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


Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Josef JUNGWIRTH (1869-1950) Männer - Akt um 1900.. Male Nudes, circa 1900


Self-portrait of the Artist 1925


Not surprisingly another batch of early academic Nude drawings by Josef Jungwirth (1869-1950) popped up on eBay Austria but from a different source than the previous drawing I purchased. This time it was a series of three drawings. I had high hopes of taking all three but during the last hour of the bidding the bidding suddenly went through the roof. I had to really concentrate my resources on one drawing and took the drawing below with highest bid. I also did a search on Jungwirth’s other works and apparently he was also a master of watercolors and of course oils. Enjoy.





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Here are the other two drawings I missed:







The drawing below is from yet another source:











Here are further examples of his expertise in watercolors and oils: