Beverly Lopez, Oil on Canvas of a Semi Nude Male

A very large and graphic still life of a pear, 20th-21st century. Originally painted as a private commission. Signed lower right. A huge red pear on a black ground fills the space. F...

An important work by former War correspondent and Realist painter Joseph Hirsch. Signed on the black above the white tablecloth lower right. A Modernist scene with a couple having br...

A Brooklyn based artist and veteran of the New York art scene. Polychrome mixed-media on board of a face with 3-D hair, eyes, teeth and neck. Good condition.

A Brooklyn based artist and a veteran of the New York art scene. Polychrome acrylic on board of a torso, male or female with disheveled hair. Carved and gilt frame. Condition: Goo...

Oil painting on artist board - portrait of a bare chested young man in forest - set in a contemporary silver leaf wood frame. Signed bottom right corner - A. Fein '52. Framed measure...

From an important 25 plus year collection of Male Physique and Beefcake photography, an iconic image done by Bruce in the studio with model posing on the iconic black and white floor, showing off his masculine back.. Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio on verso when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All original photos are 8 x 10. Framed 16.50" W x 19" H. Please see other listings for more photographs from this collection available for sale for the 1st time. These listing photographs are very hard to shoot under glass. They are sharp, clear photographs printed the old fashioned way, by hand in the late 50s and early 60s. BIO: Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 – July 1974) was an American photographer. He was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. Bellas was well known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles. History and influence Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire. Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail. An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...

A large and impressive oil painting of a male nude, by acclaimed British artist Alan Brassington. This dates from the late 20th century. Alan Brassington specialises in portraits an...

Portrait Possibly Pastel and Pencil on Paper. Signed J.P. Gaston as Pictured. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured. Dimensions. 17 1/2 W ; 1/8 D ; 23 H