Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) was one of the most highly acclaimed American artists of his time, 

and today we will look at some of his male nude sketches, paintings, and studies.  That's a self 

portrait above, and below we  have one of his better known works, 1942's Nighthawks.

 

Mustache

I love the model's mustache in this one, and is that 

an exclamation point or a smudge at upper right?

 

Interesting

The model's bottom is half on and half off the chair in this interesting drawing.

 

Multiples

Mr. Hopper did multiple drawings of the model's hands and feet for this study,

something that I've seen only a few times before from other artists.

 

Academic?

Although my source did not say so, I think this oil painting may be an academic work.

 

Older Model

Here we see what I believe are two drawings of the same older 

bearded model from both the front and rear directions.

 

Rough

Although rough looking at first glance, there are some anatomical details in this drawing.

 

Staff

Mr. Hopper carefully shaded this study of a young man with a staff.

 

Painting II

I think this is another academic oil painting.

 

Characters?

Our closing drawing shows a side view of a man with his hands clasped.

That vertical row of marks at right looks like Japanese characters, 

but my Japanese friend says he can't read them.

 

J. Wayne Higgs Day III

My third series featuring the work of J. Wayne Higgs is comprised completely of self portraits in a variety of styles and settings.  This is partly because they are interesting, but also because the great majority of his male nudes were of himself.  We begin with one from 1985-86.

 

Upward look

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The Sunbather

Here we see The Sunbather from 1966.

 

Cottontail

This is Cottontail Me from 1985.

 

In the Pines

Mr. Higgs photographed himself In the Pines in 1966.

 

In My Garden

This one is called In My Garden, and it's my favorite of the day.

 

1979

Over the years, J. Wayne Higgs took a number of self

 portraits with women, and this one is from 1979.

 

Undated

This undated photo looks like it's from the 1980s.

 

Clenched fists

Mr. Higgs has his fists clenched in an item from 1965

which was published in a book.

 

Flandrin Inspired

Although shot at an oblique angle, I'm pretty sure our last 

J. Wayne Higgs photo was inspired by Flandrin.

 

Troy Saxon Day

Troy Saxon, aka Stuart "Pinky" Rosenberg, was based in Kansas City, Missouri for most of his photography career.  Today we look at 10 of his photos starting with John Birmingham.

 

Billy the Kid Moffitt

Although it doesn't say so in this magazine blurb, Billy Moffitt was marketed as "Billy the Kid."

 

Rusty Steele

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Bob Foxx

One of the magazines where Bob Foxx appeared seemed fixated on the double x spelling,

but that picture wasn't as good at this one.  And this one ain't great.

 

Richard Parsons

My source identified this model as Richard Parsons, and dated the photo at 1967.

 

Troy Himself

Here we see a shot of Troy Saxon himself, but I'm not sure if this is a selfie or by another photographer.  Stuart "Pinky" Rosenberg was discovered by a California photographer while on a spring break trip around 1959, and it was shortly decided that Troy Saxon was a better commercial name.  Not too long after that, Pinky was behind the camera himself and doing quite well at it.

 

Jimmy South

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Tom Hawes

Troy Saxon's models have a higher proportion of identified men than 

most photographers of his era, but this handsome fellow is unknown.

Edited to add:  Viewer vintage fan 1952 correctly identified

this model as Tom Hawes in the comments.  Thanks!

 

Jim Lindsay

Brian E sent me this double view of Jim Lindsay, aka Jim Lindsey, aka Sarge.  Thanks, Brian!

 

Donnie Kay

Closing the series with Donnie Kay and an impish grin.