1979 in art

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List of years in Art

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

[edit] Events

• Edward Delaney's statue of Wolfe Tone in Dublin is destroyed by terrorists.

[edit] Awards

• Archibald Prize: Wes Walters - Portrait of Philip Adams

[edit] Works

• Jenny Holzer - Truisms
• Enzo Plazzotta - Attitude II (Margot Fonteyn)

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• January 11 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, art dealer
• February 3 - Aaron Douglas, painter
• April 5 - Eugène Gabritschevsky, biologist and painter
• November 8 - Edward Ardizzone, cartoonist
• December 23 - Peggy Guggenheim, art collector
• date unknown - Brockbank, cartoonist

[edit] Awards