August 10, 1793: The Louvre Opened to the Public — and Transformed Who Gets to See the Naked Body in Art
On August 10, 1793 — 233 years ago today — the Louvre opened its doors to the public for the […]
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Emil Nolde Was Born 159 Years Ago Today. His Nudes Made the Body Raw, Primal, and Electric.
On August 7, 1867, a boy named Emil Hansen was born in the village of Nolde, in what was then
Andy Warhol Was Born 98 Years Ago Today. His Nudes Changed What the Body Means in Art.
Before the soup cans and the Brillo boxes and the Marilyns, Andy Warhol drew bodies. In the 1950s, as a
Ilya Repin Was Born 182 Years Ago Today. Before the Barge Haulers, There Was the Nude.
Ilya Repin was born on this day, August 5, 1844, in the small Ukrainian town of Chuhuiv. He would become
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
Henry Moore Was Born 128 Years Ago Today. How His Reclining Nudes Changed What a Human Body Could Be.
On July 30, 1898, a boy was born in a cramped miner’s cottage in Castleford, Yorkshire, who would spend the
Vincent van Gogh Died 136 Years Ago Today. What He Taught Us About the Human Body.
Vincent van Gogh died on July 29, 1890 — 136 years ago today. He was 37. The mythology is familiar:
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
George Grosz Was Born 133 Years Ago Today. He Drew Berlin’s Naked Truth — and the Body Never Lied.
George Grosz was born on July 26, 1893, in Berlin. He would become one of the most devastating draftsmen of
Thomas Eakins Was Born 182 Years Ago Today. He Risked Everything to Paint the Nude as Truth.
Thomas Eakins was born on July 25, 1844, in Philadelphia, and 182 years later, we still haven’t caught up to