The artwork titled “Growing Up in the Company of Women III” was created by Eric Fischl in 1987. It belongs to the Contemporary Realism art movement and falls under the genre of nude painting (nu). This piece is part of the series titled “Growing Up in the Company of Women.”
The artwork presents an outdoor scene with two nude figures interacting against a backdrop of a serene and luminous green landscape. Dominating the middle ground is a white, porch-fronted house, casting sunlit reflections on the lawn around it. The figures, whose detailed rendering conveys the aesthetic characteristics of Contemporary Realism, appear engaged in a casual, intimate moment set in natural surroundings. The use of light and shadow, combined with the positioning of the subjects, evokes an atmosphere of tranquil familiarity and subtle complexity within the natural setting.