Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Two Wildcats

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

Monday, July 16, 2012

Historical Nude

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

Sunday, July 8, 2012

A Harem Beauty

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

Sunday, July 1, 2012

The Tepidarium

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

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Fair Model

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

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Diana Hunting

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

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Cheesy Bathers

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

Monday, May 28, 2012

Covergirl

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

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Chianti

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

Friday, May 11, 2012

Mannerist Susanna

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

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Neo Rococo Kitsch

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

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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.