The Art of Man

Celebrating artistic expression of the male form

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Wim Van Der Kant

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Such an unusual composition!

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"Young Man Reclining" ~ George Bellows 1908

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Intense and perfect

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Paul Cadmus, 1904 –1999. Standing Nude (DN 1), circa 1930, pen and ink on cream laid, 14 ¼ x 6 1/4 inches.

https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Standing-Nude--DN-1--/2A93D04360FC70286942CF73B8D4F1EA 

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Incredible

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ph. George Platt Lynes, Pavel Tchelitchew in his studio, c. 1942

Pavel Tchelitchewis putting finishing touches to his surreal portrait of George Platt Lynes, who has also taken this photograph. Platt Lynes’s naked boyfriend Jonathan Tichenor appears to be posing for Tchelitchew, though the painting shows no one but Platt Lynes himself

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Fascinating

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The German diplomat Harry Graf Kessler’s ideal of beauty was male. It was men bathing naked in rivers. It was working-class boys fighting in a Whitechapel boxing ring (‘East End and Greece in one’, he noted in his diary on 25 April 1903). It was the attraction of two young Belgian sailors on leave, or Nijinsky performing on stage. By 1907 he was in an amorous relationship with a slender racing cyclist named Gaston Colin. Kessler would meet the French sculptor Aristide Maillol for the first time in 1904, with Kessler considering the sculptor’s work the embodiment of excellence. He was attracted to the sensuality of his art. On 10 November 1902 he had noted in his diary that the great loss for art since the Renaissance was the disappearance of warm-blooded lust. To Kessler, the naked body and the beautiful human face were the alpha and omega of great art. However, it took him a great deal of effort encouraging the firmly heterosexual sculptor to chisel a male nude. He finally persuaded him to have Gaston Colin stand as his first adult male model. Maillol executed the sculpture in 1908 in his studio. When the clay version was finished, Kessler ordered a bronze cast to be made. In his diary Kessler documented the progress of the work and took a number of photographs of a nude Colin posing in Maillol’s studio. The statue became known as ‘Le coureur cycliste’ (but no bike!) It is the sculptor’s only major free-standing male nude. With the acquisition of this sculpture in bronze Kessler came to possess a full-length nude portrait of his lover and companion, an image of physical perfection.

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Wonderfully told!

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Paul Blanca, Self-portrait Bull, 1983. Gelatin silver print. 11 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.

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His work always made an impact

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Male Nude with Glass Cane by Raymond Voinquel, 1938.

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Perfection

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Danielle Anjou, The Gymnast, 2005, bronze

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Amazing

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George Quaintance (American,1902-1957)  

Bacchant, 1956

Oil on canvas

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Always fascinating compositions

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TM Davy | Lover Boy | oil on canvas | 52"x72"

I love the cat, and note the Care Bears blanket that lover boy is lying on.

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Keith Haring by Andy Wharol

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From one icon to another!

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Photo from the book “The Perfect Boy” by Howard Roffman

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I’ve always been a fan of Roffman’s photography

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“Playmates”, 1909, by Henry Scott Tuke

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Eugène Durieu [French, 1800-1874], 'Model of male nude sitting in profile on a leopard skin' (1854), Salted paper print, 17 x 13.5 cm., BnF coll., Paris © BnF

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Wonderful example of an incredibly early use of photography for a nude.

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Martin I Peter Churcher Oil on canvas 2024

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Gorgeous painting!

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"A mon petit Marcel pour ses 22 ans"…Jean Cocteau

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Benjamin Freemantle - San Francisco Ballet - Photo by Travis Chantar

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An elegant pose