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Jenny Saville Jennifer (Jenny) Anne Saville is a contemporary British painter known for her large-scale depictions of nude women with an innovative approach to painting the female nude and reinvigorating figure painting. Her work draws inspiration from pathology textbooks, focusing on injuries, bruises, burns, and deformities. She collaborates with models who have undergone cosmetic surgery to explore the concept of reclaiming the body from personality and capturing the “marks of personality for the flesh.” John Gray describes her work as an exploration of how individuals can shape their own lives through their bodies. In November 2018, the American Jenny Saville made both art world and feminist history when she became the most valuable living female artist in the world. “Propped,” oil on canvas, painted in 1992, was sold by Sotheby’s in London for $12.4 million. The painting, a self-portrait that challenges the stereotypes of female beauty. “Human perception of the body is so acute and knowledgeable that the smallest hint of a body can trigger recognition,” – Jenny Saville.