Paul Cézanne Died 120 Years Ago Today. He Rebuilt the Nude From Memory.
Paul Cézanne died on October 22, 1906, in Aix-en-Provence, after a storm caught him while he painted out of doors.
Today in Art History
Domenichino Was Born 445 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as an Act of Discipline.
Domenico Zampieri, called Domenichino, was born on October 21, 1581, in Bologna. Across the next six decades he became the
Jacopo della Quercia Died 588 Years Ago Today. He Carved the Nude’s Weight Back Into Stone.
When Jacopo della Quercia died in Siena on 20 October 1438, he left a name that art history filed beside
Camille Claudel Died 83 Years Ago Today. She Sculpted the Nude’s Tenderness, Then Lost Her Own Freedom.
Camille Claudel spent her life giving stone the tenderness of flesh. She died on October 19, 1943, in an asylum
Luca Giordano Was Born 392 Years Ago Today. The Fastest Painter in History Made the Baroque Nude Move.
On October 18, 1634, Luca Giordano was born in Naples. He grew into the fastest painter Western art has ever
Childe Hassam Was Born 167 Years Ago Today. He Took the Nude Out Into the Sunlight.
On October 17, 1859, Frederick Childe Hassam was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Across a career that made him the most
Luca Signorelli Died 503 Years Ago Today. He Was the Master of the Nude Before Michelangelo.
Luca Signorelli died in his hometown of Cortona on October 16, 1523, at about seventy-eight. He left one masterpiece that
James Tissot Was Born 190 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Belle Époque Woman and the Nude Beneath Her Layers.
James Tissot was born on October 15, 1836, in the port city of Nantes, and died in 1902 as the
Adolphe Monticelli Was Born 202 Years Ago Today. He Dissolved the Nude Into Pure Color.
Adolphe Monticelli was born in Marseille on this day in 1824. For two decades before the Impressionists held their first
Antonio Canova Died 204 Years Ago Today. He Made Marble Feel Like Living Flesh.
Antonio Canova, the most celebrated sculptor of his age, died in Venice on October 13, 1822. Two centuries later, visitors