1935 in art

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The year 1935 in art involved some significant events and new works.

Events

February 15–March 2 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People stages an exhibition Art Commentary on Lynching in New York City.
December – Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler undergoes forced sterilization in accordance with Nazi eugenics policies and never paints again.
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, designed by Hendrik Petrus Berlage, completed in the Netherlands.
William Coldstream edits the GPO Film Unit documentary Coal Face.
Picasso's poetry takes precedence over his graphic work this year.

2 January – David McKee, English author and illustrator
12 January – Teresa del Conde, Mexican art critic and historian (d. 2017)
26 January – Paula Rego, Portuguese-born painter
10 February – John Alcorn, American illustrator (d. 1992)
1 June – Vladislav Lalicki, Serbian painter (d. 2008)
13 June – Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Bulgarian & Moroccan-born American installation artists (d. 2020 & 2009 respectively)
19 August – Victor Ambrus, Hungarian-born British illustrator
23 August – Roy Strong, English art historian and curator
16 September – Carl Andre, American minimalist artist
26 September – Juan Zanotto, Italian-born Argentine comic book artist (d. 2005)
30 September – James McKendry, Northern Irish sculptor and painter
1 October – Walter De Maria, American minimalist, conceptual artist and land artist (d. 2013)
9 October – Don McCullin, English war photographer
Full date unknown
- Nina Alovert, Russian-born American ballet photographer
- Rasheed Araeen, Pakistan-born British conceptual artist
- Félix Arauz, Ecuadorean painter
- John Barry, English film set designer (d. 1979)

February 8 – Max Liebermann, German-Jewish impressionist painter (b. 1847)
February 16 – Carolina Benedicks-Bruce, Swedish sculptor (b. 1856)
March 25 – William de Leftwich Dodge, American muralist (b. 1867)
April 15 – Anna Ancher, Danish member of the Skagen Painters group (b. 1859)
May 3 – Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
May 24 – Granville Redmond, American landscape painter (b. 1871)
July 17 – George William Russell ('Æ'), Irish critic, poet and painter (b. 1867)
August 15 – Paul Signac, French neo-impressionist painter (b. 1863)
August 27 – Childe Hassam, American impressionist painter (b. 1859)
October 4 – Jean Béraud, French painter (b. 1849)
October 9 – Archibald Thorburn, Scottish-born wildlife painter (b. 1860)
October 11 – Samuel Peploe, Scottish painter (b. 1871)
October 23 – Charles Demuth, American painter (b. 1883)
November 28 – Joaquín Clausell, Mexican impressionist landscape painter, lawyer and political activist (b. 1866)
Undated
- Harry Fidler, English painter (b. 1856)
- Eva Watson-Schütze, American portrait photographer and curator (b. 1867)