Amedeo Modigliani Was Born 142 Years Ago Today. His Nudes Got Him Arrested — and Made Him Immortal.
The Nudes That Got Modigliani Arrested \n\n On December 3, 1917, the Berthe Weill Gallery in Paris opened a solo […]
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James McNeill Whistler Was Born 192 Years Ago Today. He Taught the Nude Body to Stand Alone.
\n James McNeill Whistler was born 192 years ago today \u2014 July 11, 1834 \u2014 in Lowell, Massachusetts. He would
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David Hockney Was Born 89 Years Ago Today. He Taught Us the Nude Body Is a Celebration.
The boy from Bradford who found the body in California \n\n David Hockney was born on July 9, 1937, in
Artemisia Gentileschi Was Born 433 Years Ago Today. She Gave the Female Nude a Voice It Had Never Had Before.
On July 8, 1593, a girl was born in Rome who would do something no woman had done before: paint
Felicien Rops Was Born 193 Years Ago Today. He Used the Nude to Expose Bourgeois Hypocrisy
\n When F\u00e9licien Rops was born in Namur, Belgium, on July 7, 1833 \u2014 193 years ago today \u2014 the
Odilon Redon Died 110 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as a Dream the Body Was Having.
The Man Who Drew the Invisible \n\n Odilon Redon died on July 6, 1916 \u2014 110 years ago today \u2014
Max Klinger Died 106 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude a Mirror of the Unconscious.
Max Klinger died on July 5, 1920 \u2014 106 years ago today \u2014 in Grossjena, a small town near Naumburg,
Simon Vouet Died 377 Years Ago Today. He Gave France Its First Great Baroque Nudes.
\n When Simon Vouet died in Paris on June 30, 1649 \u2014 377 years ago today \u2014 he left behind
Max Pechstein Died 71 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude the One Honest Thing in a Dishonest Century.
When Max Pechstein died on June 29, 1955, the obituaries were polite but cautious. He had once been one of
Peter Paul Rubens Was Born 449 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude Body the Imperfect Engine of Baroque Art.
There are painters who observe the body, and then there is Peter Paul Rubens \u2014 who set it in motion.