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Nude Paintings For Sale
Sleeping: Mixed media painting on paper by Angela Lyle
By Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela was born in 1946 and studied art at Kingston Art College, London. Her early career was predominantly spent designing sets and costumes for rock bands. This connection with the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Anthesis
Located in Denver, CO
"Anthesis," is an original oil painting by Tenaya Sims. It is framed and ready-to-hang. "Anthesis" has nested mini-figures within the little droplets, comi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
$34,000
Moon and the Frittata
Located in Dallas, TX
A professor of painting at Southern Methodist University since 1984, Barnaby Fitzgerald spent his childhood in Italy where he earned a printmaking degree in Urbino. He received a BFA...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Qing-Dynasty Erotic Scroll Paintings
Located in Chicago, IL
A pillow book was meant to teach a young bride about the art of lovemaking. This rare museum-quality 19th century example is composed of 12 masterfully pai...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1950
s Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed
The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s
...
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Nude Girl, Polynesian Girl Tahiti, Annabella
Located in Miami, FL
In some instances, a painting will look significantly much better in person than it does digitize. This is one instance. In-person, this painting will knock your socks off. It is...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Charcoal Drawing - Reclining Nude Study
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating charcoal sketch of a nude woman reclining, draped in a sheet. Well presented in a washed wooden frame. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Maggie O
Brien - 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Thoughtful Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished life drawing by the artist Maggie O'Brien, depicting a lady in thought. Unsigned. Provenance: From the artist's estate. Well presented behind glass in a washed frame....
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Plai - Framed 1982 Oil, By the Basin
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking 20th century oil depicting a nude lady washing beside a small basin, rendered with bold brushwork and vivid colours. Signed and dated to the lower right. Well presented in...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Plai - Framed 1982 Oil, At the Well
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking 20th century oil depicting a nude lady gathering water from a well, rendered with bold brushwork and vivid colours. Signed and dated to the upper right. Well presented in ...
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mark Ford - Contemporary Graphite Drawing, Seated Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A nude graphite study by the artist Mark Ford depicting a seated lady. Signed. Original gallery label verso. Well presented behind glass in a dark wood frame. On paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Siren by the Shore, American, Impressionist, Nude, Figure, Landscape, Seashore
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Joseph Tomanek was born in Czechoslovakia in 1889. He studied at the School of Design in Prague. Tomanek immigrated to the United States around the turn of the century and settled in...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Apple of Hope
Located in Zofingen, AG
This piece is a tender reflection on the simple joys of life that continue to flourish even amidst hardship. The apple, traditionally a symbol of life and abundance, in the hands of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Apollo and Artemis, Mythological Figures Depicted in a Classical Pose
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a classically painted portrait of artist and muse by Chicago based artist Andrew S. Conklin. Andrew's passion for Dutch and Northern Italian Baroque painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Nude oil pastel drawing by mid 20th Century British artist Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A beautifully executed oil painting of a nude lying down on a bed by Modern British artist Ewart Johns (1923 - 2013), 1980
Ewart Johns (British, 1923 – 2013)
Nude On Bed, Back View
...
Category
20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude Woman in Bed with Mirror - Figurative Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Woman in Bed with Mirror - Figurative Portrait in Oil on Canvas
Modern portrait of a nude woman by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). The woman is laying in bed, ...
Category
1980s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orientalist Painting 20th Art deco Odalisque Woman nude Wood panel
Located in PARIS, FR
French School of the 20th Century
An Odalisque in Marocco
Oil on wood panel
27 x 34.5 cm (43 x 51 cm with the frame)
Beautiful solid wood frame
Exhibition stamp (number 23) on the fr...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Morning Bath - Abstract Expressionism in Oil on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Morning Bath - Abstract Expressionism in Oil on Board
Colorful abstract figurative of couple in the morning by Kristin Cohen (American, b. 1963). Two brightly colored figures are sh...
Category
1980s Fauvist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sisters in the garden, "Gardens of Resilience" series original art
Located in Zofingen, AG
Gardens of Resilience: Cultivating Hope
There is a literary saying: "For Ukrainians, the heart is in children, the soul is in songs, and life is in gardens."
The "Gardens of Resilien...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange Woman. Contemporary Mixed Media on paper
By Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela brings vibrant immediacy to her figurative paintings. She uses a depth of colour and bright outlines of her figures to emphasize shape and contours. In all her works Angela gi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil
Yitao Chen Contemporary Original Oil On Canvas "Cinderella Series IV"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Cinderella Series 5
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12 x 15 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Transition #9, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Burykina's "Transition #9" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman running her fingers through and gathering her dark hair to reveal her back as she is turne...
Category
2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,600 Sale Price
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The Bay With Full Moon - Nudes Painting by Giampaolo Talani
Located in Carmel, CA
Giampaolo Talani (1955-2018)
The "mad scientist" of the art world, Talani created art out of virtually everything he touched. After completing his training at the Florence Academy of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$12,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Seated Nude Figure Study, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Seated Nude Figure Study, Year: circa 2000, Medium: Oil on Masonite, Size: 17.75 x 10.5 in. (45.09 x 26.67 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement -- Reclining Nude in Pastel Tints
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful Bay Area Movement figurative of a reclining nude women in pastel tints by Warren Edgar Lamm (American, 1937-2017), circa 1960. Signed on verso. Presented in rustic frame. Image Size: 24"H x 20"W.
Warren Edgar Lamm, b. 1937 in Walnut Park, California was owner of a design firm, artist, illustrator. He attended Chouinard Art Institute and held a BA degree from San Jose State University. Recipient of five awards, New York Art Directors, 1986, awards Society Illustrators, 1978-1983, 11 awards Broadcast Design Association. Member National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (7 Emmy awards 1976-1993). He was staff artist at KNTV-Channel 11...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Terminator - interior art, made in grey, sepia, white, black, red, pink color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Photographically accurate realism and conceptualism, peacefully coexisting on the canvases of Pavel Polanski.
His canvases are gray with different depths of tone, almost monochrome a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique Italian School Late 17th - Early 18th "Cherubs (B)" Pen drawing of Putti
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Cherubs" (B)
Pen and Ink drawing of Putto
Italian School
Late 17th early 18th century.
Pen and ink on paper
6 ½ x 17 ½ (22 ½ x 11 ½) inches
Antique scenes of putto and a faun cele...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Abstract Mid-Century Style Painting
Discovering Beefcake 1965 #1
Nude Male Gay
Located in Glenford, NY
In the Mid-Century Modern style of the 1960s, artist Gregory Cary recalls discovering "Beefcake" male nude photography when he was thirteen years...
Category
1960s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Drowning Out the Sea
Located in Dallas, TX
A Professor of painting at Southern Methodist University in Dallas since 1984, Barnaby Fitzgerald spent his childhood in Italy before receiving a Magistero degree in printmaking at t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
"Siren" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Joshua Lawyer's (US based) "Siren" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude red-headed female figure, with freckles, closing her eyes as...
Category
2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Sisters of Rind, Nude Oil Painting on Canvas by Jan de Ruth
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sisters of Rind
Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922–1991)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas, signed lower right
Size: 48 in. x 30 in. (121.92 cm x 76.2 cm)
Frame Size: 56 x 38 inches
Category
1960s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Serrenade
By Sacha Zaliouk
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A monumental watercolor on paper, painted in Paris by Russian artist Sacha Zaliouk.
Zaliouk moved to Paris in the early 1920's and became an artist and illustrator, becoming part ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude Woman on Yellow Couch in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Woman on Yellow Couch and Blanket in Acrylic on Paper
Bright painting of a nude woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine "Kathy" Kallick (American, b. 1952). A nude woman is sitting on a light yellow couch that has been covered with a darker yellow blanket. She is facing the viewer, with her knees up and one arm on the back of the couch.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Paper size: 22.5"H x 28.38"W
Katherine Kallick...
Category
1970s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Cathexis #3 #1a
By Ant Pearce
Located in Brecon, Powys
Cotton sewn on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Nude Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paper
GORGEOUS NIO-POUTI by Vasili Zianko, author
s volume-contour technique
Located in Zofingen, AG
This Art - work is part of the project "Another Skin"
The paint is made in the author's technique of painting by Vasili Zianko based acrylic painting on canvas using a variety of textures, washes, the finest glazing, volumetric contours.
Nio-Pouti is a beautiful magical girt - daughter of the half-human half-god Bep-Kororoti. He was a leader of the Kayapoi tribe and the heavenly teacher of the Indians.
The legend says gorgeous Nio-Pouti saved tribe from hunger, when brought them a lot of unprecedented food and plant seeds...
Category
2010s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Feet Up / nude - mixed media acrylic on paper
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Painting on paper is 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches. Professionally hinged into an 8ply museum mat with an outer dimension of 16 5/8 x 18 3/4 inches, with an archival crystal clear case.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment
Fauve
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present the original paintings of American artist Robert Branham (1926-2012.)
Robert Branham was born in 1926, in Louisville, Kentucky. He attended the Art Instit...
Category
1980s Fauvist Nude Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Demure Nude Figurative in Library by Margaret Wherry Ziegler
Located in Soquel, CA
A nude portrait of a demure young lady seated on an antique couch in a library setting by Margaret Wherry Ziegler (American, 1909-1989). Signed with monogram "MWZ" top right, and on verso. Unframed. Image, 24"H x 12"L.
Ziegler studied at Cincinnati Art Academy, Minneapolis Art...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,320 Sale Price
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Figurative Nude with Swan Circular Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Leda" Circular Oil on Canvas Figurative Nude with Swan
Detailed painting of Nude and Swan by Jose Garcia Arroyo. Jose is form Northwestern Mexico and sett...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
My kitten "Gardens of Resilience" series, original art by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
There is a literary saying: "For Ukrainians, the heart is in children, the soul is in songs, and life is in gardens."
The "Gardens of Resilience" series embodies the enduring will an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Two Models in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Models in Acrylic on Paper
Colorful painting of two models by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine "Kathy" Kallick (American, b. 1952). One model is nude, reclining with her feet towards the viewer and arms behind her head. The other is seated in a chair, with a green blanket draped over it. She has her head resting on her hands, and is wearing a pink outfit.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Paper size: 22.5"H x 28.38"W
Katherine Kallick...
Category
1970s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Lady at her toilette
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Dimensions with frame 99 x 82.5 x 4 cm
Lady at Her Toilette
This refined painting, signed at the bottom right, depicts a nude woman seen from behind, preparing herself...
Category
1910s Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Desnudo femenino - Óleo sobre tela - Año 1938
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el autor en la parte trasera y fechado del año 1938
El estado de la obra es aceptable
Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura
Medidas obra: 50 cm de altura x 61 cm. altura...
Category
1930s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$805 Sale Price
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Figure in a Psychoscape III
Located in London, GB
Oil on board
Signed (lower right)
24.5cm × 19cm (40cm × 35cm framed)
An artist, who also served on the board of the National Gallery of Australia, was a truly original painter. By t...
Category
1980s Post-War Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Seated Nude Woman Bay Area Figurative School Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude Woman Bay Area Figurative School Abstract Expressionist
Seated wearing a hat by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American,...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$1,320 Sale Price
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Double life - Realistic oil painting, Interior, Young Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
A contemporary still life representing atelier of the artist painted in a realistic style by an award-winning Polish woman artist.
AGNIESZKA STAAK-JANCZARSKA (born in 1994)
A gradua...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reclining Nude
Located in Kansas City, MO
Phillip Roberts
Title: Reclining Nude
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: circa 1970s
Size: 20 x 18 inches
Framed Size: 26 x 24 x 2 inches
Signed, lower ight
COA provided
Framed
Ref.: 924802-862
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Phillip received a BFA degree in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri in 1972. Studied two years under painting department chairman, Wilbur Niewald. While attending school in Kansas City he became intrigued with the impressionist school of painting and their use of nature as a source of information for their work. Using the infinite variations of nature in the still life, figure and landscape, the artist is presented with limitless subject matter. Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and other painters of nature were earlier influences on Phillip's work. Dealing with ever-changing elements of nature, movement of light and shadow in the landscape, field workers finishing their tasks, Phillip adopted a broken color style of applying paint to his canvas. This approach allowed the image on the canvas to be developed quickly, and all at one time.
Phillip has lived and painted in the Northwest since 1989. His long desire to paint the subject matter of the impressionists painters and his belief that beautiful subject matter increases the probability of painting beautiful paintings, inspired two painting trips to Mexico and ten trips to Europe. In April of 2007, April of 2008 and again in 2014, a rented boat on the Canal du Midi, France served as a form of transportation, a floating studio and hotel. Early painting trips to France, England, and Spain were shared adventures with English painter Jeffrey Pratt...
Category
1970s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$990 Sale Price
44% Off
Rêveries, Female nude, Oil, figurative, Contemporary Expressionism, French Art
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont's oil painting captivates the viewer with a bold representation of a reclining woman, seen from behind. The artist's style, characterized by rounded and sensual figures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Trying to Hide the Flower Thoughts" Figurative Nude Study Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
"Trying to Hide the Flower Thoughts" Figurative Nude Study
Three nude figures and flowers by Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932). Signed and dated by the artist in the lower lef...
Category
1980s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
"Blue Star" by Maura Petersen - Green and Blue Contemporary Abstract Woman Model
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"Blue Star" 2019
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
In "Blue Star", Maura Petersen uses expressiv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
"Asian Woman II" American Modernist Figurative Painting Académie Julian
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper
"Asian Woman II"
10-1990
Acrylic and conte crayon on rag paper
31"x42.25 unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Minor wear consistent with age and history
Jac...
Category
1990s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Conté, Acrylic, Rag Paper
$1,800 Sale Price
40% Off
Self Portrait - Nude Figurative Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
An early work by Marc Zimmerman - Self Portrait - Nude Figurative Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Title: 'Traysi & Marc: Summerland' , oil on canvas
This masterpiece is exhibited in th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Intimate II
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
This work captures the essence of female intimacy. Intimo II presents a fragment of a woman, seated and wrapped in a shawl that delicately covers her torso. The piece maintains a fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,894 Sale Price
44% Off
"Hope" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jodie Herrera's (US based) "Hope" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Native American woman with a blanket wrapped around her shoulders with traditional symbols in t...
Category
2010s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Slumbering Spirit, Figurative original painting by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the serene stillness of "Slumbering Spirit," part of my contemplative "Thoughts" series, I explore the profound quietude of rest. The painting captures a woman in repose, the very image of tranquility as she lies beneath the delicate branches of a young apple tree, her sleep undisturbed by the world's whispers.
The ancient symbols etched upon her shoulder speak of "spirit," hinting at the unseen energy that animates us all, even in our most restful moments. This slumbering form is a sanctuary of peace, her dreams a hidden realm where the spirit roams free.
Above her, the apple branches bow gently, a nod to the biblical Eve's apple, symbolizing knowledge, temptation, and the duality of innocence and awareness. It is a fruit laden with the weight of history, yet here it is presented anew, in a light untainted by the past's shadows.
This work is an invitation to pause, to reflect on the spirit within and the nature that surrounds us, to find the sacred in the everyday. "Slumbering Spirit" is a celebration of the inner quiet that nourishes the soul and a recognition of the profound narratives that sleep can tell.
ABOUT ARTIST: Tetiana Pchelnykova...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In Shelter Under Protection, original painting by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
In my latest painting, 'In Shelter, Under Protection', I, Tetyana Pchelnykova, respond to the tragic events of the bombing of Kyiv by fascist Russia during the New Year holidays. Thi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Brian Chugg (1926-2003) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Champêtre Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
Oil on board. Signed lower right and dated 1963. Artist label fixed verso.
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Figurative Study, Two Models with Drapes
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful modernist figure study of two nude models draped in colorful fabric by listed California artist Molly E. Brubaker (American, 1922-2000). Signed "Molly Brubaker" on lower ...
Category
1980s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Daydream" contemporary impressionist painting, reclining nude at rest, colorful
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a nude woman, sleeping cozily in the daytime. A nude figure sleeps curled up on a bed adorned with printed textiles. The open window beams light from a bright and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Sleeping Universe, "Gardens of Resilience" series
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this mesmerizing piece, viewers are transported to a tranquil meadow where a sleeping woman reclines amidst the verdant splendor of nature. Against the backdrop of a serene lands...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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.
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