1963 in art
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The year 1963 in art involved some significant events and new works.
Events
- 8 January – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first (and only) time, opening at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
- September – The David Mirvish Gallery is opened in Toronto by David Mirvish.
- 17 November – Museo Bodoniano opens in Parma, Italy.
- First Pirelli Calendar (for 1964), photographed by Robert Freeman in Majorca, issued in the United Kingdom.
Awards
- Archibald Prize: J Carington Smith – Professor James McAuley
Exhibitions
- Visione e Colore, Palazzo Grassi, Venice
- Roy Lichtenstein's second solo exhibition, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City
- Morris Louis memorial exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, New York City
Works
- Liberty Bell (Portland, Oregon)
- Georg Baselitz – Die große Nacht im Eimer (Museum Ludwig, Cologne)
- Romare Bearden – Prevalence of Ritual
- Maurice Boitel – Cadaques
- M. C. Escher – Möbius Strip II (Red Ants) (woodcut)
- David Hockney – Domestic Scene, Los Angeles
- Edward Hopper – Two Comedians
- Roy Lichtenstein
- René Magritte – The Difficult Crossing (2nd version)
- Lewis Morley – Christine Keeler (photograph)
- John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens – windows at St Andrew's Church, Plymouth
- Andy Warhol
- David Wynne
- Christ and Mary Magdalene (bronze castings, Ely Cathedral and Magdalen College, Oxford)
- Fire Figure (partly gilded aluminium, Lewis's, Hanley, Staffordshire)
- Reclining Woman (bronzes)
- The Sisters (bronzes)
- Sleeping girl (bronzes)
- Yehudi Menuhin (bronze heads)
Births
- January 20 – Mark Ryden, American painter
- April 4 – Martin Firrell, French-born British public artist
- April 20 – Rachel Whiteread, English sculptor
- May 16 – Jon Coffelt, American painter, sculptor and book artist
- May 31 – Wesley Willis, American artist and musician (d. 2003)
- June 24 – Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (d. 2007)
- July 20 – Ciruelo Cabral, Argentine fantasy artist
- August 16 – Stevenson Magloire, painter of the School of Saint Soleil (d. 1994)
- date unknown
- Marco Evaristti, Chilean sculptor
- Anya Gallaccio, British installation artist
- Sophie Ryder, English sculptor
- Bob and Roberta Smith (Patrick Brill), English slogan painter
Deaths
- February 27 – Vladimir Konashevich, Russian graphic artist (b. 1888).
- March 1 – Felice Casorati, Italian painter (b. 1883)
- June 9 – Jacques Villon, French Cubist painter and printmaker (b. 1875)
- July 16 – Antonio Donghi, Italian painter (b. 1897)
- July 23 – Aleksandr Gerasimov, Soviet socialist realist painter (b. 1881)
- August 11 – Alois Arnegger, Austrian painter (b. 1879)
- August 16 – Joan Eardley, British painter (b. 1921)
- August 31 – Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
- September 11 – Suzanne Duchamp, French Dadaist painter and sister of Marcel Duchamp (b. 1889)
- September 19 – David Low, New Zealand-born editorial cartoonist (b. 1891)
- October 20 – Everett Warner, American impressionist painter and printmaker (b. 1877)