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
Eugène Delacroix
Charles Baudelaire Died 159 Years Ago Today. He Taught the World to See the Modern Body, and a Court Convicted Him for It.
Charles Baudelaire died on August 31, 1867, at the age of 46. The man who taught the modern world how
Eugène Delacroix Died 163 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Body as a Storm of Color and Motion.
Eugène Delacroix died in his Paris apartment on August 13, 1863, at the age of 65. The painter who gave
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