1936 in art

List of years in Art

Events

*November 23 - Margaret Bourke-White's photographs of the construction of the Fort Peck Dam are featured in the first issue of "Life" magazine.

Works

Awards

*Archibald Prize: W B McInnes - "Dr. Julian Smith"

Births

*11 January - Eva Hesse, German-born American sculptor (d.1970).
*10 May - Isaac Witkin, South African sculptor (d.2006).
*1 August - Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (d.2008).
*14 September - Terence Donovan, photographer.
*29 November - Gregory Gillespie, American magic realist painter (d.2000).

Full date unknown

*Edward Avedisian, American abstract painter (d.2007).
*Richard Estes, painter.
*Hans Haacke, conceptual artist.
*Richard Haas, muralist.
*Joan Jonas, video, performance artist and other media.
*Lucas Samaras, photographer and sculptor.
*Brian Sewell, art critic.
*Frank Stella, painter.

Deaths

*October 12 - Edwin Blashfield, painter and interior decorator
*"date unknown" - W. Herbert Dunton, member of the Taos art colony