#vintage body paint

[gameraboy2]

Wild Body, paperback cover by Howard Purcell, 1953

[retropopcult]

Two young women getting ready for a beach bikini contest sponsored by San Diego radio station KPRI. Photographed by L. Rosario, July 1982.

[qjqzxjq]

Evening Mood (William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1882)

In an article for Spatial Vision, Baingio Pinna praises Bouguereau's technical skill, writing:

The female sensuality is mainly due to the realistic representation of the young woman and to the enveloping transparent veil moving slowly all around her body and, at a more primary phenomenal level, also to the sinusoid wavy lines that seem to dance synergistically and harmonically through their good continuation.

[pseudo-satisfaction]

[violafoxvintage]

[ho1ymermaid412]

Walking the streets of Ciudad de Mexico ‘24

[blackros78]

Michelle Angelo

[illustraction]

ARLEF 100 ARTHRITIS (1971) - PAINTED BODIES ON PAPER (Part 6/10)

The success of the Body Paint Art during the underground the Psychedelic movement was so successful that it breached into the mainstream by 1970 as it was recuperated by advertisers in the Western Hemisphere.

Proof with this incredibly rare set of 2 life sized posters advertising the Arlef 100 remedy against Arthritis

A true rarity and a Gallery exclusive

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The posters above courtesy of ILLUSTRACTION GALLERY

[prismcreative]

Have you ever started drawing one thing, but wound up drawing something completely different?

[feedingahriman]

Girls Don't Cry, 2003 - Makoto Aida

[ryanshaneowen]

Ryan Shane Owen, Egon Schiele inspired body paint, 2017

[hannahleah]

Albert Watson - 16th-Century Aztec Fan, New York City, 1990

[gameraboy2]

Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh Dell Books 807, 1954 Cover by Sheilah Beckett

[pseudo-satisfaction]

[tgsclassics]

With a passion for painting, Mario Casilli enrolled in art school and developed a knack for photography. Clever lighting and striking backdrops became his trademark. Casilli submitted his first photos to Playboy in 1957, which caught the eye of the magazine's editor, who was so impressed with his work, he hired Casilli on the spot as a staff photographer. The pictures here are from a March 1968 Playboy pictorial titled "Brush-On Fashions". Body painting and photography by none other than Mario Casilli. I can only assume stroking these girls was more fun than snapping them.

[maggiethecatchatterley]

"Your voice, your eyes, your hands, your lips

Our silence, our words

Light that goes, light that returns

A single smile between us

In quest of knowledge I watched night create day

Oh beloved of all, beloved of one alone

Your mouth silently promised to be happy

Away, away, says hate

Closer, closer, says love

A caress leads us from our infancy

Increasingly I see the human form as a lovers’ dialog

The heart has but one mouth

Everything by chance

All words without thought

Sentiments adrift

A glance, a word, because I love you

Everything moves

We must advance to live

Aim straight ahead towards those you love

I went toward you, endlessly toward the light

If you smile, it enfolds me all the better

The rays of your arms pierce the mist”

 ❤️

"La tua voce, i tuoi occhi, le tue mani, le tue labbra

Il nostro silenzio, le nostre parole

Luce che va, luce che ritorna

Un solo sorriso tra di noi

Alla ricerca della conoscenza ho osservato la notte creare il giorno

Oh amato da tutti, amato da uno solo

La tua bocca in silenzio prometteva di essere felice

Via, via, dice l'odio

Più vicino, più vicino, dice l'amore

Una carezza ci accompagna fin dalla nostra infanzia

Vedo sempre più la forma umana come un dialogo tra amanti

Il cuore ha una sola bocca

Tutto per caso

Tutte parole senza pensiero

Sentimenti alla deriva

Uno sguardo, una parola, perché ti amo

Tutto si muove

Dobbiamo avanzare per vivere

Punta dritto verso chi ami

Andavo verso di te, incessantemente verso la luce

Se sorridi, mi avvolge ancora meglio

I raggi delle tue braccia squarciano la nebbia”

- Paul Eluard