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I'm an artist in New England with naturist inclinations. I share images of non-prurient nude art.

Prostate cancer survivor.

"But is it worth it, all that time wasted?
Time we could've spent completely nude, bare, naked?" - Soft Machine

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"Fosso di Cucina," Ludolf Verworner, 1908 - 1914, oil on canvas, 59 x 77", private collection.

The literal translation of the title is "Kitchen Ditch", but here it refers to a stream in Tuscany with that name.

Ludolf Verworner (1864 - 1927) was a German painter

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A painting of a group of six nude young males bathing in a mountain stream with boulder around the water. Two of the youths are standing in the foreground and the other four are standing on the other side of the stream. The painting is done with exaggerated colors.
February 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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"Bathers," Paul Véra, watercolor, 9 x 12.6", private collection.

Paul Véra (1882 - 1957) was a French painter, designer and pioneer of the Art Deco style.

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A painting of three nude female figures sitting together in a setting with foliage in an abstract landscape. They have blankents on the ground.
February 10, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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"Two Bathers by a Pool," Keith Vaughan, 1968, oil on board, 23 x 19.5", private collection.

Keith Vaughan (1912 - 1977) was a British painter, graphic artist, illustrator, photographer, teacher and journal writer.

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A painting of two nude male figures painted in an abstract style. They are standing against a background of various shades of dark slate blue.
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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"Nude in Landscape," Nándor Lajos Varga, 1940, oil on plywood, 31.5 x 39.4", private collection.

Nándor Lajos Varga (1895 - 1978) was a Hungarian painter, graphic artist and art writer.

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A painting of a nude female figure laying on her back in a landscape. She rests her right arm, bent at the elbow, on her head. A coastal scene with vertical cliffs is in the background.
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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I'm hoping for some kind of Tommie Smith and John Carlos moment on a podium.
February 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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"Adamo ed Eva," Andrea Vandoni, oil on canvas, 36.2 x 28.7", available through the artist.

Andrea Vandoni (1972 - ) is an Italian painter.

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A painting of a nude male and female standing next to each other. They are wearing blue surgical masks. She has an apple core in one hand. There is a tree stump seen between them in the background.
February 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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"Exhausted Bacchantes," Robert van Vorst Sewell, oil on canvas, private collection.

Robert van Vorst Sewell (1860 - 1924) was a classically trained American artist.

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A painting of two nude female figures laying on the ground amid fallen leaves under tree branches with dappled light on their bodies. One young woman is laying on her stomach; she turns her head to look at the viewer. The other young woman is laying on her back with her eyes closed.
February 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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I had to search for it. Egads!
February 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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"Baigneuses," Edmond van Offel, oil on panel, 22 x 30", private collection.

Edmond van Offel (1871 – 1959) was a Belgian artist.

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A painting of six nude (mostly) female figures bathing in a pond or stream. The women are: one sitting and removing her clothing, one standing, two sitting on the banks, and two wading in the water. A pair of swans are swimming in the background. The trees around the water have a warmness to their coloration indicating it may be early autumn.
February 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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"Landscape with Nudes Bathing," Erasmus Bernhard van Dulmen Krumpelman, oil on canvas, 30 x 22 1/2", private collection.

Erasmus Bernhard van Dulmen Krumpelman (1897 - 1987) was a German-born painter who live in the Netherlands.

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A painting of three female figures bathing in what looks like a canal in the Dutch countryside. Two of the young women are nude and the third is either taking off or putting on her short white dress.
February 7, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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"Nude," Ryuzaburo Umehara, oil on canvas laid down to panel, 9.3 x 20.9", private collection.

Ryuzaburo Umehara (1888 - 1986) was a Western-style Japanese painter.

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A painting of eight nude figures by a waterfall in a forest landscape. Most, if not all, of the figures are females. The painting is done in a primitive manner.
February 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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"Les plagistes," Edgard Tytgat, 1953, gouache on paper, 11.8 x 17.7", private collection.

Edgard Tytgat (1879 - 1957) was a Belgian painter and engraver.

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A painting of a group of seven nude female figures on a beach. There is a sailboat offshore with two more nude figures aboard. The painting is done in a primitive manner.
February 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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"Bathers on the Riverbank," Edouard Veith, oil on canvas, 34.6 x 45.3", private collection.

Edouard Veith (1856 - 1925) was an Austrian portrait painter and stage designer.

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A painting of three female figures getting ready to bathe in a pond or stream. The woman on the left is standing and removing her last article of clothing. The central woman is just starting to remove her clothes. The woman on the right is at the water's edge; she is nude.
February 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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"Companions," Henry Scott Tuke, 1924, oil on canvas, 16 x 26", Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki .

Henry Scott Tuke (1858 - 1929) was a Bristish artist, best known today for his paintings of young men.

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A painting of four young male figures and a dog on a beach with a steep rocky background. Two of the figures are sitting on the beach with the dog, one boy is nude. The other two figures are in the water.
February 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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"Im Liebesgarten (The Garden of Love)," Wilhelm Trübner, oil on board, 33½ x 19¾", private collection.

Wilhelm Trübner (1851 - 1917) was a German Realist painter.

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A painting of a nude female figure leaning with her back to a tree in a forest. She is in the shade. A liitle sun illuminated the patch behind her.
February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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"Les baigneuses," Georges-Henri Tribout, 1909, oil on canvas, 38 x 51", private collection.

Georges-Henri Tribout (1884 - 1962) was a French artist.

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A painting of three nude female figures sitting by a stream running through a park. Two of the women are sitting at the stream in the shade, each dangling one foot into the water. The third woman is sitting behind them in the sun. The sun is illumintating a pair of trees with bright orange foliage in the distance.
February 4, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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"Kiss Me," Sally Trueman, pastel on card, 19.7 x 25.6", private collection.

Sally Trueman (1960 - ) is a British artist.

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A painting of two nude figures in shallow clear water over a green seabed. We are looking down on a female and male couple. He is sitting up with his upper chest above water. She is on her stomach. They are facing each other affectionately.
February 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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"Po kąpieli," Abram Topor, ca. 1978, chalk, oil, ink on paper, 10 x 13", private collection.

Abram Topor (1903 - 1992) was a French artist of Polish-Jewish descent.

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A painting of a nude female figure sitting on the bank of a small stream running through a spare idealized forest.
February 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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"The banya," Sergei Tkachev, 1994, oil on canvas, 28.3 x 36.6", private collection.

Sergei Tkachev (1922 - 2022) was a Russian painter known for his realistic depictions of rural Russian village life.

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A painting of two nude figures, a female and a male. They are in a rustic wooden sauna. She is sitting on a bench while fussing with her hair. Her feet are in a small tub of water. He is standing and dousing himself with water he's pouring from a large basin. There is a small window on the lower right wall. There is a sauna whisk by the window (a bundle of leafy twigs used for thrashing the skin to exfoliate).
February 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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"Le Bain," Ettore Tito, bef. 1910, oil on canvas, 42.6 x 35.6", Musée d’Orsay.

Ettore Tito (1859 - 1941) was an Italian artist.

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A painting of a nude female figue bathing in a pond or stream. She is standing under a tree branch in water up to her calves. She has her hands in her hair which obscures her face.
February 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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"Bathers," Vitali Gavrilovich Tikhov, 1919, oil on canvasl, private collection.

Vitali Gavrilovich Tikhov (1876 - 1939) was a Russian painter, known primarily for his Rubenesque nudes.

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A painting of a group of nude female figures bathing outdoors in a pond or stream. Four of the women are central to the painting; they are all bent over and viewed from behind with their ample derrieres featured. A fifth woman stands frontally to the viewer. There are two more figures partially visible at the left edge of the painting.
February 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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"Bath time," Flora Temnouche, 2024, oil on canvas, 23 3/5 × 19 7/10", A+B Gallery.

Flora Temnouche (1995 - ) is a contemporary artist who lives and works between Berlin and Paris.

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A painting of a nude male figure standing is a tub in a bathroom. He is rinsing himself with a hand-held nozzle on a hose. A bra has been left on the tile fllor.
February 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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"Study for Green Venus," Pavel Tchelitchew, gouache on paper, 19 11/16 x 25 3/4", private collection.

Pavel Tchelitchew (1898 - 1957) was a Russian-born surrealist painter, set designer and costume designer.

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A painting of a nude female figure lounging in a hammock with her hand behind her head.
January 31, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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"Nude on the Beach," Bernard Taurelle, oil on canvas, 28.75 x 36.25" , private collection.

Bernard Taurelle (1931 is a French painter. He is also an accomplished musician and worked briefly as an architect and film set designer.

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A painting of two female figures on a beach. The closer woman is lying on her back on a patterned orange and red beach blanket. She has a wide brimmed hat covering her face. A second woman is sitting behind her. The sand is painted in shades of bright yellows.
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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"Northern Summer," Olev Subbi, 1997, acrylic and oil on hardboard, 35.4 x 47.2", Enn Kunila Art Collection.

Olev Subbi (1930 - 2013) was an Estonian painter.

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A painting of a nude female figure lying on her back on a white towel. She has both legs drawn up with both hands clasped around one leg. Her head is turned away from the viewer. The surface below the white towel looks like some sort of abstract pattern. The sky and the model's body are painted with pale colors.
January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM