Opulent Decadence

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

The Five Senses

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

Demonic Lilith

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

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

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

Diana Hunting

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

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

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

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

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

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

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