1903 in art

See also: 1902 in art , other events of 1903, 1904 in art, list of years in art.

Works

• 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.

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.

Births

• March 14 - Adolph Gottlieb, American abstract expressionist painter.
• July 21 - Roy Neuberger, art collector and supporter.
• December 24 - Joseph Cornell, American sculptor.
• December 30 - Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter.

Deaths

• May 9 - Paul Gauguin, painter.
• July 14 - James McNeill Whistler, American painter and etcher.