1951 in art

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See also: 1950 in art, other events of 1951, 1952 in art, list of years in art

Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• The Festival of Britain includes a mural by John Tunnard and new buildings designed by a team of architects led by Hugh Casson.
• Sculptor Henry Moore refuses the offer of a knighthood.
• The 9th Street Art Exhibition, otherwise known as the Ninth Street Show (May 21-June 10) was the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively know as the New York School.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Works

• Alfred Janes - Portrait of William Grant Murray

[edit] Births

• April 16 - Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, sculptor

[edit] Deaths

• April 23 - Charles Keck, American sculptor
• August 10 - Tony Gaudio, Italian photographer
• September - Wols, German painter, photographer
• September 18 - Gelett Burgess, art critic
• September 26 - Lane Bryant, designer
• October 1 - Karel Teige, graphic artist
• date unknown - Mário Eloy, Expressionist painter
• date unknown - Ernst Ludvig Ipsen, portrait painter
• date unknown - Louis Legrand, painter