Nude art models are models who pose for photographers, painters, sculptors, and other artists as part of their work.
Models are frequently used for training art students, but are also employed by accomplished artists.
Throughout the history of Western Art, drawing the human figure from living models was considered the most useful tool in developing the skill of draftsmanship.
In the art school classroom setting, the purpose is to learn how to draw humans of all different shapes, ages and ethnicities, so there are no real limitations on who the model can be. In some cases, the model may pose with various props, one or more other models, animals, against real or artificial background, in natural or artificial light etc.
Models for life drawing classes are often entirely nude, apart from visually non-obstructive personal items such as small jewelry and sometimes eyeglasses. In a job advertisement seeking nude models, this may be referred to as being "undraped" or "disrobed".
In Western countries, there is generally no objection to either sex posing nude f
or or drawing members of the opposite sex. However, this was not always so in the past, particularly prior to the 20th century. In 1886 Thomas Eakins was famously dismissed from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art for removing the loincloth from a male model in a mixed classroom.
Similarly, Victorian modesty required the female model to pose nude with her face draped (LEFT).
European arts academies did not allow women to study the nude at all until the end of the nineteenth century.
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