Category: Art of the Nude
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Elena vitaliy Vasilievy; Prism of life 02 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 11
“Creation is the birth of something, and something cannot come from nothing. When someone creates something: a painting, a poem, a photograph, the creativity comes from an idea, from a feeling, from emotion, or from a combination of ideas, feelings and emotions that are somehow ‘reborn’ from all our experiences and perspectives.” More on this photograph…
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Maurice de Vlaminck, NU COUCHÉ 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 10
Maurice de Vlaminck (4 April 1876 – 11 October 1958) was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 were united in their use of intense colour. Vlaminck was one of the…
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Wayne Thiebaud, NUDE on the stretcher 01 painting, The Art Of The Nude, reclining beauty, with footnotes # 9
Nude is a stunning example of Wayne Thiebaud’s singular mastery of realist painting. Having worked from a live model, Thiebaud reveals his gifted draftsmanship and technical skill in the distinctive individual features of the sitter. Thiebaud deliberately avoids placing the figure in a context that would lead to an implied narrative. By positioning the figure…
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José Cruz Herrera, A draped reclining beauty 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, reclining beauty, with footnotes # 8
José Cruz Herrera (1 October 1890 – 11 August 1972) was a Spanish painter who concentrated principally on genre works and landscape art. He worked in Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, France and especially Morocco, where he lived for much of his life in Casablanca. His talent was soon apparent and he began formal training in Cádiz. He…
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Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Lyon 05 Works, The Art Of The Nude, Lisa Lyon, with footnotes # 6
The most-talked-about photographer of the 1980s, Robert Mapplethorpe was a belated classicist who understood how to present provocative themes in catchy visual images. After his photographic work with the New York leather scene, male nudes, and erotically-charged flower studies, Mapplethorpe turned his lens on the first female world champion in body-building. The resulting cycle is…
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Walter Bird, Incognita 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Incognita, with footnotes # 7
Walter Bird (1903 – 1969) Incognita, c. 1938 Photoetching 10 13/16 x 8 15/16 in. (275 x 227 mm) Private collection Walter Bird (1903–1969) was a British photographer. He became known for his images of nudes and jointly set up a studio, Photo Centre Ltd., with John Everard and Horace Roye in 1939. From 1958 he was…
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Sante D’Orazio, Patricia Velasquez, 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 12
Sante D’Orazio Patricia Velasquez, c. 2004 Photography 47 1/2 × 57 1/2 in; 120.7 × 146.1 cm Private collection Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún (born 31 January 1971) is a Venezuelan actress and model. In 1989, she participated in the Miss Venezuela 1989, where she placed as 2nd runner-up. After 3 years of Engineering college studies, Velásquez…
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Imogen Cunningham, Martha Graham 04 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Martha Graham, with footnotes # 10
Imogen Cunningham Martha Graham, c. 1931 Gelatin silver print 7-1/2 – 5-5/8 Private collection “I wanted to begin not with characters or ideas, but with movements . . .I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge.”…
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03 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart, with footnotes #5
Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart, (1883 – 1960)Blue Drape 1919 Pastel on paper 53.5 x 36cmPrivate collection Her pastels are a curious mix of coy, girlish innocence and saccharine sensuality. In many of her pastels, Cumbrae Stewart has taken on the stereotype of the passive female nude and has attempted to rework it within her own…
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Helmut Newton, Big Nude XV: Raquel Hands on Forehead 02 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Raquel Welch, with footnotes # 11
Helmut Newton (Australian/German, 1920–2004) Title: Big Nude XV: Raquel Hands on Forehead, Nice, c. 1993 Gelatin silver print 47 x 37.2 cm. (18.5 x 14.6 in.) Private collection Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940) is an American actress and singer. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which…
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Maher Morcos, At dusk 01 The Art Of The Nude,At dusk, with footnotes # 02
“Sedona , AZ last summer , the lighting was so magical,so I took a picture went back to our hotel & painted this little one in watercolor.” Maher Morcos Maher Morcos. From his evocative illumination of the female form, to the enchanting imagery of North America , Europe and the exotic mystery of the Middle East,…
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Hans Graeder, Untitled – Nude 1 The Art Of The Nude, Nude 1, with footnotes #3
Hans Graeder, German (1919 – 1998)Untitled – Nude 1, circa 1979Lithograph23 in. x 34 in. (58.42 cm x 86.36 cm)Private collection An expressionist nude in complimentary colors. Hans Graeder (born July 15, 1919 in Mannheim , † February 26, 1998 ibid) was a painter , graphic artist and sculptor. Graeder grew up in Mannheim and in 1943…
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Sante D’Orazio, Stephanie Seymour 03 photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Stephanie Seymour, with footnotes #4
Sante D’Orazio Stephanie Seymour 2 St Barths , 1992 Polaroid photograph 4 × 5 in; 10.2 × 12.7 cm Private collection Sante D’Orazio Stephanie Seymour 2 St Barths , 1992 Polaroid photograph 4 × 5 in; 10.2 × 12.7 cm Private collection Stephanie Seymour was born on July 23, 1968 in San Diego, California. From her…
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Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Lyon The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes #1
Robert Mapplethorpe, (1946 – 1989) Lisa Lyon Photograph 15 1/8 by 15 1/4 in. (38.4 by 38.7 cm.) Private collection Lisa Lyon (born 1953) is a female bodybuilder and photo model from the United States, and is regarded as one of female bodybuilding’s pioneers. Born in Los Angeles, California in 1953. Lisa Lyon studied art at…
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Robert Brackman, Seated Nude, 01 The Art Of The Nude # 01
Stephen Deutch, 1932-1989 Nude Study Photograph Stephen Deutch, Photographer, 1932-1989. Stephen Deutch occupies an unusual place in the history of photography. Deutch is one of the few photographers who succeeded in the highly competitive world of commercial photography while at the same time earning widespread recognition and gaining personal satisfaction in his editorial and artistic photographic work.…
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