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Mid 20th Century French Charcoal Drawing - Portrait of a Standing Nude Women
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Portrait" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed paper size: 25 x 19 inches Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century French origin...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Charcoal, Oil

Lady Chatterley
Located in PARIS, FR
Edouard Dumoulin (1898 - 1973) Lady Chatterley Oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm (110 x 75 cm with frame) 39.37 x 25.59 in (43.31 x 29.53 in with frame) Inscription from left to right : L...
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1930s Nude Paintings

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Oil

Mid 20th Century French Original Line Drawing Sketch Nude Female - Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait sketch original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996) studio stamped ink on paper, unframed Double sided 10.5 x 8.25 inches provenance: private collection of the arti...
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Mid-20th Century Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

Man and the Machines #4 Paula Craioveanu oil/canvas Neo Mythology FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Man and the Machines #4”, 70x50cm, 31.5x19.5in, acrylic on canvas from the same series of Neo-Mythology paintings. Young male deity placed in an industrial modern space. It reflect...
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2010s Post-Modern Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning pastel painting on paper by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) is an outstanding cubist nude study in blue, purple, and orange-rust colors with contrasting black lines. The...
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1950s Cubist Nude Paintings

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Pastel

Mid 20th Century, French, Original Line Drawing Sketch Nude Lady, Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait sketch. Original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996) Studio stamped. Inscribed verso. Pencil drawing on paper, unframed. Double sided. Measures: 10.5 x 8.25 inches. ...
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Mid-20th Century Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

Bernadette Kelly (b.1933) - 20th Century Oil, Sitting Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A sensitive oil study depicting a female sitter. Unsigned. On board.
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

1950s French Post Impressionist Nude Lady Artists Studio In Red Gown
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Standing Facing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English graphite sketch of a female nude, standing facing by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.5 x 12 inches provena...
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Late 19th Century Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled
Located in San Diego, CA
Figurative painting, depicting two central female figures. Other figures are visible in the shadows. We like the contrast between the dark and bright colors, also the size of the fig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled
$1,250 Sale Price
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CAT AND GIRL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. Acrylic on canvas. The magic flow reality... It is sent rolled in a tube, safe and express shipping to the whole world.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker

CAT AND GIRL
CAT AND GIRL
$190 Sale Price
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Standing Nude Study
Located in London, GB
'Standing Nude Study', pastel on art paper, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930). There is something very pure in the naked human body, but for some that purity can veer towards pruriency. ...
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1920s Modern Nude Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

“L’après-midi d’un faune” by Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867 – 1944) French Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
Ker-Xavier Roussel Lorry-les-Metz 1867 – 1944 Etang-la-Ville French Painter 'L’après-midi d’un faune' Signature: signed lower left and right Medium: pastel on paper mounted on boar...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Pastel, Paper, Board

Walking - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Beach View, Minimalism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

La Répétition (B. 756; M. 252)
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO Spanish, 1881 - 1973 La Répétition (B. 756; M. 252) signed in black ink "Picasso" (lower left) numbered in pencil "11/50" (lower right) lithograph on Arches S. 19-2/3 x...
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1950s Nude Paintings

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Lithograph

Acrylic on Canvas, Colorful, Figurative, Nude Painting Artist and Model 362.004
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Artist and Model 362.004 - Acrylic on Canvas, Colorful, Figurative, Nude Painting Linda Stein's Artist and Model series are early paintings she made in the 1970s. They ...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Standing Nude Woman Pastel Painting
Located in Austin, TX
Oil pastel on paper of a nude woman with a dark background. 13" x 20" About the Artist: Miles Mathis is an American artist known for his nude portrait paintings and drawing of women...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Reclining Nude Lady Model 1970 s French Modernist Painting Provence Collection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Model Nude Lady Model French School, circa 1970's signed oil painting on card, unframed size: 19 x 25.5 inches condition: overall very good, a very few light markings to...
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1970s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

The Space Between - Large Chiaroscuro Oil Painting, Face Emerging from Darkness
Located in Chicago, IL
The Space Between This work foregrounds negative space as an emotional register. The figure’s isolation is intensified by the surrounding darkness, which functions as both void and refuge. Hall’s mastery of chiaroscuro is evident in the way light traces bone and muscle while leaving the face partially obscured, denying easy access to the subject’s inner life. Nathan Brad Hall...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Blonde Nude, Contemporary Oil Painting by Nathan Wasserberger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nathan Wasserberger, Polish/American (1928 - 2012) Title: Blonde Nude Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Image: 36 in. x 24 in. (...
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1960s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil

"You Are Not Alone Anymore" - Oil Painting Featuring an Astronaut Nude Figure
Located in Denver, CO
In "You Are Not Alone Anymore," Andreas Claussen's oil on canvas from 2023, measuring 35.43 x 47.24 x 1.18 inches, the artist masterfully intertwines surrealism with realism, challen...
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2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nude Female Charcoal Study Drawing by Marie Louise Simard, circa 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
A study in grace and subtle sensuality, this evocative 1934 black pencil and charcoal drawing by French artist Marie Louise Simard (1886–1963) showcases a nude female figure with scu...
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1930s Modern Nude Paintings

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Pencil, Charcoal

French Modernist 1970 s Oil Painting Two Nude Females Beautiful Original Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nudes French School, circa 1970's oil painting on board, framed measures: 25.5 x 16 inches provenance: private French collection Beautiful French oil painting depicting two female ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Oil

"Nude woman holding a yellow drape in a landscape", Charles Kvapil (1884-1957)
Located in Paris, FR
Charles Kvapil (1884–1957) was a Belgian painter of Austrian origin, known for his post-Impressionist works with Fauvist influences. Born in Antwerp, he studied at the Royal Academy ...
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1930s Modern Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nude in Venice - original large interior oil painting Paula Craioveanu 55x40in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Nude in Venice" - original large art by Paula Craioveanu - Contemporary Expressionism Original, large, unique painting, oil on canvas, 55x40in / 140x102cm. Shipped rolled in a tube...
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figure 2
Located in Denver, CO
Matthew Durante's "Figure 2 2021" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a pink-toned nude male model kneeling on a blue surface.
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Panel, Pencil

On the red. 1992. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the red. 1992. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm Woman on the red with fruits In 1965 graduated from J. Rozentals Art High School, in 1971 graduated from the Painting Department of the Art Academy of Latvia (diploma thesis supervisor Indulis Zariņš). He has participated in exhibitions since 1970, organized about 20 solo exhibitions, and was a teacher. J. Rozentals Art High School, worked in various painting genres, created monumental wall paintings...
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1990s Fauvist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Venus with Putti Oil on Canvas with Gilt-wood Frame
Located in Rome, IT
French 19' century painting oil on canvas . Young Venus nude figure surrounded by delicious playing putti . Finely carved and gilt-wood frame of the same period . Measurements w...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Nude Paintings

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Oil

Georges Pacouil (1903-1996) - 20th Century Oil, Les soldats s amusent
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated (1980) to the lower right. On canvas on stretchers.
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

Georges Eugene Delhomme (1904-1989) - 1976 Oil, The Patterned Room
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful life study by the artist Georges Eugene Delhomme (1904-1989). The artist has expertly captured the rich patterned textiles of the interior against the elegant form of th...
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Mid-20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

A Large, Sensational Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Showgirl, Burlesque Dancer
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Sensational Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club Showgirl. Painted in the 1950s, this is a large, vertical, abstracted portrayal of a standing Burlesque danc...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Multicolor Nude Figure
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid abstract expressionist painting of a colorful nude female figure by the artist Tom Hamil (American, b. 1928). Signed on verso "Tom Hamil". Circa 1970's. Unframed. Image size: 14"H x 8"W. Tom Hamil, was born in New York in 1928 and raised primarily in California. After attending the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, he returned to California to begin his formal art training at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco (now known as the San Francisco Art Institute). He completed his education at the University of Washington with a Master’s Degrees and Doctorate in Fine Arts and Education. His first solo exhibition was held in 1956. Since then, he has participated in numerous one man shows, group shows, and has been represented in galleries in the US and Mexico. In addition to his painting, Hamil has authored and illustrated a number of books. While at the Naval Academy, he received recognition for his paintings, drawings, and illustrations. Listed among Hamil’s many awards and honors are a Ford Foundation Fellowship and an Award of Excellence from the American Graphics Society. Currently, he lives in Zirahuen, Michoacan, Mexico and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Hamil’s statement: “I am a man...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Transformation" Contemporary oil female nude metamorphosis, Venus allegorical
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 Nude Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Hawaii
Located in New York, NY
Gouache on paper Signed and dated, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City Born in California, John Button (1929-1982) was educated at University of Calif...
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1970s Realist Nude Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Venetian Shower - Nude Woman Showering in Tiled Bath, Original Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
An unsuspecting woman showers in a small tiled bath somewhere in Venice. This intimate portrait is painted on panel with a black trimmed edges therefore not requiring framing. Please contact the gallery for framing options. Bruno Surdo Venetian Shower, 2023 oil on panel 36h x 24w in 91.44h x 60.96w cm BRS119 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2023 New Work, Gallery VICTOR, Chicago, IL 2021 Ethos + Truth, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2020 Realities, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section, Chicago Sun Times, 2002 Review by Dennis Raverty, Art Papers Magazine, July 2001 WTTW Channel 11...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Friendship - Painting, Oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Hemed’s paintings inhabit a space between realism and intimacy. Depicting contemplative male figures in moments of vulnerability, his work is marked by an emotional depth that resists easy categorisation. In this new series, the artist continues his exploration of masculinity, solitude, and interiority. Each composition invites viewers to pause and reflect, capturing transient gestures and expressions that suggest stories left untold. Born in Israel, Yisrael Dror Hemed...
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2010s Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Mid 20th Century Nude Figure Posed Away Pencil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School watercolour/pen drawing on artist paper painting: 10.5 x 8 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: very good and sound condition
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Mid 20th Century Oil - Life Drawing
Located in Corsham, GB
An charming study depicting an artist and model in the studio. the nude model poses in seated position facing the artist who stands behind an easel. The artist beautifully captures t...
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

Mid 20th-Century French Oil Painting Cubist Portrait of Nude Figure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Models by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999) oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 15 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris Condition: sound and good...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Paintings

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Oil

A 1940s Painting of a Seated Female Nude in Summer Landscape, Ox-Bow School
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful 1940s painting of a seated female nude in a summer landscape by renowned Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted at the Oxbow School in Saugatuck, Michig...
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1940s American Modern Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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 Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mythological IV (Two Blems) - Contemporary Art, Yellow, White, Nude, Summer
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Mythological IV (Two Blems), 2016 Acrylic marker on canvas sheet (signed and dated front right corner) 23 5/8 H x 17 3/4 W in. 60 H x 45 W cm (reproduced at page 43, in the catalogue...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"See No Evil" – Figurative Oil Painting of Nude Female Figure in Lace Blouse
Located in Denver, CO
Dave Seeley’s "See No Evil" is a powerful large-scale oil painting on canvas mounted to panel, capturing a moment of intimate vulnerability and introspective solitude. Measuring 44.5...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

"Reclining Man" (2015) By John Tarantola, Surrealist Nude Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
John Tarantola's original nude portrait "Reclining Man" (2015) is a beautiful surrealist oil on panel painting that depicts a young man lying in the nude, against a surreal scene of ...
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2010s Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Early 20th Century Oil - Lady with Lace Shawl
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating early 20th-century oil painting depicting a nude woman with a chic 1920s bob, gazing wistfully to the left. She is seated on a bed of green satin, a delicate lace shawl...
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

Art School Model: A Jeweller s Nude Echoing Bernard Buffet’s Post-War Aesthetic
Located in Norwich, GB
Staunch and utterly absorbed, the Art School Model is seized in a moment of confident detachment, posing not for the students, but for posterity. Here is a remarkable and historicall...
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Mid-20th Century French School Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hidden Cove
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the validity of the canon, paintings of the old masters on the walls of museums like the Met, the Louvre, Rijks museum still have a certain cache. They're revered not just for their technique but because they enshrine our collective past experience. Of course, it's a selected past that gets validated. Conspicuously absent to me as a gay man...
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2010s American Realist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Bather
By Roland Wheelwright
Located in St. Albans, GB
ROWLAND WHEELWRIGHT A beautiful painting by Roland Wheelwright in keeping with his traditional subject matter. This piece is a large and important example of his work and is not oft...
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1920s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

The Bather
The Bather
$31,793 Sale Price
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Two nude Couples
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Two Nude Couples" is an oil painting on masonite board by noted German/American artist Norbert Schlaus, 1927-2009. It is signed at the lower left center by the artist. ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Seer - Male, Nude Torso, Oil on Canvas Painting with Vibrant Horizon Line
Located in Chicago, IL
With the subject covering his face, we, the viewer, are perplexed by the mystery of the moment. The warm light from the background in this painting titled, "Seer" suggest a fire. I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Seated Nude Woman American Impressionist School 1940s by Fred Yost
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude Woman American Figurative School 1940s Mid-century American impressionist painting of a woman by American artist Frederick "Fred" Yost (American/Swiss, 1888-1968). He studied: at Mt. Union Col., Alliance, OH; American Students League, New York, and with Homer Boss, John Sloan, Robert Henri, R. Lahey. The painting gleans much form his studies with John Sloan and Robert Henri in the French post-impressionist style. Image 24"H x 18"W Frame, 30"H x 24"W x 1.5"D Signed "Yost" lower right Painter, lithographer, teacher, lecturer About Fred's life: by Hal Fry of the Herald “Fred Does Whatever He Likes” was a title given to a biography written about Fred Yost by Hal Fry of the Herald. The following is taken directly from this column: “Fred Yost’s living style is like his painting style. He has fun with it. Fred John Yost was born in Switzerland, he’ sure, on November 6, 1889, he thinks. His father John brought the family to his country when Fred was about a year old—first to New York and later to Canton, Sebring and finally Alliance, where Yost Sr. loaded freight for a railroad. Fred like drawing and painting so far back he can’t remember how or when it started—it was always that way. But through the public schools in Alliance he didn’t think of this as a career possibility. He wanted to be a newspaperman. He worked his way through Mt. Union College, finishing, he thinks, about 1912. Then he beat it for New York and after kicking around for a time got a job as a proofreader for the Wall Street Journal. He combined this and art school until World War I took him into the Army. In infantry, field artillery and ordnance duties he served with the 27th New York Division through St. Mihiel and the Argonne and the rest—in the process getting his hearing clobbered by blasts from his outfit’s own guns. Coming out a Sergeant in 1919, he went back to the Wall Street Journal briefly—then caught on as a staff artist for the (New York) Herald. For several years, when he felt like it, Yost would take a bus to the Mexican border and switch to a Mexican bus to carry him way down south, then make it any way he could to the places he wanted to see. On these trips he virtually becomes a peon, disappearing totally from those who know him—living with, like and clearly thoroughly liked by the people among whom he moves.” Yost was a graduate of the Art Students League and past president of the Ohio Watercolor Society. Fred Yost, a man who eminently loved the Mexican landscape, Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1928, 1930-33; MMA, 1945; AIC; Butler AI, 1947-1951; Ohio WC Soc.; PAFA, 1948-1950; Akron AI, 1947-1951, 1958; Fla. Southern Col., 1952; Ohio Univ., 1950; Columbus Gal. FA, 1947-50; AWCS, 1958; Salons of Am.; 3 solo: Canton AI; Akron AI, Springfield Mus. A. Contributor to Ford Times, 1958-59. Awards: prizes, Massilon Museum, 1944; Ohio Watercolor Society, 1944, 1948; Indianapolis, Ind., 1944; Tri-State Pr. M., 1945, 1946; Butler AI, 1946; Youngstown Pub. Schools, 1946 (prize); Ohio Univ., 1950; Ethel Printz award, 1950; Fla. Southern Col., 1952; Akron AI, 1952, 1956-1958; Canton AI, 1961, 1963; medal, Phila. Pa., 1950 Member: Ohio Watercolor Society (president) Work: Massillon Mus.; Youngstown Pub. Sch. Coll.; Butler AI; Akron AI; Kennedy & Co., NY; Beaver Col., Beaver Falls, Pa.; Block Gal., Indianapolis; Prospect Park, NY; murals, Sioux City Steak House; Sioux City A. Center; City Hall, Sioux City; Akron AI; Evangelical Church, Akron; Rockefeller Center; Radio City, NY; Brooklyn Zoological Park. Affiliated with NYC Park Dept. Mural Projects. Comments: Came to U. S. in 1889. Position: teacher, Butler AI; Akron AI; instr., Akron AI, Akron, Ohio; cur. Historical House of Refuge...
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1940s American Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Mid 20th Century, French, Original Line Drawing Sketch Nude Lady, Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait sketch. original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996). studio stamped. pencil drawing on paper, unframed. Double sided. Measures: 8.25 x 10.5 inches. Provenance: pri...
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Mid-20th Century Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

Memories Of Summer - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Oil

The toilet - Young woman with a red scarf
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood Dimension with frame :80 x 61 x 3 cm This work of art is a striking painting that captures an intimate moment with remarkable skill. The image depicts a woman seen from ...
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1980s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

1960 s Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Kneeling Nude Study Poised Elegance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Study French School, circa 1960's chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed stamped size: 18 x 12.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: priv...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Chalk, Pastel

Parisian Model , Paris, Royal Academy, André Lhote, Fin de Siècle, Carmen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Parisian Model' by Georg Pauli, 1911. Paris, Royal Academy, André Lhote, Fin de Siècle, Carmen --- Initialed lower right, 'GP', for Georg Pauli (Swedish, 1855-1935) titled, 'Paris'...
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1910s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large British turn of the 20th Century oil painting of boys at the rockpool
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A stunning, large scale, oil painting by British artist Harry Watson of bathers at a rockpool. HARRY WATSON RWS ROI (BRITISH, 1871-1936) BATHERS AT A ROCKPOOL oil on canvas signed ...
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Early 20th Century Academic Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nude Portrait by Arthur Smith WPA Artist
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972) Untitled, 20th century Oil on wood panel 23 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. Framed: 29 x 25 x 1 1/4 in. Signed lower left: A Smith Arthur Smith is a listed Ameri...
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20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Beneath the Veil" Modern Nude Figurative Oil Painting.
Located in Carmel, CA
24 x 24” Oil on Canvas – Contemporary Figurative Nude Oil Painting. This original contemporary oil painting showcases the timeless beauty of the nude figure through bold modern col...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nude romance.Nudes across mediums
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork captivates with its harmonious blend of human form and botanical elements. Central to the composition is a figure, rendered with an exquisite attention to human anatomy....
Category

2010s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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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