Tag: Hans Graeder
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Hunjung Kim, Girls inside me No.1117 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Patti Hansen, with footnotes # 21
Kim Hyun-Jung has made her mark on the Korean art scene by painting outside the lines of how women are traditionally perceived in a rapidly-transforming South Korean society. Kim’s work, which combines the use of paint and paper, is an ongoing series of portraits she refers to as Nae Sung Nyo which is a form of…
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06 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Patti Hansen, with footnotes # 20
Patricia “Patti” Hansen (born March 17, 1956) is an American model and actress. She was discovered by photographer Peter Gert at age 14. After Gert took Hansen to a party hosted by Wilhelmina Cooper, former model and owner of the Wilhelmina Models, Cooper signed the teen to her agency. Hansen soon moved to Manhattan, enrolled at…
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Sir Robert James Philipson, NUDE BY A WINDOW 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 17
Sir Robert (Robin) James Philipson RA RSA FRSE RSW (1916–1992) was a Lancashire-born painter who was influential within the Scottish art scene for over three decades. He was then schooled at Dumfries Academy and then studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1936 to 1940. On the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the…
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Tom Wesselmann, Study for Nude Lithograph, 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 15
Initially a cartoonist for men’s magazines, Tom Wesselmann reduced the classical female nude to her essential components: lips, nips and pubes. His Venuses have tan lines. Cigarettes dangle from their rocket-red mouths. Their crisp outlines resonate with the immediacy of a neon sign. Like the nudes of Titian, Velasquez, or Rubens, Wesselmann’s mid-century modern nudes…
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Tom Wesselmann, LONG DELAYED NUDE 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 14
Tom Wesselmann, 1931 – 2004 LONG DELAYED NUDE, dated 1967-75 Oil on shaped canvas 172 x 258 cm; 67 3/4 x 101 9/16 in. Private property Initially a cartoonist for men’s magazines, Tom Wesselmann reduced the classical female nude to her essential components: lips, nips and pubes. His Venuses have tan lines. Cigarettes dangle from…
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06 Photographs: Elle McPherson; by Ellen von Unwerth and Herb Ritts
Eleanor Nancy Macpherson (née Gow; born 29 March 1964) is an Australian model, businesswoman, television host and actress. She is known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s, leading to her nickname “The Body”, coined by Time in 1989. She is the founder, primary model, and creative…
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Marie Félix Hippolyte-Lucas; A portrait of Loie Fuller 01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 12
Loie Fuller, original name Marie Louise Fuller, (born Jan. 15, 1862, Fullersburg, Ill., U.S.—died Jan. 1, 1928, Paris, France), American dancer who achieved international distinction for her innovations in theatrical lighting, as well as for her invention of the “Serpentine Dance,” a striking variation on the popular “skirt dances” of the day. Fuller made her…
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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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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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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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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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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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