1959 in art

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See also: 1958 in art, other events of 1959, 1960 in art, list of years in art

Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

Andre 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.

[edit] Awards

• Archibald Prize: William Dobell - Dr Edward MacMahon

[edit] Works

• Salvador Dali - The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
• Ivan Generalić - The Deer Wedding
• Lee Krasner - Cool White

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• February 26 - Gabrielle Renard, artist's model
• May 3 - Renato Birolli, painter
• August 19 - Jacob Epstein, sculptor
• 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
• 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
  • Cy Young, animator