1976 in art
Events
- Completion of the Cubist-influenced Church of the Holy Trinity, Vienna, by Fritz Wotruba.
- Collection de l'art brut ("Collection of outsider art") established in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Awards
- Archibald Prize: Brett Whiteley – Self Portrait in the Studio
- John Moores Painting Prize - John Walker for "Juggernaut with plume - for P Neruda"[1]
Exhibitions
- 25 May – Opening of exhibition of color photography by William Eggleston at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
- 21 July – Opening of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, New York. The inaugural exhibition Rooms presents in-situ works and installations by around 80 artists from the United States and abroad.
Works
- Vito Acconci – The Red Tapes
- Judy Baca and 400 community artists – Great Wall of Los Angeles (mural)
- Francis Bacon – Triptych
- Pye Engström – Efter badet
- Christo and Jeanne Claude - "Running Fence" in Sonoma County and Marin County, California, United States[2]
- Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue
- Nabil Kanso – Faust (paintings Faust) (paintings) 1976 through 1979
- Bernard Kirschenbaum - Way Four
- R. B. Kitaj – From London
- Henry Moore – Three Piece Reclining Figure Draped (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Susan Rothenberg - Butterfly[3]
- Robert Ryman – Untitled (pastel and graphite on plexiglas with steel, 126 cm2)
- Douglas Senft – Awning (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
- Jamie Wyeth – Portrait of Andy Warhol
Births
- 4 January – Shiro Amano, Japanese manga artist
- 27 January – Zoriah Miller, American photographer
- 13 February – Martin Sastre, Uruguayan media artist
- 3 April – Carl Hammoud, Swedish painter
- 23 November – Tai Shani, British artist
Deaths
January to March
- 1 February – Hans Richter, German painter, graphic artist, avant-gardist, film-experimenter and producer (b. 1888)
- 2 February – Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Bulgarian painter (b. 1903)
- 12 February – Charles Jourdan, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
- 18 February – Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
- 23 February – L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
- February – Kate Lechmere, English painter associated with the Vorticists and milliner (b. 1887)
- 3 March – Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (b. 1900)
- 12 March – Jacques Carlu, French architect and designer (b. 1890)
- 22 March – John McLaughlin, American hard-edge painter (b. 1898)
- 25 March – Josef Albers, German artist, mathematician and educator (b. 1888)
- 31 March – Paul Strand, American photographer and filmmaker (b. 1890)
April to June
- 1 April – Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (b. 1891).
- 22 April
- Stanley Cursiter, Scottish painter and curator (b. 1887).
- Jeanne Mammen, German painter (b. 1890)
- 24 April – Mark Tobey, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1890)
- 11 May – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (b. 1898)
- 28 May – Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922)
- 24 June – Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883)
- 27 June – Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (b. 1905)[4]
July to December
- 5 July – Frank Bellamy, English comics artist (b. 1917)
- 24 July – Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (b. 1912)
- 16 September – Cecil Thomas, English bronze sculptor and medallist (b. 1885)
- 23 September – Anna Zinkeisen, British artist (b. 1901)
- 31 October – Eileen Gray, Irish furniture designer and architect (b. 1878)
- 11 November – Alexander Calder, American sculptor and artist (b. 1898)
- 18 November – Man Ray, American artist and photographer (b. 1890)
- 11 December – Elmyr de Hory, Hungarian-born painter and art forger (b. 1906)
- 31 December – Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (b. 1893)
Full date unknown
- Mariano Andreu, Spanish painter, enamelling master, sculptor and stage designer (b. 1888)
- François Ozenda, French painter (b. 1923)[5]
References
- "John Walker - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/11001183-181/christo-famed-landscape-artist-behind
- https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.91009.html
- "Albert Dubout".
- Galerie Chave:Jean-François Ozenda (French). Accessed 1 April 2013
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