1949 in art
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[edit] Events
- Formation of Penwith Society of Arts in St Ives, Cornwall.
- Foundation of COBRA (avant-garde movement)
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Arthur Murch - Bonar Dunlop
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1949 paintings
- Brenda Chamberlain - The Fisherman's Return (National Museum of Wales)
- Salvador Dalí - The Madonna of Port Lligat (original version) (Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Tadeusz Kantor - Man with Umbrella
- L. S. Lowry
- The Canal Bridge
- The Football Match
- Robert Motherwell - Five in the Afternoon
- Barnett Newman - Abraham
- Vladimir Tretchikoff - The Dying Swan
- Boris Vladimirski - Roses for Stalin
[edit] Births
- April 9 - Stephen Hickman, illustrator, sculptor and author
- May 7 - Deborah Butterfield, sculptor
- May 12 - Ross Bleckner, painter
- July 6 - Tibor Kalman, Hungarian-American graphic designer (d.1999).
- August 15 - Richard Deacon, sculptor
- August 27 - Istvan Kantor, performance artist
[edit] Deaths
- March 17 - Aleksandra Ekster, painter and designer, Art Deco pioneer (b. 1882)
- May 3 - Mariano Fortuny, fashion designer (b. 1871)
- June 21 - Edward Wadsworth, painter (b. 1889)
- August 8 - Joaquín Torres García, Uruguayan painter (b. 1874)
- November 3 - Solomon R. Guggenheim, art collector (b. 1861)
- date unknown - Henri Manguin, painter (b. 1874)
