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Nude
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Carl Newman experimented with color by grinding his own pigments to make vibrant hues. He enjoyed painting nude figures and often surrounded his models with blocks of color to create semiabstract compositions. The figure’s bare skin echoes the colors around her so that she appears to blend in with the background, and the blurred outlines and scumbled brushstrokes create a warmly colored, womblike environment.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineNude. ca. 1915-1916. Carl Newman, born Philadelphia, PA 1858-died Abington, PA 1932. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Anna McCleery Newton. CC0.
