The vandal, who was caught on CCTV, defaced an oil painting entitled Male Nude by David Cobley at Bath's Victoria Art Gallery.
Gallery bosses called the act a "premeditated attack" and said the glue used had damaged the art work. Victoria Art Gallery manager Jon Bennington said: "whoever vandalised it came armed with ready cut-out paper and their own glue, determined to censor the painting."
But the artist has called on the offender to come forward to talk about nudity in art.
"I'd like to find out why they did this and talk to them about why they find it so bad they have to do this.
"I never had anything like this before - but then I've never really painted a nude man with legs akimbo so maybe that's why. I'm just curious to know why they did it. He, or she, should come forward and explain themselves."
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