1969 in art

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See also: 1968 in art, other events of 1969, 1970 in art, list of years in art.

Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Andy Warhol and Gerard Malanga co-found the magazine, Interview.
• Opening of the Oakland Museum of California.
• Lyrical Abstraction exhibition debuts at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum marking a significant return to expressivity in American abstract painting. For two years the exhibition travels throughout the U.S. including to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

[edit] Awards

• Archibald Prize: Ray Crooke - George Johnston

[edit] Works

• Kenojuak Ashevak - The Owl
• Helen Frankenthaler - Slice of Stone Itself
• Kanda Nissho - Snow Farm
• Enzo Plazzotta - Baigneuse
• Jean-Paul Riopelle - La Joute, public sculptural installation, Montreal
• Will Roberts - Redberth Village, Pembrokeshire

[edit] Births

• November 15 - Francis Di Fronzo, landscape painter

[edit] Deaths

• March 14 - Ben Shahn, painter and photographer
• May 11 - T. K. Padmini, feminist painter
• July 5 - Walter Gropius, architect