British Art

Today we will look at some British male nude art, mostly early 20th Century.

We start with a standing nude by Robin Bartlett from 1925.

 

Brian Hatton

The very talented English artist Brian Hatton was tragically killed in action in 1916 during 

World War I.  He painted this lovely rear view of a male nude in 1906 at age 19.

 

Thomas T. Baxter

I really like this 1914 painting by Thomas Tennant Baxter.

 

Edward Wadsworth

It was 1911 when Edward Wadsworth painted this academic work.

 

Thomas Saunders Nash

The only information I have on this one is that it is 20th Century by Thomas Saunders Nash.

 

Charles E. Roberts

Charles E. Roberts painted this at age 19 in 1920.

 

Kate Cowderoy

It was 1905 when Kate Cowderoy painted this one.

 

John Constable

The great John Constable painted this in 1820 as a study for a version of The Last Judgement.

 

Albert Cooper

This one is by Albert Cooper from 1920.

 

William Herbert Allen

Closing with an 1888 painting by William Herbert Allen.  

The stocky model is not something one sees every day.

 

Andrew Kozak Day

Our series today is all Andrew Kozak.  Dave Martin took a lot of good photos of Mr. Kozak, and I believe this one is from a photo shoot at Carmel by the Sea on the California coast.

 

AMG Solo

As far as I know, Bob Mizer of AMG never took and full frontal nudes of Andy Kozak.  

Some collectors say a few of the posing straps are drawn on, but I'm not sure about that.  

In any case, no uncovered versions have come to light that I've seen.

Having said all that, Mr. K looks very impressive anyway.

 

Denny Denfield

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With brother Steve

Bob Mizer of AMG used his mother's crystal punchbowl set to make this picture 

of Andy Kozak with his brother Steve.  And before you ask, no I don't have

 a shot of Steve without the posing pouch.  Believe me, I've looked and looked.

 

Cull?

At least one online collector/commentator has said that this photo said to be by 

Dave Martin was a cull not meant to be distributed.  I have no clue how they would 

know that, and other than the cropping, I can't complain about the quality.

 

With Bill Holland

I included this photo of Andy Kozak with Bill Holland 

mainly because there are so few derriere shots of Mr. K.

I'm fairly certain that this is by AMG.

Reclining

Bob Mizer of AMG posed Andy Kozak on a billowy bed of cotton for this posing strap item.

 

1954

The lighting of this 1954 photo by Dave Martin is a bit harsh,

but the smile a certain other element make up for it.

 

With Forrester Millard

I think this wrestling (sort of) shot with Forrester Millard is by AMG.

 

Kovert of Hollywood

Our final photo of Andy Kozak was beautifully posed and lighted by Freddie Kovert.

 

Skinny Dippers Day

It's skinny dipper day, and we start with five adult males who seem to be enjoying a kiddie pool.

 

1930s

The only information that came with this one was that it is from the 1930s.

The reflections of bare (dead?) trees is interesting.

 

Military

The haircuts tell us these men are probably military, and the scenery

 says they were somewhere in the far north of Europe.

 

Dock

I think these three are about to jump of the dock into the water.

 

Scenery

These three skinny dippers had some spectacular mountain scenery for their outing.

 

Mud fun

Fortunately, there's some water nearby for these fellows to wash off the mud.

 

Pittsburgh

Charles "Teenie" Harris took this photo at the all-Black 

Centre Avenue YMCA in Pittsburgh around 1948.

 

Blurry

Too bad this photo of a mass swim is so blurry.

 

Suez

These are Australian soldiers swimming in the Suez Canal during World War I.

 

Wrecked

Our last photo has guys who seem to be dealing with a wrecked floating dock made of oil drums.