Jean Dubuffet Was Born 125 Years Ago Today. His Corps de Dames Made the Female Nude Brutal — and That Was the Point.
Jean Dubuffet was born on this day, July 31, 1901, in Le Havre. The son of wine merchants, he would […]
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Why Artists Have Been Painting Bathers for 500 Years — and What the Motif Reveals About the Body in Art
There is a quiet conspiracy in Western art history, and it has been running for half a millennium. If you
Camille Corot Was Born 230 Years Ago Today. He Was France’s Greatest Landscape Painter — But His Secret Nudes Were His Real Masterpieces.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot \u2014 born 230 years ago today, on July 16, 1796 \u2014 is remembered as the master of the
Simon Vouet Died 377 Years Ago Today. He Gave France Its First Great Baroque Nudes.
\n When Simon Vouet died in Paris on June 30, 1649 \u2014 377 years ago today \u2014 he left behind
Émile Bernard Was Born 168 Years Ago Today. The Forgotten Prodigy Who Invented Modernist Nudes at Pont-Aven.
\u00c9mile Bernard Was Born 168 Years Ago Today. The Forgotten Prodigy Who Invented Modernist Nudes at Pont-Aven. \n\n Every art
Pierre Bonnard’s Bathing Nudes: Why He Spent 30 Years Painting the Same Woman in the Same Tub
Pierre Bonnard’s Bathing Nudes: Why He Spent 30 Years Painting the Same Woman in the Same Tub \n\n In the
Joseph-Marie Vien Was Born 310 Years Ago Today. He Painted the Nude Between Rococo and Revolution.
A Forgotten Bridge Between Two Worlds \n If you know the name Joseph-Marie Vien at all, it’s probably as the
The Reclining Nude: How Three Paintings Changed the Way We See the Body Forever
The Reclining Nude: How Three Paintings Changed the Way We See the Body Forever \n\n There is a pose so
André Derain Was Born 146 Years Ago Today. How Fauvism Freed the Nude Body.
On June 10, 1880, André Derain was born in Chatou, France. By the time he was twenty-five, he had helped