1963 in art

List of years in Art

Events

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Awards

*Archibald Prize: J Carrington Smith - "Professor James McAuley"

Exhibitions

*"Visione e Colore", Palazzo Grassi, Venice
*Morris Louis memorial exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, New York City

Works

*Georg Baselitz - "Die große Nacht im Eimer" (Museum Ludwig, Cologne)
*Romare Bearden - "Prevalence of Ritual"
*Maurice Boitel - "Cadaques"
*Edward Hopper - "Two Comedians"

Births

*20 April - Rachel Whiteread.
*16 May - Jon Coffelt painter, sculptor and book arts.
*31 May - Wesley Willis, American artist and musician (d.2003).
*24 June - Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (d.2007).
*7 July - Mark Horiuchi, ceramics artist, sculptor and painter.
*20 July - Ciruelo Cabral, fantasy artist.

Full date unknown

*Marco Evaristti, sculptor.

Deaths

*June 9 - Jacques Villon, painter and printmaker (b. 1875)
*July 16 - Antonio Donghi, painter (b. 1897)
*August 31 - Georges Braque, painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
*September 11 - Suzanne Duchamp (b. 1889), Dadaist painter and sister of Marcel Duchamp