of the distant water, building luminous color that further draws the viewer’s eye and results in a somewhat voyeuristic appeal — endowing his nude with both a natural innocence and an intentional sensuality.
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Childe Hassam began his artistic career as a freelance illustrator, working for national publications such as Harper’s Weekly, Scribner’s Monthly, and The Century. His first solo exhibition of watercolors took place in Boston in 1883, and he quickly catapulted onto the international scene, winning a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. The year before the present work was created, he received the Webb Prize from the Society of American Artists for another landscape painted at Gloucester. Hassam would receive numerous other awards throughout his career, most notably the Gold Medal for Distinguished Services to Fine Art from the American Dealers Association. A true master, Hassam depicted a way of life characteristic of both American and French society, and his work elucidates a critical chapter in American art history. Today, his work resides in the Oval Office of the White House and in numerous important museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, among others.
This painting will be included in Stuart P. Feld's and Kathleen M. Burnside's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work.
Circa 1905
Canvas: 24 1/2“ high x 20 18” wide
Frame: 35 7/8“ high x 31 1/4” wide x 3 1/4“ deep
Provenance:
Private Collection of William Young...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lady In Red Open Jacket Model 1970's French Modernist Painting Provence
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
Nude Lady Model
French School, circa 1970's
signed oil painting on card, unframed
size: 24.5 x 17 inches
condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
J J A Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842-1923) A shoulder and back study, oil painting
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842-1923)
A shoulder and back study, oil study
oil on canvas
34 x 19.5 cm
In good condition, a few small inpaintings visible under UV lights
Stamp of the Estate sale in Toulouse on the stretcher
In a modern frame : 40 x 25 cm
Provenance :
Estate of the artist and family of the artist by descent
Estate sale in Toulouse 22 June 1999
This very interesting oil study was part of a set kept by the artist. He had studied fragments of anatomy both to use them as models in large compositions but probably also because he represented so many fragments.
It is clear that this fragment of anatomy has a power of suggestion and serves as a relay to the imagination of the viewer, who is led to imagine the rest of the body taken as a model. We can speak of metonymy in painting and it is clear that the artist had this in mind when he kept such studies with him.
Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ was born on 10 June 1842 in Paris.
Originally of a Piedmontese origin, his family had been settled in France since the fourteenth century and by the time of his birth had reached the status of nobility
He was an Orientalist French painter and sculptor.
He was strongly influenced by the works and teachings of Charles Gleyre and Jean-Léon Gérôme. Lecomte du Nouÿ found inspiration for his art through extensive travels to Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Romania and Italy.
The thematic content of Lecomte du Nouÿ's work was mainly figural, but also spanned over a vast range of imagery throughout his career, including classical, historical and religious.
Lecomte du Nouÿ is known for remaining faithful to his detailed, realistic style throughout the extent of his career, despite the onset of the Impressionist, Fauvist and Constructivist artistic movements during his lifetime. His work is said to have contributed significantly to the establishment of an iconic repertoire representing the Orient in the nineteenth century.A Parisian street was named after him in 1932.
Lecomte du Nouÿ showed a strong attachment to visual art from a young age and was reported to have painted portraits of his father and uncle by the age of 6.
In 1861, at 19 years of age, the artistic talents of young Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ prompted him to become a pupil at the atelier of Swiss artist, Charles Gleyre. Under Gleyre's guidance Jean-Jules-Antoine learned the significance of individualistic style and gained the foundations of creative visual presentation.
Later, Lecomte du Nouy further perfected his knowledge of the artistic form under the mentorship of Jean-Léon Gérôme, who was a renowned painter of the Academicism movement. It was at this time that Jean-Jules-Antoine learned the precision required to depict "la belle nature" —a style of illustration that aims to create the most beautiful representations of the natural form. This later became one of the main techniques employed in Lecomte du Nouÿ's signature artwork.
In 1865, Du Nouÿ accompanied fellow artist, Félix Auguste Clément...
Category
1890s Romantic Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949)
This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not.
These were studies for larger paintings.
Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes.
Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine.
In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi.
Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board