1959 in art
Overview of the events of 1959 in art
Events from the year 1959 in art.
Events
Awards
Works
Publications
- John Golding – Cubism: a history and an analysis, 1907-1914
Births
Deaths
- January – Eva Frankfurther, German-born British portrait painter, suicide (born 1930)
- January 29 – Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (born 1880)
- February 26 – Gabrielle Renard, French artist's model (born 1878)
- February 28 – Beatrix Farrand, American landscape architect (born 1872)
- April 9 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architectural pioneer (born 1867)
- May 3 – Renato Birolli, Italian painter (born 1905)
- June 8 – Pietro Canonica, Italian sculptor (born 1869)
- July 6 – George Grosz, German painter, draftsman and caricaturist (born 1893)
- July 17 – Sir Alfred Munnings, English equine painter (born 1878)
- August 5 – Frank Godwin, American illustrator (born 1889)
- August 19 – Sir Jacob Epstein, American-born British sculptor (born 1880)
- August 20 – Alfred Kubin, Austrian illustrator (born 1877)
- August 27 – Tom Purvis, English poster artist (born 1888).
- September 9
- Merric Boyd, Australian painter, sculptor and ceramic artist (born 1888)
- Cathleen Mann, English portrait painter and costume designer (born 1896)
- September 13 – Adrian (Greenberg), Hollywood costume designer (born 1903)
- September 18
- September 29 – Matthew Smith, English painter (born 1879)
- October 6 – Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian American art historian (born 1865)
- November 15 – Charles Jones, English gardener and photographer (born 1866)
- November 18 – Arkady Shaikhet, Soviet documentary photographer (born 1898)
- November 24 – Stepan Erzia, Mordvin sculptor (born 1876)
- December 9 – Gene Carr, American cartoonist (born 1881)
- December 14
See also
References
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