1970 in art

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See also: 1969 in art, other events of 1970, 1971 in art, list of years in art.

Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] Awards

• Archibald Prize: Eric Smith - Gruzman - Architect
• Prix Puvis de Chavannes - Daniel du Janerand

[edit] Works

• Barbara Hepworth - Family of Man
• Henry Moore - Reclining Figure LH608
• Kanda Nissho - Indoor Landscape
• Isamu Noguchi - Night Wind
• Robert Sherman - Self Portrait
• Robert Smithson - Spiral Jetty

[edit] Births

• February 15 - Shepard Fairey, graphic designer
• November 22 - Aleksander Balos, figurative painter

[edit] Deaths

• January 27 - Rita Angus, painter
• February 25 - Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist painter
• March 8 - Waldo Peirce, painter
• May 13 - Sir William Dobell, painter and sculptor
• May 29 - Eva Hesse, sculptor
• July 4 - Barnett Newman, abstract painter
• August 2 - Jean Desses, fashion designer
• date unknown - Robert Laurent, sculptor