Manet\’s Olympia: The 1865 Scandal That Exposed Every Power Structure in Art
In 1865, \u00c9douard Manet hung a painting at the Paris Salon that made the most powerful people in France look […]
19th century art
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Died 107 Years Ago Today. He Made the Female Nude Feel Like Sunlight.
On May 31, 1919, Pierre-Auguste Renoir died at his home in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. He was 78 years old. In the
Henri-Edmond Cross Died 116 Years Ago Today. The Neo-Impressionist Who Dissolved the Nude Into Pure Light.
Henri-Edmond Cross Died 116 Years Ago Today. The Neo-Impressionist Who Dissolved the Nude Into Pure Light. On May 16, 1910,
May 14, 1863: The Salon des Refusés Opened — and Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe Made the Nude Modern Whether Paris Liked It or Not
On May 14, 1863, Emperor Napoleon III did something no French sovereign had done before: he opened a gallery of
Jean-Léon Gérôme Was Born 202 Years Ago Today. The Academic Master Who Turned the Female Nude Into High Spectacle.
“ On May 11, 1824, Jean-L\u00e9on G\u00e9r\u00f4me was born in the small French town of Vesoul. By the time he
Born Today in Art History: Eugène Delacroix and the Nude That Stopped Being Polite (April 26, 1798)
Eugène Delacroix, born on this day in 1798, remains the painter most responsible for dragging the nude out of Neoclassical
Born Today in Art History: Ludovico Carracci and the Discipline of Desire
Born on April 21, 1555, Ludovico Carracci helped turn the nude into a more observant, narrative, and intellectually serious form within the early Baroque.
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