1955 in art
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[edit] Events
- Enrique Tabara obtains an Ecuadorian government scholarship to study in Spain.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Ivor Hele - Robert Campbell Esq.
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1955 paintings
- John Brack - Collins St., 5 pm
- Carroll Cloar - My Father Was Big as a Tree
- Salvador Dalí - The Sacrament of the Last Supper (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
- Willem de Kooning - Composition
- Oswaldo Guayasamín - El ataúd blanco
- Jasper Johns - Flag
- L. S. Lowry - Industrial Landscape; A Young Man (both Tate)
- René Magritte - The Mysteries of the Horizon
[edit] Exhibitions
- January - Opening of the Family of Man exhibition at MOMA, New York.
- Le Mouvement exhibition is held at the Galerie Denise René.
[edit] Births
- 21 January - Jeff Koons, "kitsch" artist.
- 2 February - Madi Phala, South African artist (d.2007).
- 14 March - Beverly K. Effinger, painter.
- 29 July - Dave Stevens, American illustrator and comics artist (d.2008).
- 15 November - Sergey Voychenko, Belarusian artist and designer (d.2004).
- date unknown - Alexander Sokolov, sculptor
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 - Lamorna Birch, painter (b. 1869)
- March 16 - Nicolas de Staël, impasto painter (b. 1914)
- May 3 - Rudolf Schlichter, painter (b. 1890)
- May 11 - Bradley Walker Tomlin, painter (b. 1899)
- June 1 - Dattilo Rubbo, painter and art teacher (b. 1870)
- June 29 - Max Pechstein, Expressionist artist (b. 1881)
- August 17 - Fernand Léger, artist (b. 1881)
- September 19 - Carl Milles, sculptor (b. 1875)
- November 5 - Maurice Utrillo French painter (b. 1883)
- November 29 - Rene Paul Chambellan, sculptor (b. 1893)
