Tag: Skin
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Thomas Saliot, Little black dress 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 43 – With Footnotes
Thomas Saliot: “I live in Morocco, France and Spain where i paint simple iconic images from the net or my life, like big oil sketches. I have been painting professionally for over thirty years. Sort of a child of Hopper, figurative and Pop art, i love colors, provocation and big canvas. Thomas Saliot was born in…
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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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