Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Died 128 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as a Dream.
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes died in Paris on October 24, 1898, at seventy-three. He left behind the grandest public murals
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James Tissot Was Born 190 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Belle Époque Woman and the Nude Beneath Her Layers.
James Tissot was born on October 15, 1836, in the port city of Nantes, and died in 1902 as the
Adolphe Monticelli Was Born 202 Years Ago Today. He Dissolved the Nude Into Pure Color.
Adolphe Monticelli was born in Marseille on this day in 1824. For two decades before the Impressionists held their first
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
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
Ingres Was Born 246 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude an Ideal, Then Gave It Desire.
On August 29, 1780, a boy was born in Montauban, in the south of France, who would spend eighty-six years
Jean-Honoré Fragonard Died 220 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude as Pure, Fleeting Pleasure.
The French Revolution ended a great deal: the monarchy, the old aristocracy, and an entire way of picturing the body.
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
Marcel Duchamp Was Born 139 Years Ago Today. How Nude Descending a Staircase Changed What a Body Could Be in Art.
On July 28, 1887 — 139 years ago today — Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp was born in Blainville-Crevon, Normandy. He would grow
Edgar Degas Was Born 192 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude Body the Way It Actually Looks When No One’s Watching.
Edgar Degas Was Born 192 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude Body the Way It Actually Looks When No