Lucy Beatrice Steven
Nude Man in Idyllic Fantasy Woodlands Pre-Raphaelite Female Illustrator, 1924
Pen and Ink
26 1/2 × 18 in / 67.3 × 45.7 cm
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Female Illustrator Beatrice Stevens meticulously creates a magical world inhabited by a nude man in a classical pose. This illustration is part of a suite of four drawings where Stevens...
Female Illustrator Beatrice Stevens meticulously creates a magical world inhabited by a nude man in a classical pose. This illustration is part of a suite of four drawings where Stevens uses the male nude form in order to capture the spirit of the four movements of classical musical compositions (Allegro, Andante, Scherzo, and Allegro con brio). While the female nude is a common trope in the history of art, the Four Oaks suite is a rare example of an early female illustrator employing the use of the decorative male nude