Leonardo da Vinci Was Born Today, 574 Years Ago. He Didn’t Just Draw the Nude — He Opened It Up.
On April 15, 1452, in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, a child was born out of wedlock to a […]
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Pablo Picasso Died Today, 53 Years Ago. He Reinvented the Nude More Times Than Any Artist in History.
April 8th, 2026. Fifty-three years ago, the world lost Pablo Picasso. A date etched into the collective consciousness, a marker
Died Today in Art History: El Greco and the Ecstatic Nude (April 7, 1614)
On April 7, 1614, Domenikos Theotokopoulos — the painter the world knows as El Greco — died in Toledo, Spain.
Suzanne Valadon Died Today, 88 Years Ago. She Painted the Nude as a Person, Not a Fantasy.
On April 7, 1938, Suzanne Valadon died in Paris. That makes today a clean excuse to talk about one of
Born Today in Art History: Jean-Honoré Fragonard and the Politics of Pleasure (April 5, 1732)
Born on April 5, 1732, Jean-Honoré Fragonard reminds us that the nude in art has always been about wit, sensuality, and freedom—not just anatomy.
This Week in Nude Art History: Four April Dates That Changed the Human Figure
From Prud’hon to Dürer, four early-April art history dates show how artists redefined the nude as feeling, pleasure, ideal form, and inquiry.
This Week in Nude Art History: Goya, Valadon, and the Week America Put the Body on Trial
This week in nude art history, Goya, Suzanne Valadon, and the Mapplethorpe prosecution reveal the same recurring fight over who gets to depict the body honestly.
Born Today in Art History: Max Ernst and the Surrealist Body (April 2, 1891)
Today marks the 135th birthday of Max Ernst, born April 2, 1891, in Brühl, Germany — one of the most
Francisco Goya Was Born Today, 280 Years Ago. He Painted the Nude That Ended the Age of Goddesses.
Two hundred and eighty years ago today — March 30, 1746 — Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born