Category Archives: Nudes & Figures

Edgar Degas

“Woman with a Towel”

Edgar Degas |  "Woman with a Towel"
(French, 1834-1917) pastel on cream-colored wove paper, ca.1894-98

Posted in Impressionism/Expressionism, Nudes & Figures, Pastels, Tonalism

Paul Cézanne

“Bathers by a Bridge”

Paul Cézanne | "Bathers by a Bridge"
(French, 1839-1906) watercolor, w/graphite on paper, c. 1900-06

Posted in Impressionism/Expressionism, Nudes & Figures, Watercolors

Michelangelo Buonarroti

“Cleopatra”

Michelangelo Buonarroti  |  "Cleopatra"
(Italian, 1475–1564) drawing, black chalk on paper, c.1533

Posted in Drawings, Mythology, Nudes & Figures, Portraits & Women, Realism & Classical Art, Renaissance

Mary Cassatt

“Woman Bathing (La Toilette)”

Mary Cassatt  |  "Woman Bathing (La Toilette)"
(American, 1844-1926) drypoint and aquatint on paper, 1890-91

Posted in Impressionism/Expressionism, Nudes & Figures, Printmaking

Edgar Degas

“Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms”

Edgar Degas  |  "Actresses in Their Dressing Rooms"
(French, 1834-1917) etching & aquatint on paper, 1879-80

Posted in Impressionism/Expressionism, Nudes & Figures, Printmaking

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

“Bacchante by the Sea”

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot  |   "Bacchante by the Sea"
(French, 1796–1875) oil on wood, 1865

Posted in Mythology, Nudes & Figures, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Paul Gauguin

“By the Sea” (Fatata te Miti)

Paul Gauguin  |  "By the Sea" (Fatata te Miti)
(French, 1848-1903) oil on canvas, 1892

Posted in Impressionism/Expressionism, Landscapes, Nudes & Figures, Symbolism

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

“Young Girls by the Sea”

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes  |  "Young Girls by the Sea"
(French, 1824-1898) oil on canvas, 1894

Posted in Art Nouveau, Impressionism/Expressionism, Nudes & Figures, Symbolism, Tonalism

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

“Reclining Nude”

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec  |  "Reclining Nude"
(French, 1864-1901) oil on cardboard, 1897

Posted in Art Nouveau, Impressionism/Expressionism, Nudes & Figures

Jean-François Millet

“Seated Nude”

Jean-François Millet  |  "Seated Nude"
(French, 1814-1875) oil on panel, 1848

Posted in Nudes & Figures, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

“Roman Odalisque (Marietta)”

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot  |  "Roman Odalisque (Marietta)"
(French, 1796–1875) oil on paper laid on canvas, 1843

Posted in Nudes & Figures, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Ignacio Zuloaga

“Reclining Maja with Blue and Gold”

Ignacio Zuloaga  |  "Reclining Maja with Blue and Gold"
(Spanish, 1870-1945) oil on canvas, c. 1915

Posted in Impressionism/Expressionism, Nudes & Figures, Portraits & Women, Realism & Brushwork

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

“A Sleeping Odalisque”

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres  |  "A Sleeping Odalisque"
(French, 1780–1867) oil on canvas, c.1830

Posted in Nudes & Figures, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Gustav Klimt

“Girl with Long Hair, with a sketch for ‘Nude Veritas’”

Gustav Klimt  |  "Girl with Long Hair, with a sketch for 'Nude Veritas'"
(Austrian, 1862-1918) drawing, pastel on paper, 1899

Posted in Art Nouveau, Drawings, Impressionism/Expressionism, Nudes & Figures, Pastels, Portraits & Women, Symbolism

John William Waterhouse

“Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus: a sketch of the nymph at the left”

John William Waterhouse  |  "Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus: a sketch of the nymph at the left"
(English, 1849-1917) oil on canvas, 1900

Posted in Impressionism/Expressionism, Mythology, Nudes & Figures, Pre-Raphaelites, Realism & Brushwork

Eugène Durieu

“Nude”

Eugène Durieu  |  "Nude"
(French, 1800–1874) photograph, albumen silver print from glass negative, ca. 1854

Posted in Nudes & Figures, Photography, Realism & Classical Art, Romantic Art

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre

“Odalisque”

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre  |  "Odalisque"
(French, 1836–1911) oil on canvas, 1874

Posted in Nudes & Figures, Realism & French Academy*

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre

“Mary Magdalene In A Grotto”

Jules Joseph Lefebvre  | "Mary Magdalene In A Grotto"
(French, 1836–1911) oil on canvas, 1876

Posted in Nudes & Figures, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*

Edward Hopper

“Eleven A.M.”Edward Hopper  |  "Eleven A.M."
(American, 1882-1967) oil on canvas, 1926

Posted in Ashcan School, New York City, Nudes & Figures, Realism & Brushwork

William Edward Frost

“Terpischore”

William Edward Frost  |  "Terpischore"
(English, 1810-1877) oil on paper laid on panel, c.1840

Posted in Mythology, Nudes & Figures, Pre-Raphaelites, Romantic Art, Victorian