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Academy Study of a Man (French - Académie d'homme) is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Henri Matisse, from c. 1900-1901. It depicts a standing nude man, with his head slightly raised upwards. [1] The canvas was bought by the city of Marseille at auction on 20 March 1990 and since then has been in the Musée Cantini. [2]
The chairman of the museum's European art department realized that they would be extremely unlikely to obtain donor funding for the purchase, because the painting depicted a male nude – difficult subject matter for attracting donors. [9] To raise the funds, the MFA "deaccessioned" (sold) eight other paintings in its collection. [9]
Study (Young Male Nude Seated Beside the Sea) (French: Jeune Homme nu assis au bord de la mer, figure d'étude) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Hippolyte Flandrin executed between 1835 and 1836. It is held in the Louvre, in Paris, and is the best-known work by the artist.
The painting portrays a three-quarters view of a male figure set against a flat black background. He appears to be looking at an indefinite point to the left of the canvas, with his left arm laid on his knee. He could be pointing at his gloves, which were a fashion statement at the time.
It has been interpreted that the painting represents the ending of Gauguin moral crisis and his liberation from the conventions of European culture. [7] It has also been said to represent the Gauguin's fascination with the "primitive"; with the man representing raw masculine power and the woman being a symbol of pre-Christian innocent sexuality.
Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary Art was a landmark [1] exhibition held at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art from November 10, 1994 until March 5, 1995. Organized by curator Thelma Golden , Black Male was a survey of the changing representations of black masculinity in contemporary art from the 1970s to the 1990s.