This painting was made using a technique which Hepworth had developed in the 1940s
for her nude studies (see Tate Gallery
With the help of a patron of Cortonese origins he attended art classes, enrolling in the free school
for nude studies (an annex of the Rome Fine Art Institute) and a private academy.
Between 1968 and 1972 the New York Realist painter — known
for his nude studies and the public murals he produced for the U.S. Department of Labor building — departed from his thick - brushed signature strokes to paint in blinding neon, flat foregrounds, and sharp geometric compositions.
Not exact matches
Four days after my humiliating defeat by a bowl of tortilla chips, I met with Alex Keene, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University with a Matisse
nude tattooed on his right forearm and a penchant
for studying flies.
White maxi dress: No longer available, but I love this bardot lace dress, this more casual maxi dress and this ruffled maxi dress / /
Nude heels: Sam Edelman, There is also a patent leather and if you're looking
for a
studier heel, this block heel pair is perfect and under $ 50 / / Black clutch: Here's a similar clutch from Topshop and this one
for under $ 30 / / Earrings: Nordstrom (I actually wore these
for our wedding), They also come in a pear shaped drop earring / / Lipcolor: Givenchy in «Rose Dressing»
Other topics covered in the
study include data surrounding how soon online daters say «I love you» versus their offline counterparts, who send more
nude photos between online and offline daters and the difficulty of maintaining committed relationships
for online versus offline daters.
For lovers of elegant Neo-classicism, there were incisive portraits by Ingres from the eighteenth century and early nude studies by Degas from the nineteenth century, plus for dessert, a gorgeous, urgently scribbled Seurat of a silhouetted colt, c. 1882 — 18
For lovers of elegant Neo-classicism, there were incisive portraits by Ingres from the eighteenth century and early
nude studies by Degas from the nineteenth century, plus
for dessert, a gorgeous, urgently scribbled Seurat of a silhouetted colt, c. 1882 — 18
for dessert, a gorgeous, urgently scribbled Seurat of a silhouetted colt, c. 1882 — 1883.
Several works from the 20th century close the exhibition: three masterly drawings by the young Pablo Picasso, Two Fashionable Women (1900), a blue - period Head of a Woman (c. 1903), and a cubist Standing
Nude (summer 1910); an imposing study of a female nude by Georges Braque (1927); and three drawings by Louise Bourgeois, including M is for Mother (1998), a drawing of a large, red letter M that conveys not only maternal comfort but also maternal cont
Nude (summer 1910); an imposing
study of a female
nude by Georges Braque (1927); and three drawings by Louise Bourgeois, including M is for Mother (1998), a drawing of a large, red letter M that conveys not only maternal comfort but also maternal cont
nude by Georges Braque (1927); and three drawings by Louise Bourgeois, including M is
for Mother (1998), a drawing of a large, red letter M that conveys not only maternal comfort but also maternal control.
Depicting his
nude model reclining in a twisted pose, her head turned towards the viewer, this beautiful charcoal drawing (est: # 1.5 - 2.5 million) is a
study for Matisse's famous painting «Nu rose», now in the Baltimore Museum of Art.
While her
studies at the University of Seville were fairly stultifying — «drawing from
nude models
for five years, the same thing,» she said — a year abroad in Athens expanded her horizons.
Sixty three lots were offered
for sale at the second edition of the Photographs — Icons & Style sale at Christie's Paris, with works by Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Nick Brandt, among others, with Helmut Newton's Big
Nude II as the highest priced lot of the auction — this is a work from Newton's first and most important set of the dramatic life - size standing nude figure studies, that he initiated in 1
Nude II as the highest priced lot of the auction — this is a work from Newton's first and most important set of the dramatic life - size standing
nude figure studies, that he initiated in 1
nude figure
studies, that he initiated in 1980.
Lord Leighton, P.R.A. (1830 - 1896),
Study of a standing female
nude, probably
for «Venus and Cupid» (crop), Probably by ca. 1856.
These are accompanied by a suite of early paintings that reflect Golub's
study of antiquity, a group of unsettling portraits of the Brazilian dictator Ernesto Geisel, and works on paper that represent subjects of longstanding interest to the artist, from mercenaries, interrogators, and the victims of violence to political figures,
nudes, and animals, all of them rendered in the raw, visceral style
for which he is justly celebrated.
Paul Outerbridge, Jr. (1896 - 1958) American lens - based artist noted
for his surrealist object photography and
nude studies processed with three - colour carbro technology.
Peyton herself owes a debt to the great portrait painter Alice Neel, known
for her incisive psychological
studies, and in fact paid homage to Neel with a
nude image of the artist (referencing Neel's own famous
nude self - portrait at age 80.)
Exhibition Checklist Main Gallery (Clockwise from entrance) Robert Arneson Splatt, 1983 bronze with unique ceramic base 71 x 21 x 21 inches RAs 130.01 Robert Arneson Elvis II, 1978 conte, pastel on paper 41 5/8 x 29 7/8» RAd 04 Joan Brown Self - Portrait at Age 42, 1980 enamel on canvas 71 3/4» x 60» JBRp 19 Steven Campbell Men Insulting Nature and the Notion of Travel, 1986 oil on canvas 83 x 99 inches SCamp 01 Carol Cole Tar Baby, 2004 mixed media 7 x 13 inches CCs 1 Peter Saul Come and Get Me, 1968 oil on canvas 63 1/2 x42 inches PSp 118 Richard Shaw Figure on a Palette, 1980 glazed porcelain 39 x 13 x 18 inches RSs 68 Andrew Lenaghan Big Sarah, 2005 acrylic on canvas 77 1/2 x 58 inches AnLp 395 Yoan Capote Madness II, 2004 steel 70 1/2 x 40 x 23 inches YCs 19 Collier Schorr Esther's Fine Dream (Ashes to Ashes, We All Fall Down), 1991 cast paper, acrylic, pencil, and collage L 18 x W 12 x D 10 inches CoSs 1 James Barsness Untitled (Red
nude on street), 2004 acrylic, ballpoint pen 12 x 9 inches JBARd 60 James Barsness Untitled (with jack o'lantern), 2004 acrylic, ballpoint pen, inkjet archival print on paper 11 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches JBARd 61 Anthony Kulig Look - Out, 2005 plaster, acrylic Two figures 17 x 4 1/2 x 3 inches each AKuls 8 Don Colley Weave 2003 7 x 6 1/2 inches scratchboard, artist's frame DCp 10 Don Colley Reel, 2003 scratchboard, hand - made hardwood frame 6 x 6 inches DCp 09 Side Gallery Diane Edison Self - Portrait Interior (striped robe), 1992 color pencil / black paper 30 x 22 inches DEd 8 Adolph Gottlieb The Watchers, c. 1941 oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches AGotp01 Lesley Dill Of, 2005 unique bronze with oil paint 67 x 58 x 28 inches LDs 207 Alfred Leslie Bread and Coffee, 1983 oil on canvas 84 x 60 inches ALp 02 Stanton Macdonald - Wright
Study for American Synchromy # 1, 1919 charcoal on paper (2 - sided drawing) 25 x 18 1/2 inches SMWd 3 Stanton Macdonald - Wright
Study for American Synchromy # 2, 1919 charcoal on paper (2 - sided drawing) 25 x 18 1/2 inches SMWd 4 James Valerio David, 2004 pencil on paper 30 1/2 x 25 inches JVd 52
One untitled work from 1982,
for instance, is a life
study of a
nude male, perched on a stool and thrusting his left foot dynamically out of the picture plane toward the viewer as he pulls on a boot.
I especially recommend a group of figure
studies, the best of which is Reclining
Nude (After Shelby Creagh) from 1982, which trades classic linear life drawing marks
for a heavier, angled black line that in many ways can be extended from these early works into the idiom of the silhouette
for which he is best known.
«Daisies and
Nudes» aligns not just some of their finest figure
studies, but also flowers —
for which Uglow is known but Coldstream is not.
Picasso, seated
nude and head of a woman, a preparatory
study for Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
The oil on canvas
nude, which sold
for $ 11.4 million, was listed as a
study of the artist's wife painted in 1920.
Study of a male
nude, in profile,
for a silver centrepiece designed by Armstead
for presentation to the Royal Academy,
Study of a male
nude for a silver centrepiece designed by Armstead
for presentation to the Royal Academy,
He experiments with etchings, monoprints, oil and acrylic paintings and has become known on the East End
for his
studies of the
nude figure.
Study of a male
nude, in profile,
for a silver centrepiece designed by Armstead
for presentation to the Royal Academy, c. 1872
While Thomas Eakins» commitment to «the
nude as the basis of art and art instruction» has long been recognised, the significance of the life class, studio practice and
nude studies for the Ashcan School artists is rarely discussed.
The other contemporary artist on display was Matthew Smith, who had briefly
studied under Matisse and was known
for his Fauvist - inspired boldly coloured
nudes, still - life and landscapes.
In the evenings she joined WPA classes
for adults to
study drawing from the
nude model.
Wesselmann's
Study for Vivienne (Line)(1985) is a classic example of the Pop artist's
nudes — and his ability to create bold, erotic expressions through few marks and strategic use of color.
In addition to the
nude studies that he is best known
for, Robert Duflos also created portraits, landscapes, marine paintings, and especially well known
for his fruit and floral still lifes.
Katarzyna Kobro (1898 - 1951) Regarded as one of the most outstanding female Polish sculptors of the first half of the 20th century, she is is noted
for her early Cubist
nude studies and abstract kinetic forms hanging in space.
Michelangelo's suspiciously boyish
Study of a Kneeling Nude Girl for The Entombment (Louvre, c. 1500), which is usually said to be the first nude female figure study, predates this and is an example of how even figures who would be shown clothed in the final work were often worked out in nude studies, so that the form under the clothing was unders
Study of a Kneeling
Nude Girl for The Entombment (Louvre, c. 1500), which is usually said to be the first nude female figure study, predates this and is an example of how even figures who would be shown clothed in the final work were often worked out in nude studies, so that the form under the clothing was underst
Nude Girl
for The Entombment (Louvre, c. 1500), which is usually said to be the first
nude female figure study, predates this and is an example of how even figures who would be shown clothed in the final work were often worked out in nude studies, so that the form under the clothing was underst
nude female figure
study, predates this and is an example of how even figures who would be shown clothed in the final work were often worked out in nude studies, so that the form under the clothing was unders
study, predates this and is an example of how even figures who would be shown clothed in the final work were often worked out in
nude studies, so that the form under the clothing was underst
nude studies, so that the form under the clothing was understood.
The exhibition is kicked off in high style with a choice 1907 Picasso
study for his epochal «Demoiselles D'Avignon»; Matisse's 1916
study for the «Portrait of Sarah Stein,» the finished painting of which is also in the collection; Amedeo Modigliani's 1913 «Blue Caryatid,» a figure
study characteristic of the artist's archaicizing tendencies; a 1978 drawing of adolescent eroticism by Balthus; and a 1925
nude by Matisse of a mature woman luxuriantly spread out on a chaise
for his personal delectation.
In 1912 he exhibited his controversial «
Nude Descending a Staircase,» and by 1913 he had abandoned traditional painting and drawing
for more experimental forms, including mechanical drawings,
studies and notations.
In each case, we learn something of the research that garnered the knowledge we possess — and often, something about the personality of the researcher, too, whether Lonnie Thompson, trekking Peruvian glaciers to measure their vital statistics, or John Mercer, who was occasionally known to do geological fieldwork in the
nude — though presumably not
for his best remembered research —
studying the West Antarctica Ice Sheet.