1936 in art

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Events

• November 23 - Margaret Bourke-White's photographs of the construction of the Fort Peck Dam are featured in the first issue of Life magazine.

Works

See also: Category:1936 paintings

• Balthus - Andre Derain (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
• Salvador Dalí - Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)

Awards

• Archibald Prize: W B McInnes - Dr. Julian Smith
• Dame Laura Knight becomes the first woman elected to the Royal Academy

Births

• January 11 - Eva Hesse, German-born American sculptor (d.1970).
• January 23 - Willoughby Sharp, American author, curator, critic (d.2008)
• May 10 - Isaac Witkin, South African sculptor (d.2006)
• May 12 - Frank Stella, painter
• August 1 - Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (d.2008)
• August 12 - Hans Haacke, conceptual artist
• August 29 - Richard Haas, muralist
• September 14
  • Terence Donovan, photographer
  • Lucas Samaras, photographer and sculptor
• November 29 - Gregory Gillespie, American magic realist painter (d.2000).
• Full date unknown
  • Edward Avedisian, American abstract painter (d.2007).
  • Joan Jonas, video, performance artist and other media

Deaths

• February 25 - Anna Boch, painter (b. 1848)
• March 8 - Victor Noble Rainbird, painter , stained glass artist and illustrator (b. 1887)
• April 21 - Ottó Baditz, Hungarian painter (b. 1849)
• July 7 - Heinrich Hoerle, constructivist artist (b. 1895)
• July 10 - Carl von Marr, painter (b. 1858)
• October 12 - Edwin Blashfield, painter and interior decorator
• November 12 - Patrick Henry Bruce, American Cubist painter (b. 1881)
• date unknown - W. Herbert Dunton, member of the Taos art colony