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1908 In Art
Events from the year 1908 in art. Events * January 20 – Hugh Lane opens the Dublin City Gallery, the world's first to display only modern art. * February – The Ashcan School ("the Eight") give their first and only exhibition, opening at the Macbeth Gallery in New York. * March 20–May 2 – Salon des Indépendants in Paris gives rise to the term "Cubism" (''cubisme''). * May – Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky produces a color photographic portrait of Leo Tolstoy. * July – Allied Artists' Association holds its first exhibition, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. * July 29 – The Whitworth Art Gallery building in Manchester (England) is formally opened. * Autumn – Edvard Munch suffers a nervous breakdown and enters a clinic in Copenhagen. * November – Georges Braque exhibits at Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler's Paris gallery; critic Louis Vauxcelles describes him as "reducing everything... to geometric schemas, to cubes." * Paul Ranson founds the Académie Ranson in Paris. * The Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 20
Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Lake Köyliö. * 1265 – The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the "Houses of Parliament". * 1320 – Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland. * 1356 – Edward Balliol surrenders his claim to the Scottish throne to Edward III in exchange for an English pension. * 1523 – Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway. * 1567 – Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro. * 157 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |