American muralist Allyn Cox left us dozens of male nude drawings, but only a few of the murals and paintings he produced showed unclothed men. A casual observer might think the nude drawings were academic pieces, but the great majority were studies for his famous murals. He would draw the men nude on paper and then add clothes when he painted the murals. I don't know which of his finished works the drawing above relates to, but I like it..
How interesting, I didn't know that was his process. I do like this it is quite wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned in a reply to another commentator earlier today, we are very fortunate that these preliminary drawings were preserved. That is not always the case with every artist.
DeleteThe technique of drawing men nude on paper and then adding the clothes in paintings was also done by a few masters of the Renaissance and before….:)
ReplyDeleteTrue, a very long established technique.
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