Fernando Botero Died 3 Years Ago Today. He Made the Voluptuous Body a Monument.
Fernando Botero died on September 15, 2023, at the age of 91. For more than six decades he painted, drew,
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Richard Gerstl Was Born 143 Years Ago Today. His Nude Self-Portrait Laid the Body Bare Like Nothing Before It.
On September 14, 1883, Richard Gerstl was born into a prosperous Jewish merchant family in Vienna. He died twenty-five years
Andrea Mantegna Died 520 Years Ago Today. He Carved the Nude Out of Paint.
Andrea Mantegna died on September 13, 1506, at around seventy-five, in the city of Mantua where he had spent the
Anselm Feuerbach Was Born 197 Years Ago Today. He Chased the Classical Nude to Rome.
Anselm Feuerbach was born in Speyer on September 12, 1829, into a family that already carried the weight of German
Marianne von Werefkin Was Born 166 Years Ago Today. The Expressionist Who Painted the Body as Inner Vision.
Marianne von Werefkin was born in Tula, Russia, on September 10, 1860, the daughter of a general in the Imperial
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Died 125 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude Without Fantasy or Shame.
For most of Western art history, the nude needed an alibi. A naked woman on canvas was Venus rising from
Michelangelo’s David Was Unveiled 522 Years Ago Today. The Nude That Made Florence Defiant.
On September 8, 1504, a seventeen-foot statue of a naked boy rolled through the streets of Florence on greased logs
Alexandre Falguière Was Born 195 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude an Ideal, Then Cast It From a Living Woman.
Alexandre Falguière was born 195 years ago today in Toulouse, and for three decades he was the French art establishment’s
Caspar David Friedrich Was Born 252 Years Ago Today. He Turned His Back on the Nude and Changed How We See the Body.
Born Into the Age of the Naked Hero Caspar David Friedrich was born on September 5, 1774, in Greifswald, a
Oskar Schlemmer Was Born 138 Years Ago Today. He Turned the Nude Into Geometry and Changed Modern Art.
Oskar Schlemmer, born in Stuttgart on September 4, 1888, spent his working life asking one question: what happens when the