1979 in art
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[edit] Events
- Edward Delaney's statue of Wolfe Tone in Dublin is destroyed by terrorists.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Wes Walters - Portrait of Phillip Adams
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1979 paintings and Category:1979 sculptures
- Jenny Holzer - Truisms
- Enzo Plazzotta - Attitude II (Margot Fonteyn)
[edit] Births
- date unknown
- Aideen Barry, Irish multimedia and performance artist
- Éric Bourdon, French painter and writer
- Elise Fouin, French designer
[edit] Deaths
- January 11 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-born French Art dealer (born 1884)
- February 3 - Aaron Douglas, American painter (born 1898)
- March 20 - Jean Charlot, French painter and illustrator (born 1898)
- April 5 - Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (born 1893)
- June 25 - Dave Fleischer, Austrian-American animator, film director, and film producer (born 1894)
- July 13 - Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist (born 1913)
- August 20 - Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (born 1922)
- August 29 - Ivon Hitchens, English painter (born 1893)
- November 8 - Edward Ardizzone, British writer and illustrator (born 1900)
- December 5 - Sonia Delaunay, Ukrainian-French artist (born 1885)
- December 23 - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (born 1898)
- December 26 - Karl Hubbuch, German painter, printmaker and draughtsman (born 1891)
- date unknown - Russell Brockbank, Canadian-born cartoonist (b.1913).
