Howard Pyle Died 115 Years Ago Today. He Built American Illustration on the Nude.
Howard Pyle invented the way the world pictures a pirate. The tricorn hat, the buccaneer’s sash, the Jolly Roger flying
Andrea Appiani Died 209 Years Ago Today. He Was the Painter of the Graces.
Andrea Appiani died in Milan on 8 November 1817, two hundred and nine years ago today. The Kingdom of Italy
Tom of Finland Died 35 Years Ago Today. He Let the Male Nude Smile.
The male nude spent most of Western art history as a body with a job to do. Hercules carried the
Leda and the Swan: The Nude That Could Not Say No
The Western nude has always carried a favorite alibi: that the body on the canvas belongs to a goddess, a
Angelica Kauffman Died 219 Years Ago Today. She Painted the Nude She Was Forbidden to Study.
Angelica Kauffman died in Rome on this day in 1807, the most celebrated woman painter of her age. She was
Guido Reni Was Born 451 Years Ago Today. His Saint Sebastian Made the Male Nude Both Sacred and Desired.
The most copied body in Baroque Europe Guido Reni was born in Bologna on November 4, 1575. By the time
Henri Matisse Died 72 Years Ago Today. He Set the Nude Free in Pure Color.
Henri Matisse died on November 3, 1954, in Nice, at the age of eighty-four. He spent his final years in
The Judgment of Paris: The Beauty Contest That Invented the Nude
The oldest beauty contest in Western art had no sash, no stage, and no swimsuit. It had three naked goddesses,
William Merritt Chase Was Born 177 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude an American Subject.
On November 1, 1849, William Merritt Chase was born in a small Indiana town. By the time he died in
Egon Schiele Died 108 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude With Nothing Left to Hide.
Egon Schiele died on October 31, 1918, of the Spanish flu. He was twenty-eight. The pandemic had taken his wife