There are so many images of beautiful men in art. Motivated, of course, by a lofty, pure, and noble respect for Art, I set forth to compile a good selection of beautiful men for today's blog post. It may be overwhelming at first, so I have helpfully sorted the men into categories. You're welcome.
1. Beautiful Men Who Dance, Sing, and Row Boats
"Narcissus," painting by Gyula Benczúr, 1880
"The Impassioned Singer" by Giorgione, Oil on canvas, 102 x 78 cm Galleria Borghese, Rome 1510
Self portrait by Jeremy Lipking
2. Beautiful Men Who Don't Like to Wear Shirts
"Man Putting On His Shirt" painting by John Koch
"Vincent" oil painting by Jacob Collins, 1998
detail of an oil painting by Kate Lehman
3. Bearded, Brooding, Beautiful Men*
*Many of these can be cross-referenced in category #5, "Artist Men."
"Introspect" oil on linen, by Aaron Westerberg
Khari 2011 - painting by Sean Cheetham
Self Portrait by Leon Bonnat 1885
painting by Ilia Efimovich Repin, 1884 (painting of his friend, the author Garshin)
Self portrait by Travis Schlaht
3B. (subcategory of 3) Bearded, Brooding, Beautiful Men With Dogs
"Gina and Cristiano" by Isabella Watling
"Me and Lu" painting by Aaron Westerberg (Self portrait, oil on canvas)
4. Men Being Beautiful Amidst Flowers
"Miss Susanna Gale," painting by Kehinde Wiley
"Terence Nance," painting by Kehinde Wiley
4B. (subcategory of 4): Men Who Try (Unsuccessfully) to Hide Their Beauty Behind Cacti
painting by Robin F. Williams
"The Gardeners," painting by Robin F. Williams (sorry I know I'm repeating this painting from a previous post--I just really love it!)
5. Artist Men*
*Often these can be cross-referenced with #3, the Brooding, Bearded Type
Self portrait by Warren Chang, oil on canvas
Self Portrait by Eliseu Visconti, 1902
Self Portrait with Palette, by Jacob Collins, Oil on canvas
Well, that about wraps it up for today. Thanks for reading this week's blog post. I certainly enjoyed writing it.
Now I'm going to go take a cold shower.
detail of a painting by Gustave Courbet #swoon
(he definitely used himself as a model)
Further Reading:
Men: Beautiful Objects or Humans With Feelings?: an old blog post of mine
My Pinterest Board: Beautiful Men: many more paintings along this theme
Men In Western Art Who Are So Beautiful It Has Made Them Sleepy: I Loooove this!