1939 in art
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[edit] Events
- May - Release of Detective Comics #27, the debut of Batman.
- December 14 - A 'Scheme for recording changing aspects of Britain' which will employ British watercolour painters during World War II is put forward by Sir Kenneth Clark for support by the Pilgrim Trust.[1]
- Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth settle near St Ives, Cornwall, effectively establishing the St Ives School of abstract avant-garde artists. Henry Moore subsequently takes over Hepworth's London studio.
- Picasso retrospective curated by Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and staged jointly by the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Art Institute of Chicago opens.
- Exhibition "Contemporary Unknown American Painters" at the Museum of Modern Art (New York) introduces Grandma Moses to the public.
- First of the Madeline books, illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans.
- Harvey Fite begins work on his environmental sculpture Opus 40 at Saugerties, New York.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Max Meldrum - The Hon G J Bell, Speaker of the House of Representatives
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1939 sculptures
- Alexander Calder - Lobster Trap and Fish Tail (mobile)
- Salvador Dalí - Shirley Temple, The Youngest, Most Sacred Monster of the Cinema in Her Time
- Paul Delvaux - The Phases of the Moon I
- Aaron Douglas - Power Plant, Harlem
- James Earle Fraser - Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt
- Leo Friedlander - Pioneer Woman (sculpture)
- Julio González - Monsieur Cactus
- Frida Kahlo - The Suicide of Dorothy Hale
- Fernand Léger - Adam and Eve
- Marino Marini - The Pilgrim (bronze)
- Joan Miró - Constellations (series begun)
- Xu Beihong - Put Down Your Whip
[edit] Births
- February 16 - David Griffiths, portrait painter
- March 17 - Jim Gary, American sculptor (d.2006)
- March 24 - Gérard Coste, painter and diplomat
- April 1 - Spider Martin, photographer (d.2003)
- April 8 - Trina Schart Hyman, American illustrator of children's books (d.2004)
- April 25 - Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (d.2005).
- November 2 - Richard Serra, sculptor.
- December 23 - Nancy Graves, American sculptor, painter and printmaker (d.1996).
[edit] Deaths
- April 11 - S. S. Van Dine, art critic (b. 1888)
- June 3 - Sir Philip Sassoon, art collector (b. 1888)
- June 23 - Mark Gertler, painter (b. 1891)
- July 21 - Ambroise Vollard, art dealer (b. 1866)
- August 14 - Isaak Brodsky, socialist realist painter (b. 1884)
- August 24 - Frederick Carl Frieseke, American Impressionist painter (b. 1874)
- August 29 - Jessica Dismorr, Vorticist painter (b. 1885) (suicide)
- September 6 - Arthur Rackham, illustrator (b. 1867)
- September 18 - Gwen John (b. 1876), painter, sister of Augustus John
- December 1 - Jorma Gallen-Kallela, painter (b. 1898)
- December 3 - Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, member of the British Royal Family and sculptor (b. 1848)
- December 14 - Helene Kröller-Müller, art collector (b. 1869)
- December 18 - Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter, member of The Eight (b. 1873)
- December 25 - Margrethe Mather, photographer and painter (b. 1886)
- December 27 - Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)
- date unknown - Jane Mary Dealy, painter and illustrator (1856)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Saunders, Gill, ed. (2011). Recording Britain. London: V&A. ISBN 978-1-85177-661-0.
