Category: Art of the Nude
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02 Paintings, The Art Of The Nude, Edmond Aman-Jean’s Nude with rose, with footnotes # 167
Edmond Aman-Jean, pseudonym of Amand Edmond Jean, was born in Chevry-Cossigny November 13 , 18581 and died on January 25 , 1936 in Paris , was a painter , writer and art critic French. Edmond Aman-Jean was a student of Henri Lehmann of the School of Fine Arts in Paris and the classmate of Georges Seurat , with which he…
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02 Photographs , The Art Of The Nude, by HELMUT NEWTON, , with footnotes # 114
During the 1980s, Newton completed his now internationally renowned ‘Naked & Dressed’ series, which he later described as the most technically difficult series of pictures he ever produced… Please follow link for full post
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Julius ANDRES’s NUDE WITH MESH NETTING, with footnotes # 103
Julius ANDRES (1905-1991) was born in 1905 and was primarily inspired by the 1920s growing up. The notable innovations established in the early years of the 20th century were developed further in the 1920s and 1930s. This period began the careers of many innovative and inspiring practitioners in the pictorial arts. However it was a time…
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, by Andreas Gleich, with footnotes # 102
Close-up/nude shot of a woman wearing only a hat on her head. This hat is best suited for breaking light and creating shadows.Andreas Gleich; “At the age of 12, my parents gave me a simple Agfa camera with built-in lens for Christmas. I have been photographing since that time. In the 1980s I worked as…
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Carol Jerrems’ Vale Street, with footnotes # 153
A quintessential image of the 1970s, ‘Vale Street’ has lost none of its capacity to enchant and disturb in the intervening years. In one sense it can be read as a sociological document; in another as a wholly subjective work of art. Like the mediumistic spirit-photographs of the nineteenth century, Jerrems’s photo seems to disclose…
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19 Works, The Art Of The Nude by Norman Lindsay, with footnotes # 241
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879–21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist, scale modeller, and an accomplished amateur boxer… Please follow link for full post
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03 Works, The Art Of The Nude, Georgia O’Keeffe, with footnotes # 100
The romance between Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe took on mythical dimensions. Stieglitz took revealing, nude portraits of O’Keeffe and put them on display at his gallery. The two became lovers, then, in 1924, man and wife. More on Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 98; Henry Strater, Happy Birthday Adam
Henry Strater came of age in the Lost Generation after the first World War. He attended Princeton. He later went to Paris in the 1920s to study at the Academy Grande Chaumiere and with Edouard Vuillard.Strater was a versatile painter and his portraits, watercolors and other realistic works are or have been displayed at the Philadelphia Museum…
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VERA ROCKLINE, NUDE WITH NECKLACE; 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 97
Véra Rockline (1896 – 4 April 1934) was a Russian post-impressionist painter. Rockline started her career in Moscow, studying in the studio of Ilya Mashkov, who considered her one of his most brilliant students. In 1918 she became an apprentice at Aleksandra Ekster’s studio in Kiev, Ukraine. Ekster, who personally knew Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire…
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Théodore Chassériau, Two half-naked women, 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 140
Théodore Chassériau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a French Romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, allegorical murals, and Orientalist images inspired by his travels to Algeria.Chassériau was born in El Limón, Samaná, in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic). In December 1820 the family left…
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Helmut Newton, Charlotte Rampling at the Hotel Nord Pinus, 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 96
Tessa Charlotte Rampling OBE (born 5 February 1946) is an English actress, model and singer, known for her work in European arthouse films in English, French, and Italian. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model and later became a fashion icon and muse.She was cast in the role of Meredith…
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Kasia Derwinska, Oblivion therapy 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 142
Oblivionth: The state of being completely forgotten.Kasia Derwinska “Photography is my way of communicating with the world. In my work, I talk about own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears and hopes trying to reflect my own life’s path. In addition to my experiences, my creations are inspired by night dreams as since childhood I remember most…
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Adrien LeMayeur, Women with parasols 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 143
Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres (9 February 1880 – 31 May 1958) was a Belgian painter from Brussels who lived the last part of his life in Bali. Le Mayeur came to Bali at Singaraja in 1932. He then stayed in Denpasar and was fascinated by what remained then of Balinese culture, including the Balinese people’s…
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Richard D’Amore, NUDE ON EAGLE, 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 145
Richard D’Amore dedicated more than thirty years to fine art photography, distinguishing himself as a master printer. In 1970, D’Amore relocated to France with his brother to work and study. During this time, he taught photography at Camberwell College of Art in London. D’Amore’s work was featured in fine publications. Upon returning to the United States in the late 1970s, Mr. D’Amore continued…
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JOHN BRATBY,PAT IN THE BATH 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 95
John Randall Bratby RA (19 July 1928 – 20 July 1992) was an English painter who founded the kitchen sink realism style of art that was influential in the late 1950s. He made portraits of his family and celebrities. His works were seen in television and film. Bratby was also a writer. John Bratby was born…
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Richard D’Amore, Untitled 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 71
Richard D’Amore dedicated more than thirty years to fine art photography, distinguishing himself as a master printer. In 1970, D’Amore relocated to France with his brother to work and study. During this time, he taught photography at Camberwell College of Art in London. D’Amore’s work was featured in fine publications. Upon returning to the United States in the late 1970s, Mr. D’Amore continued…
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Nana SR T; GOLD SPARKLE (V) 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 94
“I created this GOLD SPARKLE series inspired by movement, the power and beauty of transition, and reminiscing on the aesthetics of Art Deco which I adore. I have always had a great passion for the body as an instrument and very much enjoy capturing it in various ways with my camera” Nana Nana SR T was born…
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Richard Larter, Jean #1 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 93
Richard Larter (19 May 1929 – 25 July 2014) was an Australian painter, often identified as one of Australia’s few highly recognizable pop artists. Larter also frequently painted in a Pointillist style. He took advantage of unusual techniques with painting: using a syringe filled with paint to create his early works, and juxtaposing multiple images on…
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Tom Ouellette, Seated Nude II 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 92
Tom Ouellette was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1954. With the aid of a National Merit Scholarship he attended Harvard University, and graduated in 1978. In 1982, after completing drawing courses, he decided to pursue a career in painting and entered The Art Institute of Boston, graduating with honors in 1985. Ouellette moved to New…