Saturday, December 28, 2013

Girlie Psyche

Another sweet variation of Psyche by the French Acadmic painter Guillaume Seignac (1870-1924).

Friday, December 20, 2013

More Nymphs

Nymphs or "simple" classic Greek girls on a painting called "Summer Seas" by the British painter Herbert James Draper (1863-1920).

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Fantasy Nymph

Under the Sea by the Scottish Painter Joseph Noel Paton (1821-1901).

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Lush Nude

Reclining nude by the Hungarian American painter Pal Fried (1893–1976).

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Provocative Gypsy

Probaly a gypsy or how people imagined gypsies by the German/Bohemian painter Leopold Schmutzler (1864-1941).

Monday, November 18, 2013

Exotic Pin Up

An exotic pin up in a fantasy setting by the Peruvian painter Alberto Vargas (1896 –1982).

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Sexy Witch

A sexy witch by the Spanish painter Luis Ricardo Falero (1851-1896).

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Blond or Black Seduction?

Fantasy Blonde: Black Opium (1958) by the great American cover artist Robert Maguire (1921-2005).

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Egyptian Homework

Watering the Garden by the French painter Auguste Raynaud (1854-1937).

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Once more the Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus (1890) another interpretation by the French painter Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904).

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Egyptian Girl

Egyptian Girl or Study from Life (1891) by the American John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) who was considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation".

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Defiant Girlie

A defiant girlie by the American artist Kent Williams (born 1962).

Monday, September 23, 2013

Golden Girl

Golden Girl by the British illustrator David Wright (1912-1967).

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Horny Old Men


Susanna and the Elders by the German painter Lovis Corinth (1858-1925).

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Leggy Girl


One of these girls with their endless legs by the American artist Robert McGinnis (born 1926).

Friday, August 30, 2013

Pompeiian Bather

Pompeiian Bather by the British painter John William Godward (1861–1922). It seems that Godward did them on the assembly line.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Seductive Judith

Judith by the Flemish manierist painter Jan Massys (1509-1575). Another great example of the height of art in the 16th century.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Elegant Ad

An elegant ad by the american art deco artist Willy Pogany (1882-1955).

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Busty Dancer

Another of these busty and joyful Arab dancers by the Polish artist Adam Styka (1890-1959).

Monday, July 29, 2013

Chaste Godiva

Lady Godiva (1897) by the English painter John Collier (1850–1934). Though riding naked she's chastely covered by her hair.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Jungle Girl

A Jungle Girl with his pet by the famous American fantasy and science fiction artist Frank Frazetta (1928-2010).

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Western Odalisque

Odalisque (1933) by the great American artist Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952). It's obvious that Christy was much more influenced by actual American night life than by oriental fantasies.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Homage to Klimt

Danae by the by the Italian artist Maurilio Manara (born 1945). Evidently a homage to the great Klimt who is to be seen in the back.

Friday, June 28, 2013

On the Beach

Another of these impressive watercolors by the Scottish painter William Russell Flint (1880 - 1969).

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Seductive Girl

Girl by the German/Bohemian painter Leopold Schmutzler (1864-1941). Schmutzler painted mostly seductive girls, gypsies, farmgirls etc.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Watercolor

A dark harem scene by the great French artist Louis Icart (1888-1950).

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Harem Beauty

A typical Harem Beauty by the French painter Marcel René Herrfeldt. (1890-1965). Herrfeldt comes with a little delay but painted the traditional harem and bathing nudes.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Fragile Elegance

A fragile girl by the French painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962).

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Enigmatic Women


Enigma by the great artist Norman Lindsay (1879-1969). What could it other be, than a woman?

Friday, May 10, 2013

Coming to Live


Pygmalion by the French neoclassical painter Anne-Louis Girodet (1767-1824). It's really, really cheesy, the rosy cheeks, the divine light and not at last the little cherub.

Friday, May 3, 2013

Seductive Musician


The Almeh by the French Orientalis Painter Charles Landelle (1821-1908).
An Almeh  was a kind of courtesan and entertainer in Arab Egypt. the painting suggests that she has more to offer than only music and poetry.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Nice Girly Bather



Susanna by the British Painter Frederick Goodall (1822-1904). Sure Susanna is bathing, but where are the elders?

Friday, April 19, 2013

Exotic Slave Girl


A slave girl by the Polish painter Pantaleon Szyndler (1846-1905). Could be a harem or a historical scene. But I don't think that it matters, the main issue was to have an exotic nude.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Beautiful Birds


Some exotic birds by the Austrian neo-Rococo painter Hans Zatzka (1859-1945). Pure cheesy fantasy as always.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

A Cool Composition


A pin-up by the British artist David Wright (1912-1967). It's one of these cool compositions so typical for him.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Gorgeous Redhead


Pearls by the American fantasy painter Julie Bell (born 1958). Bell is better known as the wife and former model of Boris Vallejo.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Nude Goddess


Diana bathing (1872) by the French Neoclassical Painter Jules-Elie Delaunay (1828-1891).

Sunday, March 10, 2013

At his Service



Pharaohs Handmaidens (1883) by the English painter John Collier (1850–1934).

Friday, March 1, 2013

Waiting and Offering


Prostitute waiting and offering by the great  Belgian artist Félicien Rops (1833-1898).

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Sweet Rococo


Psyche at her toilette by the French Rococo painter Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777).

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Love Object


The Coral Chain by the German artist Wilhelm Gallhof (1878-1918).

Friday, February 8, 2013

Exotic Dancers


Exotic Dancers by the French painter Gaston Bussière (1862-1929). Without any doubt  Bussière's favourite subject(s).

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Sultana



Sultana by the Australian painter Henry Clive (1882-1960). An Art Deco pin-up in an oriental setting.

Monday, January 21, 2013

It's always hot in the Desert


Desert Seduction by the Polish artist Adam Styka (1890-1959).

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Burning Nun


A nun reading by the Italian artist Maurilio Manara (born 1945). Probably one of the hottest nuns ever!

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Seductive Bathsheba






Bathsheba with David's Letter by the Dutch Golden Age painter Willem Drost (1633-1659). The painting was inspired by Rembrandt's Bathsheba.