and creates what some consider the first modern painting. His model, Victorine Meurent, is depicted as a courtesan, a woman whose body is a commodity. While middle-and- upper class gentlemen of ...

"I was very anxious about the girl getting stained under the film and hoped everything would work out, " the artist told Newsweek.

“When I paint portraits, it describes such a mood ... There has been a resurgence of mature women models in their 50s and 60s who are relishing in the spotlight. “My agent tells me I’m ...