Pasadena - Nude Paintings

Maurice Louis Savin "Picnic on the grass" Oil on canvas, Signed and dated 1960 lower right, Framed. Provenances : -Galerie Drouant, Paris -Galerie Juarez Inc, California About Maurice Savin, the Bonnard from la Drôme...

Constantin Font, born on January 11, 1890 in Auch (Gers) and died in 1954 in Paris, is a French artist, painter of genre, nudes, landscapes, Oriental painter, sculptor and engraver. ...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from Private Collector Description Depicting the human figure has long been a tradition in fine art since the time of Classical Antiquity. Throughout history the depiction of the human form has embodied connotations from each passing era's prevailing culture, ranging from idealized athletic perfection to sublime elegance and simplicity of humankind at its purest. Artists often view the human figure as the quintessential symbol of nature's perfection. One of the core influences immanent in Wurmser’s work are the portraits by Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), who masterly painted his figures in compositions of light and shadows bringing an illusionary depth of haunting beauty and psychological intensity to his canvases. Calling himself a “voracious reader,” Wurmser delves into the philosophical writings of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) and Sir Bertrand Russell...

ROUSSEAU-René DECELLE Born in 1881 in La Roche-sur-Yon. Died in 1964 (Loire-Atlantique). 20th Century. French. Painter of mythological compositions portraits, landscapes. He was...