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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 smallfineart.com

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A painting of a nude male figure standing in knee deep water in a stream with scrubby bushes behind him. He is splashing water on his head.

"Nature Boy," Drea Cofield, oil on cardboard, 7 x 5", private collection

Drea Cofield (1986 - ) is an American artist. She has also been working on a series of little paintings using anonymous selfies sent to her, largely nudes.

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A painting of a nude female figure seen from behind, standing in a forest stream. The foreground is shaded and there is a sunlit clearing beyond. The light of the clearing is reflected upon the rippling water. There are rocks and trees on either side of the stream.

"Nude in a Stream," Allen Dean Cochran, 1915, oil on board, 8 1/4 x 10 1/4", private collection.

Allen Dean Cochran (1888 - 1971) was an American artist, a prominent member of the Woodstock Art Colony.

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22 hours ago

Let's hope it's a really deep trench.

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A black and white print of seven nude boys frolicking and swimming in a stream.

"Songs of Mankind," Ralph Nicholas Chubb, 1930, wood engraving, 7 x 9", private collection.

Ralph Nicholas Chubb (1892 - 1960) was an English poet, printer and artist.

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I love the gendarme!

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A painting of a large group of nude figures of all genders, ages, and body types doing various activities on a lawn. It's a bird's eye view. The painting is done in a cartoon style, i.e. all the figures are drawn with outlines.

"A parc in Brussels; a nudist's fantasy," René Choprix, ink, watercolor and gouache on paper, 10.8 x 1-.5", private collection.

Louis Marie René Choprix (1888 - 1972) was a Belgian painter and illustrator.

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A painting of two nude men walking along a beach. Behind them is a blue ocean and light clouds in the sky. The style is impressionistic with visible brushstrokes.

"Two Friends after a Swim," McWillie Chambers, 2021, oil on canvas, 36 x 36”, available through the artist.

McWillie Chambers (1951 - ) is an American artist.

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A painting of two nude female figures on a grassy hillside with rocky cliffs in the background overlooking the sea. One woman is standing and the other is sitting on a white towel. They are painted in a stylized manner.

Untitled (two bathing women), Arvid Carlson, oil, 25.6 x 19.7", Hallands Art Museum.

Arvid Carlson (1895 - 1962) was a Swedish artist.

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A painting of a nude family. The mother sits on a grassy mound with her baby on her lap. The baby looks like he would like to suckle from her teat. The father is standing and bending over to kiss the mother. The sky behind them is all puffy clouds.

"Fioritura," Francesco Camarda, oil on canvas. 12.6 x 11.8", Berardi Galleria d'Arte.

Francesco Camarda (1886 - 1962) was an Italian painter and draughtsman, trained at the Academies of Fine Arts in Palermo and Florence.

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A painting of nude male and female figures relaxing while sitting in the shade of a tree on a beach with a bit of dappled sun here and there on their bodies. It features prominent blue tones. The scene includes a bottle and wine glasses near the figures.

"Circle of the sea," Butkovsky Nikolai, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 19.7 x 27.6", available through the artist.

Nikolai Butkovskiy (1960 - ) is a Ukrainian artist.

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4 days ago
A painting of four nude, or partially nude, female figures bathing at a forest stream or pool. A nude woman in the foreground sits on a rock. She is looking at a nude woman standing in shallow water who is has her arms crossed across her chest as if she is shivering. Two more women with white fabric wrapped around them are in the upper right.

"Midsummer," Vlaho Bukovac, 1903, oil on canvas, 26.9 x 21.2", Ă–sterreichische Galerie Belvedere.

Vlaho Bukovac (1855 - 1923) was a Croatian painter and academic.

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A painting of a woman of color standing in a shallow stream within a lush forest setting.

"Schwarzes Mädchen im Bach", Frank Buchser, ca. 1867-70, oil on canvas, 30.1 x 25.2", Kunstmuseum Solothurn.

Frank Buchser (1828 - 1890) was a Swiss painter.

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Pastures Of Plenty YouTube video by Country Joe McDonald - Topic

I got to see Country Joe MacDonald in 1974 at Tulagi in Boulder.

There was more to his catalog beyond "I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag." Here's a deep cut I like, his cover of Woody's "Pastures of Plenty" with a sitar!
youtu.be/C6DuC5eC_Sc?...

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5 days ago
A painting of a nude female figure standing in the dappled shade of a tree. There is a softness to the lighting with details of the figure left out.

"Sifting Shadows," Bolton Brown, ca. 1914, oil on canvas, 34.7 x 26.7", Brooklyn Museum.

Bolton Coit Brown (1864 - 1936) was an American painter, lithographer, and mountaineer.

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A painting of six nude figures in an idyllic landscape. The central figure is a male who in standing holding a bunch of grapes in one hand and a pan flute in the other. He is probably Bacchus. He has a wreath of grapevines around his head and he has horns. He is surrounded by six nude females lounging on the grass. They are probably Maenads.

"Baccanale," Emile Brin, 1935, oil on canvas, 92.5 x 100", private collection.

Emile Brin (1863 - 1950) was a French painter.

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6 days ago
A painting of a nude male figure sitting on a high hillside amid a group of sawed off sections of tree trunks. He is looking out over an expansive forested view.

“Surveying (Dämmerung),” Charis J. Carmichael Braun, 2016, oil on canvas, 62 x 84", available through the artist.

Charis J. Carmichael Braun (contemporary) is a New York-based figurative painter, arts administrator, and educator.

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A painting of four female figures, in various states of dress and undress, lounging around in a clearing by a lake. A clothed woman holds a naked baby in her lap. A nude woman is laying on a white blanket in the foreground. A nude woman is standing in the background and the fourth woman is sitting with a blue piece of fabric across her lap.

"A summer day at the lake," Rudolf Böttger, oil, 24.4 x 22", private collection.

Rudolf Böttger (1887 - 1973) was an Austrian painter.

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1 week ago
A painting of a nude female and a nude male figure walking together on a beach holding hands. The painting is done with bright colors and little in the way of details.

Untitled, Stefan Böttcher, oil on paper, 23.6 x 19.7", private collection.

Stefan Böttcher (1965 - ) is a German artist.

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A painting of a nude female figure standing in water up to her hips. She is wringing out her hair. The painting accentuates the ripples around the model and the play of light reflections on the surface of the water.

"Wet hair," Paul Boswijk, oil, available through the artist.

Paul Boswijk (1959 - ) is a Dutch figurative painter.

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A painting of a nude couple, male and female, viewed from behind, looking down at a rocky shore on a foggy day. He holds a yellow towel in his arms.

"Bathers' Romance," Otto Boron oil on board, 21.7 x 26.8", private collection.

Otto Boron (1935 - ) is an Italian-born artist who has lived in Australia since 1959.

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A painting of a nude female figure sitting on a rock overlooking the ocean. Her hair looks wet, as if she has just had a swim.

"Oceans Embrace," Nick Bonovas, oil on canvas, 27.5 x 20", available through the artist.

Nick Bonovas (1966 - ) is an Australian artist.

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A painting of a serene Finnish coastal scene with three nude male figures and a rowboat pulled up on rocky terrain near the water.

"Archipelago View," Väinö Blomstedt, 1910s, oil, UPM-Kymmene Cultural Foundation.

Väinö Blomstedt (1871 – 1947) was a prominent Finnish painter, illustrator, and textile artist.

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A painting of a nude female figure standing outdoors in the sunshine in front of green foliage. She has one hand behind her head and it looks like she is waving with the other hand.

"Nu féminin," Paul Leon Bleger, 1944, oil on wood, 16.5 x 12.6", private collection.

Paul-Léon Bleger (1889 - 1981) was a French artist.

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A painting of two nude female figures crouching down back to back on a white sandy beach. They are painted without details. A single cloud is in the sky.

"Sirens," Darien Bird, 2021, oil on panel, 24 x 18", possibly available through the artist.

Darien Bird (1989 - ) is an American artist.

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A painting of two nude female figures on the bank of a forest pool or stream. We view them from the rear. One is sitting up and looks like she is fixing her hair. The other is laying on her side looking up at the other woman. The background of the water and trees is all shades of mostly dark greens.

"At the Water's Edge," Emmanuel Benner, 1887, oil on canvas, 63 x 91.3", private collection.

Emmanuel Benner (1836 - 1896) was a French Academic painter and draughtsman.

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A painting of a nude female figure sitting in a landscape. This was painted with exaggerated colors: teal sky, patches of magenta throughout, and a very pink torso.

"Landscape with Nude," E.C. Bell, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 47.2 Ă— 59", available through the artist.

E.C. Bell (1946 - ) is an American artist.

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A painting of a nude female figure and a nude male figure floating on their backs in shallow water.

"Take Me to the River" Candy Barr, 2009, oil on canvas, 30 x 48", private collection.

Candy Barr (1951 - ) is an American artist living in Vermont.

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A painting of five nude female figures who have been bathing in a forest. Two women are prominent in the foreground. They are viewed from behind, kneeling on the forest floor an drying themselves. Two other women are in the background to the left near what may be a stream or path. The fifth woman is partially seen from behind, through the trees in the upper right.

"The Bathers," Robert Baker, oil, Redleaf Gallery.

Robert Baker (1909 - 1992) was a British painter, ceramicist and sculptor.

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A painting of a dynamic scene of both male and female nude figures in a landscape, characterized by vibrant colors and a focus on movement. Four of the figures are standing; they appear to be males. Two figures are sitting on a white blanket. They are females. Two of the standing males are aiming and shooting with bows and arrows. The painting is a notable example of early 20th-century Swiss modernism, showcasing a blend of Fauvism, Cubism, and Post-Impressionism styles.

"Tireurs d’arc," Alice Bailly, 1911, oil on burlap, 58 x 73.4", Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne.

Alice Bailly (1872 - 1938) was a Swiss painter and textile artist.

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A painting of a nude female figure sitting on a beach. We view her from the back. She has short blond hair blowing in the breeze. There is a dinginess to the painting, it looks like it could use a good cleaning.

"Nudo femminile di schiena sulla spiaggia," Emile Baes, oil on canvas, 60.5 x 69.1", private collection.

Emile Baes (1879 - 1953) was a Belgian painter of nudes, historical scenes, and portraits.

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