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.