Exotic Painting

Kind of Pin-Up

2012-01-28T10:32:00.000-08:00

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

2012-01-22T09:49:00.000-08:00

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

Oriental Jewish Girl

2012-01-15T00:28:00.000-08:00

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

Gothic Lady

2012-01-10T09:49:00.000-08:00

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

2012-01-03T00:08:00.000-08:00

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.

Roman Nude

2011-12-27T10:47:00.000-08:00

In the Tepidarium (1913) another classical Roman nude by the British painter John William Godward (1861–1922).

Opulent Orient

2011-12-14T10:04:00.000-08:00

Moroccan Dancer by the Polish artist Adam Styka (1890-1959). Styka was specialized in these opulent Arab girls.

Odalisca

2011-12-07T10:57:00.000-08:00

Odalisca (1862) by the Italian painter Luigi Mussini (1813-1888). Despite it’s already in the fashion of orientalism it’s still a very neoclassical painting.

Sweet Berber Girls

2011-11-28T00:35:00.000-08:00

Two sweet Berber girls by the French painter Alphonse-Étienne Dinet (1861- 1929). I don’t believe that he really saw anything like this, but he made a lot of money with his fantasies.

Cool Lady in New York

2011-11-20T11:33:00.000-08:00

Cool Lady in New York by by the British illustrator David Wright (1912-1967). Kind of pin up, but gorgeous anyway.

Harem Dancer

2011-11-12T10:45:00.000-08:00

Another of these kitschy harem dancers by the Austrian painter Hans Zatzka (1859-1945).

Diana Bathing

2011-11-04T10:19:00.000-07:00

Diana Bathing (1869/1870) by the French painter Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875). Though Corot became famous for his landscape paintings, he was one of the founders of the Babizon School, in his beginnings he did more traditional art like this Diana.

Black Swan

2011-10-25T00:07:00.000-07:00

Leda with the Swan (1917) by the Russian Art Nouveau painter Nikolai Kalmakov (1873-1955). Most impressing to me seems, that it’s a black swan. Was it only because of the colour or should it indicate some kind of evil?

Look at Me

2011-10-16T11:16:00.000-07:00

Bendiction by the Australian painter Norman Lindsay (1879-1969). Another of these proud and self confident women, which are so typical fpr Lindsay.

Witches' Sabbath

2011-10-08T10:18:00.000-07:00

Faust (1878) by the Spanish painter Luis Ricardo Falero (1851-1896). Falero shows here very sensational the witches' sabbath or Walpurgis Night, to wich Faust was taken by Mephisto.

Neoclassical Nude

2011-10-01T09:26:00.000-07:00

Callirrhoe by the French painter Raymond Auguste Quinsac Monvoisin (1790-1870). Monvoisin depicted here a Greek naiad in a pure neoclassical style including the temple in the back.

Massage in the Harem

2011-09-23T00:44:00.000-07:00

The Massage in the Harem (1883) by the French painter Édouard Debat-Ponsan (1847-1913). One of the better, means more interesting oriental paintings.

Salomé Dancing

2011-09-15T11:13:00.000-07:00

Salomé (1932) by the Spanish painter Federico Beltrán Massés (1885-1949). Kind of an Art Deco interpretation. Because there’s no head to be seen, it must be the moment when she’s still dancing, putting down the veils.

A Study

2011-09-06T08:22:00.000-07:00

One of these wonderful studies by the Scottish artist William Russell Flint (1880 - 1969). So easily done and so perfect.

Beautiful Slave to Sale

2011-08-27T11:54:00.000-07:00

A slave on the market by the Brazilian painter Oscar Pereira da Silva (1867-1939). The sign between her breasts announces that she’s a virgin, but she doesn’t seem scared more curious and defying.

Elegant Art Deco Nude

2011-08-18T09:12:00.000-07:00

Reclining nude by the French Art Deco painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962). Domergue painted such elegant women that it’s more about style than about erotic, which also can be the same.

A Goddess

2011-08-07T00:22:00.000-07:00

Flora (1559) by the Flemish painter Jan Massys (1509-1575). One of my personal theories is, that Massys mostly painted the same girl, but she must have been something of gorgeous…

Dark Lady

2011-07-30T00:49:00.000-07:00

Alice Joyce (1920) a magazine cover illustration by the famous American artist Rolf Armstrong (1889-1960). Armstrong became famous for his pin ups, but this mysterious lady is much better.

An Odalisque

2011-07-21T11:18:00.000-07:00

Odalisque (1885) by the Spanish painter César Alvarez-Dumont (1866-1945). Looks like she’s having there a good time in the harem. Good work anyway.

Never Ending Legs

2011-07-13T09:46:00.000-07:00

Never Ending Legs by the great American artist Robert McGinnis (born 1926) grand master of leg paintings.

Puppet Master

2011-07-04T08:21:00.000-07:00

The woman and the puppet (1927) by the Belgian painter Jean Leon Henri Gouweloos (1865-1943). For a gorgeous nude men are not much more than puppets.

Tropic Evening

2011-06-24T09:26:00.000-07:00

Tropic Evening by the Italian American artist John LaGatta (1894-1977). La Gatta was famous for his glamour girls from the 20s through the early 40s, published in fashion and women's magazines.

Green Lady

2011-06-12T10:54:00.000-07:00

Nue allongée sur un canapé - Sonia Speranza (c.1915) by the French painter Paul-César Helleu (1859-1927), who was famous for his women portraits.

Lazy Girl

2011-05-30T11:13:00.000-07:00

La Paresseuse (the lazy one) by the French painter Guillaume Seignac (1870 - 1924). One of Seignac’s Neo-Rococo nudes with a transparent shawl, which he did so well.

Amazonian Warrior

2011-05-08T11:50:00.000-07:00

An Amazonian Warrior (1929) by the French American artist Andre Durenceau (1904-1985). It’s a impressive exotic art deco fantasy.

Skin like Silk

2011-04-28T10:19:00.000-07:00

A nude by the Spanish impressionist painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). Most impressive is here the semblance between the skin and the silken sheets.

Diana

2011-04-16T09:37:00.000-07:00

Diana by the French painter Paul Désiré Trouillebert (1831-1900). Above all it’s a nude. Only bow and quiver indicate that it should be the Goddess of hunting.

Stunning Nude

2011-04-06T11:45:00.000-07:00

A really stunning nude by the Hungarian American painter Pal Fried (1893–1976), who was specialized in nudes and Oriental scenes.

Moonlight Beauties

2011-03-24T10:13:00.000-07:00

Two Moonlight Beauties by the Spanish painter Luis Ricardo Falero (1851-1896). The connections between Falero and modern fantasy art are obvious.

Perfume of Ecstasy

2011-03-13T10:17:00.000-07:00

Perfume of Ecstasy an impressive Art Deco poster by the Hungarian born British artist Vera Willoughby (1870-1939).

Horny Monk

2011-02-26T10:35:00.000-08:00

A monk with a beguine (1591) by the Dutch Golden Age painter Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562- 1638).
It’s a radical protestant and anti-Catholic painting. But anyway it’s one of my favorites.

Another Girl Same Manner

2011-02-12T00:33:00.000-08:00

Another reclining nude by the French academic painter Delphin Enjolras (1857–1945). Enjolras used a lot of times the same tricks, the same poses, maybe the same girls.

Harem Dancer

2011-02-01T10:52:00.000-08:00

A really gorgeous exotic dancer by the American artist Earle K. Bergey (1901–1952). Bergey worked normally as an illustrator for magazines and paperback books. But here it’s easy to be seen, that he’s a lot better than many of his academic colleagues.

Venus Binding Her Hair

2011-01-20T11:29:00.000-08:00

The british specialist in scantily dressed girls John William Godward presents here Venus herself. No difference at all, between roman girls, priestesses or goddesses.

Another Bacchante

2011-01-08T00:27:00.001-08:00

Another bacchante by the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). It seems that bacchantes were a good excuse to paint nudes.

Opulent Decadence

2010-11-28T11:43:00.000-08:00

Volutptuous figures in old decadent Cete by the Australian painter Norman Lindsay (1879-1969).

The Five Senses

2010-11-20T05:39:00.000-08:00

The five senses allegoric paintings by the Austrian academic painter Hans Makart (1840-1884).

Demonic Lilith

2010-09-11T09:49:00.000-07:00

Lilith (1892) by the English painter John Collier (1850–1934). The old demon who was in Jewish legend the first woman of Adam, the first woman on Earth.

Athletic Models

2010-09-02T10:17:00.000-07:00

Models for Olympians by the Scottish painter William Russell Flint (1880 - 1969). I can’t avoid, but these well trained bodies remind me of Helmut Newton's athletic nude models.

Nude Impression

2010-08-23T10:36:00.000-07:00

Another of that impressive dashing painted nudes by the famous Italian Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931).

Diana Hunting

2010-08-14T00:15:00.000-07:00

Diana Hunting (1899) by the French painter Guillaume Seignac (1870 - 1924). Seignac was typical for the French academic style of the Salon and produced a kind of Neo-Rococo.

Salome

2010-08-04T11:44:00.000-07:00

Salome (1888) by the Spanish painter Francisco Masriera y Manovens (1842-1902). A really gorgeous and seductive Salome. A nice example for the quality of late 19th century paintings.

Neoclassical Nude

2010-07-25T10:13:00.000-07:00

Girl on a fountain (1845) by the French painter Paul Delaroche (1797-1856). The whole arrangement and the artificial pose of the girl is part of a neoclassical composition, which was typical for the time.

Egyptian Legend

2010-07-13T11:15:00.000-07:00

Tahoser (1886) by the French painter Gaston Bussière (1862-1929).

According to legend Tahoser was the great priest's daughter and had a passionate love story with the Pharaoh.

Oriental Nude

2010-07-02T08:40:00.000-07:00

An oriental girl by the American artist Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928). Bridgman went in 1866 to Paris and became a pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme. Later he made a trip to Egypt and became a well known Orientalist painter.

Indian Girls

2010-06-24T00:03:00.000-07:00

Two Nautch Girls a sketch by the American painter Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903). Weeks was a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme and made several journeys to India. In my humble opinion he is one of the greatest Orientalist painters.

A modern Sphinx

2010-06-12T10:22:00.000-07:00

Iris by the great Norman Lindsay (1879-1969). She looks like a modern Sphinx asking her riddles.

Diana Surprised

2010-06-01T09:01:00.000-07:00

Diana surprised by the French painter Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911). A typical classical subject which for Lefebvre was so famous in the salon.

Beautiful Slaves

2010-05-22T00:51:00.000-07:00

At the Well by the French painter Adrien Henri Tanoux (1865-1923). Tanoux was a well known Orientalist painter but I doubt that he ever saw a scene like this.

A Legendary Couple

2010-05-11T00:47:00.000-07:00

Cleopatra and Anthony (1902) by the great American Illustrator Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951). This is also a very typical Art Nouveau illustration and much more erotic than Leyendecker did normally.

Greek Priestess

2010-05-03T00:35:00.000-07:00

Priestess (1893) by the British painter John William Godward (1861–1922). One of the sweet girlies that Godward sold with great success as ancient priestesses.

Dying Amazon

2010-04-25T11:14:00.000-07:00

Dying Amazon (1905) by the German painter Franz von Stuck (1863-1928). A great Art Nouveau painting, more ornament and color than realistic image. Nevertheless a very erotic piece of art.

Harem Bather

2010-04-16T09:42:00.000-07:00

After the Bath (1889) by the French painter Pierre-Louis Bouchard (1831-1889). In my humble opinion one of the hottest odalisques of the 19th century.

Sappho

2010-04-08T00:26:00.000-07:00

The famous Greek poetess Sappho short before her death-leap from the white cliff. A dark erotic painting by the French artist Charles-August Mengin (1853-1933), who was a student of Alexandre Cabanel.

Moonlight Bather

2010-03-30T09:14:00.000-07:00

Another of the sweet Berber girls by the French Orientalist painter Alphonse-Étienne Dinet (1861- 1929).

Art Deco Cover Girl

2010-03-23T11:51:00.000-07:00

A beautiful cover girl by the famous Polish born Art Deco artist Wladyslaw Teodor Benda (1873-1948).
Benda studied in Krakow, Vienna and San Francisco. In 1899 he settled permanently in the United States.

Reclining Nude

2010-03-15T00:05:00.000-07:00

Reclining nude by the French academic painter George Moreau (1848-1901). Seems to be a historical set. Interesting is also that it’s already a kind of art nouveau painting.

Impressionist Bacchante

2010-03-08T11:39:00.000-08:00

A bacchante by the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). Sorolla was spains leading impressionist painter famous for his sunny landscapes and beach scenes.

Odalisque

2010-03-02T10:57:00.000-08:00

Odalisque (1880) by the Austrian painter Franz Lefler (1831-1898). Leffler was strongly influenced by Hans Makart and the Egyptian fashion of the time.

Pharaoh's Favorite

2010-02-27T11:16:00.000-08:00

Pharaoh's favorite by the Croatian art nouveau painter Blaise Vlaho Bukovac (1855-1922). Bukovac was a student of Alexandre Cabanel in Paris and shows here a strange mixture of orientalistic and historical subjects. Nevertheless looks the girl with her headdress quite modern.

Psyche and Cupido

2010-02-21T11:55:00.000-08:00

Psyche and her lover Cupido. A sweet love story with rosy little angels, kitsch as kitsch can.
The painting is by the French academic and history painter Lionel-Noël Royer (1852-1926), who was a student of Cabanel et de Bouguereau which could easily be detected.

One more Water Nymph

2010-02-16T11:49:00.000-08:00

Another one of the perfectly painted nudes by the British painter Herbert James Draper (1863 – 1920). As a "water nymph" it could be exposed and sold.

Bacchante

2010-02-09T09:42:00.000-08:00

A bacchante by the French Neoclassical painter Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842). Vigée-Lebrun was very successful with portraits of European nobles. Here she painted a nude as a historical Greek/Roman bacchante.

Picking the Favourite

2010-02-03T10:16:00.000-08:00

Picking the Favourite by the Italian orientalist painter Giulio Rosati (1858-1917). A typical male dream so beloved by the Orientalists. Three nude female slaves were presented to the buyer. It’s also a kind of orientalist judgement of Paris.

One more Venus

2010-01-28T00:34:00.000-08:00

The Birth of Venus (1862) by the French academic painter Eugène-Emmanuel Amaury-Duval (1808-1885). Maybe it’s a nice nude but else it’s a boring repetition of countless paintings with the same subject.

Gorgeous Birds

2010-01-20T09:11:00.000-08:00

Imperia by the great Australian painter Norman Lindsay (1879-1969). With his characteristic irony Lindsay confronts here to gorgeous narcissistic birds.

Morning Allegory

2010-01-15T11:40:00.000-08:00

Songs of the Morning is a typical Victorian nude painting, this time a kind of allegory. It’s by the British painter Henrietta Rae (1859 - 1928 ) who was a friend of Sir Frederic Leighton who became also her mentor.

Manierist Nude

2010-01-09T09:26:00.000-08:00

Many of these 19th century nudes and odalisques are inspired by the perfect Venus by the Flemish manierist painter Jan Massys (1509-1575). One of the best nudes in art history.

Reclined Odalisque

2010-01-04T10:24:00.000-08:00

A reclined odalisque waiting for her sheik by the French painter Léon-François Comerre (1850-1916).

Water Nymph

2009-12-28T09:22:00.000-08:00

Another water nymph by the French painter Gaston Bussière (1862-1929).

The Tomb of the Poet

2009-12-19T11:20:00.000-08:00

The Tomb of the Poet (1900) by the Spanish painter Pedro Sáenz Sáenz (1863-1927).

Evening Allegory

2009-12-15T10:48:00.000-08:00

Evening Mood (1882) one of the typical allegories by the French academic painter Adolphe William Bouguereau (1825-1905).

Odalisque

2009-12-09T08:16:00.000-08:00

Another odalisque by the Brazilian painter Oscar Pereira da Silva (1867-1939). It’s easy to see that many artists from Latin America studied in Europe and received their the typical academic training.

Romantic Odalisque

2009-12-04T11:12:00.000-08:00

Odalisque (1857) by the French painter Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863). Delacroix is regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school and had a big influence on the later Impressionists. He painted various odalisques which emphasizes his interest in exotic and oriental subjects.

Venus and Amor

2009-11-30T09:43:00.000-08:00

Venus Consoling Amor (1751) by the French Rococo painter François Boucher (1703-1770). Boucher is famous for his decorative allegories but usually his enormous influence on late 19th century art is vastly ignored.

Diabolic Cleopatra

2009-11-24T10:39:00.000-08:00

Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners (1887) by the French academic painter Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889).

Cleopatra is depicted as a beautiful but also a cold and cruel monarch. Without any emotions she’s watching the terrible death of the prisoners. The temples in the back are showing the strong influence of the famous prints of David Roberts.

The Spirit of Wine

2009-11-19T09:37:00.000-08:00

Wine of Tokai

The beautiful and seductive spirit of wine shows here the Spanish painter Luis Ricardo Falero (1851-1896).

Seductive Eve

2009-11-15T11:15:00.000-08:00

The Woman, the Man and the Serpent (1911) by the English painter John Byam Shaw (1872-1919). Despite many are assigning Shaw to the Pre-Raphaelites, I would like to call him a symbolist because he was much better than those epigones of the Pre-Raphaelites.

The Bath

2009-11-09T11:34:00.000-08:00

Nice bathing scene by the Victorian artist John Reinhard Weguelin (1849-1927). Weguelin did similar neo-classical subjects like Edward Poynter and Lawrence Alma-Tadema in watercolour.

Red Gown

2009-11-04T11:22:00.000-08:00

A pin-up of 1952 by the British illustrator David Wright (1912-1967). Wright was probably the only Non-American pin up artist who was really successful in the United States. And he deserved it as far as I can see.

Maybe Angels

2009-10-31T11:45:00.000-07:00

Some Angels, Nymphs or Goddesses by the Austrian painter Hans Zatzka (1859-1945). One of the typical Neo-Rococo sceneries which made Zatzka so successful.

Bathsheba

2009-10-27T08:43:00.000-07:00

Bathsheba (1820-25) by the German painter Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794- 1872). Even though Schnorr is assigned to the Romantic the painting shows a strong neoclassical influence.

Classical Nude

2009-10-23T10:12:00.000-07:00

Silver (1886) by the English classical painter Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893). Moore was specialized in beautiful young women in a classical backdrop.

Susanna Bathing

2009-10-20T10:41:00.000-07:00

Susannah at Her Bath; (1874) by the French academic painter Hugues Merle (1823-1881). Merle was a friend and rival to William Bouguereau. Here he presented a nude as the classical biblical subject.

Reclining Nude

2009-10-14T09:35:00.000-07:00

Reclining Nude by the French academic painter Delphin Enjolras (1857–1945). Enjolras is best known for his intimate portraits of young women illuminated by lamp or firelight.

Harem Dancer

2009-10-10T11:18:00.000-07:00

A Harem Dancer by the French artist Georges Jules Victor Clairin (1843-1919).

Odalisque

2009-10-05T10:26:00.000-07:00

An Odalisque French painter Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911).

An Egyptian Princess

2009-10-02T11:44:00.000-07:00

An Egyptian Princess (1875) by the Austrian painter Hans Makart (1840-1884).

A Harem Beauty

2009-09-28T11:41:00.000-07:00

A Harem Beauty by the Italian art deco painter Mario Borgoni (1869-1950). One of the better orientalistic ones.

Powerwoman by McGinnis

2009-09-25T11:02:00.000-07:00

A real powerwoman by the American artist and illustrator Robert McGinnis (born 1926). McGinnis is famous for his illustrations of over 1000 paperback covers.

Sweet Psyche

2009-09-20T11:40:00.000-07:00

One more sweet little girl by the French artist Guillaume Seignac (1870-1924). Most are variations of the same subject.

Ceres Bacchus and Venus

2009-09-17T10:56:00.000-07:00

Ceres Bacchus and Venus (c. 1613). A great painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).

Two Devils

2009-09-13T09:53:00.000-07:00

Of Two Devils by the Australian painter Norman Lindsay (1879-1969).

Lindsay is one of my 20th century favourites.

Andromeda

2009-09-08T09:49:00.000-07:00

Andromeda and the Nereids (1840) by the French painter Théodore Chassériau,(1819-1856).

Chassériau was a Student of Ingres whose classical influence is here evident.

Elegant Nude

2009-09-04T11:46:00.000-07:00

A really elegant and stylish nude by the Italian painter Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931).