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-{{Template}}+[[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right|This reproduction of a [[1900]] [[minstrel show]] poster, originally published by the Strobridge [[Lithography|Litho]] Co., shows the transformation from [[white people|white]] to "[[blackface|black]]".]]
- +[[Image:Paris at the 1900 World Fair.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Paris]] at the [[1900]] [[World's Fair]]: [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle]]]]
 +[[Image:Sea and Sand, Domburg by Whistler.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Sea]] and [[Sand]], [[Domburg]]'' ([[1900]]) by [[James McNeill Whistler]]]]
 +[[Image:Eugene Atget.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Rue de la Colonie'' ([[1900]]) - [[Eugène Atget]]]]
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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
 +*The [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|World's Fair]] ([[Exposition Universelle]]) held in Paris in 1900 announced [[Art Nouveau]] as a significant new style in architecture and design.
 +===Visual arts ===
 +*"[[The Road to Hell]]" by [[Alfred Kubin]]
 +* "The Thinker" by [[Thomas Eakins]]
 +
 +===Literature===
 +*[[Sigmund Freud]] — ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]''
 +*''[[La Ronde]]'' - [[Arthur Schnitzler]]
 +===Films===
 +*''[[The Enchanted Drawing]]'' by [[J. Stuart Blackton]]
 +* ''[[The Two Blind Men]]'' directed by [[Georges Méliès]]
==Births== ==Births==
 +* [[April 13]] - [[Pierre Molinier]], French outsider artist (d. [[1976]])
* [[January 5]] - [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (d. [[1955]]) * [[January 5]] - [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (d. [[1955]])
* [[February 4]] - [[Jacques Prévert]], French lyricist and author (d. [[1977]]) * [[February 4]] - [[Jacques Prévert]], French lyricist and author (d. [[1977]])
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* [[February 22]] - [[Luis Buñuel]], Spanish film director (d. [[1983]]) * [[February 22]] - [[Luis Buñuel]], Spanish film director (d. [[1983]])
* [[March 23]] - [[Erich Fromm]], German-born psychologist and philosopher (d. [[1980]]) * [[March 23]] - [[Erich Fromm]], German-born psychologist and philosopher (d. [[1980]])
 +*[[June 8]] - [[George Antheil]], American avant-garde composer and pianist (b. [[1959]]).
 +* [[June 22]] - [[Oskar Fischinger]], German filmmaker (d. [[1967]])
* [[July 4]] - [[Robert Desnos]], French poet (d. [[1945]]) * [[July 4]] - [[Robert Desnos]], French poet (d. [[1945]])
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* [[January 20]] - [[John Ruskin]], English writer and social critic (b. [[1819]]) * [[January 20]] - [[John Ruskin]], English writer and social critic (b. [[1819]])
* [[June 5]] - [[Stephen Crane]], American author (b. [[1871]]) * [[June 5]] - [[Stephen Crane]], American author (b. [[1871]])
 +* [[July 29]] - [[Henry Spencer Ashbee]], British book collector and writer (b. [[1834]])
* [[August 25]] - [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], German philosopher and writer (b. [[1844]]) * [[August 25]] - [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], German philosopher and writer (b. [[1844]])
* [[November 30]] - [[Oscar Wilde]], Irish writer (b. [[1854]]) * [[November 30]] - [[Oscar Wilde]], Irish writer (b. [[1854]])
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This reproduction of a 1900 minstrel show poster, originally published by the Strobridge Litho Co., shows the transformation from white to "black".
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This reproduction of a 1900 minstrel show poster, originally published by the Strobridge Litho Co., shows the transformation from white to "black".
Rue de la Colonie (1900) - Eugène Atget
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Rue de la Colonie (1900) - Eugène Atget

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