1903 in art

List of years in Art

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.

Works

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"

culptures

*Pompeo Coppini - Confederate Soldiers monument, Texas State Capitol

Births

January to June

*10 January - Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and artist (d.1975).
*19 January - Sir Alfred Beit, 2nd Baronet, British politician, art collector and philanthropist and honorary Irish citizen (d.1994).
*14 March - Adolph Gottlieb, American abstract expressionist painter and sculptor (d.1974).
*6 June - Ceri Richards, Welsh painter (d.1971).
*15 June - Victor Brauner, Romanian painter (d.1966).
*21 June - Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (d.2003).

July to September

*13 July - Kenneth Clark, English author, museum director, broadcaster and art historians (d.1983).
*21 July - Roy Neuberger, art collector and supporter.
*24 August - Graham Sutherland, English artist (d.1980).
*25 September - Mark Rothko, Latvian-born American painter and printmaker (d.1970).
*29 September - Walter Inglis Anderson, painter (d.1965).

October to December

*22 October - Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Bulgarian painter (d.1976).
*24 October - Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (d.1999).
*25 October - Harry Shoulberg, American expressionist painter (d.1995).
*3 November - Walker Evans, American photographer (d.1975).
*24 December - Joseph Cornell, American artist and sculptor (d.1972).
*30 December - Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (d.1962).

Full date unknown

*Bernard Lamotte, French illustrator, painter and muralist (d.1983).
*Karl Zerbe, painter (d.1972).

Deaths

*May 9 - Paul Gauguin, painter (b. 1848)
*July 14 - James McNeill Whistler, American painter and etcher (b. 1834)
*August 17 - Hans Gude, painter (b. 1825) [cite book | last = Haverkamp | first = Frode | authorlink = | coauthors = Gude, Hans Fredrik | title = Hans Gude| origyear = 1992 | origmonth = January | accessdate = 2008-02-24 | publisher = Aschehoug | location = Oslo | language = Norwegian | isbn = 8203170722 | oclc = 29047091 | doi = | id = | pages = 60 | chapter = | chapterurl = | quote = | ref = ]
*September 13 - Carl Schuch, painter
*November 12 or 13 - Camille Pissarro, Impressionist painter (b. 1830)
*January 5 - Eleuterio Pagliano - Italian painter of the Romantic period (b. 1826)
* John Callcott Horsley, painter (b. 1817)

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