1955 in art

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See also: 1954 in art - Other events of 1955 - 1956 in art - List of years in art

Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Exhibitions 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Enrique Tabara obtains an Ecuadorian government scholarship to study in Spain.

[edit] Awards

• Archibald Prize: Ivor Hele - Robert Campbell Esq

[edit] Works

• Carroll Cloar - My Father Was Big as a Tree
• Willem de Kooning - Composition
• Oswaldo Guayasamín - El ataúd blanco

[edit] Exhibitions

• January 1955 was the opening of the Family of Man exhibition at MOMA NYC.
• Le Mouvement exhibition at the Galerie Denise René

[edit] Births

• January 21 - Jeff Koons, "kitsch" artist
• March 14 - Beverly K. Effinger, painter
• Alexander Sokolov, sculptor

[edit] Deaths

• March 16 - Nicolas de Staël
• June 29 - Max Pechstein, Expressionist artist
• August 17 - Fernand Léger, artist
• September 19 - Carl Milles, sculptor
• November 5 - Maurice Utrillo
• November 29 - Rene Paul Chambellan, sculptor
• Lamorna Birch, painter