1917 in art
See also: 1916 in art, other events of 1917, 1918 in art, list of years in art.
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Events
- January - A drunken Amedeo Modigliani is ejected from a party for Georges Braque, by the hostess, Marie Vassilieff.
- January 29 - Rodin marries his mistress, Rose Beuret; she dies two weeks later.
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Works
- Henri Matisse - The Painter and his Model
- Joan Miró - The Village
- Amedeo Modigliani - Anna Zborowska
- Egon Schiele - The Embrace
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Births
- March 14 - Constantine Andreou, sculptor
- December 25 - John Minton
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Deaths
- January 21 - Francesca Alexander, illustrator
- February 10 - John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849)
- June 30 - Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (b. 1861)
- September 27 - Edgar Degas, painter and sculptor
- October 23 - Eugène Grasset, Swiss artist (b. 1845)
- November 17 - Auguste Rodin, sculptor