Marco Grassi, Who Brought Old Paintings Back to Life, Dies at 90
As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, he was in intimate touch with the paintings of long-dead masters.
Brad Holland, 81, Dies; His Subversive Art Reinvented Illustration
Brad Holland, an idiosyncratic artist who upended American illustration in the 1970s with his startling imagery for Playboy magazine and The New York Times’s opinion page, spawning a generation of imitators, died on March 27 in Manhattan. He was 81 …
The Marriage, and Ménage à Trois, That Changed Art History
“Gabriële” considers a writer and pivotal figure of the 20th-century avant-garde who nurtured the talents of others.
Eunice Golden, Artist Who Mapped the Male Nude, Dies at 98
Like many feminist artists, she took the body as her subject. But while others were exploring their own bodies, she painted the male anatomy.
Chuck Connelly, Combative Neo-Expressionist Artist, Dies at 70
His heavily textured paintings brought him renown in the 1980s. In the ’90s, Nick Nolte played a character inspired by him in a Martin Scorsese film.