$40,000
H 88.5 in W 43 in
Portrait of Manop - Monumental Portrait, Original Charcoal on Mylar, Framed
By Mary Borgman
Located in Chicago, IL
on the Playground: Art of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague, Cedarhurst Center for the
Mylar, Charcoal
$40,000
H 60 in W 40 in
Portrait of Matt Latham - Large Scale Portrait, Original Charcoal on Mylar
By Mary Borgman
Located in Chicago, IL
the Playground: Art of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts
Mylar, Charcoal
$40,000
H 53 in W 40 in
Portrait of Justin Shanitkvich - Large Scale Charcoal on Mylar Original, Framed
By Mary Borgman
Located in Chicago, IL
on the Playground: Art of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague, Cedarhurst Center for the
Mylar, Charcoal
Sold
H 75 in W 44.5 in
Portrait of David Uy - Large Scale Charcoal Drawing on Mylar by Mary Borgman
By Mary Borgman
Located in Chicago, IL
, Chicago, IL What’s the Buzz on the Playground: Art of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague
Mylar, Charcoal
Portrait of Justin Shanitkvich
By Mary Borgman
Located in Chicago, IL
of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL SOFA
Mylar, Charcoal
Sold
H 41 in W 56 in
Portrait of Feleg Abraha - Large Scale Original Charcoal on Mylar, Framed
By Mary Borgman
Located in Chicago, IL
on the Playground: Art of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague, Cedarhurst Center for the
Mylar, Charcoal
Set of Three Horse Paintings by Mary Sprague, 1988
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of three playful horse paintings by Mary Sprague, dated 1988. Each painting is rendered in
Paint, Paper
Vintage Boho Original Male Nude Painting on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The Vintage Boho Original Male Nude Painting on Canvas captures the essence of American artistic expression with its bold and evocative portrayal. This unique piece adds a touch of b...
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$16,500
H 26 in W 13 in D 7 in
"Exultation", Large, Rare Bronze w/ Male Nude Celebrating Liberation of Belgium
By Arthur Dupagne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinarily powerful, and very rare, this large bronze sculpture of a nude male figure by Arthur Dupagne shows him stretching and straining upwards, his head rolled back and shou...
Bronze
"Arms Raised", Striking Portrait of Nude Male Youth by Jarl, Denmark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking combination of realism and abstraction, this portrait of a nude male youth with his arms behind his neck -- Stanley Christensen -- is beautifully expressed in tones of cha...
Paint
$1,800
H 9 in W 12 in
"Levi Jackson" (2015) By John Tarantola, Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Levi Jackson" (2015) is a realist oil on panel painting that depicts a nude male lying on a bed, looking up seductively at the viewer's point...
Oil, Panel
$31,525Sale Price|35% Off
H 49 in W 59 in D 1.75 in
"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Monumental and quite extraordinary, this utopian scene -- all cast in a lovely, warm glow -- depicts a wide range of nude figures, mostly male, in a grassy river valley between mount...
Paint
$75,000
H 88 in W 70 in D 2 in
"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental Art Deco Painting of Nude Male Oarsmen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most stunning and monumental depictions of male nude figures -- and male athletes -- ever accomplished in the Modern era, this large painting shows five nude rowers, relax...
Paint
$1,400
H 9 in W 12 in
"Blake of Night" (2012) By John Tarantola, Original Nude Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Blake of Night" (2012) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude male figure crawling forward on a slab o...
Oil, Panel
$1,600
H 8 in W 10 in
"Whispering Hope" (2018) By John Tarantola, Nude Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Whispering Hope" (2018) is a beautiful realist painting that is an oil on panel. The piece depicts an athletic nude male figure lying on a be...
Oil, Panel
$7,500
H 23.75 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
"Nudes in the Surf", Atmospheric Painting with Male Nudes and Horses
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Continuing a tradition going back decades, Josef Pieper painted a series of seaside scenes with multiple nude male figures, riding and leading horses along the shore, their strong bo...
Paint
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Reclining Male Nude Figurative Queer Oil Painting](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-reclining-male-nude-for-sale/a_9323/1726085071682/Beard_Untitled_Reclining_Male_Nude__master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Reclining Male Nude Figurative Queer Oil Painting](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-reclining-male-nude-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_150862621726086305413/Beard_Untitled_Reclining_Male_Nude_Verso_master.jpg?width=240)
$4,400
H 11.5 in W 16.75 in
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Reclining Male Nude Figurative Queer Oil Painting
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary painting of a nude man reclining by Mark Beard. Double-sided oil on panel Signed in red, u.r. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement. He embod...
Oil
$3,500
H 26 in W 22 in D 1.5 in
Ready to Play (Academic Figurative Painting of Male Athlete by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style figurative oil painting of a handsome football player against a country landscape 'Ready to Play', Painted by Mark Beard as Bruce Sargeant (pseudonym in homage to the...
Canvas, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Male with Towel](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-nude-male-with-towel-for-sale/a_9323/1642175973950/Beard_Bruce_Sargeant_1898_1938_Nude_Male_with_Towel_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Male with Towel
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Nude Male with Towel n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 81.875 x 34.25 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Statue of an Athlete](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-sculptures-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-statue-of-an-athlete-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_35855421542990089601/Statue_of_an_Athlete_installation_crop_artnet_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Statue of an Athlete](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-sculptures-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-statue-of-an-athlete-for-sale/a_9323/a_35855421542990079678/Statue_of_an_Athlete_artnet_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Statue of an Athlete
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement. He embodies a world that is in many ways lost to us; he...
Bronze
$8,500
H 22 in W 19 in D 1 in
"Nude Bathers at Swan Hill", Painting of Male Nudes by Ernest Smith, Australia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pale and enigmatic, this lovely modern painting of three male nude bathers -- and a fourth in the distance -- on the sandy shore of a mountainous lake was painted by Ernest Smith. S...
Paint
$2,900
H 13.25 in W 13.25 in D 1 in
"Confrontation", Mid Century Drawing w/ Half Nude Male in Surreal Setting, 1984
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although John Lear entitled this drawing "Confrontation," the half-nude male figure and the falcon on the other end of his bright red leash are contemplating each other with placidit...
Paper
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-sailors-for-sale/a_9323/1738353689807/Beard_Two_Sailors_1920_master.jpg?width=240)
![[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-bruce-sargeant-1898-1938-two-sailors-for-sale-picture-2/a_9323/a_157415921738353744154/Beard_Two_Sailors_Verso_master.jpg?width=240)
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Sailors n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Double-sided painting on panel 30 x 24 inches
Oil
Mary Borgman was born in 1959 in St. Louis. She earned a BFA in graphic communications from Washington University in St. Louis in the year 1982, and an AA in deaf communications from the St. Louis Community College, St. Louis in 1986. Then in 2001, she went on to earn her MA and MFA from Fontbonne University in St. Louis.
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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