Abandoned

Abandoned by the French painter Guillaume Seignac (1870 - 1924).

Nice Watercolor

A watercolor nude by the Scottish painter William Russell Flint (1880 - 1969).

Harem Bath

Harem Bath by the French painter Théodore Chassériau,(1819-1856).

Horny Monk

Nun and Monk (1591) by the Dutch Golden Age painter Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562-1638). A highly anti clerical painting from the time of the Reformation.

One More Classical Nude

The Gates of Dawn by the British painter Herbert James Draper (1863 – 1920).

Reclining Nude

Reclining Nude by the Italian painter Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931). It looks so impressive easy!

Study in Red

An impressive watercolor study in red by the Hungarian born artist William Andrew ("Willy") Pogany (1882-1955).

Sweet Harem Girls

Two Oriental Ladies (1854) by the Belgian painter Nicaise de Keyser (1813-1887).

A Child of Nature

Maraba (1882) an Indian legend by the Brazilian painter Rodolfo Amoedo (1857-1941).

Sappho

Sappho Going to Bed (1867) by the Swiss painter Charles Gleyre (1806-1874)

Leda with the Swan

Leda by the great Austrian Art Nouveau painter Gustav Klimt (1862–1918).

Women on Red

A really great pin-up from the American artist Mayo Olmstead (born 1925).

Odalisque

An Odalisque by the Croatian art nouveau painter Blaise Vlaho Bukovac (1855-1922) who was specialized in orientalist subjects.

Nice Nude

Another nude by the Hungarian American painter Pal Fried (1893–1976) who produced them in series.

Jungle Girl

Jungle Girl by the Peruvian painter Alberto Vargas (1896 –1982). A great pin-up in the best art-deco manner.

Harem Dreams

Inspection of New Arrivals (1917) by the Italian orientalist painter Giulio Rosati (1858-1917). These harem dreams explain quite well why oriental paintings were so popular.

Drunk Bacchante

A Drunk Bacchante (1882 ) by the French painter Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (1839-1929). Bacchantes were also a common excuse to paint nudes in the 19th century.

Pretty Girl

Nude girl by the American artist Edwin Georgi. (1896 – 1964). Georgi did normally illustrations for advertisings and some pin-ups as it still could be seen.

Primordial Pin-Up

After the Bath (1894) by the French academic painter Adolphe William Bouguereau (1825-1905). A perfect nude though and in its days it was considered great art. But from a more modern perspective it looks like a primordial pin-up, same style, same pose, same perfection.

Two Wildcats

Cleopatra (1939) by the great American Art Deco artist Rolf Armstrong (1889-1960).

Historical Nude

Isabelle and Orleans (1938) a gorgeous historical nude by the great Australian erotic painter Norman Lindsay (1879-1969).

A Harem Beauty

A Harem Beauty or an odalisque by the French painter Adrien Henri Tanoux (1865-1923) who was specialized in Orientalist subjects.

The Tepidarium

A Roman nude in "The Tepidarium" (1881) by the Dutch-English painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 – 1912).

Fair Model

Fair Model a nice watercolor by the French painter Louis Icart (1888-1950).

Diana Hunting

Diana Hunting by the Austrian painter Hans Makart (1840-1884).

Cheesy Bathers

Two Bathers by the French painter Alphonse-Étienne Dinet (1861- 1929). Cheesy kitsch as usual.

Covergirl

A gorgeous cover by the great American illustrator Robert McGinnis (born 1926).

Chianti

Chianti by the American artist Fritz Willis (1907-1979). Rapidly and easy as usual.

Mannerist Susanna

Susanna and the Elders by the Italian Mannerist painter Alessandro Allori (1535–1607). More a study about movement.

Neo Rococo Kitsch

Love attacks by the French Acadmic painter Guillaume Seignac (1870 - 1924).

Comic Bacchante

A bacchante by the Italian comic book writer and artist Milo Manara (born 1945). Manara is here quoting traditional academic paintings of the 19th century.

Modern Bather

In the Bath by the Italian painter Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931).

Gorgeous Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba (1562) by the Flemish manierist painter Jan Massys (1509-1575). A great example that already in the 16th century nude painting could be highly erotic. Kind of perfect.

Diamonds the Best Friends

Probably a cover illustration by the Brazilian artist José Luiz Benício da Fonseca (born 1936). Benício did a lot of illustrations for novels, cinema and advertising but probably he is best known for his covers for spy novels which look a little James Bond inspired.

Nude With a Veil

Nude With a Veil (1883) by the French painter Albert Aublet (1851 - 1938). It’s one of these typical fantasy bathing scenes, maybe in an oriental harem or somewhere in classical Rome or Greece or probably in a modern brothel.

Panther Girl

An amazing pulp cover from the golden Twenties by the American illustrator Margaret Brundage (1900-1976). Brundage did a lot of covers illustraion for Weird Tales. This highly stylized and simplified painting proves her great talent.

Oriental Esther

Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King Ahasuerus La Toilette d'Esther (1841) by the French Neoclassical painter Théodore Chassériau,(1819-1856). Despite the exotic oriental subject the clear lines of Neoclassical art are still dominant.

Straightforward Nude

A watercolor by the Scottish painter William Russell Flint (1880 - 1969). It’s so easy, straightforward done. I think he was one of the best.

Pulp Odalisque

Here another example by Robert McGinnis. It shows not only his passion for endless legs but also a kind of modern interpretation of 19th century orientalist paintings.

Exotic Cleopatra

Cleopatra (1865) Italian painter Mosè Bianchi (1840-1904). Despite the subjects pretends to be historical Bianchi painted much more a typical oriental harem scene

Three Graces

The Three Graces (c. 1763) by the French Rococo painter Carle or Charles-André van Loo (1705–1765). Pure decoration but obvious how much modern pin-up artists owe to Rococo art.

Erotic Back

One of these highly elegant and erotic women by the American artist Fritz Willis (1907-1979).

Exotic Slave

The White Slave (1894) by the British artist Ernest Normand (1859-1923), who was specialized in historical nudes. Here his main concern was the exotic outlook, ancient architecture, oriental costumes and landscape and … in the center the exotic woman.

Drinking Nymph

A nymph drinking at a spring (1907) by the German painter Ferdinand Keller (1843-1922). Keller started as a typical Romantic painter and moved later on to Art Nouveau and Symbolism, which is evident in this painting.

Kind of Pin-Up

Another nude by the Hungarian American painter Pal Fried (1893–1976). Fried did so much of this kind that it looks to me much more like a good pin-up production. But anyway a nice painting.

Pulp Cover

A mysterious, seductive woman by the American artist Ron Lesser, who did a lot of covers for thrillers and western.

Oriental Jewish Girl

Jewish Girl in Tangiers by the French Orientalis Painter Charles Landelle (1821-1908).

Gothic Lady

Moonblade by the American artist Gerald Brom (born 1965). Brom is a recent painter well known in the gothic and fantasy scene. The strong influences of neo-classical art and Orientalism is obvious.

Harem Beauty

A Harem Beauty (1899) by the Spanish painter Francisco Masriera y Manovens (1842-1902). Masriera y Manovens was specialized in historical and oriental subjects, his main issue was something exotic.