Publisher's Synopsis
The male nude has always exerted a great attraction on artists and
viewers alike. The 13 works of art presented in this calendar reflect the
fascinating diversity in the depiction of the unclothed body. Our selection
includes the delicate bronze statue of an athlete by Aristide Maillol; the sketches
of an archer by August Macke; a modern classic by Ferdinand Hodler; works by
Nordic artists such as Eugène Jansson, Ivan Lönnberg and Venny Soldan-Brofeldt;
expressive paintings by Anton Kolig; and further paintings by Johannes Echarius
Carolus Alberti, Henri Edmond Cross, Fritz Erler and Ludwig von Hofmann. The
cover shows the Russian boxer Boris Mikhailovich Snezhkovsky as depicted by
Konstantin Somov.
