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Minty RamseyBack View Nude Female Figure Sketch Expressive Contemporary Pencil Life Drawing2025
2025
$273.88
£200
€234.44
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Title: Back View Nude Female Figure Sketch Expressive Contemporary Pencil Life Drawing
By Minty Ramsey
Size: 8.5 x 11.75 inches (height x width)
Medium: Pencil drawing on paper, unframed
Condition: Good overall condition with light handling marks and faint edge wear consistent with studio sketches.
Description:
This expressive pencil study by British contemporary artist Minty Ramsey portrays a nude female figure seen from behind, captured in a dynamic mid-movement pose with one arm raised and the other extending outward. The composition emphasises the natural curvature of the spine, the shifting weight through the hips, and the soft musculature of the legs, offering a striking example of contemporary life drawing rooted in classical training. Ramsey’s loose, gestural mark-making brings immediacy and vitality to the piece, allowing the viewer to feel the momentum and fluidity of the pose.
Rendered in pencil on textured artist paper, the work blends soft, smudged shading with sharper contour lines to create depth and dimensionality. The partially abstracted rendering of the limbs and torso highlights the artist’s interest in movement over precision, focusing on the energy and rhythm of the pose rather than strict anatomical detailing. This approach is characteristic of gestural studies produced during timed life-drawing sessions, where artists work rapidly to capture essence rather than finish.
Back-view female figure studies have held a central place in art history, prized for their sculptural qualities and the opportunity they offer to explore form, silhouette, and balance. Ramsey’s interpretation reinvigorates this tradition with a contemporary immediacy, showcasing the spontaneity of hand and eye working in sync.
Ideal for collectors of female nude drawings, back-view figure art, gesture studies, and expressive pencil works, this piece embodies intimacy, movement, and artistic process. Unframed and ready for custom mounting, it suits both minimalist and eclectic interiors.
- Creator:Minty Ramsey (British)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Width: 11.75 in (29.85 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509317257572
Minty Ramsey
Up and coming British contemporary artist Minty Ramsey lives in Cornwall. She draws her influence from the natural light and movement that Cornwall has inspired in so many leading painters.
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