"After, " Large, Allegorical Painting with Nudes

A superb example of American allegorical painting celebrating the nation's trade and commerce, this gorgeous, high energy view of a major port, bustling with sailing ships, steam shi...

Inspired by "Kublai Khan," the famed Romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and one of a series painted by Milton Bond dating from the 1940s and 1950s, this depiction of a nude youth...

A fabulous example of allegorical mural painting, this large piece by Edward Holslag features a central winged figure holding a reflective orb, flanked by two nude or semi-nude male ...

Continuing a tradition going back decades, Josef Pieper painted a series of seaside scenes with multiple nude male figures, riding and leading horses along the shore, their strong bodies...

Brilliantly capturing the intensity and artistry of the sculptor at work, this large and important painting by Oscar Matthiesen depicts his subject with wild, unkempt hair and a lean frame. The sculptor has rolled up the sleeves of his artist smock and is reaching out to touch the shoulder of the nude he is in the midst of creating. On the wall behind him is another painting that serves as a faint aureole that gives the sculptor a saintly character. Matthiesen studied with Puvis de Chavannes in Paris, and is best known for a massive painting...

Executed and hand-watercolored by the artist, James Sheppard, this large and impressive print depicts three boxers in various stages of undress in a men's locker room, the figures hi...

An Allegorical Belle Époque Limoges Enamel Painting Plaque of a Semi-Nude Bacchante. The convex baked enamel copper plaque finely painted depicting a scantily clad young female Maen...

Oil painting on art board by the French artist Robert Heitz, of two men, one on horseback, walking through a landscape with ancient ruins, painting is fro...

Stunning life-size oil on canvas, depicts home interior with partial view of nude woman with back to viewer looking out window, voyeuristic composition with figure seen through sever...

A 1980s large and arresting abstract expressionist acrylic portrait painting of a male nude torso by Robert English. Very well built gentleman sans hea...

Bring the charm of the French high Society into your home with this beautiful suite of antique paintings. Crafted in France, circa 1760, each oil on canvas composition depicts child-like figures practicing the fine arts of painting, music, sculpture and architecture in the manner of Charles Van Loo. Each artwork is set inside the original, carved gilt wood frame. The allegory paintings are in excellent condition with wonderful details and rich colors. The quality of the present works sets them apart from the numerous studio versions of a set of paintings commissioned by Madame de Pompadour and executed by Carle van Loo...

Ó/L “Peace and the arts are worth more than the brutal glory of weapons”, Philippe Swyncop, 1903 – Belgium, Flemish School Exquisite oil on canvas signed and dated by Belgian artist...