1979 in art

Events

*Edward Delaney's statue of Wolfe Tone in Dublin is destroyed by terrorists.

Awards

*Archibald Prize: Wes Walters - "Portrait of Philip Adams"

Works

*Jenny Holzer - "Truisms"
*Enzo Plazzotta - "Attitude II (Margot Fonteyn)"

Births

*3 January - Francesco Bellissimo, Italian manga artist.
*23 September - Kevin Michael Reed, American photographer.

Full date unknown

*Aideen Barry, Irish multimedia and performance artist.
*Eric Bourdon, French painter and writer.
*Elise Fouin, French designer.

Deaths

*11 January - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-born French Art dealer (b.1884).
*3 February - Aaron Douglas, American painter (b.1898).
*5 April - Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b.1893).
*25 June - Dave Fleischer, Austrian-American animator, film director, and film producer (b.1894).
*13 July - Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist (b.1913).
*8 November - Edward Ardizzone, British writer and illustrator (b.1900).
*23 December - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b.1898).

Full date unknown

*Russell Brockbank, Canadian-born cartoonist (b.1913).
*Jean Charlot, French painter and illustrator (b.1898).
*Sonia Delaunay, Ukrainian-French artist (b. 1885).

Awards