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


Thursday, October 6, 2011

Fall Auction Season 2011: Additional Academic Works On Paper

Francisco Zuccarelli (1702-1788) Standing Male Nude

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Beautiful Academic works keep popping up on European Auction sites. It seems as though this Fall Auction season is specifically aimed at the collector of academic nudes because the more auction houses I visit the more beautiful works I discover. I have captured a variety of available works for your enjoyment below:
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Emile Levy (1826-1890) Etude de Cherubins



Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810) Male Nude Study




Samuel Bottschild (1641-1706) Sitting Male Nude



19th Century Italian school, Male Nude Study



M. Schaffner (?), Male Nude Study



M. Schaffner (?), Male Nude Study



Gaetano Zancon (1771-1816)



R. Niess (?), Allegory of the Privations of War



A. Schrimpf (?), Standing Male Nude , ca. 1892



Joseph Klieber (1773-1850) Amor with Turtle Dove




John Michael Voltz (1794-1858) In Paradise




Johann Jacob Nuesch (1845-1895) Weiblicher Ruckenakt mit Zierkrug



Hans Makart (1840-1884) Allegorical Scene



Friedrich Rehberg (1758-1835) Male Nude


19th Century french School, Portrait of a Youth





Francois Joseph Heim (1787-1865) Male Nude, ca. 1820



18th Century Italian School.... Creation of Adam




Constant Louis Antoine Lorichon (1824 Paris - ?) Sitting Male Nude


Italian School: Three Servants Swapping An Oxcart Wheel

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Theodor Krause (1868-1956) Stehender Nackter Jungling - Standing Nude Male Youth

This nice late 19th century Academic drawing of a standing male nude youth should be on its way into my collection this week. Unfortunately, I have been able to come up with any biographic information on the artist.
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Caption: Standing Male Nude Youth
Artist: Theodor Krause (1868-1956)
Material: Pencil on paper
Dated: ca. 1880-1900

Georg Rank (1855-1938) Academic Male Nude Study

The eBay seller on eBay Austria lowered his prices even further and I grabbed this nice male nude study by Georg Rank (1855-1938) yesterday. It is a mixed-media, charcoal and watercolor on paper and dates from 1903.
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Ludwig von Hofmann (1861-1945) - Limited Edition Print - The Bathers, 1922

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I bought that limited edition (200 prints) von Hofmann etching from an auction house in Dresden today. It was done by von Hofmann as part of a fund raising venture for a German Museum in 1922, according to the description. I have several other Ludwig von Hofmann prints and love his graphic works. His nudes are always posed in idealized landscapes and seem to have this flowing lyrical quality to them and his compositions seem to have a unique and singular "von Hofmann" movement to them.



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Caption: The Bathers

Artist: Ludwig von Hofmann (1861-1945)

Material: Intaglio Print (etching) on laid paper, signed in pencil, lower left

Dated: 1922

Sunday, October 2, 2011

P. Leuschner (?) German Artist - Bronze Card Holder - Nude Boy on Lilypad - H. Behrnd Foundry, Dresden -ca. 1900

The Jungendstil utilitarian bronze card holder dating from circa 1900 arrived last week. I almost had to drive myself to the emergency room when I spotted the box sitting on a fence post down at the gate. The stupid postal carrier was too lazy to drive it down to the house and just left it out by the road, which I can't even see from the house. No wonder the US Postal Service is bankrupt. Anyway, it is a beautiful little Symbolist bronze and quite unique. I photographed it from several different angles and posted the photographs below. It appears to have been dropped at one time in its life, thus the breaks in the arms. I have found a bronze restoration specialist who specializes in small bronze repair and I will get an estimate on restoration.
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Caption: Nude Boy Resting On A Lilypad Playing With A Slug


Artist: P. Leuschner (?) (Unknown German Artist)


Material: Cast Bronze


Dated: Undated, ca. 1900