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Events
- Hugh Lane founds the Dublin City Gallery.
- Paul Ranson founds the Académie Ranson in Paris.
- The Ashcan School ("the Eight") give their first and only exhibition at the Macbeth Gallery.
Works
See also: Category:1908 paintings
- László Beszédes - Joseph (slave) (sculpture)
- Pierre Bonnard - Woman in a Blue Hat
- Amedeo Modigliani - The Jewess
- Piet Mondrian - Avond
Births
January to June
- 12 February - Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist (d.1982).
- 26 February - Tex Avery, American animator, cartoonist, and director (d.1980).
- 28 February - William Coldstream, English realist painter (d.1987).
- 29 February - Balthus, French modern artist (d.2001)
- March 13
- Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d.1970)
- Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Portuguese-French abstract painter (d.1992)
- March 19 - George Rodger, English photographer (d.1995)
- May 16 - Anne Bonnet, Belgian painter (d. 1960)
July to September
- 9 July - Minor White, photographer (d.1976).
- 22 August - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d.2004).
- 28 August - Roger Tory Peterson, American naturalist, ornithologist, artist and educator (d.1996).
- 30 August - Leonor Fini, Argentine surrealist painter (d.1996).
- 6 September - Korczak Ziolkowski, Polish-American sculptor (d.1982).
October to December
- 1 October - Nicholas Marsicano, painter (d.1991).
- 21 October - Jorge Oteiza, Spanish sculptor, painter, designer and writer (d.2003).
- 27 October - Lee Krasner, American abstract expressionist painter (d.1984).
- 3 December - Victor Pasmore, English artist and architect (d.1998).
- 23 December - Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer (d.2002).
Full date unknown
- Helen Lundeberg, painter (d.1999).
- Umaña, Colombian artist (d.1994).
Deaths
- April 13 - Aasta Hansteen, Norwegian painter, writer, and early feminist (b. 1824)
- August 30 - Giovanni Fattori, Italian painter and printmaker (b. 1825)
- December 5 - Ernest Hébert, painter (b. 1817)
- date unknown - Leopoldo Costoli, sculptor (b. 1850)
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