1959 in art
List of years in Art
Events
André Breton asks Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Enrique Tábara, and Eugenio Granell to represent Spain by exhibiting some of their works in the Homage to Surrealism Exhibition celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of Surrealism.
Awards
Archibald Prize: William Dobell - Dr Edward MacMahon
Works
Salvador Dalí - The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
Ivan Generalić - The Deer Wedding
Lee Krasner - Cool White
Births
date unknown - Caio Fonseca
Deaths
February 26 - Gabrielle Renard, artist's model
April 9 - Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, innovator
May 3 - Renato Birolli, painter
July 6 - George Grosz, painter and draftsman
August 19 - Jacob Epstein, sculptor (b. 1880)
August 20 - Alfred Kubin, illustrator
September 9 - Merric Boyd, painter, sculptor and ceramic artist
September 13 - Adrian, Hollywood costume designer
September 18 - Benjamin Péret, editor of La Révolution surréaliste
September 18 - Adolf Ziegler, German painter and politician (b. 1892)
November 15 - Charles Jones, photographer
December 9 - Gene Carr, cartoonist
December 14 - Stanley Spencer, painter
Date unknown: Winifred Brunton, painter
Stepan Erzya, sculptor
Beatrix Farrand, landscape architect
Frank Godwin, illustrator
Toma Rosandić, sculptor
Matthew Smith, painter
Pietro Canonica, sculptor (b. 1869)
Translation of "1959 in art"
Portuguese: 1959 na arte, Swedish: Konståret 1959.
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