1978 in art

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See also: 1977 in art, other events of 1978, 1979 in art, List of years in art

Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths 5.1 Awards

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[edit] Awards

• Archibald Prize: Brett Whiteley - Art, Life and the other thing

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• Helen Frankenthaler - Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
• Liz Leyh - Concrete Cows, Milton Keynes
• Ernest Zobole - Landscape No. 2

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[edit] Deaths

• April 8 - Clough Williams-Ellis, architect and creator of Portmeirion
• April 13 - Jack Chambers, originator of "perceptual realism"
• May 9 - Duncan Grant, painter and designer
• May 31 - Lloyd Wright, architect and son of Frank Lloyd Wright
• August 5 - Victor Hasselblad, photographer
• November 8 - Norman Rockwell, painter

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