The Greatest April Fool in Art History: Han van Meegeren and the Fake Vermeers That Fooled Everyone
On April 1, 1938, the art world celebrated a miracle. One of the most eminent art historians in Europe, Abraham […]
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Fra Bartolomeo Was Born Today, 554 Years Ago. He Burned His Own Nude Drawings — and Then Painted One So Beautiful It Had to Be Hidden.
On this day, 554 years ago, a boy was born in Savignano di Prato who would become one of the
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld Was Born Today, 232 Years Ago. He Made the Body a Language — Then Gave It to God.
Two hundred and thirty-two years ago today, in Leipzig, a boy was born into a family of artists. His father
Edward Poynter Was Born Today, 190 Years Ago. He Made the Nude Respectable — by Making It Precise.
Edward John Poynter was born on this day in 1836 — in Paris, of all places, to English parents who
Rosa Bonheur Was Born Today, 204 Years Ago. She Never Painted a Nude — But She Changed Who Gets to Look at Bodies.
On March 16, 1822, in Bordeaux, France, a girl was born who would become the most commercially successful female painter
Gerda Wegener: The Artist Who Painted Identity Before the World Had Words for It
Born This Day: The Artist Who Painted Identity Before the World Had Words for It On March 15, 1885, in