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1920s Male Nude Oil Paintings

Venus Retrieved from the Hands of Death, Surrealist, Nudes, 1959, Oil on Canvas
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
fantasy nude group scene of one female and two male figures. The 49" x 36" oil on canvas was painted in
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1950s Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American Modernist Oil Painting Nude Male on Beach WPA Artist Group of 10
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Nudes in the Surf", Atmospheric Painting with Male Nudes and Horses
Located in Philadelphia, PA
multiple nude male figures, riding and leading horses along the shore, their strong bodies and ruddy
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Nude Male Bathers, " 1930s Watercolor Painting of Nude Figures, Blue & Tan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. Slusser is known for a much-admired oil painting of three nude male sunbathers, so this watercolor may
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Standing Model", Male Nude Painting in Blue by Åkerblom, Oil on Canvas, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
interested in the male figure, painting friends and models multiple times. The painting is signed in the
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Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
-- depicts a wide range of nude figures, mostly male, in a grassy river valley between mountain ranges, some
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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Five Josephs, " Important Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes, Provincetown, 1930s
By William L'Engle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
painted in the 1920s and 1930s -- this large work by William L'Engle depicts five nude male figures
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Actaeon in Flight, " Large Painting of Mythological Scene w/ Male Nude, 1942
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Littlefield, who painted a series of mythological scenes with nude figures in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, as well
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Vintage 1940s North American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

Surrealist Female Nude in Industrial Landscape Oil Painting, 1930s Modern
By Virginia True
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on board. Surrealist/Modernist painting with a female nude reaching into a wood burning stove
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Distribution" Fabulous, Large Art Deco Allegorical Mural with Male Nude
By Charles Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
as color-infused Impressionist works, all highly accomplished. This painting is oil on canvas
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

"Commerce and Industry", Beaux Arts/Art Deco Allegorical Mural w/ Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
central winged figure holding a reflective orb, flanked by two nude or semi-nude male figures representing
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Vintage 1920s American Beaux Arts Paintings

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Paint

"Shepherd and Nymph, " oil painting by Lee Woodward Zeigler
By Lee Woodward Zeigler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
-like female nude, and painted it many times. Here, however, he has paired his nymph with a male
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Raimundo de Madrazo Y Garreta Palatial Oil on Canvas
By Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Raimundo De Madrazo Y Garreta (Spanish School, 1841-1920) an exceptional and palatial oil on canvas
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Antique 1880s Spanish Rococo Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Selection of Modern Artwork or Gallery Wall
Located in Atlanta, GA
: 1) Double sided oil on masonite, nude female on one side, male portrait on other side, artist
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Vintage 1920s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Masonite, Paper

"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism
By Kyra Markham
Located in New York, NY
. Oil on canvas. Signed on stretcher, c. 1940s. Frame is likely original to the painting. Realist
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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Walnut, Birch

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Located in New York, NY
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Watch me! -21st Century Oil Painting of a Nude Boy watching you in his Mirror
By David van der Linden
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Dutch artist/painter David van der Linden. Painted with oilpaint on canvas. David van der Linden studied at the Academy off Classical Art in Groningen and...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Cristalleries De Baccarat, a Large Pair of French Cut-Crystal Tsarine Torcheres
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
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Crystal

Nude Figure Study, Standing Female Figure with Sage Green
By M. Z. Murphy
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Figure Study, Standing Female Figure with Sage Green Figure study of a nude model in studio by Los Gatos, California artist M.Z. Murphy (American, 20th century), c.1990. The f...
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1990s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

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Morning News - Voyeuristic View of Nude Male Torso Through the Fire Escape
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
A unsuspecting nude male reads the morning paper as we catch a glimpse of him thru the fire escape. The brick and metal act as a frame for the muscular figure. This intimate portrai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Dancer Don Lopez photographed for 'After Dark' magazine Nude, Signed
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
Dancer Don Lopez photographed nude for 'After Dark' magazine in 1985. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed on the vers...
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1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Occasionally There Would Be One - Intimate Painting of a Couple, Original Oil
By Rick Sindt
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...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Doggy Buffet, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Richard Sargent
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1957 Medium: Oil and Pencil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 23.50" x 20.75", Framed 29.50" x 26.50" Original cover illustration for The Saturday E...
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1950s Interior Paintings

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Board, Color Pencil, Oil

Sandbar Trilogy - gay beach, figurative acrylic on canvas
By Charles Pachter
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Sandbar Trilogy is a brilliantly colorful pop art painting, an ode to the popular gay beach scene in Miami, Florida. Three panels of male figures are seen lounging, sitting and stan...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic

Untitled (Kneeling Male Bather)
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A Mid-Century watercolor of a male bather kneeling on a beach in the Côte d' Azur by artist Andre Delfau. Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delfau became an internationally accla...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Art Deco Panther Painting, French, 1920s
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco painting depicting panther in the wild. Unusual dimensional treatment with all the paint. Look closely at the texture of this piece. In an original frame that also has a pai...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Art Deco Panther Painting, French, 1920s
Art Deco Panther Painting, French, 1920s
H 36 in W 46.75 in D 1.5 in
Querelle - Man with Piercing Blue Eyes, Smoking, Original Oil Painting
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
His piercing gaze brings the viewer in for a closer look. His look is one of disdain yet the portal behind his head floats halo-like, sainting the mysterious man. The title of this p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

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What is Man?
By Walter Beach Humphrey
Located in Minneapolis, MN
An inspirational and spiritual large male nude oil painting by the well-listed New Rochelle based
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Study of Male Nude
By Guillaume Dulac
Located in London, GB
'Study of Male Nude', pencil and charcoal on fine art paper, by Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An
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1920s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

An Evocative Italian 1920s Portrait of a Male Nude
Located in London, GB
A wonderfully observed and well executed Italian oil painting of a male nude. This evocative
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Paintings

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Paint

American Modernist Oil Painting Nude Male on Beach WPA Artist Group of 10
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Giverny - Fleurs
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
scandal for modeling in the nude for male painters like Edgar Degas and Claude Manet would live unwed with
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
By William L'Engle
Located in New York, NY
Lighthouse Nudes, 1954; and what appears to be one of his very last and rather terrifying paintings called
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1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled (Study of Two female Figures ) Jules Pascin Pencil, 1913
By Jules Pascin
Located in Surfside, FL
"Prince of Montparnasse", was a Bulgarian artist known for his paintings and drawings. He later became an
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Enormous 1900's Dutch Impressionist Oil Male Nude Portrait, Full Length Nude Man
By Early 20thC Dutch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Male Nude Portrait by J. Loots, Dutch School, early 20th century oil painting on canvas, framed
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Posing Nude Male
By Guillaume Dulac
Located in London, GB
'Posing Nude Male', charcoal on fine art paper, by Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known
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1920s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

"Prometheus and Mercury, " Large, Rare Art Deco Painting with Male Nudes, 1942
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
featuring idealized male nude figures, and this is the largest and best example we have seen. Here Mercury
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

Male Nude Oil On Canvas
Located in US
Wonderful Male Nude In Subtle Earth Colors. Signed Ferrel On Verso
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Early 20th Century Unknown Paintings

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Canvas

Male Nude Oil On Canvas
Male Nude Oil On Canvas
H 38 in W 28.5 in D 1 in
Pair of Acedemic Male Nudes from the 1920s
Located in Hudson, NY
A pair of Male Nude Studies from 1923 by Paul M. Shearer, oil on board, unframed.
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Vintage 1920s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Wood

Untitled
By Rafał Olbiński
Located in Manhattan, NY
rear view of a nude woman seen from the buttocks upwards as she emerges from the sea in the painting
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled
Untitled
H 17 in W 15 in D 1 in
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