The Risky Nude Impressionism by Harry Maas

02 oktober 2017

The following works that portray the nude impressionism (with some more explicit pieces!) by Harry Maas (1906-1982) are from a set of 13 pieces that included etchings and watercolors. They were offered at an auction held several years ago in the Netherlands.

Trademark

Maas was a painter of mainly female beauty. He rarely exhibited his work after 1950. Besides portraits, floral still lifes and townscapes, nude studies were his trademark.

Fig.1. ‘Toos and Nel‘ (1955)

‘Fig.2. Henk fucks Joke on the dinner table‘ (1966)

Fig.3. ‘Toos and Chris‘

Fig.4. ‘2 Studies‘

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Fig.7. (1970)

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Fig.11. 'Playful girls' (1970s)

Fig.12. 'Addy '

Fig.13. Etching 'Nude girls at the beach '

Fig.14. Etching 'Intimate couple in the woods '

Fig.15. Etching 'Girls at the lake '

Fig.16. Watercolor of lying nude entitled Titia (1970s)

Fig.17. Oil on board Lying nude (1973)

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Fig.20. (1971)

Fig.21. Lying female nude looking at herself in the mirror (1960)

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Fig.23. Watercolor 'Couple making love on chair' (1979)

The following short exciting video features 10 more pieces by Harry Maas’ Nude Impressionism:

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