Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux Died 151 Years Ago Today. He Put Dancing Nudes on the Paris Opera.
On October 12, 1875, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux died at a château outside Paris, aged 48. Six years earlier he had given
Art History
Maurice de Vlaminck Died 68 Years Ago Today. Fauvism Set the Nude’s Color Free.
Sixty-eight years ago today, on 11 October 1958, Maurice de Vlaminck died at eighty-two. He had been the wildest of
Alberto Giacometti Was Born 125 Years Ago Today. He Whittled the Nude Down to a Thin Survivor.
Alberto Giacometti was born on October 10, 1901, in Borgonovo, a Swiss mountain village near the Italian border. Across the
Simeon Solomon Was Born 186 Years Ago Today. He Invented the Androgynous Nude.
Simeon Solomon was born in London on 9 October 1840, and his family saw the gift early. By his teens
Théodore Chassériau Died 170 Years Ago Today. At 37, He Pointed the Nude Toward Symbolism.
On October 8, 1856, Théodore Chassériau died in Paris at the age of thirty-seven. He left behind a mural cycle
Pygmalion and Galatea: The Artist Who Fell in Love With His Own Nude
Every culture that has painted the naked body has had to answer one question first: where did the nude come
The Fall of Man: How Genesis Gave Artists Permission to Paint the Nude
The first nudes in Western art were already ashamed. Long before the reclining Venus or the odalisque, before the life
The Three Graces: How Three Naked Bodies Became Art’s Most Enduring Image of Harmony
Three women stand naked, arms linked. Two face forward; one turns away, so the circle of their bodies reads as
Rembrandt Died 357 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as a Human Being.
Rembrandt van Rijn died in Amsterdam on October 4, 1669, at sixty-three, bankrupt and abandoned by the fashions of his
Pierre Bonnard Was Born 159 Years Ago Today. He Dissolved the Nude Into Light and Memory.
Pierre Bonnard was born on October 3, 1867, in Fontenay-aux-Roses, a suburb of Paris. He died in 1947, having spent