Figure painting
For the hobby of painting miniature figures, figurative paintings and model figures, see Figure painting (hobby).
Woman at her Bath, by Edgar Degas, ca. 1885.
Figure painting is a form of the visual arts in which the artist uses a live model as the subject matter of a two-dimensional piece of artwork using paint as the medium. The live model can be either nude or partly or fully clothed and the painting is a representation of the full body of the model. It is analogous in most respects to figure drawing, which is usually done in crayon, ink, pencil, watercolor or mixed media on paper. (See the figure drawing article for more information about their common characteristics.)
Some artists well known for figure painting are Peter Paul Rubens, Edgar Degas, and Édouard Manet.
See also
- Figure drawing
- Model (art)
- Nudity
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| General topics | Nudity • Human physical appearance • Clothes • Undergarments • Dress code |
| Social nudity | Naturism • Issues in social nudity • List of major social nudity organizations • Nudity in the home • Nudity and children • Criticism of social nudity • Timeline of non-sexual social nudity • Public nudity • Nudity and protest • Topfreedom (barechested/toplessness) • Christian naturism • Gay naturism |
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| Body image | Gymnophobia • Modesty • Physical attractiveness • Vanity • Objectification |
| Sexualized concepts | Nudity and sexuality • Exhibitionism • Indecent exposure • Mooning • Voyeurism • Erotic art • Sex-positive |
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Figure painting". Image Credit.
