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| List of years in art (Table) |
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| … 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 – 1956 – 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 … |
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| … 1953 • 1954 • 1955 – 1956 – 1957 • 1958 • 1959 … … 1920s • 1930s • 1940s – 1950s – 1960s • 1970s • 1980s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … |
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Contents |
Awards
- Archibald Prize: William Dargie - Mr Albert Namatjira
- Kate Greenaway Medal - Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone
Works
- Alexander Calder - Red Mobile
- Max Ernst - L’oiseau Rose
- Helen Frankenthaler - Eden
- Rudolf Hausner - The Ark of Odysseus
- Eduardo Kingman - La Lavendera
- Candido Portinari - Self-portrait
Exhibitions
- This Is Tomorrow, Whitechapel Gallery, London - British Pop art
Deaths
- January 13 - Lyonel Feininger, painter and cartoonist (b. 1871)
- June 8 - Marie Laurencin, painter and engraver (b. 1883)
- July 26 - Louis Raemaekers, painter and cartoonist (b. 1869)
- August 11 - Jackson Pollock, painter (b. 1912)
- November 3 - Jean Metzinger, painter (b. 1883)
- December 16 - Nina Hamnett, painter and designer (b. 1890)
- Theodor Pallady, painter (b. 1871)
- LeMoine Fitzgerald, painter (b. 1890)