John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

American, 1897-1946

Born in Dunavant, Kansas on November 14, 1897, John Steuart Curry became the youngest member of the famed "Benton-Wood-Curry trio" of Regional Painters of the early 20th-century American Scene movement. He gained a national reputation for his rural Kansas scenes. The artist focused on people who were down-to-earth, plain spoken, and self-reliant, and who made a living through hard physical labor. Curry executed murals dealing with land settlement and racial justice, and his works reflecting these themes are in the Capitol Building in Kansas, the University of Wisconsin, the United States Department of the Interior, and the United States Department of Justice. The artist quit high school and attended the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design. He transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago. Curry married Clara Derrick in 1923. He studied in Paris in 1927. He was not impressed by the modernist American painters, many of whom were adopting the 'isms' of French contemporary artists. Curry was determined to paint American subjects without European models and to celebrate patriotism, regional pride, and the common man. He settled in Westport, Connecticut. In 1928, he painted Baptism in Kansas. The painting was heralded nationally as work of a new American genre. It was exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art biennial where it met critical acclaim. In 1931, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney bought it for her museum. Tornado over Kansas was unveiled in 1929 before the stock market crash and provided the city with the romance of man versus nature theme. In 1933, it received second prize at the Carnegie International Exhibit. In 1930, he had his first one-man exhibition at the Whitney Studio Club. His work of the 1930s contains themes of work, family, and land-- demonstrating the peace, struggle, and perseverance that Curry believed was the essence of American life. In 1934 he married Kathleen Shepard. The United States government selected him to paint murals for the Department of Justice and the Department of Interior. He was appointed Artist-in-Residence in the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin in 1936. He was a member of the Art Students' League and won prizes including: Purchase prize, North West Print Maker, fifth annual Exhibition, 1933; second prize, Thirty-first International Exhibition, Carnegie Institute, 1933; gold medal, PAFA, 1941; prize, Artists for Victory Exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941. Exhibitions include: “A Celebration of Rural America,” 2007, Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History; “Collective Images: the sketchbooks of John Steuart Curry, 2002, Worcester Art Museum; “Illusions of Eden: Visions of the American Heartland,” 2000, Columbus Museum of Art; “The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000,” Whitney Museum of American Art; and “John Steuart Curry: Inventing the Middle West,” 1998, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum. He died in Madison, Wisconsin in 1946.

Artist: John Steuart Curry

John Steuart CurryRubenesque nude woman . full figure Nude Regionalism - "Hilda Nellis", 1934

$30,000

Rubenesque nude woman . full figure Nude Regionalism - "Hilda Nellis"

By John Steuart Curry

Located in Miami, FL

Plump, fleshy, or a voluptuous nude - you describe it as you see it. Signed, titled, and dated lower left: John Steuart Curry / 1934 "Hilda Nellis". The present work depicts a natur...

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1930s American Realist John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Oil

Classical Naturalistic Style Italian Allegory Study

$1,200

H 48 in W 27.25 in D 1.5 in

Classical Naturalistic Style Italian Allegory Study

Located in Houston, TX

Classical style allegorical painting with puti and monarchy type figures floating within the clouds. The canvas is framed in a decorative gold frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 43.5...

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20th Century Academic John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Oil

Robert GoldstromAnatomy Lesson, Segment 13 (Square Figure Painting of Nude Men, Waist to Knees), 2024

$1,700

H 12 in W 12 in D 1.5 in

Anatomy Lesson, Segment 13 (Square Figure Painting of Nude Men, Waist to Knees)

By Robert Goldstrom

Located in Hudson, NY

Anatomy Lesson, Segment 13 (modern figurative oil painting of two nude men from waist to knees) by Robert Goldstrom 2024 oil on linen 12 x 12 inches signed and in excellent condition...

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2010s Contemporary John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Konstantin Razumov Pretty Nude Lady Kneeing beside a Window, 2019

$6,154

H 19 in W 15 in D 3 in

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 ...

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2010s Impressionist John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Oil

Robert GoldstromAnatomy Lesson, Segment 10 (Small Figure Painting of Two Muscular Nude Males), 2024

$1,700

H 12 in W 12 in D 1.5 in

Anatomy Lesson, Segment 10 (Small Figure Painting of Two Muscular Nude Males)

By Robert Goldstrom

Located in Hudson, NY

Anatomy Lesson, Segment 10 (modern figurative oil painting of two nude men from upper thigh to chest) by Robert Goldstrom 2024 oil on linen 12 x 12 inches signed and in excellent con...

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2010s Contemporary John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Jacob Dhein"Nude with Light Blue" Oil Painting, 2020

$3,000

H 19.6 in W 19.6 in

"Nude with Light Blue" Oil Painting

By Jacob Dhein

Located in Denver, CO

Jacob Dhein's (US based) "Nude with Light Blue" is an oil painting that depicts a nude female figure with her black robe parted with a white patterned background Bio/artist statement: Jacob Dhein was interested in art as a child. Crayons and colored pencils were his tools of expression. He spent hours intricately crafting drawings of comic book heroes and animals. By the time he graduated from high school, one of his drawings was exhibited on the wall of a local bank. It wasn't until he was a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh that he decided to take a drawing class. He found this so compelling that he continued with sculpture and painting. During this time he met several accomplished and influential artists who encouraged him to pursue a career in art. Tc Farley...

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2010s American Realist John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Mel RamosO from the Hollywood Suite, Pop Art Painting by Mel Ramos, 2009

$750,000

H 41.25 in W 31.25 in

O from the Hollywood Suite, Pop Art Painting by Mel Ramos

By Mel Ramos

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - ) Title: O from the Hollywood Suite Year: 2009 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 39.5 in. x 30 in. (100.33 cm x 76.2 cm) Frame S...

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Early 2000s Pop Art John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Original Figurative Oil Painting -The Expectant Nude, 1960s

$1,044

H 21.86 in W 27.76 in

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Original Figurative Oil Painting -The Expectant Nude

Located in Bristol, GB

THE EXPECTANT NUDE Size: 55.5 x 70.5cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A brilliantly executed and emotive mid-century modernist figurative portrait of a reclining pregnant nude...

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Mid-20th Century Modern John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Three Graces, 1920

$7,000Sale Price|30% Off

H 24.81 in W 29.53 in D 1.19 in

The Three Graces

Located in Pasadena, CA

Nude study of the Three Graces attributed to André Favory unsigned, after Cezanne. Excellent condition, framed.

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Early 20th Century Impressionist John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Oil

Fontainebleau SchoolHuge 16th Century Fontainebleau School Old Master Oil on Panel Baby Moses

$12,169Sale Price|20% Off

H 32.5 in W 27 in

Huge 16th Century Fontainebleau School Old Master Oil on Panel Baby Moses

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The Finding of Baby Moses Fontainebleau School, circa 1580's period oil painting on thick wood (walnut wood) panel, framed framed: 32.5 x 27 inches wood: 25 x 30 inches provenance: p...

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16th Century Old Masters John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Oil

Anthony Ackrill"Transformation" Contemporary oil female nude metamorphosis, Venus allegorical, 2021

$20,000Sale Price|51% Off

H 66 in W 32 in D 2 in

"Transformation" Contemporary oil female nude metamorphosis, Venus allegorical

By Anthony Ackrill

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

A contemporary female nude hovering a hairs breath over a lily pond, blue butterflies swirling around her, possibly lifting her into the twilight sky with them. Her arms are extende...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

18th-century French maestro18th century By French Maestro Bacchanal Oil on canvas, 18th century

$10,779Sale Price|20% Off

H 9.45 in W 11.82 in D 1.97 in

18th century By French Maestro Bacchanal Oil on canvas

Located in Milano, Lombardia

18th Century French Maestro Title: Bacchanal Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 24 x 30 cm - with frame 33.5 x 39 cm Antique shaped wooden frame lacquered in mustard col...

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18th Century Old Masters John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Cupids Playing Large Bacchanal Rococo Scene Antique oil painting after Rubens, c.1900's

$4,978

H 27 in W 44 in D 1 in

Cupids Playing Large Bacchanal Rococo Scene Antique oil painting after Rubens

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Bacchanal Cupids Playing French School, early 1900's after the earlier work by Rubens, unsigned oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 22 x 39 inches framed: 27 x 44 inches Large s...

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Early 20th Century Rococo John Steuart Curry Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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John Steuart Curry is known for his paintings that captured daily life in rural areas of Kansas. Curry was born in Dunavant, Kansas, in 1897. He painted two murals for the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka: Kansas Pastoral and Tragic Prelude. You'll find a variety of John Steuart Curry art on 1stDibs.