Alexandre Cabanel Was Born 203 Years Ago Today. His ‘Birth of Venus’ Is the Nude the Academy Called Perfection.
Alexandre Cabanel was born in Montpellier on September 28, 1823, 203 years ago today. For three decades he was the
Today in Art History
Edgar Degas Died 109 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as a Private, Unwatched Body.
Edgar Degas died in Paris on September 27, 1917, at the age of 83. By then his eyesight had failed
Théodore Géricault Was Born 235 Years Ago Today. The Raft of the Medusa Turned the Nude Into a Person.
Théodore Géricault was born on September 26, 1791, in Rouen, and died at thirty-two, having painted one canvas that changed
Henri Lebasque Was Born 161 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as Warm Light and Quiet Intimacy.
On September 25, 1865, a painter was born in the Loire Valley who would spend his life convincing the art
Antoine-Louis Barye Was Born 230 Years Ago Today. He Sculpted Lions, but His Masterpiece Was a Naked Man.
Antoine-Louis Barye is remembered as the man who sculpted lions. His Lion Crushing a Serpent made his name in 1832,
Suzanne Valadon Was Born 161 Years Ago Today. The Model Who Took the Brush and Painted the Nude From the Inside.
Before Suzanne Valadon painted the nude, she was the nude. She arrived in Montmartre as a teenager, the illegitimate daughter
Alessandro Allori Died 419 Years Ago Today. The Mannerist Who Turned the Nude Into Courtly Perfection.
When Alessandro Allori died in Florence on September 22, 1607, the nude in Western art stood at a crossroads. Caravaggio
Théodore Chassériau Was Born 207 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude Caught Between Two Worlds.
Théodore Chassériau was born on September 20, 1819, in Samaná, in what is now the Dominican Republic. Thirty-seven years later
Zinaida Serebriakova Died 59 Years Ago Today. She Painted the Female Nude Through a Woman’s Eyes.
Zinaida Serebriakova died in Paris on September 19, 1967, at the age of eighty-two. She left behind a life cut
Edmonia Lewis Died 119 Years Ago Today. The Death of Cleopatra Made the Female Body Her Own.
Edmonia Lewis died in London on September 17, 1907, and the art world spent the next century forgetting her. She