1956 in art
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Events
- March 1 – Replica statue of the Discus Thrower dedicated in Washington, D.C., as a gift from the Italian government to commemorate the return of looted art objects after World War II.[1]
- September 17 – Release in the United States of the biographical film Lust for Life with Kirk Douglas portraying Vincent van Gogh and Anthony Quinn as Paul Gauguin.
- Le mystère Picasso, a French documentary film, shows Pablo Picasso in the act of creating paintings for the camera (which he subsequently destroys so that they will exist only on film).
- William Klein publishes his photo essay New York, 1954–55.
- Shanghai Art Museum, the predecessor of the China Art Museum, opens.
- English curator Jim Ede settles at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, England.
- English painter Edward Seago joins a tour of the Antarctic.
Awards
- Archibald Prize: William Dargie – Mr Albert Namatjira
- Kate Greenaway Medal – Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone
Works
- Pietro Annigoni – Portrait of Elizabeth II
- Alexander Calder – Red Mobile
- Frank Cadogan Cowper – The Golden Bowl
- Salvador Dalí – Living Still Life
- M. C. Escher – Print Gallery (lithograph)
- Max Ernst – L’oiseau Rose
- Helen Frankenthaler – Eden
- Richard Hamilton – Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? (collage)
- Rudolf Hausner – The Ark of Odysseus
- Eduardo Kingman – La Lavendera
- Roy Lichtenstein – Ten Dollar Bill (lithograph)
- L. S. Lowry – The Floating Bridge
- Candido Portinari – Self-portrait
- Alexander Nikolayevich Samokhvalov – Cafe Gurzuf
- David Wynne – Sir Thomas Beecham (bronzes)
Exhibitions
- August 9–September 9 – This Is Tomorrow, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, featuring principally the interdisciplinary ICA Independent Group, including early examples of Pop Art.[2]
Births
- January 19 – Junpei Satoh, Japanese Western-style painter
- May 25 – Andrea Pazienza, Italian comics artist (d. 1988)
- Emma Biggs, English mosaicist
Deaths
- January 13 – Lyonel Feininger, painter and cartoonist (b. 1871)
- April 23 – Cecile Walton, painter, illustrator and sculptor (b. 1891)
- June 8 – Marie Laurencin, painter and engraver (b. 1883)
- July 26 – Louis Raemaekers, painter and cartoonist (b. 1869)
- August 7 – LeMoine Fitzgerald, painter (b. 1890)
- August 11 – Jackson Pollock, painter (b. 1912)
- August 16 – Theodor Pallady, painter (b. 1871)
- November 3 – Jean Metzinger, painter (b. 1883)
- December 16 – Nina Hamnett, painter, model and designer (b. 1890)
See also
References
- ↑ "Discus Thrower (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ↑ Livingstone, Marco (1990). Pop Art: a Continuing History. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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