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Black and White (School children in Gambia, West Africa)
Black and White (School children in Gambia, West Africa)

Black and White (School children in Gambia, West Africa)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Lady with a Bike (atmospheric photograph of Vietnamese woman on her bike)
Lady with a Bike (atmospheric photograph of Vietnamese woman on her bike)

Lady with a Bike (atmospheric photograph of Vietnamese woman on her bike)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Early Morning (an atmospheric sense of a lone figure in Hoi An, Vietnam)
Early Morning (an atmospheric sense of a lone figure in Hoi An, Vietnam)

Early Morning (an atmospheric sense of a lone figure in Hoi An, Vietnam)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Les Jockey & La Propietaire - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by E Grau Sala
Les Jockey & La Propietaire - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by E Grau Sala

Les Jockey & La Propietaire - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by E Grau Sala

By Emilio Grau Sala

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

He also illustrated many literary works including Madame Bovary by Flaubert, Bel-Ami by Maupassant, Colette's series of four Claudine novels, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (...

Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coucher de Soleil - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by Emilio Grau Sala
Coucher de Soleil - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by Emilio Grau Sala

Coucher de Soleil - Post Impressionist Figurative Oil by Emilio Grau Sala

By Emilio Grau Sala

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

He also illustrated many literary works including Madame Bovary by Flaubert, Bel-Ami by Maupassant, Colette's series of four Claudine novels, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (...

Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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“Bathing Beauty”
“Bathing Beauty”

Antoine Calbet“Bathing Beauty”, Circa 1908

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H 12.25 in W 9.25 in D 1.5 in

“Bathing Beauty”

By Antoine Calbet

Located in Southampton, NY

Among the works illustrated by Calbet were editions of Emile Zola’s Madame Neigeon, Guy de Maupaussant’s Bel ami, Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions and Paul Verlaine’s Fêtes galant...

Category

1890s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Beach - Post Impressionist Oil, Figures in Landscape by Emilio Grau Sala
Beach - Post Impressionist Oil, Figures in Landscape by Emilio Grau Sala

Beach - Post Impressionist Oil, Figures in Landscape by Emilio Grau Sala

By Emilio Grau Sala

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

He also illustrated many literary works including Madame Bovary by Flaubert, Bel-Ami by Maupassant, Colette's series of four Claudine novels, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (...

Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Le Piano - Post Impressionist Figurative Interior Painting by Emilio Grau Sala
Le Piano - Post Impressionist Figurative Interior Painting by Emilio Grau Sala

Le Piano - Post Impressionist Figurative Interior Painting by Emilio Grau Sala

By Emilio Grau Sala

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

He also illustrated many literary works including Madame Bovary by Flaubert, Bel-Ami by Maupassant, Colette's series of four Claudine novels, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (...

Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Study of a camel loaded with a palanquin, seen from behind by Gustave Guillaumet
Study of a camel loaded with a palanquin, seen from behind by Gustave Guillaumet

Study of a camel loaded with a palanquin, seen from behind by Gustave Guillaumet

Located in PARIS, FR

At the end of his life, they were even considered as typical decoration for a bourgeois interior. As an example in Bel Ami ( a novel published in 1885 by Maupassant), the hero George...

Category

1880s Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Watercolor

Rocks (nude model from Bel Ami lies prone with rocks in Greece)
Rocks (nude model from Bel Ami lies prone with rocks in Greece)

Rocks (nude model from Bel Ami lies prone with rocks in Greece)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

Benno Thoma captures a sexy Bel Ami model lying in the bottom of an empty pool in Greece.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Leaning on Chair (nude Bel Ami model leans on chair in Colombian colonial house)
Leaning on Chair (nude Bel Ami model leans on chair in Colombian colonial house)

Leaning on Chair (nude Bel Ami model leans on chair in Colombian colonial house)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

This Benno Thoma's color photograph captures a standing nude Bel Ami model leaning on a chair taken in an old Colonial house in Cali, Colombia, a city in the Valle del Cauca departme...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Looking Out (nude male Bel Ami model in Colombia seated in old colonial house)
Looking Out (nude male Bel Ami model in Colombia seated in old colonial house)

Looking Out (nude male Bel Ami model in Colombia seated in old colonial house)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

This color image is of a seated nude Bel Ami model taken in an old Colonial house in Cali, Colombia, a city in the Valle del Cauca department, southwest of Bogotá.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Blue Eyes (hypnotic close up gaze of Bel Ami male model leaning cross a table)
Blue Eyes (hypnotic close up gaze of Bel Ami male model leaning cross a table)

Blue Eyes (hypnotic close up gaze of Bel Ami male model leaning cross a table)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

Benno Thoma's dazzling portrait of a Bel Ami model with blue eyes was taken in Cartagena, a port city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Tim, Cuba (young nude Cuban male in push up mode, elbows and butt in air)
Tim, Cuba (young nude Cuban male in push up mode, elbows and butt in air)

Tim, Cuba (young nude Cuban male in push up mode, elbows and butt in air)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

Benno Thoma (b. 1956) is a Dutch photographer who has always been fascinated by the male body, as can be seen from his popular photos for Bel Ami. Born in Maastricht, the Netherlands...

Category

Early 2000s Realist Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper

Carlos, Cuba
Carlos, Cuba

Benno ThomaCarlos, Cuba, 1998

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H 20 in W 14.75 in

Carlos, Cuba

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

Benno Thoma (b. 1956) is a Dutch photographer who has always been fascinated by the male body, as can be seen from his popular photos for Bel Ami. Born in Maastricht, the Netherlands...

Category

1990s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jose, Cuba (shirtless teen boy in elegantly decadent architectural stairway)
Jose, Cuba (shirtless teen boy in elegantly decadent architectural stairway)

Jose, Cuba (shirtless teen boy in elegantly decadent architectural stairway)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

Benno Thoma (b. 1956) is a Dutch photographer who has always been fascinated by the male body, as can be seen from his popular photos for Bel Ami. Born in Maastricht, the Netherlands...

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Golden Boy (Nude model in amazing light of old Colonial house in Cali, Colombia)
Golden Boy (Nude model in amazing light of old Colonial house in Cali, Colombia)

Golden Boy (Nude model in amazing light of old Colonial house in Cali, Colombia)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

A nude Bel Ami model is bathed in the amazing light of an old Colonial house in Cali, Colombia, a city in the Valle del Cauca department, southwest of Bogotá.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Mohamed (Magnificent sculpted abs of a young Czech maleI
Mohamed (Magnificent sculpted abs of a young Czech maleI

Mohamed (Magnificent sculpted abs of a young Czech maleI

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Look Outside
Look Outside

Benno ThomaLook Outside, 2011

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H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in

Look Outside

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Leonel, Cuba (Cuban man's youthful body contrast with ancient architecture)
Leonel, Cuba (Cuban man's youthful body contrast with ancient architecture)

Leonel, Cuba (Cuban man's youthful body contrast with ancient architecture)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Between the Leaves (A sexy nude guy, a look back of anticipation, wall of green)
Between the Leaves (A sexy nude guy, a look back of anticipation, wall of green)

Between the Leaves (A sexy nude guy, a look back of anticipation, wall of green)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Jaime, Cuba
Jaime, Cuba

Benno ThomaJaime, Cuba, 1998

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H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in

Jaime, Cuba

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Post-Impressionist 1930s Babylon Berlin Bordello Scene of Cabaret Girl & Client
Post-Impressionist 1930s Babylon Berlin Bordello Scene of Cabaret Girl & Client

Post-Impressionist 1930s Babylon Berlin Bordello Scene of Cabaret Girl & Client

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

Throughout the 1930s and 40s his watercolours illustrated the novels of Emile Zola (‘La Debacle’ & ‘Nana), Alexander Pushkin (‘Eugene Onegin’), Leo Tolstoy (‘Anna Karenina’ & ‘War an...

Category

1930s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Watercolor

Swimming (Sensual nude male relaxes in the water  on a sunny day)
Swimming (Sensual nude male relaxes in the water  on a sunny day)

Swimming (Sensual nude male relaxes in the water on a sunny day)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Dry Earth Sculpture (young nude male photo superimposed on cracked earth photo)
Dry Earth Sculpture (young nude male photo superimposed on cracked earth photo)

Dry Earth Sculpture (young nude male photo superimposed on cracked earth photo)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Summer Break
Summer Break

Benno ThomaSummer Break, 2003

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H 24 in W 16 in D 0.25 in

Summer Break

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Turtle (male model uses shield carved from large turtle shell to cover his body)
Turtle (male model uses shield carved from large turtle shell to cover his body)

Turtle (male model uses shield carved from large turtle shell to cover his body)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

WET, Portrait (young nude Dutch boy is dripping wet and looking directly out)
WET, Portrait (young nude Dutch boy is dripping wet and looking directly out)

WET, Portrait (young nude Dutch boy is dripping wet and looking directly out)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

WET 11 (young nude Dutch boy being doused by droplets of water)
WET 11 (young nude Dutch boy being doused by droplets of water)

WET 11 (young nude Dutch boy being doused by droplets of water)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

WET 40 (young nude Dutch boy being doused by droplets of water)
WET 40 (young nude Dutch boy being doused by droplets of water)

WET 40 (young nude Dutch boy being doused by droplets of water)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

WET 13 (nude Dutch boy sends beads of water flying from his long mane of hair)
WET 13 (nude Dutch boy sends beads of water flying from his long mane of hair)

WET 13 (nude Dutch boy sends beads of water flying from his long mane of hair)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Dry Earth Sculpture (young nude male photo superimposed on cracked earth photo)
Dry Earth Sculpture (young nude male photo superimposed on cracked earth photo)

Dry Earth Sculpture (young nude male photo superimposed on cracked earth photo)

By Benno Thoma

Located in New Orleans, LA

His photographs chronicle the luxurious properties of the Kempinski Hotel Group, the beautiful young actors of Bel Ami and everyday people wherever he travels.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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