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


Sunday, January 9, 2011

December Auction; Gallery and Web Finds

I browsed the December Hungarian Auction results and culled a few figurative works out for your enjoyment. I found a few additional works from Galleries and Web listings also, including several examples of figurative ivory carvings. Enjoy.
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Works on paper:
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Porto Silva (1850-1893) Nude Youth


Hungarian School ...late 19th Century



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Paintings:
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Bento Barbosa ... Menino tirando espinho do pe ...1897


Bento Babosa ... Nude Male ... 1894


Bento Babosa - Busto de Menino ...1897



Joao Batistada Costa (1865-1926) Nu de menino... 1886



Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench (1849-1916) El Guardivia



Jacques Antoine Vallin (1760-1831) Venus et Amor



Italian School ... 17th Century .. San Sebastiano



Jozsef Horvath (1891-1961) Form Azok (Funny, if you are interested in Socialist Realism, then the Hungarian Auction houses are replete with busts and paintings of Lenin and figurative works such as the above painting. Time to dump the old I guess).


Balogh Alajos - Boy with Dogs ... 1892


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Works in Ivory:
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Johann Philipp Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943) was probably the most prolific sculptor of the Art Deco period in Germany. He combined ivory, bronze, onyx, and marble to create the most dazzling sculptures of this time period. Preiss apprenticed with his uncle, a master ivory carver, at the age of sixteen, following the death of his parents. He went on to become the most important Art Deco sculptor in Germany and, indeed, one of the most accomplished in Europe during the Nazi period.

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Bronzes and Metalworks:
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Johannes Benk (1844-1914) (images courtesy of Beverly Hills Antiques)








Heinrich Dietzsch ... Naked Young Athelete (1920)


Austrian Bronze



Cupid .....

Hercules...

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