1980 in art
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- May–September - 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...
Retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, the largest and most complete Picasso exhibition ever held in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. - Robert HughesRobert Hughes (critic)Robert Studley Forrest Hughes, AO is an Australian-born art critic, writer and television documentary maker who has resided in New York since 1970.-Early life:...
presents a series (with accompanying book), The Shock of the NewThe Shock of the NewThe Shock of the New is a 1980 documentary series by Robert Hughes that was broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom and by PBS in the United...
, for BBC TelevisionBBC TelevisionBBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on "art and the century of change".
Works
- Basil BlackshawBasil Blackshaw-Life:Born in Glengormley, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and brought up in Boardmills, County Down, Blackshaw attended Methodist College Belfast and studied at Belfast College of Art...
- *Green Landscape - Georgia O'KeeffeGeorgia O'KeeffeGeorgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American artist.Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916, several decades before women had gained access to art training in America’s colleges and universities, and before any of its women artists...
- *Llama in the Desert - Howard PostHoward PostHoward Post , aka Howie Post, was an American animator, cartoonist and comic strip and comic book writer-artist....
- *Moving Cattle - Nabil KansoNabil KansoNabil Kanso is a Lebanese-American painter born in Beirut, Lebanon.His works deal with contemporary, historical and literary themes, and are marked by figurative imagery executed with spontaneous and vigorous handling of the paint and often done on large-scale formats...
- *Apocalyptic RiderApocalyptic RiderApocalyptic Rider is a painting created by Nabil Kanso in 1980. It is oil on canvas measuring 7 X 9 feet , and is part of a series depicting horsemen in compositions dealing with apocalyptic themes....
; *Time Suspended in Space (South Africa)Time Suspended in Space (South Africa)Time Suspended in Space is the title of a mural-size painting on apartheid in South Africa painted by Nabil Kanso in 1980. It is oil on canvas measuring 3.65 X 5.50 meters -External links:*...
January to June
- 18 January - Cecil BeatonCecil BeatonSir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE was an English fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre...
, English photographer and stage and costume designerCostume DesignerA costume designer or costume mistress/master is a person whose responsibility is to design costumes for a film or stage production. He or she is considered an important part of the "production team", working alongside the director, scenic and lighting designers as well as the sound designer. The...
(b.19041904 in art-Events:*Georges Braque leaves the Academie Humbert.*Mary Cassatt is awarded the Légion d'honneur by the French government for her services to the arts.-Works:-Paintings:*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - The Finding of Moses*Frederick McCubbin - The pioneer...
). - 6 February - Albert KotinAlbert KotinAlbert Kotin belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic, including Paris...
, Russian-born American Abstract Expressionist artist (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...
). - 17 February - Graham SutherlandGraham SutherlandGraham Vivien Sutherland OM was an English artist.-Early life:He was born in Streatham, attending Homefield Preparatory School, Sutton. He was then educated at Epsom College, Surrey before going up to Goldsmiths, University of London...
, English 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...
). - 22 February - Oskar KokoschkaOskar KokoschkaOskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes.-Biography:...
, 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...
, poet and playwright (b.18861886 in art-Events:* April - New English Art Club mounts its first exhibition, at the Egyptian Hall, London, providing an alternative to the Royal Academy for younger artists, such as Philip Wilson Steer, under the influence of Paris....
). - 5 March - John SkeapingJohn SkeapingJohn Rattenbury Skeaping, RA was an English sculptor and equine painter.Born in South Woodford, Essex, Skeaping studied at Goldsmith's College, London, and later at the Royal Academy. He was the first husband of the sculptor Barbara Hepworth, with whom he exhibited during the 1920s...
, 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 equine painter (b.19011901 in art-Works:*John Collier - In the Venusberg Tannhauser*Camille Pissarro - Hay Harvest at Éragny-January to June:*9 January - Chic Young, American cartoonist .*28 January - James Richmond Barthé, sculptor ....
). - 18 March - Tamara de LempickaTamara de LempickaTamara de Lempicka , born Maria Górska in Moscow, in the Russian Empire, was a Polish Art Deco painter and "the first woman artist to be a glamour star."- Early life :...
, Polish Art DecoArt DecoArt deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
painter (b.18981898 in art-Paintings:*Herbert James Draper – The Lament for Icarus*Paul Gauguin – The White Horse *Edvard Munch – Metabolism-January to June:*3 February – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer...
). - 21 April - Ľudovít FullaLudovít FullaĽudovít Fulla was a Slovak painter, graphic artist, illustrator, stage designer and art teacher. He is considered one of the most important figures of Slovakian Creative Art in the 20th century....
, SlovakSlovaksThe Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...
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...
, graphic artist, 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...
, stage designer and art teacher (b.19021902 in art-Events:*Georges Braque begins his studies at the Academie Humbert, where he meets Marie Laurencin and Francis Picabia.-Works:*Helen Allingham - View of Blackdown*Frank Weston Benson - Eleanor Holding a Shell...
). - 21 April - Sohrab SepehriSohrab SepehriSohrab Sepehri was a notable modern Persian poet and a painter.He was born in Kashan in Isfahan province....
, PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
poet and a painter (b.19281928 in art-Events:*January 7 - The Tate Gallery, London, is flooded by the River Thames.*August - Ben Nicholson and Kit Wood visit St. Ives, Cornwall, and meet the ex-fisherman painter Alfred Wallis....
). - 7 June - Philip GustonPhilip GustonPhilip Guston was a notable painter and printmaker in the New York School, which included many of the Abstract expressionists, such as Jackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning...
, Canadian painter and printmaker (b.19131913 in art-Events:* February 17 - The Armory Show opens in New York City. It displays works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century* The London Group formed and holds its first exhibition...
). - 23 June - Clyfford StillClyfford StillClyfford Still was an American painter, and one of the leading figures of Abstract Expressionism.-Biography:...
, American Abstract ExpressionistAbstract expressionismAbstract expressionism was an American post–World War II art movement. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris...
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...
(b.19041904 in art-Events:*Georges Braque leaves the Academie Humbert.*Mary Cassatt is awarded the Légion d'honneur by the French government for her services to the arts.-Works:-Paintings:*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - The Finding of Moses*Frederick McCubbin - The pioneer...
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July to December
- July - Robert BrackmanRobert BrackmanRobert Brackman was an artist and teacher of Russian origin, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes.-Biography:Born in Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine, he emigrated from the Russian Empire in 1908....
, UkrainianUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
-born American 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...
and teacherTeacherA teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
(b.18981898 in art-Paintings:*Herbert James Draper – The Lament for Icarus*Paul Gauguin – The White Horse *Edvard Munch – Metabolism-January to June:*3 February – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer...
). - 26 August - Tex AveryTex AveryFrederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros...
, American animatorAnimatorAn animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
, cartoonistCartoonistA cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
, and directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
(b.19081908 in art-Events:*Hugh Lane founds the Dublin City Gallery.*Paul Ranson founds the Académie Ranson in Paris.*Allied Artists' Association holds its first exhibition, at the Royal Albert Hall in London....
). - 14 September - Maxwell BatesMaxwell BatesMaxwell Bates, CM was a Canadian architect and expressionist painter.Born in Calgary, Alberta in 1906, Bates started painting at an early age; his piece In the Kitchen was painted when he was 15 years old. As a young adult, he worked for his father's architecture firm...
, Canadian architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and expressionist 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...
(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...
). - 22 November - Norah McGuinnessNorah McGuinnessNorah McGuinness was an Irish painter and illustrator.Norah McGuinness trained at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art and at Chelsea Polytechnic in London before spending the 1920s working in Dublin as a book illustrator and stage designer...
, Irish 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 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...
(b.19011901 in art-Works:*John Collier - In the Venusberg Tannhauser*Camille Pissarro - Hay Harvest at Éragny-January to June:*9 January - Chic Young, American cartoonist .*28 January - James Richmond Barthé, sculptor ....
). - 26 December - Tony SmithTony Smith (sculptor)Tony Smith was an American sculptor, visual artist, architectural designer, and a noted theorist on art. He is often cited as a pioneering figure in American Minimalist sculpture.-Education:...
, American sculptor, visual artist and theorist on art (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....
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