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Nude Paintings For Sale
Awakening - Important Royal Academy Oil Painting of Neoclassical Nudes Nymphs
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Awakening’ by Herbert James Draper (1864-1920).
This monumental masterpeice oil painting – which depicts two wood nymphs rising to meet the morning sun – is signed by the artist an...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$83,003 Sale Price
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Two Dancers, Choreography Diptych of Abstract Figures in Pastel Tones on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Two Dancers is a fluid exploration of movement, balance, and emotional resonance through abstract form. This vibrant diptych captures a dynamic choreography of shape and color—overla...
Category
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Torso 03 - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Pretty Nude Lady Kneeing beside a Window
Located in West Sussex, GB
Konstantin Razumov
(Born 1974) Russian
Pretty Nude Lady Kneeing beside a Window
Oil on canvas: 13 x 9 inches. Frame: 19 x 15 inches.
Konstantin Razumov's work has been offered ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XIII
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XIII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an int...
Category
1980s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,458 Sale Price
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The Bathers
By Harold Knight
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Attributed to Harold Knight (British,1874-1961)
The Bathers
oil on canvas
signed `H. KNIGHT’ (lower right)
13 x 16.1/8 in. (33 x 41 cm.)
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,925
Antique Italian Large Figurative Framed Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Woman
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5154 Antique Italian oil painting of a reclining nude woman
Framed
Image size 24x36"
Category
1930s Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Dressing Room" (2021) by Clyde Steadman, Original, Nude Female Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Absolutely Ready" (2022) by Clyde Steadman (United States) is an original painting depicting a female in her dressing room putting on heels.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Reflection" – Figurative Oil Painting of a Male Portrait by Dave Seeley
Located in Denver, CO
“Reflection” is a finely rendered oil painting by Dave Seeley, created in 2023. Measuring 16.5 x 13 inches, this striking portrait is painted on canvas mounted to panel and comes hou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
A Surrealist Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Female Nude Bather, Beach Scene
Located in Chicago, IL
A Visually Striking Abstract Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Beach Scene of a Female Nude Bather by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). "Model on Beach", Oil ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Graphite
Fine 19th C. French Academic Oil Painting Portrait Semi Nude Male with Sword
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Study of a Semi Nude Man holding Sword
French School, late 19th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 24 inches
canvas: 29 x 23 inches
condition: very good
provenance: ...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,355 Sale Price
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Sunset by the sea
Located in Zofingen, AG
This sensual oil painting captures a tranquil moment of connection between nature and the human form. A nude woman stands by the sea at sunset, looking out at the glowing horizon. T...
Category
2010s Aesthetic Movement Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Canvas
English 1970's OIL PAINTING Female Nude In An Interior by FRANK JOHNSON
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Frank Johnson (1917-1998) British
TITLE: "Female Nude In A Living Room Interior'
SIGNED: unsigned, from the artists studio sale at Bonhams Chest...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
School of Paris, Sleeping Woman, Nude, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on Canvas by Fortunato Pirazzini (1907-2003), School of Paris, c. 1950 - "Sleeping Woman, Nude". This captivating oil painting, titled "Sleeping Woman, Nude", was created by Fort...
Category
1950s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conrado Lopez "Bolonia III" – 2024 Acrylic and Gold Leaf Beach Figurative Painti
Located in Denver, CO
Conrado Lopez presents “Bolonia III,” a 2024 original, handmade piece created with acrylic, gold leaf, and oil on canvas. Measuring 39.37 x 25.59 x 1.18 inches (100 x 65 x 3 cm), thi...
Category
2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Heartstrings" by Jon Wassom - Mixed Media Figurative Painting, 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom’s "Heartstrings" is an evocative mixed media painting on panel, measuring 16 x 16 inches. This striking composition explores themes of intimacy, emotion, and human connect...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
$1,540 Sale Price
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Nude, Oil on Canvas by B.Robert, Ca. 1930
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on Canvas by B. Robert, France, circa 1930. This exquisite oil painting by B. Robert, created in France around 1930, captures the serene beauty of a young nude woman reclining. T...
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bathers, Oil on Canvas, 1914
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Roger GRILLON (1881-1938), France, 1914. "Bathers". With frame: 114x94 cm - 44.9x37 inches ; without frame: 92x73cm - 36.2x28.75 inches. 30F format. Signed lower lef...
Category
1910s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude with Lace, Pastel Study Painting by Pio Santini
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming pastel painting on paper was designed by Pio Santini (1908-1986) and named "nude with lace". The signature, Santini, can be found in the bottom left corner of the artwo...
Category
1940s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard, Archival Paper
Vintage French Female Posing Nude Circa 1970
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3125 Female Nude, vintage acrylic on paper applied on board displayed in a new black wood frame
Unsigned
Image size 12 H x 10 W
Category
1970s Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique Naked Woman French oil painting post impressionist female nude interior
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Antique naked woman, nude oil painting, post impressionist female nude signed and dated oil painting by French artist Fernand Labat, Nude in ...
Category
1920s French School Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stuart Somerville oil painting, Portrait study of a nude black woman
By Stuart Somerville
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really striking and stylish portrait of a young black woman, painted with great panache and intimacy. Very attractively presented in a matt and silver frame: ready to hang.
Stuart...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
$1,233 Sale Price
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1920's French Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Nude Woman in Pink Interior Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model
French School, circa 1920's
circle of Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 21 x 25.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: v...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,570 Sale Price
30% Off
Strand In Story (Where I Fit In) - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. (Issues b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Suggestive Nude of a Woman oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Technical Sheet
Title: "Suggestive Nude of a Woman"
Artist: Rosendo González Carbonell (1910-1985)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36.2 x 28.7 inches
Framing: Unframed
Signed: Y...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,083 Sale Price
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Antique French Classical Study of the Male Back Nude Drawing 19th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Study of the Male Back
French School, early/ mid 19th century
charcoal on artist paper stuck on board, glass covering framed
framed: 13 x 9 inches
board : 12 x 8 inches
Provenance: p...
Category
19th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$883 Sale Price
30% Off
Nude in Venice - original large oil painting Paula Craioveanu 55x40in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Nude in Venice" - original large art by Paula Craioveanu
Original, large, unique painting, oil on canvas, 55x40in / 140x102cm. Shipped rolled in a tube.
Check 1stDibs code FREESHIP...
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,950 Sale Price
35% Off
Woman Nude at Rest oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Woman Nude at Rest
Artist: Anonymous
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39.37 x 31.89 in
Date: c. 2000
Movement / Style: Contemporary Figuration, Neo-Figurative and Satirica...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,564 Sale Price
35% Off
Bathing Nudes in Landscape, French Vintage Figurative Oil Painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Landscape with nudes, vintage oil painting of bathing nudes in a landscape by French artist Jean Chevauchet (b.1937). An unusual and interesting almost dreamlike or indeeed Symbolis...
Category
1970s French School Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$576 Sale Price
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Mid 20th-Century French Oil Cubist Nude Woman Reading Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Woman Reading
by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 10.75 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris
Condition: soun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$834 Sale Price
30% Off
YVES DIEY The Nude, Oil on canvas, 1930s
By Yves Diey
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Yves Dieÿ (1892-1984), France – The Nude. A striking oil on canvas by the renowned French artist Yves Dieÿ (1892-1984), depicting a sensual and elegant nude. This wo...
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Sketch of a Standing Male Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Male Study
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper
Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condition: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
$166 Sale Price
30% Off
Oil on canvas, Naked woman lying in front of her mirror
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Robert Louis Raymond DUFLOS (1898-1929), France, 1920s. Naked woman lying in front of her mirror. With frame: 95x61.5 cm - 37.4x24.2 inches - without frame: 73x40cm ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude in French Interior - original extra large oil painting by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Nude in French interior", in a classical room lighted from one side. Part of my Nude in interior series.
Nude placed in a a sober classical interior in contrast with the modern rel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circa 1800 French Neo-Classical Study of Male Nude Standing Academic Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Male Study
French, circa 1800
Neo-Classical School, circle of Jacques Louis David (French 1748-1825)
Pencil drawing on paper, unframed
drawing: 14 x 8 inches
double sided with ...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Nude Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Reclining Female Nude
Located in Astoria, NY
Gusztav Magyar-Mannheimer (Hungarian, 1859-1937), Reclining Nude Woman, Oil on Panel, signed upper right, inscribed "Magyar-Mannheimer / De Kay Collection / Parke-Bernet Gallery / Ja...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cubist East River industial scene
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). East River, 1966. 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition.
Born in N...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Fallen" (2017) By John Tarantola, Original Nude Oil Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Fallen" (2017) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts an athletic nude male figure crawling forward weary through a des...
Category
2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique Nude Woman Oil Painting, Naked Woman, Reclining Lady French Nude Female
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large antique oil painting of a naked woman/reclining nude by French artist Léon Laurent Galand. This gem of an oil painting on stretched canvas is simply stunning. It sits within ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Voluptuous Nude Muse oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: "Voluptuous Nude Muse"
Artist: Apyle
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 24.4 x 20.5 in
Framing: Unframed
Style: Figurative with neo-figurative influences
Period: Contemporar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$601 Sale Price
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Semi nude figurative portrait painting of a woman with arrows "Marks"
By Aaron Nagel
Located in East Quogue, NY
Striking realistic portrait painting of a semi-nude woman with arrows titled "Marks" by Aaron Nagel. Oil on canvas. Size 46 x 30 inches. Unframed.
Aaron Nagel is inspired by the co...
Category
2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed Antique American Realist Nude Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 34 inches overall and 20 by 28 painting alone. In excellent condition. Handsomely framed in a period ar...
Category
1930s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Happy, Nude, Contemporary art, Figurative, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Happy,
Sise: 53x43.5 inches, (135x110 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
Looking at the "Happy" oil paintin...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 18th Century French Rococo Old Master Oil Allegorical Nude Winged Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Allegorical Winged Nude Lady, adorned with the attributes of Spring
French School, 18th century (Rococo period)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 30 x 52 inches
provenance...
Category
18th Century Rococo Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$7,606 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Nude oil painting by Richard Durando Togo
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Atmospheric vintage nude portrait oil painting of a woman standing by Richard Durando Togo (b.1910). This is a gorgeous dark and moody nude by an...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$673 Sale Price
20% Off
Nude Woman, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2022
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Nude Wo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude, oil painting, oil on canvas, impressionistic, live model
Located in Oslo, NO
This intimate oil painting captures a moment of quiet rest and vulnerability. Painted alla prima, the artist works swiftly and expressively, allowing brushstrokes to remain visible a...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Bather' by Louis Latapie (1924)
Located in London, GB
'The Bather', oil on fine art paper, by Louis Robert Arthur Latapie (1924). A captivating example from the long tradition of depicting the bather, this early work by celebrated Frenc...
Category
1920s Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
$2,355 Sale Price
20% Off
"Oracle" (2024) By Allen Williams, Original Oil Nude Portrait Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Oracle" (2024) by Allen Williams is an original oil painting on a sealed illustration board that depicts an eerie portrait of a nude female figure. Thi...
Category
2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Handing Your Heart to the Heat - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Nude Woman, Figurative, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2022
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Nude Wo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Honest Convergence"- Expressive Mixed Media Figurative Painting 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom’s Honest Convergence (2024) is an evocative mixed media painting on panel, measuring 16 x 16 x 1.5 inches. This original work showcases Wassom’s signature expressive style...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$1,540 Sale Price
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Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board
Elegant seated nude woman by Pau Milosevich (American, b. 1936). A woman is seated in a studio, in fro...
Category
1980s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
The Origin - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
Located in Salzburg, AT
This work is framed. Unframed size: 70x80 cm, framed 75x85 cm
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Abstract 1960s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Sleeping Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. A sensuous, intimate studio depiction of a sleeping nude femal...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nymphe endormie
By Jean-Jacques Henner
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Good overall Conditions. Old varnish and minor retouching on the nose.
Orignal frame in excellent condition. Medal plate Henner.
Jean-Jacques Henner was born on March 5...
Category
1890s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beautiful Harem Dancer Standing in a Courtyard
Located in West Sussex, GB
Konstantin Razumov
(Born 1974) Russian
Elegant Semi-Nude Harem Dancer Standing in a Courtyard
Oil on canvas: 16 x 11 inches. Frame: 23 x 18 inches.
Konstantin Razumov's work has...
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Symbolist Oil Painting Sirens and Dolphin beside Rocks Coastal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Adolphe Lalyre (French, 1848-1933)
Title: Sirens and dolphin beside rocks
Medium: signed oil on canvas, framed.
canvas size: 21.5 x 31 inches plus the frame
Co...
Category
19th Century Symbolist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$22,082 Sale Price
30% Off
Two male Nudes. Painting.Pastel, carbon pencil, ink on archival paper mounted
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Two Nudes, 2016 by Celso Castro-Daza
One of a kind
Pastel, carbon pencil, ink on archival paper mounted on board
Image size: 40.5 H in. x 55.5 in. W
Mounted on acid-free board: 41 H x 56 in. W
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride their erect penises...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil, Oil Pastel
Shop Antique and Vintage Nude Paintings
Today, antique and vintage nude paintings are popular works of art to consider when decorating your home.
The nude as an artist’s subject gained prominence in ancient Greece, wherein male nudes were rendered equivalent to power and victory owing to the Greeks’ celebration of men in athletic events as well as in the worship of the gods who populate Greek mythology. Nude sculptures in Greece positioned men as warriors — strong, moral and fearless. The naked female figures featured in prehistoric art and the art of ancient civilizations, on the other hand, were symbols of fertility and procreation.
Italian painters of the 1400s looked to the magnificent nude sculptures of Greek and Roman art for inspiration. By the end of the century, drawing of undressed models was part of the common practice for these artists. When Christianity had spread through Europe, however, Christians condemned Renaissance nude paintings — most of which are considered famous nude paintings today — because they were erotic, exploring, in some cases, same-sex relationships as well as women’s sexual power. Censorship was the order of the day, except for religious-themed works, such as 1526’s iconic Adam and Eve, an oil painting made by German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, one of more than 50 works made in his workshop based on the biblical story. Tuscan painter Daniele da Volterra was famously hired to paint fig leaves over the most exposed figures of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. While freedom of expression for artists has expanded significantly since then, prudish censorship persists when it comes to Renaissance nudity.
On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of authentic antique and vintage nude paintings, from works focused on the reliably reclining figures of Impressionist-style art to oil paintings created by contemporary artists who often work to reject the idealized human forms and unrealistic depictions of female nudes that preceded them. Additionally, find a primer on 1stDibs on how to arrange wall art as well as tips on creating salon-style gallery walls for presenting the wonderfully provocative nude paintings you’ve decided to bring into your home.