May 17
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The official birthday of Modern art is May 17, 1863, the opening of the Salon des Refusés, in Paris, organized by painters who had been refused at the ...
Births
Erik Satie (1866 – 1925) Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) Henri Barbusse (May 17, 1873 - August 30, 1935) was a French novelist and journalist. He came to fame with the publication of his novel Le Feu (translated ... Dennis Potter (May 17, 1935 – June 7, 1994) was a controversial English dramatist who is best known for several widely acclaimed ...
Deaths
- 1999 - James Broughton, American artist