Nude Artworks

Works devoted to the nude occupy a fundamental place in the history of art, serving as a territory for exploring the human body in all its formal and symbolic diversity. A central subject since ancient Greece, where the representation of the idealized body constituted the very foundation of sculptural and pictorial practice, the nude has traversed the centuries, constantly reinventing itself in response to the sensibilities and questions specific to each era.

From Titian to Courbet, from Modigliani to Lucian Freud, each generation of artists has negotiated differently the aesthetic, moral, and political issues attached to the representation of the naked body, oscillating between idealization and crudity, sensuality and detachment, celebration and critique.

In contemporary art, the nude breaks free from academic conventions to explore much broader territories, where the body becomes a fully-fledged visual language, capable of conveying narratives about identity, gender, desire, and human vulnerability. Painting, sculpture, photography, and publishing offer a wealth of different perspectives on this inexhaustible subject, each medium bringing its own sensory and expressive qualities to the representation of the body.

On Artsper, this selection brings together contemporary works that explore the nude through diverse approaches and aesthetics, demonstrating the enduring vitality of a subject central to the history of art and the human condition.

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Photography, Garden Squid, Mari Prete

Mari Prete

Photography . 90 x 60 x 3 cm Photography . 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$3,189

Painting, She Said Yes, Adi Michael

Adi Michael

Painting . 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$5,924

Sculpture, T For Trust, Marc De Corte

Marc De Corte

Sculpture . 79 x 20 x 80 cm Sculpture . 31.1 x 7.9 x 31.5 inch

$16,596

Print, L’Etreinte, Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Print . 45 x 55.2 x 0.2 cm Print . 17.7 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch

$14,226

Painting, Meeting, Yuriy Lyamin

Yuriy Lyamin

Painting . 32 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting . 12.6 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch

$596

Painting, Shadows, Viktor Dembytskyi

Viktor Dembytskyi

Painting . 34 x 24 x 0.5 cm Painting . 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch

$375

Painting, femme camaieu, Jack Gage

Jack Gage

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3.5 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.4 inch

$2,845

Print, Nu, François Cacheux

Nu

François Cacheux

Print . 34 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.4 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$178

Print, Nu, François Cacheux

Nu

François Cacheux

Print . 34 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.4 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$178

Print, Nu, François Cacheux

Nu

François Cacheux

Print . 34 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.4 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$178

Print, Nu, François Cacheux

Nu

François Cacheux

Print . 34 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.4 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$178

Print, Nu, François Cacheux

Nu

François Cacheux

Print . 34 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.4 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$178

Print, Nu, François Cacheux

Nu

François Cacheux

Print . 34 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.4 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$178

Painting, la femme bleue, Jack Gage

Jack Gage

Painting . 120 x 90 x 3 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,964

Painting, Mia Wallace, Fabio Purino

Fabio Purino

Painting . 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$415

Print, Nu, François Cacheux

Nu

François Cacheux

Print . 34 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print . 13.4 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$178

Painting, Becoming One, Theo Mackaay

Theo Mackaay

Painting . 140 x 177 x 1 cm Painting . 55.1 x 69.7 x 0.4 inch

$20,746

Painting, Exercice 3, Florian Streit

Florian Streit

Painting . 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,091

Painting, Peaceful, Linda Le Kinff

Linda Le Kinff

Painting . 50.8 x 40.6 cm Painting . 20 x 16 inch

$3,118

Painting, Fluidity, Julien Colombier

Julien Colombier

Painting . 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$11,618

Painting, 74, Jérôme Mesnager

74

Jérôme Mesnager

Painting . 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

$3,319

Sculpture, Kimono, Valérie Hadida

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture . 49 x 23 x 15 cm Sculpture . 19.3 x 9.1 x 5.9 inch

$9,484 $8,535