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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).
1907–1908 – The Kiss (oil on canvas, 180 cm × 180 cm) A perfect square, the canvas depicts a couple embracing, their bodies entwined in elaborate robes decorated in a style influenced by both linear constructs of the contemporary Art Nouveau style and the organic forms of the earlier Arts and Crafts Movement.
Media in category "1908 paintings" The following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total. Georges Braque, 1907-08, The Viaduct at L'Estaque (Viaduc de l'Estaque), oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.6 cm, Minneapolis Institute of Arts.jpg 1,688 × 1,348; 1.3 MB
1908 in art – Death of Giovanni Fattori, Richard Gerstl, Birth of Lee Krasner, Balthus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ashcan School first exhibit; ... Timeline of art.
The table of years in art is a tabular display of all years in art, for overview and quick navigation to any year. Contents: 2000s - 1900s - 1800s - 1700s - 1600s - 1500s - 1400s - 1300s - 1200s - 1100s - 1000s
Pablo Picasso in 1908, who, along with Henri Matisse, was considered a leader in modern art. Pablo Picasso paints Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, considered by some to be the birth of modern art. Art Nouveau art movement peaked in popularity at the turn of the 20th century (1890–1905). Cubism art movement peaked in popularity in France between ...
White City Stadium, used for the 1908 Summer Olympics, was the first Olympic Stadium in the UK. Built on the site of the Franco-British Exhibition, it had a seating capacity of 68,000 and was opened by King Edward VII on 27 April 1908. It was the largest structure of its type in the world at the time, and was designed to be awe-inspiring and ...
Salem is a painting of 1908 by the English painter Sydney Curnow Vosper, depicting a scene within Capel Salem, a Baptist chapel in Pentre Gwynfryn, Gwynedd, Wales.It is noteworthy as a depiction of Welsh piety, the traditional Welsh national costume, and for a contentious belief that the devil is depicted within it.