- 1970 in art
Events
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26 October -Garry Trudeau 'scomic strip "Doonesbury " debuts in approximately two dozen newspapers in theUnited States .
*27 November - Bolivian artist Benjamin Mendoza tries to assassinatePope Paul VI during his visit inManila .Awards
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Archibald Prize : Eric Smith - "Gruzman - Architect"
*PrixPuvis de Chavannes -Daniel du Janerand Works
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Barbara Hepworth - "Family of Man"
*Henry Moore - "Reclining Figure LH608"
*Kanda Nissho - "Indoor Landscape"
*Isamu Noguchi - "Night Wind"
*Robert Smithson - "Spiral Jetty "Births
January to June
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17 January -Genndy Tartakovsky ,Russia n-born Americananimator .
*22 January -Alex Ross , Americancomic book painter,illustrator andplotter .
*15 February -Shepard Fairey , Americanartist ,graphic designer andillustrator .
*27 February -Matthias Lechner , Germanset designer andart director .
*12 March -Marine Delterme , French actress, painter, sculptor and former model.
*3 May -Jeffrey Sebelia , Americanfashion designer .
*9 May -Damian Loeb , American painter.
*26 May -Nobuhiro Watsuki , Japanesemangaka .
*1 June -Joshua Compston - British gallerist (d.1996).July to December
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6 July - Grant Bond, Americancomic book artist and writer.
*9 July -Benoit Pierre Emery , Frenchart director andfashion designer .
*4 August -Pete Abrams , American webcomic writer and illustrator.
*22 November -Aleksander Balos , Polish-born American artist and figurative painter.Full date unknown
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Stéphane Ducret , Swiss contemporary artist.
*Emily Jacir ,Palestinian artist.
*Tomoki Kyoda ,Japan ese animation director and animator.
*Vincent Paronnaud , Frenchcomics artist andfilmmaker .
*David Quinn, Irish artist.Deaths
January to June
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27 January -Rita Angus ,New Zealand painter (b.1908).
*25 February -Mark Rothko ,Latvia n-born American painter andprintmaker (b.1903).
*2 March -Marc-Aurèle Fortin , Canadian painter (b.1888).
*8 March -Waldo Peirce , American painter (b.1884).
*8 March -Anton Räderscheidt , German painter (b.1892).
*13 May -William Dobell ,Australia n sculptor and painter (b.1899).
*29 May -Eva Hesse , German-born American sculptor (b.1936).
*6 June -Camille Bombois , French naïve painter (b.1883).July to December
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4 July -Barnett Newman , Americanartist (b.1905).
*7 July -Laura Knight , English Impressionist painter (b.1877).
*1 December -Hermine David , French painter (b.1886).Full date unknown
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Robert Laurent , American sculptor (b.1890).
*Georges Malkine , French painter, only painter to sign theSurrealist Manifesto of 1924 (b.1898).
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