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Antique American Bucolic Oil Painting by listed artist Edward B. Gay (1837-1928)
By Edward Gay
Located in Baltimore, MD
. Two men are fishing along the bank and there are several people in a boat on the water nearby. Gay
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s An artist on the
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gay Beach, A Heavenly Place on Miami Beach Men in Bathing Suits. Gay Interest
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Follow the rainbow flags, and it will lead you to the famous Gay Beach on Miami Beach. Beyond the
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Prospector firing Rifle ( Happiness is a Warm Gun ) Gay Art
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel Robert Riggs was a gay man. Being
Category

1940s Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Undergarment Model (1970s Gay Bathhouse Jockstrap Ad)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
audience are gay men who can easily interpret the perhaps not so subtle messaging. Still, the language and
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Yoko Ono Fashions for Men
By Skylar Fein
Located in New Orleans, LA
Quakers, working for a gay film festival in Seattle, stringing for The New York Times and as pre-med
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings

Andy Warhol Record Cover Art 1982
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
other institutions. Related Categories Gay interest. Andy Warhol record art. Warhol vinyl record album
Category

1980s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Offset

Without Heaviness - Close-Up Painting of Two Men Kissing, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Two Men Kissing, Vintage Gelatin Silver, Hand-Tinted Portrait by Jan Saudek
By Jan Saudek
Located in New york, NY


"Two Men Kissing" is a celebration of gay love. Unlike Saudek’s hallmark surreal and dreamlike
Category

1980s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Rocket Men Bernie Taupin and Elton John 1985 limited edition photograph
By Arthur Steel
Located in London, GB
US$200 million. John, who announced he was bisexual in 1976 and has been openly gay since 1988
Category

1980s Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Digital

Rich Thomson, Indio
By Mel Roberts
Located in New York, NY
political organizations of the gay movement—and lived as an openly gay man. A turning point occurred while
Category

1960s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

C Print

Christian Dior, "Flaunt" Magazine Shoot, Mulholland Dr.
By Mel Roberts
Located in New York, NY
the earliest political organizations of the gay movement—and lived as an openly gay man. A turning
Category

Early 2000s Other Art Style Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Embrace
By James Mannix
Located in East Hampton, NY
Two Men in an Embrace Printed to order Gay content Inquire about various sizing Comes unframed
Category

2010s Conceptual Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled painting for ACRIA "The only rose without a thorn is friendship" Signed
By Donald Baechler
Located in New York, NY
merged with the Gay Men's Health Crisis. The work was acquired from ACRIA and one from the series is
Category

1990s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Permanent Marker

Butt - H
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Parts. These two series are regarded as Warhol's most daring, arguably the earliest overtly gay work in
Category

1970s American Modern Nude Photography

Materials

Polaroid

Butt - H
Butt - H
H 4.25 in W 3.5 in
And Then Comes Wonder - Intimate Painting of a Couple Kissing
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Occasionally There Would Be One - Intimate Painting of a Couple, Original Oil
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
, are considered something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Glimpse of Something That Seemed All Potential - Nude Original Oil Painting
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil paintings depicts moments that range from tender
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Did I Steal You Away? - Intimate Painting of a Couple Embracing, Original Oil
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Their Whole Private Selves - Two Nude Bodies Entwined, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
considered something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

No One Is Sure - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple, Original Oil
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

A Quiet Line - Intimate Painting of Two Nude Torsos, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil paintings
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Skin Had Hope - Two Nude Torsos, Entwined, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Shield Me - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil paintings
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

And Then On To You - Intimate Painting, Two Male Nudes Entangled in One Another
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

I Might Grow to Be Kinder - Intimate Portrayal of a Couple Embracing
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
considered something that sullies a person, something taboo.” Focused on the experiences of gay men, this
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

"Living" Lacquer on Wood Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Truong Tan
Located in Rye, NY
of discreetly outlined men, various grouping of stylized men, some of them wearing long skirts
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lacquer, Wood Panel

'Floating on the River', Lacquer on Wood Figurative Painting
By Truong Tan
Located in Rye, NY
background, men with stylized faces, broad shoulders and thin waists, walking, tripping or falling. Their
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

steve - ritual
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
– historically a site of amorous, anonymous coupling among gay men…. Yamrus’ eerily beautiful black-and-white
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Page 207 (Van Dyck Series)
By Wes Hempel
Located in Fairfield, CT
have looked like had homosexuality not been vilified. Notes: Gay, Figures, Art History, Portrait Color
Category

2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Viareggio Pano (framed) - unique panoramic photograph of Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
Men Visionarea Art Space, Rome 2020 Human Constellations Museo Ettore Fico, Turin 2019 Massimo
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...

Untitled (Blue), Alchemy Series, Vintage Cibachrome Print
By Lyle Ashton Harris
Located in Surfside, FL
) (NOT) GAY ART NOW, Curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Male Desire Two
Category

20th Century Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print

Porto Miggiano (framed) - large scale photograph of Italian Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
PienoVuoto Forte di Belvedere, Florence 2021 No Country For Old Men Visionarea Art Space, Rome 2020 Human
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...

laura - veil
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
– historically a site of amorous, anonymous coupling among gay men…. Yamrus’ eerily beautiful black-and-white
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

g. paul - lotus
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
– historically a site of amorous, anonymous coupling among gay men…. Yamrus’ eerily beautiful black-and-white
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

dj - fields
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
– historically a site of amorous, anonymous coupling among gay men…. Yamrus’ eerily beautiful black-and-white
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

marc - rain
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
– historically a site of amorous, anonymous coupling among gay men…. Yamrus’ eerily beautiful black-and-white
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

tommy - pods
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
shore of Provincetown, Massachusetts – historically a site of amorous, anonymous coupling among gay men
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

caroline - essence
By Frank Yamrus
Located in New York, NY
– historically a site of amorous, anonymous coupling among gay men…. Yamrus’ eerily beautiful black-and-white
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
1988 • Ways in Being Gay, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY, USA 1987 • Surface Tension
Category

1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait
Portrait
H 17.5 in W 11 in D 0.1 in
Untitled (Candles), 1998, rare cibachrome proof print
By Lyle Ashton Harris
Located in Surfside, FL
(catalogue) (NOT) GAY ART NOW, Curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Male Desire
Category

1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
1988 • Ways in Being Gay, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY, USA 1987 • Surface Tension
Category

1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait
Portrait
H 24 in W 18 in D 0.2 in
Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
1988 • Ways in Being Gay, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY, USA 1987 • Surface Tension
Category

1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait
Portrait
H 13 in W 11 in D 0.5 in
Henry Geldzahler with Hat
By David Hockney
Located in Tallinn, EE
Art Tokyo 176; Gemini 736 A pioneer of the 1960s British movement, David Hockney is one of the most
Category

1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"The end of the Ball", 19th Century oil on canvas by José García y Ramos
Located in Madrid, ES
patrons attended along with artists, models, house singers and musicians. While men were expected to dress
Category

Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Aleksandr Standing
Located in New Orleans, LA
and documented my desire to see Russian gay men find a place of belonging in a tolerant community
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Original Antique French Poster, "Hunting w Hounds", Albert Guillaume, Lithograph
By Albert Guillaume
Located in Dallas, TX
of art of historical value. is advertising posters and announcements of theatre performances could
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large Richard Merkin Painting Harlem Jazz Club, New Yorker Magazine Cover Artist
By Richard Merkin
Located in Surfside, FL
well-known gay speakeasy in New York in the 1920s, as a black, lesbian, cross-dressing performer. She
Category

1990s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil

Portrait of a Buddha
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
1988 • Ways in Being Gay, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY, USA 1987 • Surface Tension
Category

1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Young Man
By Gilbert Lewis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
quality.” 2008 Peter Weiermair, editor, Treasures of Gay Art from the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation
Category

1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Morning Shorts (It's the start of a new day and everything's on the rise)
Located in New Orleans, LA
to see Russian gay men find a place of belonging in a tolerant community. Chapter 2 was shot in
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Influence of Red (male portrait)
By Gilbert Lewis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Weiermair, editor, Treasures of Gay Art from the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, (All Saints Press, 2008
Category

1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Modernist Mexican Artist "Porters Garden" Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ernesto Linares
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s, Ernesto, now in his twenties and using the name Linares for his art, is living and painting year
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Olympic Gold Medal British figure skater John Curry, signed by Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Paul Taylor dancer Hernando Cortez, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men
Category

1990s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model Milton Dean multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Dancers Tim Michaels, Jerry Evans, Jeff Hornaday, Larry Cole, signed by Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Male model Gary Cook, multiple exposure nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Olympic Gold Medal winning British figure skater John Curry, signed by Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men
Category

1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

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