1953 in art

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See also: 1952 in art - Other events of 1953 - 1954 in art - List of years in art

Contents 1 Events 2 Works 3 Exhibitions 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] Works

• Francis Bacon - Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X
• Barbara Hepworth - Hieroglyph
• Edward Hopper - Office in a Small City (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
• Milton Menasco - 'La Troienne' and Her Foals: Eighteen Vignettes and One Painting Together in One Frame for John Whitney

[edit] Exhibitions

[edit] Births

• January 7 - Robert Longo, painter and sculptor
• February 25 - Martin Kippenberger, artist
• April 24 - Eric Bogosian, performance artist
• date unknown - Kevin O'Neill, illustrator

[edit] Deaths

• April 29 - Moise Kisling, painter
• October 2 - John Marin, Modernist painter
• October 6 - Vera Mukhina, sculptor
• October 11 - James Earle Fraser, sculptor
• November 30 - Francis Picabia, painter and poet
• date unknown - Alice Prin ("Kiki de Montparnasse"), artist, model and entertainer