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Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Fauvism (1905-1908); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925)
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| 1907 |
Frida Kahlo
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon is born to Matilde Calderon y Gonzales and Guillermo Kahlo in Coyoacán, Mexico, on July 6.
World and U.S. Events
Great Britain joins France and Russia in a defense pact, forming the Triple Entente. The first Cubist exhibit opens in Paris. Pablo Picasso paints Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Fauvism (1905-1908); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925)
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| 1908 |
World and U.S. Events
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is founded in the United States. Large petroleum deposits are discovered in Persia. Ford's first Model T rolls off the assembly line.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Fauvism (1905-1908); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Cubism (1908-1914)
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| 1909 |
World and U.S. Events
American John D. Rockefeller becomes the world's first billionaire. The National Negro Committee (later, the NAACP) is founded in New York.
Art Movements
Post Impressionism (1880-1920); Ashcan School (1890-1918); Modernism (1890-1940); Expressionism (1905-1925); Cubism (1908-1914); Futurism (1909-1944)
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