1976 in art

1976 in art

Events

*Completion of the Cubist-influenced Church of the Holy Trinity, Vienna, by Fritz Wotruba.

Awards

*Archibald Prize: Brett Whiteley - "Self Portrait in the Studio"

Exhibitions

*21 July - Opening of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, New York. The inaugural exhibition "Rooms" presented in-situ works and installations by around 80 artists from the United States and abroad.

Works

*Vito Acconci - "The Red Tapes"
*Henry Moore - "Three Piece Reclining Figure Draped" (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
*Robert Ryman - "Untitled" (pastel and graphite on plexiglas with steel, 126.1 x 126.1 cm)

Births

*4 January - Shiro Amano, Japanese mangaka.
*13 February - Martin Sastre, Uruguayan media artist.

Deaths

January to March

*1 February - Hans Richter, German painter, graphic artist, avant-gardist, film-experimenter and producer (b.1888).
*2 February - Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Bulgarian painter (b.1903).
*23 February - L. S. Lowry, English artist (b.1887).
*3 March - Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (b.1900).
*12 March - Jacques Carlu, French architect and designer (b.1890).
*25 March - Josef Albers, German artist, mathematician and educator (b.1888).
*31 March - Paul Strand, American photographer and filmmaker (b.1890).

April to June

*2 April - Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (b.1891).
*24 April - Mark Tobey, American abstract expressionist painter (b.1890).
*11 May - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (b.1898).
*28 May - Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b.1922).
*24 June - Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b.1883).

July to December

*24 July - Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (b.1912).
*31 October - Eileen Gray, Irish furniture designer and architect (b.1878).
*11 November - Alexander Calder, American sculptor and artist (b.1898).
*18 November - Man Ray, American artist and photographer (b.1890).

Full date unknown

*Mariano Andreu, Spanish painter, enamelling master, sculptor and stage designer (b.1888).
*Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (b.1893).
*Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (b.1905).
*Charles Jourdan, French fashion designer (b.1883).
*François Ozenda, French painter (b.1923).


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