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1940s Male Nude

1940s Nude Male Drawings in Charcoal
1940s Nude Male Drawings in Charcoal

1940s Nude Male Drawings in Charcoal

By Michelle Nussbaumer

Located in Dallas, TX

1940s nude male drawings in charcoal matted and framed.

Category

Vintage 1940s Unknown Drawings

Materials

Charcoal

Male Nude Study in Pencil 1940s
Male Nude Study in Pencil 1940s

Male Nude Study in Pencil 1940s

Located in Tilburg, NL

Nude Study in Pencil, Europe, 1940s. Beautiful and well drawn study with a male nude kneeling.

Category

Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Drawings

Materials

Paper

Male Nude Sanguine Drawing, Barcelona, 1930s–1940s
Male Nude Sanguine Drawing, Barcelona, 1930s–1940s

Male Nude Sanguine Drawing, Barcelona, 1930s–1940s

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

"Male Nude Sanguine Drawing, Barcelona, 1930s–1940s."

Category

1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

"at the Swimming POOL, " Ghostly Male Nudes, Art Deco Drawing, Late 1940s
"at the Swimming POOL, " Ghostly Male Nudes, Art Deco Drawing, Late 1940s

"at the Swimming POOL, " Ghostly Male Nudes, Art Deco Drawing, Late 1940s

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Lovely and atmospheric, this drawing of a series of male nude figures at the swimming pool -- one diving, one readying to dive, others at the mirror or quietly observing -- was creat...

Category

Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Drawings

Materials

Crayon

"Dancing Angel", Classic 1940s Tempera Painting with Nude Male Figure
"Dancing Angel", Classic 1940s Tempera Painting with Nude Male Figure

"Dancing Angel", Classic 1940s Tempera Painting with Nude Male Figure

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Reminiscent of the work of Jared French in its material (tempera), its color palette and its approach to the male figure, this lovely depiction of two dancing angels, one in the fore...

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

American Modernism, a Pair of Nude Males, Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture, ca. 1940s
American Modernism, a Pair of Nude Males, Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture, ca. 1940s

American Modernism, a Pair of Nude Males, Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture, ca. 1940s

Located in New York, NY

About Sculpture This homoerotic ebonized hand-carved wood sculpture of a pair of nude males, the older one supporting the falling down body of the youth, was created by an anonymous...

Category

Vintage 1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"The Fall of Icarus", Dramatic 1940s Painting w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting
"The Fall of Icarus", Dramatic 1940s Painting w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting

"The Fall of Icarus", Dramatic 1940s Painting w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting

By Emlen Etting

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia artist Emlen Etting returned again and again to the theme of Icarus Falling, in part because it gave him an opportunity to depict the nude male in motion. This is the fi...

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

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American Lifesize Bronze of Nude Male by Mathilde M. Mylander, 1940s

American Lifesize Bronze of Nude Male by Mathilde M. Mylander, 1940s

By Mathilde M. Mylander

Located in Essex, MA

"Lifesize male figure holding grapes and a basin." Bronze with verdigris patina, signed on self base, foundry mark of Roman Bronze Works, New York. Provenance: Brown family, E...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Geronimo", Large, Important Painting with 21 Male Nudes at Swimming Hole, 1940s
"Geronimo", Large, Important Painting with 21 Male Nudes at Swimming Hole, 1940s

"Geronimo", Large, Important Painting with 21 Male Nudes at Swimming Hole, 1940s

By Henrik Mayer

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Large and striking, this ambitious scene of a swimming hole teeming with young men, largely nude and unselfconscious, who are enjoying the cooling effect of a rocky refuge and deep w...

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

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