The Passion of Collecting Academic Nudes

Join me as we explore my collection of Academic Nudes from the 18th, 19th, and Early 20th Centuries and serendipitous finds in the Museum, Art Auction, and Gallery world......examples from the Golden Age of the European Academie


Saturday, January 8, 2011

Book Review: The Care of Bronze Sculpture

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Title: The Care of Bronze Sculpture: Recommended Maintenance Programs
Author: Patrick V. Kipper
Publisher: Path Publications, Loveland Press, Loveland, Co. 2007 4th edition
ISBN: 0-9647269-1-2
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With the obtaining of so many new bronzes into my collection of artworks, I thought it prudent that I research the care and feeding of the bronze to protect my investments. I found this little volume at my favorite bookstore online (Amazon.com of course). Bronze, like any metal, is prone to disease and deterioration if neglected and not properly cared for, so I was pleased to find many secrets for the proper care and feeding of bronze (both indoor and outdoor bronzes) contained within this little book. I highly recommend this little volume for collectors who may lack the needed skills to maintain bronzes they may have added to their collection. I even ordered the requisite cans of Trewax brand paste wax to help with the protection of fine art bronze patina's and can attest to its great results. Questions about the care of bronze? Then take a look at this little volume. Highly recommended.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Figurative Works at the Chrysler Museum of Art: Paintings

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Susan Watkins (1875-1913) Boys Picking Grapes at Capri ...1906

Susan Watkins (1875-1913) Study for Boys Picking Graped at Capri ... 1906

Susan Watkins (1875-1913) Study for Boys Picking Grapes at Capri ...1906

Susan Watkins (1875-1913) Study for Boys Picking Grapes at Capri ... 1906

Susan Watkins (1875-1913) Study for Boys Picking Grapes at Capri ... 1906




Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734) Contest Between Apollo and Pan Judged By King Midas ... 1685-87


Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) Bather and Rocks 1860-66


Nicolas Regnier (1591-1667) St. Sebastian ..... ca 1620


Master of Lucretia (Flemish) The Fall of Man ... ca 1520



Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) The Family


Marc-Gabriel Charles Gieyr (1806-1874) ... The Bath ..... 1868


Ker-Xavier Roussel (1867-1944) The Fountain of Youth ...1924


Jehan-George Vibert (1840-1902) Daphnis and Chloe ... 1866


Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) Boy with Bow


Giovanni de Lutero ....called Dosso Dossi (1490-1542) Learned Man of Antiquity ..1540

Gaston de Latouche (1854-1913) The Anatomy Lesson


Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835) Acis and Galateau ... 1833


Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) Saint Sebastian


Abraham Jannsens (1575-1632) St. Jerome

Figurative Works at the Chrysler Museum of Art: Works on Paper

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Pietro Antonio Movelli ....Seated Angel



Pietro Antonio Movelli - Study for Resurrection of Our Lord...... undated


Anon..... Titans Fighting


Thomas Pollack Anshutz (1851-1912) Two boys By A Boat ... 1894





Susan Watkins (1875-1913) Three Academic Nude Studies (Above)



Anon...Sketch of a Nude Sunbather ... 1921


Raphael of Urbino ....Genesis 1773


Raffaelino da Reggio - 16th Century .. St. John the Baptist with the Lamb



Peter van der Borcht (1600-1633) Study for St. John


Anon. Nude Bathers ...


Lodovico Carracci (1555-1619) Father Tiber

Leyendecker Magazine Cover


L. Flameno ... Fishwoman Bathing Her Children ... 1881




Jan Muller (1571-1628) (Three prints - Rape of the Sabine Women)


Guercino .... Male Figure Holding a Violin ... 17th Cent.


Guercino (1591-1666) The Martyrdom of St. James .... 1627









Grace Hall ..... Academic Studies .... Late 1890's (above)


Glenna Latimer ... Seated Boy


Gaudenzio Marconi .... Albumen Print Male & Female Nudes ... 1870


Frans Floris (1519-1670) Hercules and Atlas


Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848-1936) Standing Female Nude


Clarence Hudson White (1871-1925) Photogravure Camera Work - July 1908 ..Nude Boy


Clarence Hudson White (1871-1925) Boys Wrestling ... Camera Work... July 1908


Biknell ... Nude Women Bathing


Arthur Bowen Davies (1862-1928) Watercolor of Nude Women


Alice Boughton (1865-1943) Camera Work ... 1909


Alfred George Stevens (1817-1875) Study of a Youth ... 1860-65