1954 in art

List of years in art (table)
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Art ^. Archaeology ^. Architecture ^. Literature ^. Music ^. Philosophy ^. Science +...

Events

November 18 – Publication of Yves Peintures (in Madrid), the first public showing of Yves Klein's work.

January 26 – Carl Eldh, Swedish painter and sculptor (b. 1873)
February 21 – Augustin Lesage, French outsider artist (b. 1876)
March 13 – César Klein, German painter and designer (b. 1876)
May 5 – Henri Laurens, sculptor (b. 1885)
May 16 – Werner Bischof, photographer (b. 1916)
May 25 – Robert Capa, photographer (b. 1913)
June 9 – Alain LeRoy Locke, patron of the arts (b. 1886)
July – Gaetano Orsolini, sculptor, medallist and engraver (b. 1884)
July 3 – Reginald Marsh, painter (b. 1898)
July 13 – Frida Kahlo, painter (b. 1907)
August 28 – Leonid Sherwood, sculptor (b. 1871)
September 8
- André Derain, painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
- Sigvald Asbjørnsen, sculptor (b. 1867)
October 18 – Einar Jónsson, sculptor (b. 1874)
November 3 – Henri Matisse, painter, sculptor, printmaker (b. 1869)
December 23 – René Iché, sculptor (b. 1897)