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Images of Lovers in Art: 50 Ways to Paint Your Lover

February 14, 2020 By Wendy Campbell

“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.”  —Auguste Rodin

How many ways can you paint a kiss, an embrace, a loving encounter?  One has to only sift through the thousands of images on the internet to see that the depiction of love and affection between lovers through painting, sculpture and photography has been taking place throughout the ages. Below is a small sampling of some famous, and not so famous, interpretations of passion, romance, and the many facets of love.

Pablo Picasso - The Kiss 1969
William Blake - Paolo and Francesca in the Whirlwind of Lovers - c.1824-27
A jubilant Amer sailor clutching a white-uniformed nurse in
SuzukiHaranobu-Lovers-in-the-Snow-under-an-Umbrella-1766-68
The Kiss Gustav Klimt 1907
roy-lichtenstein-Kiss II
Regis Bossu, The Fraternal Kiss,October 7, 1979
Rayograph (The Kiss) by Man Ray, 1922
Théodore Jacques Ralli, The Kiss, 1887. Private collection.
RADHA AND KRISHNA IN THE GROVE. Kangra, c. 1785. Victoria and Albert Museum
Pompeii - Nymph and Satyr - c.70 AD
The Embrace Egon Schiele 1917
PierrePaulPrudhon-Venus-and-Adonis-c1810
Palma Vecchio - Jacob and Rachel - c.1525
Pablo Picasso - The Lovers 1923
Pablo Picasso - The Kiss (The Embrace) 1925
Nishikawa Sukenobu, Sexual Dalliance between man and geisha, 1711-16
Marc Chagall Green Lovers-1915
Marc Chagall - Lovers in Green 1916-17)
Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse from Poem of the Pillow 1788 by Kitagawa Utamaro
Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville (1950) by Robert Doisneau
John Lennon and Yoko Ono by Annie Leibovitz, 1980
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Desired Moment, 1755-1760. Oil on canvas. Private collection
Jean Dubuffet The Little Kiss 1943
Jacque-Louis David 1748-1825
India-Mithuna c1250
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, In Bed the Kiss, 1892
Frida Kahlo The Love Embrace of The Universe The Earth Mexico Myself Diego And senor Xolotl, 1949
Frank Bernard - Romeo & Juliet 1884
Francois Boucher-Venus-and-Mars-Surprised-by-Vulcan-1754
François Pascal Simon Gérard 1770-1837
Francois Boucher-Hercules-and-Omphale-c1730
Francesco Hayez The Kiss 1859
Francesco Hayez 1791-1882
Edvard_Munch - The_Kiss - 1897
David Hockney - We Two Boys Together Clinging
Constantin Brancusi, The Kiss, 1907-08
Bronzino - Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time - c.1545
Bartholomous Spranger - Vulcan-Maia-c1590
Banquet scene with Amenhotep, brother of Ramose, with his wife May. c.1370BC
Banksy - Kissing Coppers 2004
Auguste Rodin, The Kiss, 1889
Antonio Canova - Cupid & Psyche - 1787-93
ANDY WARHOL, Kiss, 1964 - film still
Afzal al-Husayni, Two Lovers, practicing burn marks, Safavid era, 1648
PABLO PICASSO, Figures By The Sea The Kiss, 1931
Man Ray, Lee Miller Kissing a Woman. Gelatin silver print. Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
The Lovers II, 1928 by Rene Magritte
The Kiss, Tamara De Lempicka

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