Academic Nudes of the 19th Century

My collection of mostly 19th and early 20th Century Academic Nude Drawings, Paintings, Prints, Sculpture, Bronzes, and Watercolors.

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Thursday, May 29, 2025

Gaston Goor - (1902-1977) Two Male Nudes In Repose - Signed And Dated 1945

The artist .... Many moons ago I found a beautiful example of Goor’s work at a Paris auction site and bought it. I kept that little waterc...

Monday, May 19, 2025

Baking Bread Today but had Time to Visit my Favorite Auction House in Germany

Today is bread baking day for the week but I had a few minutes during the rising process to visit my favority German Antiques Auction House....

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About Me

Passionate about the Academic Nude: After my early retirement I went back to school to train in Fine Arts - Studio Painting at the University level. During my required life drawing classes, I became enamoured with the beauty of the nude, both male and female. Online I bought my first 19th Century work of the Academic Nude. I was hooked. It is such a shame that more Museums do not collect and display them but I guess they are considered minor works by such august bodies. I have amassed a nice collection of drawings, paintings, watercolors, and graphic works that adorn every wall in my home. Ocassionally I sell on eBay, passing along the joy of ownership to other collectors. That joy of collecting is the inspiration for my blog. I have tried not to limit myself to strictly 19th century works but instead include works from what I consider to be the Golden Age of the Art Academy, mid-18th to early 20th centuries. By the advent of modernism and the 1920's, the party was literally over. The academy system with its salons had collapsed and the strict academic teaching methods all but forgotten.

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