01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's Female nude in front of fireplace, with footnotes # 87

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, (1884 - 1976)

Female nude in front of fireplace 

Black ink and chalk on paper

51 x 38 cm

Private collection

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, original name Karl Schmidt, (born December 1, 1884, Rottluff, near Chemnitz, Germany—died August 9, 1976, West Berlin [now Berlin]), German painter and printmaker, noted for his Expressionist landscapes and nudes.

In 1905 Schmidt-Rottluff began to study architecture in Dresden, Germany, where he and his friends formed the organization of Expressionist artists known as Die Brücke (“The Bridge”), united by the goal of creating a modern, intensely emotional style.

Schmidt-Rottluff is particularly known for his rural landscapes. He initially painted in an Impressionist style, but transitioned to his mature style, characterized by flat areas of boldly dissonant colours. Schmidt-Rottluff  began to explore the expressive potential of the woodcut medium. In 1911 Schmidt-Rottluff moved to Berlin, where he painted works with more angular, geometric forms and distorted space, revealing his new interest in Cubism and African sculpture.

After World War I Schmidt-Rottluff became increasingly interested in religious themes. During the 1920s Schmidt-Rottluff’s work became more subdued and harmonious, losing much of its former vigour and integrity. When the Nazis gained power in Germany, he was forbidden to paint. After World War II he taught art and resumed painting, although he never regained the power of his early works. More on Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

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01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, Eric Kroll's Wife in Field, with footnotes # 86

Eric Kroll,  (American, b.1946)

Wife in Field, Eastern Washington, c.  1980

Gelatin silver print

6.25"h x 9.5"w

Private collection

Eric David Kroll (born October 23, 1946 in New York City) is a fetish photographer and book editor who has lived in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. He is currently living in Tucson, Arizona. He earned a BA in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1969.

A freelance photojournalist for eleven years, he was a "specials" photographer for Paul Schrader's Columbia Pictures film Hardcore (1978) and was an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College in New York City (1976). In 1973-75 he was assistant professor of photography at Antioch College, Baltimore, Maryland. Kroll owned and operated One Loose Eye Gallery of Photography in Taos, New Mexico, in 1969-70.

Kroll has also published some collections, composed introductions for influential works such as the compiled two-volume "Bizarre" collection and some Taschen folios. More on Eric David Kroll

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01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, Sir William Russell Flint's SCALES, with footnotes # 85

Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., 1880-1969, BRITISH

THE SCALES, c. 1944

Oil on canvas

22 1/4 by 27 1/2 in., 56.5 by 70 cm

Private collection

Flint’s expressive brushwork builds up the heavy clouds of a summer storm (the artist frequently remarked on the country’s sultry heat) while at the local public-scales women gather, the display of strength and sensuality a hallmark of Flint’s work.

Sir William Russell Flint (4 April 1880 – 30 December 1969) was a Scottish artist and illustrator who was known especially for his watercolour paintings of women. He also worked in oils, tempera, and printmaking. He was born in Edinburgh then educated at Daniel Stewart's College and Edinburgh Institution. From 1894 to 1900 Flint apprenticed as a lithographic draughtsman while taking classes at the Royal Institute of Art, Edinburgh. From 1900 to 1902 he worked as a medical illustrator in London while studying part-time at Heatherley's Art School. He furthered his art education by studying independently at the British Museum. 

Flint was elected president of Britain’s Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (now the Royal Watercolour Society) in 1936 to 1956, and knighted in 1947. More on Sir William Russell Flint

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01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 84

Sir William Russell Flint, (1880 – 1969)

MODELS FOR OLYMPIANS

Gouache on paperboard

26 1/8 x 36 1/8 in. (66.4 x 91.8 cm.) 

Private collection

Sir William Russell Flint (4 April 1880 – 30 December 1969) was a Scottish artist and illustrator who was known especially for his watercolour paintings of women. He also worked in oils, tempera, and printmaking. He was born in Edinburgh then educated at Daniel Stewart's College and Edinburgh Institution. From 1894 to 1900 Flint apprenticed as a lithographic draughtsman while taking classes at the Royal Institute of Art, Edinburgh. From 1900 to 1902 he worked as a medical illustrator in London while studying part-time at Heatherley's Art School. He furthered his art education by studying independently at the British Museum. 

Flint was elected president of Britain’s Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (now the Royal Watercolour Society) in 1936 to 1956, and knighted in 1947. More on Sir William Russell Flint

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01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 83

Sir William Russell Flint (British 1880 - 1969) 

The Models for Goddesses

Photo-Lithograph

46 x 63

Private collection

Sir William Russell Flint (4 April 1880 – 30 December 1969) was a Scottish artist and illustrator who was known especially for his watercolour paintings of women. He also worked in oils, tempera, and printmaking. He was born in Edinburgh then educated at Daniel Stewart's College and Edinburgh Institution. From 1894 to 1900 Flint apprenticed as a lithographic draughtsman while taking classes at the Royal Institute of Art, Edinburgh. From 1900 to 1902 he worked as a medical illustrator in London while studying part-time at Heatherley's Art School. He furthered his art education by studying independently at the British Museum. 

Flint was elected president of Britain’s Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (now the Royal Watercolour Society) in 1936 to 1956, and knighted in 1947. More on Sir William Russell Flint

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