1956 in art
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Events
- Le mystère PicassoThe Mystery of PicassoThe Mystery of Picasso is a 1956 French documentary film about the painter Pablo Picasso. It shows Picasso in the act of creating paintings for the camera...
, a French documentary film, shows Pablo PicassoPablo PicassoPablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
in the act of creating paintings for the camera (which he subsequently destroyed so that they would only exist on film). - William KleinWilliam KleinWilliam Klein is a photographer and filmmaker noted to for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography...
publishes his photo essayPhoto essayA photo-essay is a set or series of photographs that are intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. A photo essay will often show pictures in deep emotional stages. Photo essays range from purely photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text...
New York, 1954–55.
Awards
- Archibald PrizeArchibald PrizeThe Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919...
: William DargieWilliam DargieSir William Alexander Dargie CBE was an Australian painter, known especially for his portrait paintings. He holds the record for the most Archibald Prize wins; eight. He was an official Australian War Artist during World War II.- Biography :William Dargie was born in Footscray, Victoria, the first...
– Mr Albert NamatjiraAlbert NamatjiraAlbert Namatjira , born Elea Namatjira, was an Australian artist. He was a Western Arrernte man, an Indigenous Australian of the Western MacDonnell Ranges area... - Kate Greenaway MedalKate Greenaway MedalThe Kate Greenaway Medal was established in the United Kingdom in 1955 in honour of the children's illustrator, Kate Greenaway. The medal is given annually to an outstanding work of illustration in children's literature. It is awarded by Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals...
– Edward ArdizzoneEdward ArdizzoneEdward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, CBE, RA was an English artist, writer and illustrator, chiefly of children's books.-Early life:...
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Works
- Pietro AnnigoniPietro AnnigoniPietro Annigoni was an Italian portrait and fresco painter, who became world famous after painting Queen Elizabeth II in 1956.-Life:Born in Milan in 1910, Annigoni was a painter who was influenced by the Italian Renaissance....
– Portrait of Elizabeth II - Alexander CalderAlexander CalderAlexander Calder was an American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing mobile sculptures. In addition to mobile and stable sculpture, Alexander Calder also created paintings, lithographs, toys, tapestry, jewelry and household objects.-Childhood:Alexander "Sandy" Calder was born in Lawnton,...
– Red Mobile - Salvador DaliSalvador DalíSalvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
– Living Still Life - Max ErnstMax ErnstMax Ernst was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was one of the primary pioneers of the Dada movement and Surrealism.-Early life:...
– L’oiseau Rose - Helen FrankenthalerHelen FrankenthalerHelen Frankenthaler is an American abstract expressionist painter. She is a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting. Having exhibited her work in six decades she has spanned several generations of abstract painters while continuing to produce vital and ever-changing new work...
– Eden - Rudolf HausnerRudolf HausnerRudolf Hausner was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. Hausner has been described as a "psychic realist" and "the first psychoanalytical painter" .-Early life:...
– The Ark of Odysseus - Eduardo KingmanEduardo KingmanEduardo Kingman was one of Ecuador's greatest artists of the 20th century, among the art circles of other master artists such as Oswaldo Guayasamin and Camilo Egas.-Background:...
– La Lavendera - L. S. LowryL. S. LowryLaurence Stephen Lowry was an English artist born in Barrett Street, Stretford, Lancashire. Many of his drawings and paintings depict nearby Salford and surrounding areas, including Pendlebury, where he lived and worked for over 40 years at 117 Station Road , opposite St...
- The Floating Bridge - Candido PortinariCândido PortinariCandido Portinari was one of the most important Brazilian painters and also a prominent and influential practitioner of the neo-realism style in painting....
– Self-portrait
Births
- January 19 - Junpei SatohJunpei Satoh' , is a contemporary Western-style painter in Japan.-Life:Junpei Satoh was born in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and began teaching himself oil paintings at the age of 10. In 1974, he moved to Tokyo and attended Musashino Art University...
, Japanese Western-style painter - May 25 – Andrea PazienzaAndrea PazienzaAndrea Pazienza , was an Italian comics artist and painter.- Life :Pazienza was born in San Benedetto del Tronto, province of Ascoli Piceno , in 1956....
, ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
comics artistComics artistA comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...
(d. 19881988 in art-Events:*Opening of the Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, designed by Steven Holl-Awards:*Archibald Prize: Fred Cress – John Beard*Turner Prize – Tony Cragg-January to June:*19 March – Isabel Bishop, American painter and graphic artist ....
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Deaths
- January 13 – Lyonel FeiningerLyonel FeiningerLyonel Charles Feininger was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism. He also worked as a caricaturist and comic strip artist.-Life and work:...
, painter and cartoonist (b. 18711871 in art-Paintings:*The Narrows, Lake George by Daniel Huntington*The Old Stagecoach by Eastman Johnson*The Harbour at Bordeaux by Édouard Manet *The Barricade by Édouard Manet...
) - April 23 - Cecile WaltonCecile WaltonCecile Walton , was a Scottish painter, illustrator and sculptor. She and her husband Eric were two of the moving spirits of the Edinburgh chapter of the Symbolist movement in the early 20th century....
, painter, illustrator and sculptor (b. 18911891 in art-Events:*Henri Matisse begins his studies at the Académie Julian.*Correspondence of Marie Bashkirtseff and Gustave Flaubert is published.*Impressionist Armand Guillaumin wins 100,000 francs in the French state lottery and is able to devote himself to painting full-time.*Felix Vallotton makes his...
) - June 8 – Marie LaurencinMarie LaurencinMarie Laurencin was a French painter and printmaker. -Biography:Laurencin was born in Paris, where she was raised by her mother and lived much of her life. At 18, she studied porcelain painting in Sèvres...
, painter and engraver (b. 18831883 in art-Works:*William Merritt Chase - Portrait of Miss Dora Wheeler and Mrs Meigs at the Piano Organ*William Powell Frith - A Private View at the Royal Academy*Pierre Puvis de Chavannes - The Dream*Pierre-Auguste Renoir:*Dance at Bougival...
) - July 26 – Louis RaemaekersLouis RaemaekersLouis Raemaekers was a Dutch painter and cartoonist for the Amsterdam Telegraaf during World War I, noted for his anti-German stance....
, painter and cartoonist (b. 18691869 in art-Paintings:*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - The Wine Shop*Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Femme Lisant *Gustave Courbet - The Cliff at Etretat after the Storm...
) - August 7 – LeMoine FitzgeraldLeMoine FitzgeraldLionel LeMoine Fitzgerald was a Winnipeg-based Canadian painter, and member of the Group of Seven.-Life and work:...
, painter (b. 18901890 in art-Works:*William-Adolphe Bouguereau - A Little Coaxing*Thomas Dewing - Summer*John Haberle - The Palette*William Harnett - The Faithful Colt *Ferdinand Hodler - Night...
) - August 11 – Jackson PollockJackson PollockPaul Jackson Pollock , known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. He was regarded as a mostly reclusive artist. He had a volatile personality, and...
, painter (b. 19121912 in art-Events:*Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes publish the first major treatise on Cubism, entitled Du Cubisme.*William Zorach marries Marguerite Thompson.*René Lalique stages his first exhibit of his glasswares — as does Maurice Marinot....
) - August 16 – Theodor PalladyTheodor PalladyTheodor Pallady was a Romanian painter.-Biography:Pallady was born in Iaşi, but at a young age, his family moved to Dresden, where he studied engineering at the Dresden University of Technology between 1887 and 1889. At the same time, he studied art with Erwin Oehme, who, recognising his artistic...
, painter (b. 18711871 in art-Paintings:*The Narrows, Lake George by Daniel Huntington*The Old Stagecoach by Eastman Johnson*The Harbour at Bordeaux by Édouard Manet *The Barricade by Édouard Manet...
) - November 3 – Jean MetzingerJean MetzingerJean Metzinger was a French painter.Metzinger was born in Nantes, France. Initially he was influenced by Fauvism and Impressionism, but from 1908 he was associated with Cubism. Metzinger was a member of the Section d'Or group of artists...
, painter (b. 18831883 in art-Works:*William Merritt Chase - Portrait of Miss Dora Wheeler and Mrs Meigs at the Piano Organ*William Powell Frith - A Private View at the Royal Academy*Pierre Puvis de Chavannes - The Dream*Pierre-Auguste Renoir:*Dance at Bougival...
) - December 16 – Nina HamnettNina HamnettNina Hamnett was a Welsh artist and writer, and an expert on sailors' chanteys, who became known as the Queen of Bohemia.- Early life :...
, painter and designer (b. 18901890 in art-Works:*William-Adolphe Bouguereau - A Little Coaxing*Thomas Dewing - Summer*John Haberle - The Palette*William Harnett - The Faithful Colt *Ferdinand Hodler - Night...
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