02 Paintings, The Art Of The Nude, Paul Sieffert's A MOMENT OF REPOSE and RECLINING NUDE, with footnotes # 172

Paul Sieffert, French, 1874 - 1974
A MOMENT OF REPOSE
Oil on canvas
60 by 100 cm., 23½ by 39¼ in.
Private collection

Paul Sieffert, born in Paris on November 11, 1874 and died in 1957, was a French painter of nudes and portraits, and also an illustrator. He  belonged to the French School.

Paul Sieffert was a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme , Gabriel Guay and Albert Maignan . He exhibited at the Salon since 1894, and at the Society of Friends of the Arts in Bordeaux from 1910 to 1939. He received the First Grand Prix ​​at Rome in 1902, the diploma of honor at the Exhibition of 1937. He was secretary of competition at French artists and member of the committee and jury. Knight of the Legion of Honor , in 1931. Member of the Committee of the Free Society of French Artists . He also exhibited at the Salon d'Hiver from 1910 to 1944.

He was also known for his stained glass, decorative compositions and illustrations of luxury books and collections of poetry, including The Flanks of the Vase, followed by Polyphemus and Unfinished Poems (1902) by Albert Samain .

His career mostly based on his inexhaustible production of nudes. More on Paul Sieffert

Paul Sieffert, French, 1874 - 1974
NU ALLONGÉ/ RECLINING NUDE
Oil on canvas
50 by 65 cm, 20 by 25¾ in
Private collection





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05 Paintings, The Art Of The Nude, Hilo Chen's sunbathing on beaches or lounging in the Bath, with footnotes # 174

Hilo Chen
Beach 26, c. 1974
oil on canvas
48 x 68 in
Private collection

Sold for $4,000 USD in October 2017

Hilo Chen (American, b. 1942)
Beach 111, c. 1988
Oil on canvas
38 x 52 in.
Private collection

Sold for $8,750.00 in May 2015

A first-generation photorealist, Hilo Chen is best known for his Pop art-reminiscent paintings of female figures sunbathing on beaches or lounging by pools. His highly sexualized figures often appear topless or nude and in close-up views, with the texture of their skin rendered in meticulous detail. Despite his focus on the female body, Chen says of his paintings: “Color and space. That is what they are about. I work for every detail in the space and want to show the depth of the scene.” More on Hilo Chen

Hilo Chen
BATH ROOM - 28
Oil on canvas
152 x 152 cm. (59.8 x 59.8 in.)
Private collection

Hilo Chen (American, born 1942)
Bath Room 13 , #1977
Oil on canvas
Size:137.2 x 137.2 cm. (54 x 54 in.)
Private collection

Hilo Chen, b. 1942
BATH ROOM 16, c. 1978
Oil on canvas
137.2 x 203.2 cm. 54 x 80 in.
Private collection

Sold for €20,000 EUR in Dec 2020

Hilo Chen (born October 15, 1942 in Yilan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-born American painter. He is best known for his photorealistic paintings of the female figure. He is represented by Bernarducci Meisel Gallery in New York where he currently lives and works. His work is in major museum collections throughout the world including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. More on Hilo Chen




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02 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, BRUCE WEBER's LISA MARIE, PALM BEACH, with footnotes # 173

BRUCE WEBER, b.1946
Detail; Woman Beach Surf, Circa 1999
Gelatin silver print
10.75 x 8.75
Private collection

BRUCE WEBER, b.1946
Woman Beach Surf, Circa 1999
Gelatin silver print
10.75 x 8.75
Private collection

BRUCE WEBER, b.1946
LISA MARIE, PALM BEACH, c. 1986
Gelatin silver print
38.6 x 48.9 cm (15 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.)
Private collection

Bruce Weber (born March 29, 1946) is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone magazines.

His fashion photography first appeared in the late 1970s in GQ magazine, where he had frequent cover photos. He came to the attention of the general public[citation needed] in the late 1980s and early 1990s with his advertising images for Calvin Klein, and his portrait of the then young actor Richard Gere.

Weber's photographs are occasionally in color; however, most are in black and white or toned shades. They are gathered in limited edition books. More on Bruce Weber




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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Renato Guttuso's Nudo, with footnotes # 171

Renato Guttuso, (Bagheria 1911-Roma 1987)
Nudo , c. 1957
Oil on canvas
cm 71x114
Private collection

Renato Guttuso (26 December 1912 – 18 January 1987) was an Italian painter. His best-known works include Flight from Etna (1938–39), Crucifixion (1941) and La Vucciria (1974). Guttuso also designed for the theatre and did illustrations for books. Those for Elizabeth David’s Italian Food (1954), introduced him to many in the English-speaking world. A fierce anti-Fascist, "he developed out of Expressionism and the harsh light of his native land to paint landscapes and social commentary."

He was born in Bagheria, near Palermo in Sicily, but from 1937 lived and worked largely in Rome. In his youth he joined the Gruppo universitario fascista, but later he became an anti-fascist and atheist. He joined the banned Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1940 and left Rome to become an active participant in the partisan struggle from 1943. He was also an opponent to the Mafia. In 1972 Guttuso was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. In 1976 he was elected to the Italian Senate as a PCI representative for the Sicilian constituency of Sciacca.

Guttuso became a member of an artistic movement named "Corrente". The movement stood for free and open attitudes, in opposition to the official culture, and chose a strong anti-fascist position in thematic choices through the years of the Spanish Civil War.

Mimise Dotti-Guttuso died on 6 October 1986. Guttuso was soon to follow his wife. He died in Rome of lung cancer at the age of 75 on 18 January 1987. On his deathbed, he allegedly embraced again the Christian faith with which he had been critical. However, there are doubts as to what really happened—in his last months, when he was bedridden, a circle of politicians and priests excluded his oldest friends from his villa. He donated many of his works to his hometown Bagheria, which are now housed in the museum of the Villa Cattolica. More on Renato Guttuso




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10 works, The Art Of The Nude, MAN RAY's Kiki of Montparnasse, with footnotes #217

MAN RAY (1890-1976) Portrait de Kiki, c. 1923 Oil on canvas 24 1/8 x 18 in. (61.3 x 45.6 cm.) Private collection Sold for USD 1,623,000 in ...