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
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Jacques-Louis David Was Born 278 Years Ago Today. He Dressed His Heroes in Nothing but Virtue.
On August 30, 1748, Jacques-Louis David was born in Paris. He grew up to become the painter of the French
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-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