1955 in art
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[edit] Events
- Enrique Tabara obtains an Ecuadorian government scholarship to study in Spain.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Ivor Hele - Robert Campbell Esq.
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1955 paintings
- Carroll Cloar - My Father Was Big as a Tree
- Willem de Kooning - Composition
- Oswaldo Guayasamín - El ataúd blanco
- Jasper Johns - Flag
[edit] Exhibitions
- January 1955 was the opening of the Family of Man exhibition at MOMA NYC.
- Le Mouvement exhibition is held at the Galerie Denise René.
[edit] Births
- 21 January - Jeff Koons, "kitsch" artist.
- 2 February - Madi Phala, South African artist (d.2007).
- 14 March - Beverly K. Effinger, painter.
- 29 July - Dave Stevens, American illustrator and comics artist (d.2008).
- 15 November - Sergey Voychenko, Belarusian artist and designer (d.2004).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Alexander Sokolov, sculptor.
[edit] Deaths
- March 16 - Nicolas de Staël
- June 29 - Max Pechstein, Expressionist artist (b. 1881)
- August 17 - Fernand Léger, artist (b. 1881)
- September 19 - Carl Milles, sculptor
- November 5 - Maurice Utrillo French painter (b. 1883)
- November 29 - Rene Paul Chambellan, sculptor
- Lamorna Birch, painter
- Dattilo Rubbo, painter and art teacher (b. 1870)
- Rudolf Schlichter, painter (b. 1890)
- Bradley Walker Tomlin, painter (b. 1899)
