Timeline · 1900–1909
The 1900s (1900–1909) fall within Modernism's restless succession of movements, from Fauvism to abstraction. Across these years the gallery holds 5,941 public-domain artworks, with Post-Impressionism the decade's dominant movement (1,658 works) and Edvard Munch among its most prolific hands.
Hugo Reisinger 1907 
Stag at Sharkey's 1909 
The Louvre, Afternoon, Rainy Weather 1900 
The Equatorial Jungle 1909 
Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes 1900 
Woman with a Sunflower 1905 
Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde (La Bonne-Mère), Marseilles 1905 
Bacchus and Ariadne 1907 
Mother and Child with a Rose Scarf 1908 
Maude Adams (1872–1953) as Joan of Arc 1909 
Rosa Bonheur 1900 
Reclining Nude 1900 
The Seine 1902 
Mrs. Mary Arthur 1900 
The Fletcher Mansion, New York City 1900 
Magnolia 1900 
Portrait of a Young Girl 1900 
Two Tahitian Women 1900 
Young Mother Sewing 1900 
Still Life with Milk Jug and Fruit 1900 
Place du Carrousel, Paris 1900 
Oyster Sloop, Cos Cob 1902 
Oostzijdse Mill along the River Gein by Moonlight 1903 
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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto appeared in French on the front page of the Paris newspaper Le Figaro after an earlier Italian publication in Bologna. The text…
The publication helped establish the manifesto as a defining modern-art format.
What else happened that dayOn 5 February 1909, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s founding Futurist manifesto was first published in Bologna’s La gazzetta dell’Emilia, before its better-known French appearance in…
The manifesto made the art manifesto a central weapon of the twentieth-century avant-garde.
What else happened that dayOn December 10, 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm and Oslo, marking the fulfillment of Alfred Nobel's will. While the Literature prize went to Sully…
It established the world's most prestigious international award for literary and cultural achievement.
What else happened that dayThe 1905 Salon des Indépendants opened on March 19, featuring the controversial works of Henri Matisse, André Derain, and Maurice de Vlaminck. Their use of wild, non-naturalistic…
The exhibition launched the Fauvist movement, permanently altering the trajectory of color usage in 20th-century painting.
What else happened that dayIn Room VII of the 1905 Salon d'Automne, canvases by Matisse, Derain and Vlaminck blazed with arbitrary, violent color around a conventional Renaissance-style torso — prompting…
The first of the twentieth century's named avant-gardes: color freed from description, a precedent every Expressionist current built on.
What else happened that dayOn 20 January 1908, Sir Hugh Lane founded the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art on Harcourt Street in Dublin, the institution now known as Hugh Lane Gallery. The gallery was…
It established Dublin as the site of one of the earliest public institutions devoted to modern art.
What else happened that dayThe 24th Salon des Independants opened in Paris on March 20, 1908, running through May 2. Held under Paul Signac's presidency, it was vast even by Indépendants standards, with…
It helped prepare the language and public reception that would soon crystallize around Cubism.
What else happened that dayFour architecture students in Dresden — Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl — founded an artists' community they called Die Brücke, 'The…
The founding act of German Expressionism: the group style forged in their shared Dresden studio defined the movement's first decade.
What else happened that dayOn March 28, 1905, the Salon des Indépendants opened its doors in Paris, featuring a controversial display of works by Henri Matisse, André Derain, and Maurice de Vlaminck. The…
This exhibition helped cement the reputation of the Fauves as a distinct and radical movement, paving the way for their dominance in the…
What else happened that dayThe poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti bought the front page of the Paris daily Le Figaro to proclaim a new art of speed, machines and violence — declaring a racing automobile more…
The manifesto itself became an art form: every avant-garde of the next half-century — Dada, De Stijl, Surrealism — announced itself in…
What else happened that dayAlbert Bierstadt was an American painter known for his landscapes that often featured the American West, exemplified in works like 'The Last of the Buffalo' and 'Mount Corcoran'.…
Bierstadt's legacy remains in his captivating and detailed landscapes that contributed significantly to the American art movement.
What else happened that dayIsabella Stewart Gardner's museum, then known as Fenway Court, privately opened in Boston with a grand celebration. Gardner had spent years forming a major collection and, after…
The museum became an influential model of the collector-founded historic house museum.
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