1959 in art

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Events

André Breton asks Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Enrique Tábara, and Eugenio Granell to represent Spain by exhibiting some of their works in the Homage to Surrealism Exhibition celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of Surrealism.

February 26 - Gabrielle Renard, artist's model
April 9 - Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, innovator
May 3 - Renato Birolli, painter
June 8 - Pietro Canonica, sculptor (b. 1869)
July 6 - George Grosz, painter and draftsman (b. 1893)
July 17 - Alfred Munnings, equine painter (b. 1878)
August 5 - Frank Godwin, illustrator
August 19 - Jacob Epstein, sculptor (b. 1880)
August 20 - Alfred Kubin, illustrator
September 9 - Merric Boyd, painter, sculptor and ceramic artist
September 13 - Adrian, Hollywood costume designer
September 18
- Benjamin Péret, editor of La Révolution surréaliste
- Adolf Ziegler, German painter and politician (b. 1892)
November 15 - Charles Jones, photographer
November 24 - Stepan Erzya, sculptor
December 9 - Gene Carr, cartoonist
December 14
- Lizzy Ansingh, Dutch painter (b. 1875)
- Stanley Spencer, English painter (b. 1891)
Date unknown:
- Winifred Brunton, painter
- Beatrix Farrand, landscape architect
- Matthew Smith, painter