Diego Velázquez Was Born 427 Years Ago Today. The Rokeby Venus and the Suffragette Who Slashed It.
On June 6, 1599, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was born in Seville, Spain. Four centuries later, he is […]
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Paul Gauguin Died 123 Years Ago Today. His Tahitian Nudes Are the Most Controversial Body in Modern Art.
Paul Gauguin died 123 years ago today on May 8, 1903. His Tahitian nudes remain the most controversial body of work in modern art—and that tension between beauty and exploitation is exactly why they matter.
Born Today in Art History: Philip Hermogenes Calderon and the Nude Saint That Shocked Victorian England (May 3, 1833)
On May 3, 1833, the British painter Philip Hermogenes Calderon was born in Poitiers, France to a Spanish father and