1956 in art
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[edit] Events
- March 1 – Replica statue of the Discus Thrower dedicated in Washington, D.C., as a gift from the Italian government to commemorate the return of looted art objects after World War II.[1]
- Le mystère Picasso, a French documentary film, shows Pablo Picasso in the act of creating paintings for the camera (which he subsequently destroys so that they would exist only on film).
- William Klein publishes his photo essay New York, 1954–55.
- Jim Ede settles at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, England.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: William Dargie – Mr Albert Namatjira
- Kate Greenaway Medal – Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1956 paintings and Category:1956 sculptures
- Pietro Annigoni – Portrait of Elizabeth II
- Alexander Calder – Red Mobile
- Frank Cadogan Cowper – The Golden Bowl
- Salvador Dalí – Living Still Life
- M. C. Escher – Print Gallery (lithograph)
- Max Ernst – L’oiseau Rose
- Helen Frankenthaler – Eden
- Richard Hamilton – Just What Is It that Makes Today's Homes So Different, So Appealing? (collage)
- Rudolf Hausner – The Ark of Odysseus
- Eduardo Kingman – La Lavendera
- L. S. Lowry - The Floating Bridge
- Candido Portinari – Self-portrait
[edit] Exhibitions
- August 9–September 9 – This Is Tomorrow, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, featuring principally the interdisciplinary ICA Independent Group, including early examples of Pop Art.[2]
[edit] Births
- January 19 - Junpei Satoh, Japanese Western-style painter
- May 25 – Andrea Pazienza, Italian comics artist (d. 1988)
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 – Lyonel Feininger, painter and cartoonist (b. 1871)
- April 23 - Cecile Walton, painter, illustrator and sculptor (b. 1891)
- June 8 – Marie Laurencin, painter and engraver (b. 1883)
- July 26 – Louis Raemaekers, painter and cartoonist (b. 1869)
- August 7 – LeMoine Fitzgerald, painter (b. 1890)
- August 11 – Jackson Pollock, painter (b. 1912)
- August 16 – Theodor Pallady, painter (b. 1871)
- November 3 – Jean Metzinger, painter (b. 1883)
- December 16 – Nina Hamnett, painter and designer (b. 1890)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Discus Thrower (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!324781~!0#focus. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ Livingstone, Marco (1990). Pop Art: a Continuing History. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc..
