1975 in art
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- The artists' community Kollektiv Herzogstrasse is founded by Heimrad PremHeimrad PremHeimrad Prem was a German painter born in Roding, Oberpfalz. From 1949 - 1952 he studied decorative painting at Schwandorf and then studied painting with Josef Oberberger and sculpture with Toni Stadler at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich until 1956...
and others. - The Brotherhood of RuralistsBrotherhood of RuralistsThe Brotherhood of Ruralists is a British art group founded in 1975 in Wellow, Somerset, to paint nature. Their work is figurative with a strong adherence to 'traditional' skills...
established at Wellow, SomersetWellow, SomersetWellow is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about south of Bath. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Twinhoe has a population of 511...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. - Mona HatoumMona HatoumMona Hatoum is a video artist and installation artist of Palestinian origin, who lives in London.- Lebanon :...
leaves her native LebanonLebanonLebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London. - Four Ronnie LandfieldRonnie LandfieldRonnie Landfield is an American abstract painter. During his early career from the mid-1960s through the 1970s his paintings were associated with Lyrical Abstraction, , and he was represented by the David Whitney Gallery and the André Emmerich Gallery.Landfield is...
paintings from the collection of Philip JohnsonPhilip JohnsonPhilip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect.In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and later , as a trustee, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the first Pritzker Architecture...
are installed at the Four Seasons Restaurant (1975–1985), on the wall which Mark RothkoMark RothkoMark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz , was a Russian-born American painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".- Childhood :Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province, Russian...
was initially commissioned to create paintings for, and subsequently changed his mind.
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...
: Kevin ConnorKevin Connor (artist)Kevin Connor , Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize twice; in 1975 for The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE, and in 1977 for Robert Klippel. He won the Sulman Prize in 1991/92 with Najaf June 1991 and again in 1997 with The Man with itchy fingers and other figures Gare du Nord .He won a Harkness...
- The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE
Works
- Vito AcconciVito AcconciVito Hannibal Acconci is a Bronx, New York-born, Brooklyn-based designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist.-Education:...
- Plot - Dara BirnbaumDara BirnbaumDara Birnbaum, born in 1946 in New York ,USA, where she continues to live and work, uses video to reconstruct television imagery using as material such archetypal formats as quizzes, soap operas, and sports programmes. Her techniques involve the repetition of images and interruption of flow with...
- Attack Piece - Marcel BroodthaersMarcel BroodthaersMarcel Broodthaers was a Belgian poet, filmmaker and artist with a highly literate and often witty approach to creating art works....
- Daguerre's Soup, La salle blanche - Elisabeth FrinkElisabeth FrinkDame Elisabeth Jean Frink, DBE, CH, RA was an English sculptor and printmaker...
- Shepherd and Sheep - 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:...
- Unidad - Gordon Matta-ClarkGordon Matta-ClarkGordon Matta-Clark was an American artist best known for his site-specific artworks he made in the 1970s. He is famous for his "building cuts," a series of works in abandoned buildings in which he variously removed sections of floors, ceilings, and walls.-Life and work:Both of Gordon Matta-Clark's...
- Day's End, Conical Intersect - Louise Berliawsky NevelsonLouise Berliawsky NevelsonLouise Nevelson was an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and outdoor sculptures. Born in Czarist Russia, she emigrated with her family to the United States in the early 20th century when she was three years old. Nevelson learned English at school, as she...
- Transparent Horizon
Births
- 1 January - Eiichiro OdaEiichiro Odais a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of One Piece.-Early life:As a child, Oda was inspired by Akira Toriyama's works and aspired to become a manga artist. He recalls that his interest in pirates was probably sparked by the popular TV animation series titled Vicky the Viking...
, Japanese manga artistMangakais the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
. - 13 June - Johannes GrenzfurthnerJohannes GrenzfurthnerJohannes Grenzfurthner is an Austrian artist, writer, curator, director.He has published numerous books, essays and articles on contemporary art, science and philosophy....
, Austrian artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, writer, curatorCuratorA curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
and director. - 14 June - Chris Onstad, American writer, cartoonist and artist.
- 30 July - Graham NichollsGraham NichollsGraham Nicholls is an author, artist and expert on out of body experiences and spirituality. He speaks widely on issues around parapsychology, ethics and art at institutions ranging from the London Science Museum to the Cambridge Union Society...
, British installation artist, activist and speaker.
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- Allan CavanaghAllan CavanaghAllan Cavanagh is an Irish cartoonist and caricaturist. His cartoons appeared weekly in The Connacht Tribune from 2003 until 2009....
, Irish cartoonistCartoonistA cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
and caricaturist. - Frode FjerdingstadFrode FjerdingstadFrode Fjerdingstad is a photographer, born in Oslo, Norway. He studied photography at the London College of Printing. Frode has exhibited his work at the National Artcenter Tokyo and at several other occasions in London, Oslo, Zürich, Berlin, Stockholm, New York and Paris...
, Norwegian photographer. - Paul RenaudPaul RenaudPaul Renaud is a French comic book artist and illustrator, and working for both European and French markets.In 2004 Budd Root's Basement comics published Paul Renaud 's Cavewoman: The Movie comic book starting his production for the USA comics....
, French illustratorIllustratorAn Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
and comic book artistComic Book ArtistComic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
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January to June
- 19 January - Thomas Hart BentonThomas Hart Benton (painter)Thomas Hart Benton was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, almost sculpted paintings showed everyday scenes of life in the United States...
, American painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and muralist (b.18891889 in art-Events:*Marie Triepcke Krøyer Alfvén marries fellow-artist Peder Severin Krøyer.*The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition was held in Melbourne, Australia-Works:*Paul Gauguin - Yellow Christ*Auguste Rodin - The Burghers of Calais...
). - 2 March - Madeleine VionnetMadeleine VionnetThis article is about the haute couture designer. For the fashion label, see Vionnet Madeleine Vionnet was a French fashion designer...
, French fashion designer (b.18761876 in art-Works:*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - An Audience at Agrippa's*Edward Mitchell Bannister - Under the Oaks*Albert Fitch Bellows - Sunday in Devonshire*Gustave Caillebotte - Le pont de l'Europe *Paul Cézanne - Vase of Flowers...
). - 9 March - Gleb W. DerujinskyGleb W. DerujinskyGleb W. Derujinsky was a Russian-American sculptor.Born in Smolensk, Russia, he was related to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov on his father's side and the painter Mikhail Vrubel on his mother's...
, Russian-American sculptor (b.18881888 in art-Events:*July 14 - The Monument à Léon Gambetta, by Jean-Paul Aubé, is inaugurated at the Louvre*Paul Ranson, Paul Sérusier and Maurice Denis become fellow students at the Académie Julian*Vincent Van Gogh begins his Sunflowers series-Exhibitions:...
). - 10 April - Walker EvansWalker EvansWalker Evans was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans's work from the FSA period uses the large-format, 8x10-inch camera...
, American photographer (b.19031903 in art-Events:*Isadora Duncan develops free dance, a dance technique influenced by the ancient Greeks and the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.*With the support of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jacques Villon, Auguste Rodin and others, the first Salon d'Automne opens in Paris as a reaction to the conservatism...
). - 30 April - Gen PaulGen PaulGen Paul , was a French painter and engraver.-Biography:Born as Eugène Paul in a house in Montmartre on the Rue Lepic painted by Van Gogh, he began drawing and painting as a child. His father died when he was only ten years old and Gen Paul was trained to work in decorative furnishings...
, French painter and engraver (b.18951895 in art-Events:* P. H. Emerson publishes his last photographic book, Marsh Leaves.-Works:*Edvard Munch - Jealousy*Tom Roberts - Bailed Up*Théophile Steinlen - Les Chanteurs des Rues*Dorothy Tennant - L'Amour Blessé...
). - 20 May - Barbara HepworthBarbara HepworthDame Barbara Hepworth DBE was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism, and with such contemporaries as Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo she helped to develop modern art in Britain.-Life and work:Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was born on 10 January 1903 in Wakefield,...
, English sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
and artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
(b.19031903 in art-Events:*Isadora Duncan develops free dance, a dance technique influenced by the ancient Greeks and the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.*With the support of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jacques Villon, Auguste Rodin and others, the first Salon d'Automne opens in Paris as a reaction to the conservatism...
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July to December
- 18 July - Vaughn BodéVaughn BodéVaughn Bodē was an artist involved in underground comics, graphic design and graffiti. He is perhaps best known for his comic strip character Cheech Wizard and artwork depicting voluptuous women. His works are noted for their psychedelic look and feel...
, American underground comics, graphic designGraphic designGraphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
and graffitiGraffitiGraffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
artist (b.19411941 in art-Events:*Ettore DeGrazia's work appears for the first time in Arizona Highways magazine.-Works:*Max Beckmann - Double Portrait, Max Beckmann and Quappi*Peter Belov - "1941", *Paul Cadmus - Aviator...
). - 28 August - Fritz WotrubaFritz WotrubaFritz Wotruba was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent. He was considered one of the most notable Austrian 20th century sculptors...
, Austrian sculptor (b.19071907 in art-Events:*Vanessa Stephen marries Clive Bell.* Adolphe Valette joins the staff of Manchester Municipal School of Art.* The Chicago Plan is produced by Daniel Burnham and Edward H...
). - 2 October - Seamus MurphySeamus MurphySeamus Murphy, was an Irish sculptor and stone carver, best known for designing the Church of the Annunciation, Blackpool, Cork City....
, Irish sculptor (b.19071907 in art-Events:*Vanessa Stephen marries Clive Bell.* Adolphe Valette joins the staff of Manchester Municipal School of Art.* The Chicago Plan is produced by Daniel Burnham and Edward H...
). - 25 October - Padraig MarrinanPadraig MarrinanPadraig Marrinan was an Irish painter. Also known as PH Marrinan or Patrick H Marrinan, he was born in Belfast, Ireland. He contracted poliomyelitis at the age of five years and for several years, he could not walk...
, Irish painter (b.19061906 in art-Events:*Gwen John begins modelling for Auguste Rodin.*Amedeo Modigliani arrives in Paris.*Ferdinand Preiss opens his workshop in Berlin.-Works:*Paul Cézanne - The Gardener Vallier*André Derain - Charing Cross Bridge, London...
). - 17 November - Michael AyrtonMichael AyrtonMichael Ayrton was an English artist and writer, known as a painter, printmaker and sculptor, and also as a critic, broadcaster and novelist...
, English sculptor, graphic artist and writer (b.19211921 in art-Events:*Paul Sérusier publishes his ABC of Painting.*André Delatte opens his glasswares studio in Nancy.-Works:*Charles Demuth - Incense of a New Church*Auguste Herbin - Le Cateau-Cambrésis*Fernand Léger - Still Life with a Beer Mug...
) - 20 December - Heinz HenghesHeinz HenghesHeinz Henghes was a British sculptor.Born Gustav Heinrich Clusmann in Hamburg , at the age of 17, Henghes ran away from home to go to the United States. In New York City he met a number of artists and writers, and was influenced by Isamu Noguchi...
, German sculptor (b.19061906 in art-Events:*Gwen John begins modelling for Auguste Rodin.*Amedeo Modigliani arrives in Paris.*Ferdinand Preiss opens his workshop in Berlin.-Works:*Paul Cézanne - The Gardener Vallier*André Derain - Charing Cross Bridge, London...
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