Paul Paede (1868-1929): Im Budoir - Female Nude

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Dusseldorfer Auktionshaus, Dusseldorf, DE has recently listed this beautiful female nude in their current catalog by well know figure painter and lithographer Paul Paede (1868-1929). I love the color palette and Paede's complete mastery of color. The title is "Im Boudoir."

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Eric Kips (1869-1945): Venus and Cupid

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Auktionshaus Quenton, Berlin, DE has recently listed a large painting by Eric Kips (1869-1945) titled "Venus and Cupid." Back in May of 2010 I posted an example of a nude study (posted below) by Kips in my collection. Unfortunately, I do not have much biographical information on the artist.
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Eric Kips (1869-1945): Venus and Cupid

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Below is the female nude study by Kips in my collection:

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Richard Maguet (1896-1940): Young Men in the Park

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Eduard Manet: Le dejeuner Sur L'Herbe

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Addendum (April 30): As usual, I try to read through these posts from time to time to correct errors in logic, spelling, and whatever else I see out of whack, and as I was reading through what I wrote about that painting below, glancing down at the overall composition, trying to see more hidden erotic meaning in it, something that I had not seen before leaped off the page at me. Take a careful look at the overall composition of those four boys and then ask yourself what kind of hidden erotic image lies within that composition? If that composition is not phallic, I will eat my jammies. The outline of the male reproductive equipment is right there in that composition to titilate the viewer. I am really surprised it took me so long to see it. It is so obvious if you just look...... see if you can see the shape I am referring to. (hint.. the standing boy is the erect phallus and the boys sitting at his feet become the testes, that red blanket becomes the pubic area). The artist certainly had a sense of humor.

Historia Auktionshaus, Berlin, DE has listed this Richard Maguet painting (directly below) in their current catalog. When I first spotted it in the listings, I laughed out loud. I could not help it. Don't get me wrong, the artistic skills of the artist are not in question, but the subject matter just cracked me up. It immediately reminded me of Manet's "Le Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe." (Posted above... I always wondered what the heck was going on in that painting and still look forward to my first picnic where everyone takes their clothes off). As I scanned the context of the figures, I noticed that empty bottle of wine and then my attention shifted to the apparent age of the "young men," boys in actuality, and the somewhat obvious sexuality of the entire voyeuristic situation. The artist has intentionally put the observer into the position of being a blatant voyeur, wanting you to appreciate his obvious adoration of that half-nude young man stripping down to his undergarments. Was the object here to shock? Or is it simply an invitation to admire that graceful, half nude, somewhat feminized boy? I know each and every one of you have been relaxing on the beach and had some object of your deepest desire shed his or her clothes within your captured gaze. In this case the artist has memorialized his own vision, an instant in memory when beauty shined brightly and just had to be captured forever.

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Early 19th Century Anonymous Academic Male Nude Study in Red Chalks

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Kunstauktionen Karl & Faber, Munich, DE has just listed this beautifully executed early 19th century Academic male nude in their current auction catalog. The drawing is unsigned, dates from the early to mid 19th century, and is executed in red chalks.
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Additional Auction Finds April 2012

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I have culled out more auction lots for you from European auction sources.
The European auction scene is running at full steam this Spring and prices are still strong. Enjoy.
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Carl Theodor von Piloty (1826-1886) Standing Nude Boy

Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen (1886-1930) Kneeling Nude Boy

Unknown German Artist .... Nude Child ... circa 1900

Academic Nude Female... Unknown Artist .... circa 1900

Alexander Frenz (1861-1941) Portrait of a Young Girl

Alexis Mossa (1844-1926) The Martyrdom of St. Etienne

Italian school... attrib Camillo Procaccini (1561-1629) The Baptism of Christ

Bonaventura Genelli (1798-1868) Prometheus vom adler

Charles Alphonse Achille Gumery (1827-1871) Faun Holding A Baby Goat

Christoph Fuchs (1749-1814) Hercules u. Deianira

Italian School of Andrea Sirani (18th Century)

Unknown (?) ... Faun Pouring Wine

Unknown Artist - Late 19th Century - Nude Female With Raised Arm

Franz Becker-Tempelburg - circa 1876 - Kinder unter bluhendem Kirschbaum

Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) L'Acquiolo

Georg Wolf (1882-1962) Nude Boy

19th Century Academic Nude

Hans Latt (1859-1930) Junge mit Ziegenbock

Jean Antonin Carles (1851-1919) Stehender Bacchus mit Panther

Unknown Artists . mid-19th Century... Adacemic Nudes (Above)

Louis Georges Brillouin (1817-1893)

Josef Louka (1879-1967)

Paul Decker (1685-1742)

Pietro De Petri .. Crucifixion of Peter

Copy of Annibale de Lotto's ... Nude Boy With Crab

Willy Spatz (1861-1831) Tanz Zweier Blumenbekranzter Satyrkinder

Monogrammed.... Adam & Eve

Antique Drawing Instruments

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I found a listing on eBay France this morning for a couple of 19th century drawing instruments that I thought I would post for you. They are charcoal holders any espiring artist would have been proud to own. I would grab them, but the seller only takes local checks on a French bank.
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Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945): Female Nude - Intaglio Print

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This is an interesting find from a European Auction House. If you know the work of Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945), then you will immediately recognize how unique this intaglio print of an academic nude is. I find her graphic works, although superb in their execution, foreboding and depressive to the point of the contemplation of suicide on the part of the viewer (I may be exaggerating slightly, maybe just wounding yourself, requiring a few stitches). She seems to have been affected by something in her life that brought up an immense amount of angst. Her works are beautiful but I am not sure I could stand having one of her prints hanging on my walls. I do not think in all the books I have browsed, many including her works, that I have ever seen an example of an academic nude done by her. As you can see, she was blessed with a great amount of artistic talent.
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