1905 in art
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See also: 1904 in art, other events of 1905, 1906 in art, list of years in art
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[edit] Events
- The Art Deco movement begins in France
- Léon Bonnat succeeds Paul Dubois as director of the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
- Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen open the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession (later known as 291) photo art gallery on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
[edit] Works
[edit] Births
- January 29 - Barnett Newman, abstract expressionist painter (d. 1970)
- May 12 - Leonard Bahr, portrait painter (d. 1990)
- June 24 - Rex Whistler, painter (d. 1944)
- July 6 - Juan O'Gorman, painter and architect (d. 1982)
- November 1 - Paul-Émile Borduas, abstract painter (d. 1960)
- date unknown - Lois Mailou Jones, painter (d. 1998)
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 - Robert Swain Gifford, landscape painter (b. 1840)
- January 23 - Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro, painter, sculptor and caricaturist (b. 1846)
- February 1 - Oswald Achenbach, landscape painter (b. 1827)
- February 9 - Adolph von Menzel, painter and engraver (b. 1815)
- April 4 - Constantin Meunier, painter and sculptor (b. 1831)
- August 18 - Albert Edelfelt, painter (b. 1854)
- August 19 - William-Adolphe Bouguereau, academic painter (b. 1825)
- October 2 - Alexander Seik, painter and photographer (b. 1824)
- December 4 - Henry Hugh Armstead, sculptor and illustrator (b. 1828)
- date unknown - George Henry Boughton, painter (b. 1834)
- date unknown - Robert Brough, painter (b. 1872)
- date unknown - William Brassington, sculptor and ornamental mason (b. 1837 (?))
- date unknown - Gustave Crauck, sculptor (b. 1827)
- date unknown - Paul Dubois, painter and sculptor (b. 1829)
- date unknown - Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume, sculptor (b. 1822)
- date unknown - Jean-Jacques Henner, painter (b. 1829)
