1971 in art

1971 in art

Events

*Construction of the Centre Georges Pompidou begins.

Awards

*Archibald Prize: Clifton Pugh - "Sir John McEwen"

Works

*Hans Haacke - "Real Time Social System"
*Fritz Koenig - "Great Spherical Caryatid" ("The Sphere"), designed for the World Trade Center, now in Battery Park, NYC

Births

*2 September - Arnold Arre, Filipino comic book writer and artist.
*7 September - Sirpa Masalin, Finnish sculptor.
*10 September - Pantea Rahmani, Iranian painter and sculptor.
*13 September - Stella McCartney, English fashion designer.
*4 October - Jeremy Blake, American digital artist and painter (d.2007).
*27 October - Jade Arcade, American composer, musician and comic book artist.

Full date unknown

*Stéphane Breitwieser, French art thief.
*Amanda Coogan, Irish performance artist.
*Bernhard Gál, Austrian composer and artist.
*Nicolas Ghesquière, French fashion designer.
*Tsuyoshi Ōhashi, Japanese manga artist.

Deaths

*10 January - Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (b.1883).
*3 April - Jacques Ochs, French artist, épée and foil fencer and Olympic gold medallist (b.1883).
*14 June - Gerald Dillon, Irish painter (b.1916).
*7 July - Ub Iwerks, American animator, cartoonist and special effects technician (b.1901).
*27 August - Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and photojournalist (b.1904).
*9 November - Ceri Richards, Welsh painter (b.1903).
*6 December - Jan Altink, Dutch painter (b.1885).

Full date unknown

*Marcel Gromaire, French painter (b.1892).


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