1957 in art

List of years in Art

Events

*Chicago's Lithuanian community opens the Čiurlionis Art Gallery.

Awards

*Archibald Prize: Ivor Hele - "Self Portrait"

Exhibitions

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Works

*Maurice Boitel - "The Hens"
*Paul-Émile Borduas - "Étoile noire"
*Arthur Boyd - "Dreaming Bridegroom 1"
*Yves Klein - "Aerostatic Sculpture (Paris)".
*Isamu Noguchi - "Endless Coupling"
*Clyfford Still - "1957-D No. 1"

Births

*27 January - Frank Miller, comic-book artist.
*3 April - Yves Chaland, French cartoonist (d.1990).
*31 July - Chuck Carter, illustrator.
*7 August - Mark Bagley, comic-book artist.

Full date unknown

*Bill Barker, conceptual artist.
*Mike Bernard, painter.
*Félix González-Torres, Cuban artist (d.1996).
*Jim Hodges, installation artist.
*Rick Leonardi, comic-book illustrator.

Deaths

*January 17 - Jože Plečnik, architect
*January 20 - John Minton, painter and illustrator
*February 4 - Miguel Covarrubias, painter and caricaturist
*February 14 - Emanuel Hahn, sculptor
*March 16 - Constantin Brancusi, sculptor
*May 14 - Marie Vassilieff, painter
*May 18 - Bruce Rogers, book designer and typographer
*June 12 - Mario Urteaga Alvarado, painter
*July 7 - Kiyoshi Koishi, photographer
*August 2 - Lasar Segall, painter
*August 19 - David Bomberg, painter
*September 26 - Pompeo Coppini, sculptor
*October 11 - René Auberjonois, painter
*October 15 - Henry van de Velde, painter, architect and designer, one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement (b. 1863)
*October 24 - Christian Dior, fashion designer
*November 2 - Mahonri Young, sculptor
*November 20 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, graphic artist
*November 24 - Diego Rivera, painter (b. 1886)
*December 14 - Josef Lada, painter
* Bristow Adams, illustrator
* Óscar Domínguez, painter
* Onoe Saishu, calligrapher
* Andrzej Wróblewski, painter
* Jack Butler Yeats, painter and illustrator
* Adam Emory Albright, painter of figures in landscapes (b. 1862)
* Alexandros Christofis, Greek painter (b. 1875)