1987 in art
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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 RobinsonWilliam RobinsonWilliam Robinson, or Will Robinson or Bill Robinson or other nicknames, may refer to:-Historical:* William Robinson , Quaker martyr* William Benjamin Robinson , Canadian fur trader and political figure...
, Equestrian self-portrait
- Turner PrizeTurner PrizeThe Turner Prize, named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under the age of 50. Awarding the prize is organised by the Tate gallery and staged at Tate Britain. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised...
– Richard Deacon
- Shortlisted were: Patrick CaulfieldPatrick CaulfieldPatrick Joseph Caulfield, CBE, RA was an English painter and printmaker known for his bold canvases, which often incorporated elements of Photorealism within a pared down scene.-Life and work:...
, Helen ChadwickHelen ChadwickHelen Chadwick was a British conceptual artist.-Life and work:Chadwick studied at Croydon College of Art, The Faculty of Arts and Architecture Brighton Polytechnic and then at the Chelsea School of Art....
, Richard LongRichard Long (artist)Richard Long is an English sculptor, photographer and painter, one of the best known British land artists. Long is the only artist to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize four times, and he is reputed to have refused the prize in 1984...
, Declan McGonagleDeclan McGonagleDeclan McGonagle is an Irish art curator and professor of art at University of Ulster.In 1987, McGonagle became the only curator to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize thanks to his work at the Orchard Gallery in Derry...
and Thérèse OultonThérèse OultonThérèse Oulton is an English painter.Born in Shropshire, Oulton studied in the late 1970s at St Martin's School of Art before going on to the Royal College of Art....
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January to June
- 18 February – William ColdstreamWilliam ColdstreamSir William Menzies Coldstream was a British realist painter and a long standing art teacher.-Biography:...
, English realistRealism (arts)Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules", as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation...
painter (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....
). - 22 February – Andy WarholAndy WarholAndrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
, American artist, director and writer (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....
). - 26 March – Georg MucheGeorg MucheGeorg Muche was a German painter, printmaker, architect, author, and teacher.-Early life and education:Georg Muche was born on 8 May 1895 in Querfurt, in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and grew up in the Rhön area...
, German painter (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...
). - 19 April – Milt KahlMilt KahlMilton Erwin Kahl was an animator for the Disney studio, and one of Disney's Nine Old Men....
, American animator (b. 19091909 in art-Events:*Guillaume Apollinaire's first book of poetry is illustrated with woodcuts by André Derain.*Pablo Picasso and George Braque create the first works of analytical cubism.-Works:*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - A Favourite Custom...
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July to December
- 29 August – Naji al-AliNaji al-AliNaji Salim al-Ali was a Palestinian cartoonist, noted for the political criticism of Israel in his works.He drew over 40,000 cartoons, which often reflected Palestinian and Arab public opinion and were sharply critical commentaries on Palestinian and Arab politics and political leaders...
, PalestinianPalestinian peopleThe Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
cartoonistEditorial cartoonAn editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration containing a commentary that usually relates to current events or personalities....
(b. c1938). - 4 October – Kalervo PalsaKalervo PalsaHugo Kalervo Palsa , or Kalle was a Finnish artist in a style that has been described as fantastic realism....
, Finnish artist (b. 19471947 in art-Events:*Peggy Guggenheim closes The Art of This Century Gallery*Journalist Tancrede Marcil Jr. coins the term Les Automatistes in a review of their Montreal exhibition....
). - 27 October – Jean HélionJean HélionJean Hélion was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist. His midcareer rejection of abstraction was followed by nearly five decades as a figurative painter...
, French painter (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...
). - 28 October – André MassonAndré MassonAndré-Aimé-René Masson was a French artist.-Biography:Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but was brought up in Belgium. He began his study of art at the age of eleven in Brussels, at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris...
, French artist (b. 18961896 in art-Events:*A bout of typhoid fever puts an end to Maurice de Vlaminck's career as a cyclist.-Works:*Harry Bates - equestrian statue of Lord Roberts*Julian Fałat - Self-portrait-Births:*4 January - André Masson, French artist .*2 July...
). - 4 November – Raphael SoyerRaphael SoyerRaphael Soyer was a Russian-born American painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Soyer was referred to as an American scene painter...
Russian-born American painter, (b. 18991899 in art-Works:*Pierre Bonnard - Little Girl with a Cat*Jules Dalou - Monument à Alphand*Paul Gauguin - Two Women*William Harnett - Violin*Peder Severin Krøyer - Summer evening by Skagen's beach. Artist and his wife...
). - 15 November – Ernő GoldfingerErno GoldfingerErnő Goldfinger was a Hungarian-born Jewish architect and designer of furniture, and a key member of the architectural Modern Movement after he had moved to the United Kingdom.-Biography:Goldfinger was born in Budapest...
, Hungarian-born architect and furniture designer (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...
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- Roland AnsieauRoland AnsieauRoland Ansieau was an early 20th century French art deco graphic artist, best known for his 1935 "Berger 45" wine advertisement which is widely reproduced as poster prints. Ansieau also created colorful illustrations for a 1931 seasonal guide to Deauville "the flowered beach". Little else is...
, French graphic artist (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 ....
). - Robert FilliouRobert FilliouRobert Filliou was a French Fluxus artist, who produced works as a filmmaker, "action poet," sculptor, and happenings maestro....
, French FluxusFluxusFluxus—a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists, composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s. They have been active in Neo-Dada noise music and visual art as well as literature, urban planning,...
artist (b. 19261926 in artArt through the years-Works:*Alexander Stirling Calder - Shakespeare Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Alberto Giacometti - Spoon Woman*Hannah Höch - Love*Georges Malkine - Nuit d'Amour*Henri Matisse - Yellow Odalisque-Births:...
). - Harry HoltzmanHarry HoltzmanHarry Holtzman was an American artist and founding member of the American Abstract Artists group.-Early life:At the age of fourteen, Holtzman visited the Société Anonyme’s 1926 “International Exhibition of Modern Art” at the Brooklyn Museum and developed an early interest in advanced art with the...
, American artist (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....
). - Michel TapiéMichel TapiéMichel Tapié was an internationally active French critic, curator, and collector of art. He was an early and influential theorist and practitioner of "tachisme", which is generally regarded as the European equivalent of abstract expressionism...
, French artist, criticArt criticAn art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
, 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 art collector (b. 19091909 in art-Events:*Guillaume Apollinaire's first book of poetry is illustrated with woodcuts by André Derain.*Pablo Picasso and George Braque create the first works of analytical cubism.-Works:*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - A Favourite Custom...
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