Born Today in Art History: Joan Miró and the Surrealist Body (April 20, 1893)
Today in art history, Joan Miró was born on April 20, 1893, and the date still matters because Miró changed
Spanish art
Died Today in Art History: El Greco and the Ecstatic Nude (April 7, 1614)
On April 7, 1614, Domenikos Theotokopoulos — the painter the world knows as El Greco — died in Toledo, Spain.
Juan Gris Was Born Today, 139 Years Ago. He Shattered the Body — and Made It Beautiful.
On this day in 1887, José Victoriano González-Pérez was born in Madrid. The world would know him as Juan Gris