Alexandre Falguière Was Born 195 Years Ago Today. He Made the Nude an Ideal, Then Cast It From a Living Woman.
Alexandre Falguière was born 195 years ago today in Toulouse, and for three decades he was the French art establishment’s
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Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Died 241 Years Ago Today. His Nude Voltaire Made the Enlightenment Strip Naked.
Two hundred and forty-one years ago today, on August 20, 1785, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle died in Paris at seventy-one. He was
James Pradier Was Born 236 Years Ago Today. His Satyr and Bacchante Made the Louvre Blush.
236 years ago today, a Swiss-born sculptor arrived in Paris carrying a chisel and a secret. He would go on