The Greatest April Fool in Art History: Han van Meegeren and the Fake Vermeers That Fooled Everyone
On April 1, 1938, the art world celebrated a miracle. One of the most eminent art historians in Europe, Abraham […]
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
Georges Seurat Died Today, 135 Years Ago. He Proved the Body Is Made of Light.
Georges Seurat died on March 29, 1891. He was thirty-one years old. He had been painting seriously for about a
Fra Bartolomeo Was Born Today, 554 Years Ago. He Burned His Own Nude Drawings — and Then Painted One So Beautiful It Had to Be Hidden.
On this day, 554 years ago, a boy was born in Savignano di Prato who would become one of the
Edward Steichen Was Born Today, 147 Years Ago. He Made the Camera See the Body the Way Only Painting Could.
Edward Steichen was born today, 147 years ago, in a stone house in the village of Bivange, Luxembourg. He would
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld Was Born Today, 232 Years Ago. He Made the Body a Language — Then Gave It to God.
Two hundred and thirty-two years ago today, in Leipzig, a boy was born into a family of artists. His father
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Died Today, 107 Years Ago. He Made the Body an Architecture of Feeling — Then the World Broke Him.
Wilhelm Lehmbruck died on this day in 1919. He was 38 years old. He had just been elected to the
William Morris Was Born Today, 192 Years Ago. He Only Painted One Picture — and Spent His Life Proving the Body Is Where All Design Begins.
William Morris was born on this day in 1834. He died in 1896 at sixty-two, exhausted and furious, having spent
Juan Gris Was Born Today, 139 Years Ago. He Shattered the Body — and Made It Beautiful.
On this day in 1887, José Victoriano González-Pérez was born in Madrid. The world would know him as Juan Gris
Anthony van Dyck Was Born Today, 427 Years Ago. He Made the Body the Foundation of Everything — Then Dressed It Up.
Anthony van Dyck was born on this day in 1599, in Antwerp. He died at forty-two. In between, he became