Timeline · 1920–1929
The 1920s (1920–1929) fall within Modernism's restless succession of movements, from Fauvism to abstraction. Across these years the gallery holds 4,701 public-domain artworks, with Post-Impressionism the decade's dominant movement (345 works) and Edvard Munch among its most prolific hands.
Lighthouse at Groix 1925 
The Cathedrals of Broadway 1929 
Rosa Mystica 1923 
Untitled 1924 
Festival of Flowers, Nice (Fête des fleurs) 1923 
Notre Dame, Paris 1925 
Madonna of Humility 1920 
Red Cabbages, Rhubarb and Orange 1929 
Garden at Vaucresson 1923 
Interior 1921 
Le Grand Quai, Fécamp 1925 
The Three O'Clock Sitting 1924 
Julia Wainwright Robbins 1923 
New York Street Scene 1929 
Street Group 1923 
Pierre Mac Orlan 1924 
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold 1928 
Woman Painting a Vase 1920 
The Girl with White Fur 1920 
Elbert Henry Gary 1924 
Interior with Paintings and a Pheasant 1928 
娘義太夫|Female Chanter for Jōruri Puppet Theater 1920 
Italian Hill Town 1925 
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City officially opened its doors to the public on November 7, 1929, just days after the Wall Street Crash. Founded by Abby Aldrich…
It became the preeminent global institution for the collection and promotion of modern and contemporary art.
What else happened that dayOn February 16, 1923, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon formally opened the burial chamber of Tutankhamun with Egyptian government officials present. The antechamber had been…
The event turned an archaeological discovery into one of the twentieth century's defining museum blockbusters and design crazes.
What else happened that dayThe Barnes Foundation officially opened on March 19, 1925, in Merion, Pennsylvania. Albert C. Barnes had chartered the foundation in 1922 as an educational institution devoted to…
The Barnes became one of the most influential and contested private art collections turned public educational institution in the United…
What else happened that dayOn 10 January 1929, Herge's first Tintin strip appeared in Le Petit Vingtieme, the youth supplement of the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtieme Siecle, with the opening episode of…
Tintin became a central model for European comics, graphic storytelling, and the ligne claire style.
What else happened that dayKazimir Malevich and El Lissitzky co-founded Molposnovis, the "Young Followers of the New Art," at the Vitebsk Art School. The short-lived name soon shifted through Posnovis into…
UNOVIS helped transmit Suprematism into Constructivist, graphic, architectural, and exhibition-design practices across the Russian and…
What else happened that dayThe Huntington Library, Art Gallery and Botanical Gardens opened to the public in San Marino, California, on January 27, 1928. Created from Henry E. Huntington and Arabella…
The Huntington became a defining Southern California art and research institution.
What else happened that dayOn March 26, 1928, twenty second-floor galleries in the Philadelphia Museum of Art's new Fairmount building opened to the public, even though much of the interior was still…
The opening anchored Philadelphia's art museum on the Parkway and set the stage for its national stature.
What else happened that dayAndré Breton's Manifeste du surréalisme defined a new art of 'pure psychic automatism' — thought dictated in the absence of reason, fed by dreams and the unconscious. What had…
Surrealism organized itself around the manifesto's definitions and exclusions, and went on to dominate the European imagination between the…
Claude Monet, a renowned French painter, defined his work through capturing light and color in outdoor settings, exemplified in pieces like 'Woman with a Parasol' and 'Impression,…
Monet's legacy lies in his profound impact on the development of modern art, particularly in the realm of Impressionism.
What else happened that dayHenry Lerolle, a French painter, art collector, and patron, was known for his diverse works, including murals in the Hôtel de Ville and the Sorbonne in Paris. His paintings often…
Lerolle's legacy remains in his notable paintings held in prominent museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the…
What else happened that dayOn 26 March 1926, Galerie Surrealiste opened in Paris with an exhibition by Man Ray. The opening mattered because Surrealism was still negotiating whether visual art could serve a…
It gave Surrealism a public exhibition platform and helped legitimize its visual-art program.
What else happened that dayE. C. Segar introduced Popeye as a minor sailor character in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre. The strip had already been running for nearly a decade with Olive…
Popeye became one of the most durable figures in twentieth-century comics, animation, and commercial character design.
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