Friday, May 15, 2009

The Friday Evening Nudes

Woman in the Sun
Edward Hopper

Magritte
Discovery
Fernand Leger
The Bathers

Philip Pearlstein
Model on African Stool
Manet
Woman in Tub

William Merritt Chase
Modern Magdalen
1888
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15 comments:

  1. libhomMay 15, 2009 at 10:08 PM

    My favorite is the Magritte, but I'm biased since he is one of my favorite artists.

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  2. lisahgoldenMay 15, 2009 at 10:49 PM

    I am such a fan of Hopper's work, I love that painting.

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  3. L'AdelaideMay 15, 2009 at 11:04 PM

    i love the modern magdalen and hopper's woman in the sun but actually I love them all...gina , these friday night nudes are one of the things i most look forward to in blogland so thank you so much for putting it together in such a wonderful way...
    xo

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  4. Baraçal-press ®May 16, 2009 at 3:16 PM

    Goody!

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  5. kenjuMay 16, 2009 at 8:04 PM

    Hopper is my favorite, and the last one is nice, too.

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  6. PaulMay 16, 2009 at 10:22 PM

    I enjoy these very much, which is saying a lot given my, uh, preference for the male form. Thank you for posting them. I have a nice nude painted by a friend in my living room.

    This is very off-topic but thanks for the comments about my great-grand-nieces. They were extremely pre-term, terrifyingly so, and flown to Stanford to be tended until they were large enough for the local Children's Hospital. They are back in Fresno now. My sister Iva is the great-grandmother.

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  7. magiceyeMay 17, 2009 at 12:16 AM

    all are very beautiful images!!!

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  8. SpadomanMay 17, 2009 at 12:34 PM

    Hopper. That's the "Nighthawks" guy, isn't it? You'll have to read my attempt at fiction, a story about a character named Joe Nighthawk. Inspired by the painting and the Enigma Cafe blog a couple of years ago.

    This is the second week I've seen your nudes post on Friday. Whet we do here in Spadoville when I catch a glimpse of one of the little Grand kids getting out of the bathtub is start a chorus of saying "Nekkid, nekkid, nekkid" real fast as they run into the bedroom to get dried off and dressed. It's great fun. So, imagine me calling out to you every Friday, "Nekkid, nekkid, nekkid" Nekkid, nekkid, nekkid"

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  9. Sherry PasquarelloMay 17, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    the colors and shades on the last are wonderful.

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  10. Sara ChapmanMay 20, 2009 at 1:13 AM

    I'm not familiar with any of these nudes. Such an interesting grouping. Men's visions of women's bodies are fascinating. Thanks for a thought-provoking post.

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  11. Steve EmeryMay 21, 2009 at 10:11 PM

    I didn't mean to miss these - but stuff is just passing me by these days. Like these days! Everything is a little too fast...

    I like the surrealism of this set. Even the Hopper comes across as surreal - like DiChirico. The Magritte is disturbing to me in the way the wood grain on the breast looks like scratches at first glance. I particularly like the way the side and hand are both in pattern, as if it spread from one to the other. And somehow the wood grain makes the absence of pubic hair (especially on such a dark model) seem more naked than usual. Erotic and off putting all at once. But that's Magritte...

    I can't say I like the Leger. But I'm not sure I like many cubist (or cubist offshoot) nudes.

    I love the foot under the thigh in the William Merritt Chase - I wish I'd painted that.

    The unlabeled one is a Pearlstein. He starts the figure in the middle somewhere and draws to the edges - and it's OK where things get cut off. I read that from an interview with him. I believe. It's a novel approach, as is his way of showing the light on skin.

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  12. UnknownMay 21, 2009 at 10:25 PM

    nteresting, Steve. When I first laid eyes upon the Magritte, I thought that grain was animal skin. I like it better now that I've seen it a few times but Magritte nudes are not among my favorites. I just like to mix things around for thought and interest.

    I forgot to label Peirstein? Things are passing me by here, too. Too much going on .

    And, see. I love the face of the cubist nude. It's the face of a goddess to my eye. And rather complimentary as cubism goes with the female form. At least from my limited knowledge of such things. I'm just a lover of, not an expert on art.

    I always love your opinion. Thanks for coming by.

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  13. JCFMay 22, 2009 at 2:16 AM

    I find the last one very sad (the title is part of it). She looks so ashamed. :-(

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  14. mernitmanMay 23, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    What a wonderful series! Stumbled upon your blog when looking at Alice Neel images on Google. This be just a shout-out from one blogger to another (answer to your morning/noon/evening question is, of course: me with a hangover).

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