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We first of all know two things about the painting: its author and, possibly, the history of the canvas. But we don’t know much about the fates of those who look at us from the canvases.

website I decided to talk about women whose faces are familiar to us, but their stories are not.

Zhanna Samari
Auguste Renoir, Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary, 1877

Actress Jeanne Samary, although she could not become a stage star (she played mainly maids), was lucky in something else: for some time she lived not far from the studio of Renoir, who painted four portraits of her in 1877-1878, thereby making her famous much more than it could do her acting career. Zhanna played in plays from the age of 18, at 25 she got married and gave birth to three children, then even wrote a children's book. But this charming lady, unfortunately, did not live long: at the age of 33 she fell ill with typhoid fever and died.

Cecilia Gallerani
Leonardo da Vinci, "Lady with an Ermine"
1489-1490

Cecilia Gallerani was a girl from the noble Italian family, who at the age of 10 (!) was already engaged. However, when the girl was 14, the engagement was broken for unknown reasons, and Cecilia was sent to a monastery, where she met (or it was all set up) with the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. An affair began, Cecilia became pregnant and the Duke settled the girl in his castle, but then the time came to enter into a dynastic marriage with another woman, who, of course, did not like the presence of her mistress in their house. Then, after Gallerani gave birth, the duke took his son and married her to the impoverished count.

In this marriage, Cecilia gave birth to four children, ran almost the very first literary salon in Europe, visited the Duke and enjoyed playing with his child from his new mistress. After a while, Cecilia’s husband died, war came, she lost her well-being and found shelter in the house of the sister of that same Duke’s wife - it was in such wonderful relationships that she managed to be with people. After the war, Gallerani returned her estate, where she lived until her death at the age of 63.

Zinaida Yusupova
V.A. Serov, “Portrait of Princess Zinaida Yusupova”, 1902

The richest Russian heiress, the last of the Yusupov family, Princess Zinaida was incredibly beautiful, and, despite the fact that her favor was sought, among others, by august persons, she wanted to marry for love. She fulfilled her desire: the marriage was happy and brought two sons. Yusupova spent a lot of time and effort on charitable activities, and after the revolution she continued it in exile. Her beloved eldest son died in a duel when the princess was 47 years old, and she could hardly bear this loss. With the outbreak of unrest, the Yusupovs left St. Petersburg and settled in Rome, and after the death of her husband, the princess moved to her son in Paris, where she spent the rest of her days.

Maria Lopukhina
V.L. Borovikovsky, “Portrait of M.I. Lopukhina", 1797

Borovikovsky painted many portraits of Russian noblewomen, but this one is the most charming. Maria Lopukhina, a representative of the Tolstoy count family, is depicted here at the tender age of 18 years. The portrait was commissioned by her husband Stepan Avraamovich Lopukhin shortly after the wedding. Ease and a slightly arrogant look seem either to be a common pose for such a portrait of the era of sentimentalism, or signs of a melancholic and poetic disposition. The fate of this mysterious girl turned out to be sad: just 6 years after painting, Maria died of consumption.

Giovanina and Amacilia Pacini
Karl Bryullov, “Horsewoman”, 1832

Bryullov’s “Horsewoman” is brilliant ceremonial portrait, in which everything is luxurious: the brightness of the colors, the splendor of the draperies, and the beauty of the models. It depicts two girls who bore the surname Pacini: the eldest Giovanina is sitting on a horse, the younger Amatzilia is looking at her from the porch. The painting was ordered to Karl Bryullov, her long-time lover, by their adoptive mother, Countess Yulia Pavlovna Samoilova, one of the most beautiful women in Russia and heiress to a colossal fortune. The Countess guaranteed a large dowry for her grown-up daughters. But it turned out that by old age she was practically bankrupt, and then adopted daughters Giovanina and Amazilia collected the promised money and property from the countess through the court.

Simonetta Vespucci
Sandro Botticelli, "Birth of Venus"
1482–1486

The famous painting by Botticelli depicts Simonetta Vespucci, the first beauty of the Florentine Renaissance. Simonetta was born into a wealthy family, at the age of 16 she married Marco Vespucci (a relative of Amerigo Vespucci, who “discovered” America and gave the continent his name). After the wedding, the newlyweds settled in Florence and were received at the court of Lorenzo de Medici, which in those years was famous for its magnificent feasts and receptions.

Beautiful, at the same time very modest and friendly, Simonetta quickly fell in love with Florentine men. The ruler of Florence, Lorenzo, himself tried to court her, but his brother Giuliano sought her most actively. Simonetta's beauty inspired many artists of the time, among whom was Sandro Botticelli. It is believed that from the moment they met, Simonetta was the model for all Madonnas and Venuses painted by Botticelli. At the age of 23, Simonetta died of consumption, despite the efforts of the best court doctors. After this, the artist depicted his muse only from memory, and in his old age he bequeathed to be buried next to her, which was done.

Vera Mamontova
V.A. Serov, “Girl with Peaches”, 1887

The most famous painting The master portrait of Valentin Serov was painted in the estate of the wealthy industrialist Savva Ivanovich Mamontov. Every day for two months his daughter, 12-year-old Vera, posed for the artist. The girl grew up and turned into charming girl, married mutual love for Alexander Samarin, belonging to the famous noble family. After honeymoon In Italy, the family settled in the city of Bogorodsk, where three children were born one after another. But unexpectedly in December 1907, just 5 years after the wedding, Vera Savvishna died of pneumonia. She was only 32 years old, and her husband never remarried.

Alexandra Petrovna Struyskaya
F.S. Rokotov, “Portrait of Struyskaya”, 1772

This portrait by Rokotov is like an airy half-hint. Alexandra Struyskaya was 18 when she was married to a very rich widower. There is a legend that for her wedding her husband gave her nothing less than a new church. And all my life I wrote poetry to her. It is not known for certain whether this marriage was happy, but everyone who visited their house paid attention to how different the spouses were from each other. Over 24 years of marriage, Alexandra bore her husband 18 children, 10 of whom died in infancy. After her husband's death, she lived for another 40 years, firmly managed the estate and left her children a decent fortune.

Galina Vladimirovna Aderkas
B.M. Kustodiev “Merchant's Wife at Tea”, 1918

Kustodiev’s “Merchant’s Wife at Tea” is a real illustration of that bright and well-fed Russia, where there are fairs, carousels and the “crunch of French bread.” The picture was painted in the post-revolutionary famine year of 1918, when one could only dream of such abundance.

Galina Vladimirovna Aderkas, a natural baroness from a family that traces its history back to one Livonian knight of the 18th century, posed for the merchant’s wife in this portrait-picture. In Astrakhan, Galya Aderkas was the Kustodievs' housemate, from the sixth floor; The artist’s wife brought the girl to the studio after noticing the colorful model. During this period, Aderkas was very young - a first-year medical student - and in the sketches her figure looks much thinner. After graduating from university and working for some time as a surgeon, she left the profession and Soviet years she sang in a Russian choir, took part in dubbing films, got married and began performing in the circus.

Lisa del Giocondo
Leonardo da Vinci, "Mona Lisa", 1503-1519.

Perhaps one of the most famous and mysterious portraits of all times and peoples - this famous Mona Lisa by the great Leonardo. Among the many versions of who owns the legendary smile, the following was officially confirmed in 2005: the canvas depicts Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of the Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo. The portrait may have been commissioned from the artist to commemorate the birth of a son and the purchase of a house.

Together with her husband, Lisa raised five children and, most likely, her marriage was based on love. When her husband died of the plague and Lisa was also struck by this serious illness, one of the daughters was not afraid to take her mother with her and left her. Mona Lisa recovered and lived for some time with her daughters, dying at the age of 63.

Contrary to some stereotypes, soviet art has never been particularly puritanical, even compared to the majority Western countries. One girl was not too lazy to collect in her magazine typical examples of Soviet nudes in painting and graphics from 1918 to 1969. Approximately similar collections can be made for Soviet photography, cinema, sculpture, and monumental art.

Original taken from catrina_burana in Nude in Soviet fine art. Part III. 1950-1969

In the 1950s and 60s, socialist realism remained the main direction in Soviet art. And, just like in the 30s and 40s, the depiction of nudity had to comply with its canons. The range of situations where such a nature could appear was limited: the bank of a river or sea, a bathhouse, a shower, a bath, and, of course, an artist’s studio. But back in the 40s, a certain variety of subjects began to appear in the nude theme, even more noticeable in the painting and graphics of the 50s and especially the 1960s. For example, the theme “morning”. Apparently, it was believed that a Soviet girl or woman was quite comfortable waking up in the morning to show off topless, or even in whatever clothes her mother gave birth to.

1950. N. Sergeeva. Good morning

1950. A Zavyalov. Models against the background of draperies

1950. In Arakcheev. Seated woman.

1950. Vl Lebedev. Nude model

1950s In Dmitrievsky. Nude

1953. Vsevolod Solodov. Model

And now - water procedures! Beach, bathhouse, swimmers, bathers.
1950. N Eremenko. On the sand

1950s B Sholokhov. Bath

1950s T Eremina. Swimmers
Strange picture, or rather, its name. Well, on the right, definitely, a swimmer. There are doubts about who is in the middle: it still seems to me that it is a swimmer. Well, and on the left in a thong and with a bare bottom - well, definitely not a swimmer...

And here comes Alexander Deineka, with his ass-assed models, where would we be without them!
1951. A. Deineka. Sketch for the painting "Bather"

1952. A. Deineka. Bathers

1951. A. Deineka. Model

1952. A. Deineka. Model

1953. Deineka. Reclining model

1953. Deineka. Lying with a ball
The last two, especially the one without the ball, are not so impressive in relief. And the little guy is nothing, just a little short-legged.
1955. Deineka. Nude sitter
Several paintings by artist Andrei Goncharov.
1952. Andrey Goncharov. Nude on a lilac background

1952. Andrey Goncharov. Nude sitting

1954. A. Goncharov. Reclining nude with tulips

1955. A. Goncharov Nude lying on red

1956. A. Goncharov Nude on striped

1958. A. Goncharov. Nude model
And now, a variety of plots appears. Pimenov’s plot, although related to swimming, is not entirely standard, while Glazunov’s is full of eroticism.
1955. Yuri Pimenov. Winter day

1956. Ilya Glazunov. Morning
A few more studio models from 1957-58. The first and third are the envy of Deineka!
1957. A. Olkhovich. Nude

1957. Michael of God. Nude

1958. A. Samokhvalov. Nude

1958. R. Podobedov. Seated model
Here A. Sukhorukikh brings even more variety to nude stories. Both "Midday Sun" and "Morning" are filled with romance...
1958. A. Sukhorukikh. Midday sun

1960. A. Sukhorukikh. Morning
The bathing scene is also not entirely typical. In the center of the composition - a woman or a girl - is not visible behind the sheet - for some reason this very sheet blocks the girl, who is stretching out her hand, apparently, for clothes. Like, I’ll block you while you get dressed. But here’s the mystery: from whom?! From the shore you can see everything, the artist took a peek! And from the side of the lake - there is clearly no one, and the others are not very shy, the one on the right is sitting in a full negligee... Mysterious picture.
1958. Chernyshev. Swimming on the lake
It's morning again. Well, yes, it’s impossible to call such a picture a “lying model”, she’s lying in a painfully frivolous pose, and so - well, the lady woke up, well, she stretched - what’s wrong?
1959. L. Astafiev. Morning

Marine theme again. It’s not Deinekin’s shapes that are coming into fashion anymore...
Two drawings by artist Grigory Gordon. A girl reading was also a popular plot in those years. Well, you can read it in this form if it’s hot, for example.
1960. G. Gordon. Girl with a book

1959. G. Gordon. sitting girl
Three more water-themed paintings.
1960. Vladimir Stozharov. Bathhouse. Washing woman

1960s Fedor Samusev. After the bath
Several studio nudes. Urusevsky and Reznikova's models are already quite skinny...
1960. Gennady Troshkin. Nude

1960. R. Podobedov. Young model

1960. S.P. Urusevsky. Nude model

1961. Evgenia Reznikova. Model Lisa
The heroes of V. Kholuev’s paintings are easily recognizable. There is something doll-like about them. The set of scenes is standard: nude in the studio, sea, morning.
1960s V. Kholuev. Reclining Nude

1960s V. Kholuev. Nude

1960s V. Kholuev. Born of the sea

1960s V. Kholuev. Morning

1962. V. Kholuev. Nude
“Spring Morning” by A. Sukhorukykh, although it combines two typical plots - morning and bathing, but here the heroine’s nudity is secondary; this is “nude” not for the sake of “nude”, but for itself conversation piece.
1962. A. Sukhorukikh. Spring morning
Then we look: studios, beaches, and another girl with a book... The 60s bore the echo of freedom, the lifting of many prohibitions, and the further we went, the more freedom was felt both in the plots and in the execution. In addition, it is easy to notice that impressive forms are almost no longer found.
1962. Vladimir Lapovok. In the workshop

1962. M. Samsonov. Nude

1963. S. Soloviev. Nude girl

1964. A. Samokhvalov. On the beach

1964. V. Scriabin. Nude

1965. A. Sukhorukikh. Girl with a book

1966. A. Sukhorukikh. In the artist's studio

1965. N. Ovchinnikov. Evening melody

1966. Antonov. Bathhouse in the village of Titovo. Sisters

1966. Teterin. Nude

1967. Kaparushkin. Siberian

1967. A. Sukhanov. In the workshop
Well, this is a completely frivolous plot. Straight sadomasochistic. The guy was caught peeping...
1967. A. Tarasenko. Punishment
Not swimming, mind you, but simply relaxing. A girl in a hat was walking in the mountains and was tired. undressed and sat down on a pebble...
1967. V. Chaus. Rest

1968. Vladimir Lapovok. Sleeping

1968. May Miturich. Nude
And this picture is generally on the verge. Either schoolchildren or students just so easily came to the bank, where, judging by the presence of the bridges, not only they walk, they completely undressed, took out paints with easels - and, well, paint each other!
1969. M. Tolokonnikova. On sketches

1969. Y. Raksha. August

1969. Y. Raksha. Dream
Not the most bad time, it seems to me, these were the 1960s...

The 1930s and 40s were the period of the triumph of socialist realism. Although there were other directions. The main themes when depicting nudes remained “models in the studio” and water procedures - beaches, swimming and saunas. Except in the studio - for the sake of art, during hygienic bathing and healthy sunbathing to the Soviet man, of course, it was inappropriate to flaunt naked.

So, let's start with the bathers.
K. Somov. "Bathers in the Sun", 1930.

In Kovalenko, "On the Beach", 1930.

Now let's move to the artists' studios.
The painting by V. Bukovetsky is called “In the Studio”. 1930

Pyotr Konchalovsky. "Model" (sketch). 1930.

Sometimes the models couldn’t stand it and even fell asleep. N. Tyrsa. "Sleeping Model", 1930.

This one doesn't seem to have fallen asleep yet. But on the verge. Nikolai Mako, "Reclining Nude", 1930.

G. Gorelov. "Nude from the back", 1930.

Alexander Samokhvalov. “Girl with a Towel”, 1930. The picture is most harmless, but now, I’m afraid, the poor artist will be accused of what the hell...

Yuri Annenkom painted a painting for the 10th anniversary of his death in 1930 Amedeo Modigliani. "In Memory of Modigliani".

Vladimir Lebedev, "Nude", 1932.

And another painting by the same artist, from the same year and with the same title.

In addition to studio and water scenes, images of the “nude” genre began to appear, with the theme “morning”. This direction will become especially popular later, starting in the post-war years.
K. Somov, "Summer Morning", 1932.

Alexander Deineka, where would we be without him? "Bathing girls", 1932.

And again - “Morning”. Our Alexander Deineka, 1933.

Sometimes artists painted male figures. P. Konchalovsky. “Students in the Workshop”, 1932. It’s interesting that they had classes there. But then people were unspoiled, and nothing like that could even have occurred to anyone.

But still, artists preferred female nature. G. Gorelov. "Reclining Girl", 1934.

But socialist realism did not spend the night here. David Burliuk, "Nude", 1933.

A. Samokhvalov, “After the cross-country”, 1935. An athlete, and probably a Komsomol member...

B. Yakovlev. "Girl on the Stone", 1936.

Painting by Vl. Pebedev with the unexpected title “Cashier”, 1936.

A year later, the artist draws the same cashier, but with the title “Woman with Crossed Arms.”

Nikolai Tyrsa, "Seated Model", 1937.

The artist Tatyana Mavrina clearly moved away from the principles of socialist realism and was subjected to alien influences. "Nudes with a blue teapot", 1936.

Hers, "Portrait of Olga Hildebrant", 1937. Nothing like a portrait, right?

Olga Amosova-Bunak, "Dandelion", 1939.

And again water and washing matters. N. Bogdanov-Belsky, "Tug of War", 1939.

Alexander Gerasimov, apparently, was a bathhouse lover. Especially women's. "In the Bath", 1940.

His “Bath”, dated somehow strangely: 1938-1956.

V. Dreznina, "Rest on the Shore", 1940.

And again Alexander Deineka, “Running Girls”, 1941.

Arkady Plastov, "Tractor Drivers", 1942. Men fought, and women mastered professions that were not at all feminine...

Let's look at 7 more artists who create their works of art using the naked human body.

In one of her most famous performances, entitled “Rhythm 0,” Abramović stood motionless in the center of the hall. The spectators had at their disposal a variety of objects that caused pleasure or pain, which they could dispose of according to their wishes. at will and do whatever you want with the motionless Marina Abramovich. The performance ended with the artist’s clothes torn and her body covered with many cuts and thorns from roses.

At a performance called “Relationships in Space,” a naked Abramovich and her lover twirled and beat each other until they were completely exhausted, trying to show what they were leading to serious relationship between a man and a woman. Another shocking trick by Abramovich was the idea of ​​placing naked people at the entrance to the exhibition in such a way that visitors had to squeeze between them.

At one of the last events, the artist came out completely naked in the center of Cologne with a poster « Respect us! We are not targets of attack, even when naked!”, thus expressing their attitude towards migrants attacking civilians. However, back in 2014, she became famous for her performance, in which she painted with her vagina. Muare pumped up chicken eggs paint using a syringe, placed them in her vagina and dropped them from a height onto the canvas. The result is a painting in the genre of abstract painting.

In addition, the artist ridiculed the love of many inhabitants of the Earth for selfies, inviting ordinary people in Paris and Berlin to take pictures with her in the city center. Muare was photographed, of course, naked.

Poppy Jackson

Poppy Jackson once sat on a London rooftop for four hours. According to her, with this action she wanted to bring people out of virtual reality V real life. As Jackson said, correspondence on social networks has replaced normal communication between people, and in order to bring “intimacy” back into life, she staged this performance. Indeed, Londoners could take a break from the monitor for a while and admire the naked body of Poppy Jackson through the window.

Casey Jenkins

Feminist Casey Jenkins rose to fame with her vaginal knitting in an Australian gallery. For a month, every day she stuffed a ball of woolen threads into herself and knitted a sweater from them, without taking breaks even during menstruation. Thus, the artist tried to speak out against, in her opinion, society’s incorrect perception of female genital organs. Casey Jenkins believes that women shouldn’t be ashamed and hide them bashfully.

Spencer Tunick

The American artist is known primarily for his large-scale performances, which sometimes involve thousands of naked people. His record-breaking event was in Mexico City in 2007, for which the artist managed to gather 18 thousand volunteers. Then almost the entire Constitution Square of the Mexican capital was filled naked people. At the same time, for your installation from human bodies Tunic had his volunteers curl up in a fetal position on the ground.

Sarah Small

The artist’s most famous event was the production of Tableau Vivant, which can be translated as “living picture.” About 120 people of different genders, nationalities, ages and weight categories took part in the performance, most of whom were completely naked. At the same time, the artist was partly the creator of the musical series, and also played in the production main role. Living picture Sarah Small reminded many of both the works of the surrealists and the works of Bosch.

Hilda Kron Hughes

One of the performances of the Norwegian artist Hilda Krohn Hughes, whose works were seen at the Bloomberg new art exhibition, turned into an embarrassment. To make the video installation, Hughes turned on the camera, climbed a tree in the forest and hung from it on a rope, head down. However, Hughes was unable to extricate herself, so she had to hang in this way for more than three hours until she was finally rescued. Despite the fact that the performance did not go as planned, the artist did not lose her head and came up with a new concept for her installation, which, according to Hughes, now demonstrated the powerlessness of the artist, which is the key to understanding true art.

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The beauty of the female body has been and remains a desired object for depiction by artists of all times and peoples.

Of course, the Renaissance gave us the most picturesque nudity, when the magnificence of naked bodies was vigorously glorified according to ancient canons. However, the masters of later times are in no way inferior in skillful presentation female image. The techniques and places against which the maidens were depicted changed, and the muses themselves began to acquire different features over time. But the depiction of female nature is still a special topic that excites the consciousness of all fans of natural beauty.

Sandro Botticelli

"Birth of Venus" 1482-1486

Peter Paul Rubens

Rubens was a magnificent portrait painter, painted landscapes and paintings on religious themes, founded the Baroque style, but the general public knows Rubens best from his images of naked women and men, to put it mildly, of not asthenic physique.

"Union of land and water", 1618

"The Three Graces", 1639

Francisco Goya

"Maja Nude", circa 1800

Not everyone knows that Maha is not a name at all, but a name for Spanish common townswomen of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Maha, whose image developed in Andalusia, over time began to be perceived as the quintessence of the Spanish woman. Because of romanticism, picturesqueness, a strong national accent and violent passion.

Eugene Delacroix

"Liberty Leading the People", 1830

Delacroix created the painting based on the July Revolution of 1830, which put an end to the Restoration regime of the Bourbon monarchy. In a letter to his brother on October 12, 1830, Delacroix writes: “If I did not fight for my Motherland, then at least I will write for it.”

There are naked breasts in the picture for a reason. It symbolizes the dedication of the French people of that time, who went bare-chested against the enemy.

Jules Joseph Lefebvre

Lefebvre was a French salon artist who specialized in depicting beautiful girls. Thanks to the image female beauty he took a very prominent place as an elegant, although somewhat mannered, draftsman.

"Mary Magdalene in the Grotto", 1836

The painting “Mary Magdalene in the Grotto” has its own special story. After the exhibition in 1876, it was bought by Alexandre Dumas the son. After his death, it was sent to St. Petersburg for an exhibition in 1896. Nicholas II acquired it for Winter Palace and now “Mary Magdalene” can be seen among the treasures of the Hermitage.

Edouard Manet

At the Paris Salon of 1865, the painting became the cause of one of the biggest scandals in the history of art. Contemporaries could not see the volume of the depicted figure and considered the composition of the picture to be rough and flat. Manet was accused of immorality and vulgarity. The painting attracted hundreds of people who came to the exhibition only to curse the painting and spit on it. As a result, the painting was moved to the farthest hall of the Salon at such a height that it was almost invisible. How nervous people were in those days.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Renoir is known primarily as a master of secular portraiture, not devoid of sentimentality; he was the first of the impressionists to gain success among wealthy Parisians. The nude was one of Renoir's favorite genres.

"Nude in sunlight", 1876

First shown at the Second Impressionist Exhibition in 1876, where it received very harsh reviews from critics: “Instill in Mr. Renoir that the female body is not a pile of decaying flesh with green and purple spots, which indicate that the corpse is already rotting in full swing!”

"Big Bathers", 1887

And this picture marked Renoir’s transition from pure impressionism towards classicism and engrism. “Large Bathers” is made with clearer lines, cooler colors, and when painting this painting, Renoir used sketches and sketches for the first time.

Vladislav Podkovinsky

"Female Orgasm", 1894

From the title it is clear that the Polish artist Vladislav Podkovinsky depicted in his work... The exhibition of the painting began with huge scandal and lasted for 36 days. Unable to withstand the pressure, on the 37th day Podkovinsky came with a knife and cut up the entire canvas. The artist died of tuberculosis at the age of 29. After his death, it was decided to restore the painting.

Adolphe-William Bouguereau

John Collier

The range of themes in the paintings of the English painter Collier is very wide. However, it gained the greatest popularity due to its use in true romantic tradition images beautiful women from legends, myths, literature and history as the main theme for his paintings.

Lady Godiva was based on the legend. The naked beauty depicted in the painting (Lady Godiva) begged her powerful and domineering husband (Count Leofric) to reduce taxes on the poor in his domain. To which he offered an almost losing bet. He promised to reduce taxes if his lady rode through the village of Coventry naked on a horse, which his wife did.

Herbert James Draper

"Odysseus and the Sirens", 1909

David Shterenberg

"Nude", 1908

Gustav Klimt

All details related to mythological plot, removed from the picture, leaving only the scene of fertilization by the golden shower into which Zeus turned. The choice of pose and distorted perspective give Danae's body an unusual sexuality.

In no other work has the artist brought female sexuality to such hypertrophy - this is self-absorbed lust.

Herbert James Draper

Herbert James Draper was an artist famous for his works to historical and mythological theme. Although Draper received acclaim during his lifetime, his work is now unfairly forgotten and rarely seen at auction.

"Mountain of Mists", 1912

"Mountain of Mists" is one of the most powerful, sensual and enchanting of all the artist's images. The naked girls presented are as beautiful as Waterhouse's nymphs, although unlike his femme fatales luring men to their deaths.

Boris Kustodiev

Picturesque plasticity, emphasis on the artistry of the model and bright characteristics of appearance - these are the main features of Boris Kustodiev’s work.

"Russian Venus" 1925-1926

“Russian Venus” depicts a plump woman in a bathhouse, but unlike the goddess, the naked girl is surrounded not by sea foam, but by clouds of steam from a Russian bathhouse. Rainbow bubbles on a wooden bench confirm that this is Venus. The goddess was born from foam Mediterranean Sea! And here in Russia - from bath foam...

Amedeo Modigliani

Modigliani is rightfully considered the singer of the beauty of the naked female body. He was one of the first to depict nudes in a more realistic emotional way. It was this circumstance that at one time led to the lightning-quick closure of its first personal exhibition in Paris. Modigliani's nude paintings are considered the pearl of his creative heritage.

"Seated Nude", 1916

Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele's paintings and graphics are nervous, sophisticated, dramatic and very sexy. Being under strong influence psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud, Schiele gave free rein to his own complexes and doubts in his work, and many of his works were overtly sexual in nature. This even led to the artist’s imprisonment for “creating immoral drawings.”

"Nude on her knees", 1917

"Reclining Woman", 1917

Anders Zorn

A Swedish painter and graphic artist who paid special attention to the individuality of the nude model, the originality of her facial expressions, gestures, and facial expressions, which are sharply captured in his works.

"In Werner's rowing boat", 1917

"Reflections", 1889

Zinaida Serebryakova

Zinaida Evgenievna Serebryakova is one of the first Russian women to go down in the history of painting. Using pictorial means, the artist presented the image of a pure female body. Her models did not have an athletic build; there was no rigidity or sharpness in them, but only a smooth harmony with the environment.

In “Bath”, Serebryakova depicted naked women without embellishment; features of idealization appeared in her work later.

“Reclining Nude”, portrait of Nevedomskaya, 1935

IN late creativity Serebryakova became increasingly interested in the theme of works depicting nude models, and Serebryakova remained faithful to the “nude” genre. In “Reclining Nude” she feels that she succeeds in this theme and addresses it constantly.

"Sleeping model", 1941

Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar

Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar is one of the most famous artists in the history of Russian culture of the 20th century. One of his most famous works is the portrait of Flora.

Alexander Mikhailovich Gerasimov

Another famous Russian artist who, unlike the previous one, dealt with the depiction of rough and simplified erotica.

"Village bathhouse", 1938

The artist wrote many sketches “for himself” on the theme of “Village Bath” over many years. There are several nudes in the picture women's bodies related complex structural composition. Each figure is an image, an individual character.

Arkady Alexandrovich Plastov

Arkady Plastov - “singer of the Soviet peasantry.” Special attention in his works he paid attention to the patriotic work of women during the Great Patriotic War. The artist captured the colorful image and simplicity in the painting “Tractor Drivers”

"Tractor Drivers", 1943