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Harmony of Solitude
Located in THOMERY, FR
In "Harmony of Solitude," Linda Clerget captures the serene intimacy of two distinct moments, united by the tranquil beauty of nature and the soothing presence of the woman. "In Swe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

Male Bather on Gold
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated (lower right), 44cm x 39cm (67cm x 63cm framed). (This work was kept by the artist for his personal collection. It remained in his collection unti...
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1980s Post-War Nude Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

I'm sowing seeds, original artwork by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
Welcome to my online gallery, where you can explore my new series of paintings - "The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness." In this series of artworks, I delve into the theme o...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Thaer - Contemporary Acrylic, Goddess
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking abstract depiction of a female figure captures in bold forms and vibrant colours. Signed to the lower right. On canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Acrylic

Nudes Sunbathing On A Beach, 19th Century circle of PHILIP WILSON STEER
Located in Blackwater, GB
Nudes Sunbathing On A Beach, 19th Century circle of PHILIP WILSON STEER (1860-1942) Large 19th Century English beach scene with nudes sunbathing, oil on canvas. Excellent quality a...
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19th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil, Board, Canvas

Man Reaching Down: Tondo
Located in London, GB
Alkyd-oil on Masonite, signed and dated (middle left), 61cm (diam.), (83cm diam. framed). (This work was kept by the artist for his personal collection. It remained in his collection...
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1980s Post-War Nude Paintings

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Oil, Board

Shirley Smith - Framed 20th Century Oil, Surrealist Life Study
Located in Corsham, GB
An original work by Shirley Smith. Signed and dated (1989) to the lower left. Presented in a complimenting cream and gilt frame. On board.
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

Courbes, nude woman, figurative modern, oil on canvas, contemporary, minimalism
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont's captivating painting offers a striking portrayal of the female form, expressed with remarkable finesse and mastery. The use of the palette knife imbues the artwork wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Coco Chanel's Dreams - Oil Painting Lilac Yellow Purple Green Brown Blue White
Located in Sofia, BG
"Coco Chanel's Dreams" is a figurative oil painting by the impressionist Maestro Alexandr Reznichenko. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporar...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Swedish School Mid 20th Century Oil - Fauvist Nude Study
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
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20th Century Nude Paintings

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Oil

Pop Art Painting, Modern Mixed Media Artwork - ANTIFRAGILE - 24x32in (80*60cm)
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK "ANTIFRAGILE" is a compelling mixed media piece that marries the strength and intensity of classical forms with the vibrant, rebellious spirit of pop art. The cent...
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2010s Pop Art Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Naked model
Located in Täby, SE
Unique etching in red chalk performed in 1930 in glass framed oak in mint condition Börje Harald Holm, born May 17, 1892 in Uppsala, died October 3, 1973, was a Swedish painter and...
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1930s Nude Paintings

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Etching

Study, preparatory work for “La Princesse”, watercolor and pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Raphael DELORME (1886-1962) Study, preparatory work for “La Princesse” Watercolor and pencil on paper Annotated “La Princesse” 30,5 x 22,5 cm Small folds and small stains Born in 18...
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1930s Art Deco Nude Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Red-haired girl, "Gardens of Resilience" series original oil painting
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...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nude
Located in Oslo, NO
In my work I merge feelings with color, creating dynamism and energy through expressive brushstrokes. It is a dialogue between figuration and impressionism, embellished with a touch ...
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Watercolor

"Skylover" contemporary realist male nude perspective oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Skylover" is a contemporary realist male nude perspective oil painting in a unique wood frame. An ellipse shaped canvas displays a man laying on the ground under the morning sky. Hi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Donna con calze Rosse" Olio su cartone cm. 50 x 70 1984
Located in Torino, IT
Figura femminile con calze rosse Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989) From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressive resu...
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1980s Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nandor Vagh Weinmann, Oil on cardboard, Naked Back, 1930s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on cardboard by Nandor VAGH WEINMANN (1897-1978), France, 1930s. Naked back. With frame: 64x56 cm - 25.2x22 inches ; without frame: 46x38cm - 18.1x15 inches. 8F format. Signed "Nandor V. Weinmann" lower left. In its Montparnasse frame. Very good condition. Born October 3, 1897 in Budapest, Nándor is the older brother of Elemer and Maurice Vagh-Weinmann. He came to Paris to present his work in 1931. He died on December 12, 1978 near Montereau (Seine-et-Marne) following an automobile accident. He is the most colorful of the three “expressionist” brothers. Painter of figures, landscapes, especially open mountains, and bouquets in bright colors. He is also a religious painter and then finds the tragic condition. Born in BUDAPEST on October 3, 1897, Nandor Vagh Weinmann belongs to a profoundly artistic people. Living in the heart of Central Europe where they came from Asia a millennium ago, the Hungarians have preserved a strong ethnic individuality whose mark is their very synthetic, non-Indo-European language. Resistant to secular invasions, they have kept the virtues of a very ancient humanity that have become rare in our modern world, especially since their way of life has remained essentially rural until today. In the arts they know how to express a generous, extreme sensibility and by the poetic verb, by the musical rhythms and also by a popular art of a richness, an exceptional harmony. Until the age of thirty-four, during the decisive years of childhood and youth, Nandor Vagh Weinmann was intimately imbued with popular life and the soul of Hungary. From the capital where his father was a jeweler and had a family of ten children, Nandor was the fifth, he knew first of all the suburbs, the populated districts, the rigors in winter of the cold and the snow. A very mobile existence made him acquainted with all of Hungary, from the Danube to Transylvania, its infinite plains and its wild mountains, its immense villages with ample low houses, and its towns which are still immense villages. The painter is passionate about rustic works, harvest scenes, beautiful folk costumes. Coming into direct contact with the peasants, he learned to know their soul. These contacts gave the artist a direct feeling for popular life and soul, as Millet once understood the peasants of Barbizon and Normandy whose existence he shared. What fascinated Nandor Vagh Weinmann above all were the festivals which enlivened the dreary life of the countryside, the circuses, the merry-go-rounds, the gypsies unleashing orgies of music, light and color. In the party, and especially the Hungarian party, the whole soul of a people, all its energy, its need for movement, for intensity, is expressed in its pure state and realizes the primary and essential form of what is called beauty. And as if melted at the party, there is the infinite steppe where herds of horses and oxen circulate where terrible storms sometimes roar where the seasons unfold their grandiose splendours. The young Nandor Vagh Weinmann nourishes his sensitivity to his inexhaustible shows, both eternal and always new, a sensitivity which very early declared itself that of a painter. Since the age of fourteen he painted, and since then he never stopped doing it. Two of his brothers Maurice, two years his junior, who had a remarkable career similar to that of Nandor and later Elemer who became Maurice's pupil, also devoted themselves to painting, despite family obstacles. And the three brothers united by a common passion worked together in Hungary and later in France. Painting was so much in the blood of the family, as in the past among the Veroneses, the Breughels, the Lenains, the Van Loos and so many other artistic dynasties, that three sons of the Vagh Weinmanns became painters in their turn. One of these, Emeric, son of Nandor, today occupies an important place in the contemporary school. Nandor, at fifteen, was a pupil of the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest where he worked diligently, then at that of Vienna. He painted many portraits, but also landscapes, compositions and, by his relentless work, managed to live from his brush, although married very young and having to overcome many hardships. He therefore knew the hardships and miseries of life. These strongly impregnated his vision as an artist and explain the thrill of humanity that runs through all his work. A particularly moving experience was reserved for him at the age of twenty. In the hospitals of Budapest he had to paint extraordinary cases, operations, frightful wounds, the deformations to which our poor body is subjected by traumas and physiological decompositions. In these circumstances, it is not a question of gratuitous art, of formal research but of immediate, authentic expressions of our flesh and our being. We know that Breughel Velázquez and Goya had been haunted by the sight of cripples and of madmen Géricault by that of corpses. But life is ultimately stronger than anything, and it is life that Nandor Vagh Weinmann has passionately observed and translated through all the places where he has always painted on nature. Nothing stopped him. It happened to him to paint, for example in front of the mill of Linselles by a weather so cold, that nobody could stay outside, and that he did not leave the place before having finished his work. Because he works constantly on the ground, under the sky, in the silence he loves. His reputation is established. He exhibited at the national fair in Budapest, in the big cities of Hungary Szeged, Szombathely, Veszprém, Kaposvar. In 1931, like all artists in the world, he came to France. But unlike the others, he did not settle in Paris. Because Nandor Vagh Weinmann does not belong to this group of cosmopolitans that we call the School of Paris. He settled in Toulouse, where he remained for a long time with his brothers, and traveled throughout France, eager for new ties, exhibiting in the most diverse cities, in Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon, Agen, Bayonne, Dax, Tarbes, Grenoble, Nice, Cannes, Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Colmar, Lille. He even crossed borders. He was in Saint Sebastian, in Geneva, and once in Egypt in 1927 where he painted King Fouad...
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1930s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

White Linen. Female Nude Reclined On Bed. Original Painting. Welsh Artist.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
David Knight. English ( b.1965 ). White Linen. Oil on Canvas. Signed. Image size 13.4 inches x 23.6 inches ( 34cm x 60cm ). Frame size 19.1 inches x 29.1 inches ( 48.5cm x 74cm ). ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman Nude, Pop Art, canvas, mixed media - ANTIFRAGILE - 100x80 cm
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK The artwork titled "Woman Nude - ANTIFRAGILE" presents a striking juxtaposition of serenity and chaos, a profound exploration of resilience and the human spirit. At...
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2010s Modern Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Odessa.Grekivka.Masha.
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Vadym Mykhalchuk "Odessa.Grekivka.Masha."
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2010s Pop Art Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Somewhere in Paris" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Somewhere in Paris" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a feminine model in a translucent white shift reclining on a background of white. About th...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Board, Oil

Parisian Model
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Parisian Model" is an oil on canvas painting by Max Weber painted in 1908. The work is signed and dated, lower right, "Max Weber Paris 1908". The painting size is 35 1/2 x 19 5/8 inches. The framed size is 43 x 27 x 2 1/4 inches. "Parisian Model" was painted in 1908, when Weber participated in a life class in Matisse's studio in Paris and painted several nudes. Weber was influenced toward a more Cubist styler after seeing Cezanne's work in the 1906-07 Salon in Paris, and he consorted within avant-garde circles in Paris as early as 1905. After returning to the US in 1909, Weber was credited with showing American audiences Cubism based on his firsthand knowledge of the key players and the style. Several drawings of Weber's from this time are in museum collections at The Met, the Smithsonian, and MoMA and show a similar style and stocatto gesture. Parisian paintings by Max Weber are extremely rare as there are hardly any that have sold publicly. Provenance: Estate of the Artist Gerald Peters Gallery...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Awakening The Inner Glow
Located in Dallas, TX
The works of Mike Dargas elude a clear temporal distinction. Even if the representations can stand as indications of a contemporary Western zeitgeist, the images lose their temporal ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Deschmacker, Young Woman Lying By The Sea, Watercolor
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Watercolor by Paul-Alex Deschmacker, France, 1920s. This watercolor is in the classical period populated by mythological characters of Paul-Alex Deschmacker, itself becoming part of ...
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1920s Art Deco Nude Paintings

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Watercolor

Oil On Canvas Reclining Nude at the beach By Marcel René Herrfeldt
By Marcel Rene Herrfeldt
Located in Gavere, BE
"Oil On Canvas Reclining Nude By Marcel René Herrfeldt" Beautiful and large oil on canvas The painting is large in size and is in good condition ...
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1960s Realist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Conversations Amongst Blooms, original artwork by Tetiana Pchelnykova
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this latest addition to the "Gardens of Resilience" series, the canvas comes alive with the vibrant presence of three women immersed in dialogue amidst a blossoming meadow. Throug...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Naked model
Located in Täby, SE
Unique etching in red chalk perfomed in 19030 glass framed oak mint condition. Börje Harald Holm, born May 17, 1892 in Uppsala, died October 3, 1973, was a Swedish painter and graph...
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1930s French School Nude Paintings

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Etching

Fairytale flower, "Gardens of Resilience" series original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Childhood fairy tales and memories of magic follow us as we grow up. The Scarlet Flower is my favorite fairy tale. Today, seeing my granddaughter bending over a flower in the garden,...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Espinas y tallos I" thorns, sexuality, male nude, pastel colors, contemporary
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Artist statement: My work as a figurative painter examines my experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are explicitly erotic in that they f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Fabric, Canvas, Paint

English Impressionist Oil Painting Artists Nude Model Sat Facing Wall
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Model by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) signed initials oil painting on board, unframed board: 19 x 13 inches condition: overall very good provenance: all the paintings...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Woman in profile, watercolor and pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Raphael DELORME (1886-1962) Study of a woman in profile Watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper Illegible annotation in the lower right corner 31 x 20 cm Small needle holes at the to...
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1930s Art Deco Nude Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Beautiful Large Oil On Canvas Impressionist Nude Signed V Regnart
Located in Gavere, BE
"Beautiful And Large Oil On Canvas Impressionist Nude Signed V Regnart" Victor Regnart is a Belgian painter and engraver born January 26, 1886 in Élouge...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Naked model
Located in Täby, SE
Unique etching performed in red chalk in mint condition glass framed in oak in 1930. Börje Harald Holm, born May 17, 1892 in Uppsala, died October 3, 1973, was a Swedish painter and...
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1930s Nude Paintings

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Etching

Encaustic Figurative 1960's Gloria Dudfield
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield (1922 – 2015) Untitled c.1960's Encaustic and charcoal on paper 16"x18" Unsigned Came from a portfolio of her work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gloria had a Mast...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Nude Paintings

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Encaustic, Gouache, Charcoal

A nude. Monochromatic acrylic painting, Abstraction, Female body, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting female nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition i...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Baby's Blue
Located in Dallas, TX
Words fall short when art speaks for itself. A language all its own. "Inspiration was never something to seek out but to be awake for." Based in Southern California, Miriam contin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Blues
Located in Dallas, TX
Austin Surrealist Artist
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

"SARAH" Painting (FRAMED) 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"SARAH" Painting (FRAMED) 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: oil and acrylic on wood Comes in frame Size framed: 32" x 26" inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a head on crash collision between The Renaissance and Street Art. In a household where constant turmoil and violence were more apparent than most a young Pelayo met escape and peace within the confines of himself and his own creativity. Hispanic born in the heavy beating heart of Los Angeles on the seventh day of June 1996. Pelayo was caught in the crossfires of everything that surrounded him but art served as his only guidance. After dropping out of college Pelayo turned from his hyperrealistic pencil portraits to oil painting where his passions grew more immensely. As of today Pelayo’s work is most influenced and fueled by the crème de la crème of old master painters like Da Vinci, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Velazquez as well as graffiti artists such as RETNA, Shepard Fairey, and EL MAC. In 2017 his work caught the attention and landed in the firm grasp of renown rapper and collector Alvin “Westside Gunn” Worthy. He has created several album covers and artworks for the Buffalo rap moguls music label Griselda Records including his personal collection. Pelayo’s paintings are widely recognized and sought out from all over the globe. His collectors include Sean “Diddy” Combs, Westside Gunn, Benny The Butcher, Jeff Hamilton, Shepard Fairey, Jaysse Lopez, and Everlast of House of Pain...
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21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Nude Paintings

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Wood, Oil, Acrylic

Nude in the Garden Abstract Expressionist Original Acrylic Painting on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude in the Garden Abstract Expressionist Original Acrylic Painting on Paper Brightly colored abstract composition by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). a nude woma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Nude Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Nude woman with secrets
Located in Boxholm, SE
Nude woman with secrets – Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sw...
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Monotype

Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Series Bath NO.1
Located in Beijing, CN
Artist Biography Zhang Chunyang was born in 1975 in Changchun, Jilin. She earned her B.F.A at Jilin University of Arts in 1999, and studied at Central Acadamy of Fine Arts, Beijing ...
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2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

"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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Oil, Canvas

Naked model
Located in Täby, SE
Unique etching in red chalk performed in 1930 glass framed oak in mint condition. Börje Harald Holm, born May 17, 1892 in Uppsala, died October 3, 1973, was a Swedish painter and g...
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1930s French School Nude Paintings

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Etching

Dream
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Madé Gourdon, France, 1960s. "Dream". with frame: 70x61 cm - without frame: 55x46 cm. 10F format. Signed "Madé Gourdon" in the lower left. In its frame Montparnasse....
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1960s Expressionist Nude Paintings

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Burlap, Oil, Canvas

English Impressionist Oil Painting Artists Nude Model Posed For The Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Posed Nude Model by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century) oil painting on board, un framed board: 20 x 13 inches condition: overall very good provenance: all the paintings we have ...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Three Graces
Located in Pasadena, CA
Nude study of the Three Graces attributed to André Favory unsigned, after Cezanne. Excellent condition, framed.
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

DANGEROUS BEAUTY 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 tex...
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2010s Art Nouveau Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Elegance, nude woman, figurative modern, oil on canvas, textured, minimalism
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont's captivating painting offers a striking portrayal of the female form, expressed with remarkable finesse and mastery. The use of the palette knife imbues the artwork wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Metus Mortis
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
In this 120 cm x 120 cm oilpainting "Metus Mortis," I delved into the realms of vulnerability, mortality, and the poignant dance between life and death. This deeply personal self...
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2010s Realist Nude Paintings

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Linen, Oil

My Ray of Hope "Gardens of Resilience" series, original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
In my series "Gardens of Resilience," I explore the theme of the human connection to nature and its internal relationship with the world. Each painting in this series is an attempt t...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Patterns of life
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
Over the last few years Francien has created a series of paintings, which stylistically dovetail into its overall work. This interesting new series came about by the birth of her lon...
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2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Oil

Drenched in Sunshine, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman sits in a relaxed pose, her figure creating an asymmetrical form. Powerful contrasts and bold colors envelop her, with paint drips and loose brushstroke...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Nude Model Reclining on Green Sofa 1950's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Posing for artist on green throw by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Reclining Nude (cubist woman)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful painting of a reclining nude by unknown artist. Oil on paper measures 11 x 20 inches. signed and dated lower right margin. Measuring 19 x 27 inches in original period mahog...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Under The Masks...
Located in Oslo, NO
The picture tells a romantic story of two lovers who fell in love during the carnival. In the background you can see the city where it happened. The musical notes in the picture wer...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Sunset Dive - Contemporary Realistic Nude Woman Ocean Painting - Figurative Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Ishola's muse resides within the boundless realm of social media, platforms that serve as bridges connecting individuals from every corner of the globe. It is within this ever-evolv...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Reclining Nude On A Couch, Art Nouveau Signed Allan Gilbert American artist
Located in Gavere, BE
"Nude Lying On A Couch, Art Nouveau Signed "Allan Gilbert" Charles Allan Gilbert (September 3, 1873 - April 20, 1929), better known as C. Allan Gilbert, was a prominent American illu...
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1920s American Realist Nude Paintings

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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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