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.
- Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann found the Wiener Werkstätte in Vienna.
[edit] Works
[edit] Paintings
See also: Category:1903 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
[edit] 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).
[edit] 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).
[edit] 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).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Bernard Lamotte, French illustrator, painter and muralist (d.1983).
- Karl Zerbe, painter (d.1972).
[edit] 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)[1]
- 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)
