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Why Gen Z artists are suddenly returning to anatomy, gesture and plein air painting in 2026

As for plein air painting, it's having a full-blown renaissance. A few years back, Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson told ...
Hyperallergic

A Feminist Workshop on How to Paint Anatomy and Nudes

Ad Minoliti, The Feminist School of Painting, installation view at KADIST, San Francisco (image courtesy KADIST, photo by Jeff Warrin) SAN FRANCISCO — Growing up, Maggs Dao loved anime, cartoons, and ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Body painting helps anatomy lessons

Students learn human anatomy better when they can paint body parts on a real live body, says one Australian expert. Professor Paul McMenamin of the University of Western Australia reports on the use ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

EXHIBIT: Saville, in the flesh — ‘Anatomy of Painting’ an unflinching look at the human body

FORT WORTH, Texas -- British artist Jenny Saville has spent her career using paint to depict flesh. Her large, unflinching, empathetic paintings of bodies -- mostly women's -- have made her one of the ...
Nature

Animal Painting and Anatomy

MR. CALDERON'S high reputation and the acknowledged influence he has exerted on the work of other distinguished animal painters guarantee that this new work from his hand will prove a trustworthy ...