1951 in art
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[edit] Events
- The Festival of Britain includes a mural by John Tunnard and new buildings designed by a team of architects led by Hugh Casson.
- Sculptor Henry Moore refuses the offer of a knighthood.
- The 9th Street Art Exhibition, otherwise known as the Ninth Street Show (May 21-June 10) was the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively know as the New York School.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Ivor Hele - Laurie Thomas
[edit] Works
- Alfred Janes - Portrait of William Grant Murray
- Louis le Brocquy - A Family (painting)
[edit] Births
- April 16 - Pierre Toutain-Dorbec, sculptor
- John Kindness, Northern Irish multi-media artist
[edit] Deaths
- April 23 - Charles Keck, American sculptor
- May 11 - Wilfrid de Glehn, painter
- August 10 - Tony Gaudio, Italian photographer
- September - Wols, German painter, photographer
- September 18 - Gelett Burgess, art critic
- September 26 - Lane Bryant, designer
- October 1 - Karel Teige, graphic artist
- date unknown - Mário Eloy, Expressionist painter
- date unknown - Ernst Ludvig Ipsen, portrait painter
- date unknown - Louis Legrand, painter
