The Three Graces: How Three Naked Bodies Became Art’s Most Enduring Image of Harmony
Three women stand naked, arms linked. Two face forward; one turns away, so the circle of their bodies reads as
female nude
Rembrandt Died 357 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as a Human Being.
Rembrandt van Rijn died in Amsterdam on October 4, 1669, at sixty-three, bankrupt and abandoned by the fashions of his
Pierre Bonnard Was Born 159 Years Ago Today. He Dissolved the Nude Into Light and Memory.
Pierre Bonnard was born on October 3, 1867, in Fontenay-aux-Roses, a suburb of Paris. He died in 1947, having spent
Jan Gossaert Died 494 Years Ago Today. He Carried the Nude Across the Alps.
The nude has a geography. It was born in Athens, matured in Rome, and came north slowly, one painter at
Alexandre Cabanel Was Born 203 Years Ago Today. His ‘Birth of Venus’ Is the Nude the Academy Called Perfection.
Alexandre Cabanel was born in Montpellier on September 28, 1823, 203 years ago today. For three decades he was the
Edgar Degas Died 109 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as a Private, Unwatched Body.
Edgar Degas died in Paris on September 27, 1917, at the age of 83. By then his eyesight had failed
Henri Lebasque Was Born 161 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as Warm Light and Quiet Intimacy.
On September 25, 1865, a painter was born in the Loire Valley who would spend his life convincing the art
Suzanne Valadon Was Born 161 Years Ago Today. The Model Who Took the Brush and Painted the Nude From the Inside.
Before Suzanne Valadon painted the nude, she was the nude. She arrived in Montmartre as a teenager, the illegitimate daughter
Alessandro Allori Died 419 Years Ago Today. The Mannerist Who Turned the Nude Into Courtly Perfection.
When Alessandro Allori died in Florence on September 22, 1607, the nude in Western art stood at a crossroads. Caravaggio
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