Russian artists didn't lag behind recognized international masters in depicting nudity. And Soviet painters were not even shunned for their piquant canvases.
Petr Sokolov. Adonis and Venus, 1782
Mikhailovsky Castle, St. Petersburg
Karl Bryullov. Italian Morning, 1823
Kunsthalle Kiel
Karl Bryullov. Bathsheba, 1832
Tretyakov Gallery
Karl Bryullov. Mashkov's portrait, 1836
National Art Museum of Azerbaijan
Henryk Siemiradzki. The Girl or the Vase (The Presentation of the Slave), 1887
Faberge Museum, St. Petersburg
Konstantin Makovsky. The Judgment of Paris, 1889
Faberge Museum, St. Petersburg
Ilya Repin. Nude (Portrait of Natalia Nordman), 1901
Russian Museum
Valentin Serov. Portrait of Ida Rubinstein, 1910
Russian Museum
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. The Dream, 1910
Russian Museum
Zinaida Serebryakova. The Bather, 1911
Russian Museum
Mikhail Larionov. Venus, 1912
Russian Museum
Zinaida Serebryakova. Bathhouse, 1913
Russian Museum
Vladimir Tatlin. Model, 1913
Russian Museum
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. Youth (Kiss), 1913
Russian Museum
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. Thirsty Warrior, 1915
Russian Museum
Boris Kustodiev. The Beauty. 1915
Tretyakov Gallery
Boris Kustodiev. Russian Venus, 1926
Nizhny Novgorod art museum
Pyotr Konchalovsky. Hercules and Omphale, 1928
Russian Museum
Konstantin Somov. Bathers in the Sun, 1930
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Konstantin Somov. Summer morning, 1932
Public domain
Alexander Deineka. Midday, 1932
Russian Museum
Alexander Samokhvalov. After the Cross, 1934-1935
Russian Museum
Konstantin Somov. Naked Young Man (B. Snezhkovsky), 1937
Russian Museum
Arkady Plastov. Spring, 1954
Tretyakov Gallery/Sputnik
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