1903 in art
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[edit] Events
- Isadora Duncan develops free dance, a dance technique influenced by the ancient Greeks and the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.
- With the support of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jacques Villon, Auguste Rodin and others, the first Salon d'Automne opens in Paris as a reaction to the conservatism of the Paris Salon.
[edit] Works
[edit] Paintings
- Cassius Coolidge produces several of his Dogs Playing Poker series of paintings.
- During what's known as his "Blue Period", Pablo Picasso paints Tête de femme, Vieux guitariste aveugle (The Old Guitar Player), The Tragedy, and La vie, among others.
- Wassily Kandinsky - The Blue Rider
- Peder Severin Krøyer - Sankthansbål på Skagen strand
[edit] Sculptures
- Pompeo Coppini - Confederate Soldiers monument, Texas State Capitol
[edit] Births
- January 10 - Dame Barbara Hepworth, sculptor (d. 1975)
- March 14 - Adolph Gottlieb, American abstract expressionist painter (d. 1974)
- June 15 - Victor Brauner, Romanian painter (d. 1966)
- June 21 - Al Hirschfeld, caricaturist (d. 2003)
- July 21 - Roy Neuberger, art collector and supporter
- August 24 - Graham Sutherland, painter (d. 1980)
- September 25 - Mark Rothko, painter (d. 1970)
- September 29 - Walter Inglis Anderson, painter (d. 1965)
- November 3 - Walker Evans, photographer (d. 1975)
- December 24 - Joseph Cornell, American sculptor (d. 1972)
- December 30 - Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (d. 1962)
- date unknown - Karl Zerbe, painter (d. 1972)
[edit] Deaths
- May 9 - Paul Gauguin, painter.
- July 14 - James McNeill Whistler, American painter and etcher.
- August 17 - Hans Gude, painter (b. 1825)[1]
- September 13 - Carl Schuch, painter
- November 12 or 13 - Camille Pissarro, Impressionist painter
