1928 in art
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[edit] Events
- January 7 - The Tate Gallery, London, is flooded by the River Thames.
- August - Ben Nicholson and Kit Wood visit St. Ives, Cornwall, and meet the ex-fisherman painter Alfred Wallis.[1]
- Pierre Chareau and colleagues begin construction of the Maison de Verre ("house of glass") on the rue Saint-Guillaume in Paris for client Jean Dalsace.
- Clarice Cliff introduces her Crocus pottery decoration.[2]
- Eric Gill leaves Capel-y-ffin for 'Pigotts', near High Wycombe.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: John Longstaff - Portrait of Dr Alexander Leeper
- Carnegie Prize - André Derain
- Art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Painting: Isaac Israëls - Cavalier Rouge
- Drawing: Jean Jacoby - Rugby
- Graphic work: William Nicholson - An Almanac of Twelve Sports
[edit] Exhibitions
- Alexander Calder's first solo exhibition at the Weyhe Gallery, New York City.
- L'Exposition surréaliste at the Galerie du Sacre du Printemps, Paris.
[edit] Works
[edit] Paintings
- Tarsila do Amaral - Abaporu
- Pierre Bonnard - Flowers on a Red Carpet
- John Steuart Curry - Bathers and Baptism in Kansas
- Charles Demuth - I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
- Edwin Dickinson - The Fossil Hunters
- Tamara de Lempicka - Portrait of Dr. Boucard
- L. S. Lowry
- A Street Scene
- Going to the Match
- René Magritte - The Treachery of Images
- Henri Matisse - Odalisque au fauteuil turc
- Christian Schad - Two Girlfriends
- John French Sloan - Sixth Avenue Elevated at Third Street
See also: Category:1928 paintings
[edit] Sculptures
- Wäinö Aaltonen - bust of Jean Sibelius
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 31 January - Dušan Džamonja, sculptor.
- 24 April - Cy Twombly, abstract artist (d. 2011).
- 28 April - Yves Klein, abstract artist (d. 1962).
- 14 May - Władysław Hasior, Polish sculptor, painter and set designer (d.1999).
- 30 May - Pro Hart, Australian painter (d. 2006).
- 3 June - Donald Judd, American sculptor (d.1994).
- June 25
[edit] July to December
- July 10 - Bernard Buffet, French painter (d.1999).
- August 6 - Andy Warhol, American artist, director and writer (d.1987).
- September 9 - Sol LeWitt, American conceptual and minimalist artist (d. 2007).
- October 7 - Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and a painter (d.1980).
- October 12 - Al Held, American Abstract expressionist painter (d. 2005).
- October 30 - Michael Andrews, painter (d.1995).
- November 3 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist, animator and producer (d.1989).
- November 17 - Arman, French-born American artist (d. 2005).
- November 27 - Josh Kirby, English commercial artist (d. 2001).
- December 2 - Guy Bourdin, French photographer (d.1991).
- December 12 - Helen Frankenthaler, abstract expressionist painter (d. 2011).
- December 13 - Wolfgang Hutter, painter, lithographer and designer.
- December 15 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian painter, architect and sculptor (d. 2000).
- date unknown
- Norman Carlberg, sculptor.
- Wally Hedrick, American artist (d. 2003).
[edit] Deaths
- January 6 - Adolfo de Carolis, painter, xylographer, illustrator and photographer (b. 1874)
- January 8 - Gyula Basch, painter (b. 1859)
- January 13 - Frederick Arthur Bridgman, painter (b. 1847)
- January 26 - Henrietta Rae, English painter (b. 1859)
- March 31 - Medardo Rosso, sculptor (b. 1858)
- April 5 - Viktor Oliva, painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
- May 16 - Frederick Arthur Verner, landscape painter (b. 1836)
- June 22 - A. B. Frost, illustrator (b. 1851)
- July 10 - John Chambers, landscape and portrait painter (b. 1852)
- July 25 - Jane Sutherland, landscape painter (b. 1853)
- August 30 - Franz Stuck, symbolist /Art Nouveau painter, sculptor, engraver and architect (b. 1863)
- September 20 - Ivan Tišov, painter (b. 1870)
- October 30 - Percy Anderson, stage designer and painter (b. 1851)
- November 15 - Godfred Christensen, painter (b. 1845)
- December 1 - Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth, painter (b. 1855)
- December 2 - Robert Reid, Impressionist painter (b. 1862)
- December 10 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect and designer (b. 1868)
- December 18 - Nils Bergslien, illustrator, painter and sculptor (b. 1853)
- date unknown - Raffaello Romanelli, sculptor (b. 1856)
[edit] See Also
[edit] References
- ^ Nicholson, Ben (1943). "Alfred Wallis". Alfred Wallis. http://www.andyblair.co.uk/alfredwallis/nicholson.html. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
- ^ Griffin, Leonard (1998). The Fantastic Flowers of Clarice Cliff. London: Pavilion. ISBN 1862050538.
