1976 in art
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[edit] Events
- Completion of the Cubist-influenced Church of the Holy Trinity, Vienna, by Fritz Wotruba.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Brett Whiteley - Self Portrait in the Studio
[edit] Exhibitions
- 21 July - Opening of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, New York. The inaugural exhibition Rooms presented in-situ works and installations by around 80 artists from the United States and abroad.
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1976 paintings
- Vito Acconci - The Red Tapes
- Henry Moore - Three Piece Reclining Figure Draped (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Robert Ryman - Untitled (pastel and graphite on plexiglas with steel, 126.1 x 126.1 cm)
[edit] Births
- 4 January - Shiro Amano, Japanese mangaka.
- 13 February - Martin Sastre, Uruguayan media artist.
23 november joy de wit dutch painter
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to March
- 1 February - Hans Richter, German painter, graphic artist, avant-gardist, film-experimenter and producer (b.1888).
- 2 February - Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Bulgarian painter (b.1903).
- 23 February - L. S. Lowry, English artist (b.1887).
- 3 March - Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (b.1900).
- 12 March - Jacques Carlu, French architect and designer (b.1890).
- 25 March - Josef Albers, German artist, mathematician and educator (b.1888).
- 31 March - Paul Strand, American photographer and filmmaker (b.1890).
[edit] April to June
- 2 April - Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (b.1891).
- 24 April - Mark Tobey, American abstract expressionist painter (b.1890).
- 11 May - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (b.1898).
- 28 May - Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b.1922).
- 24 June - Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b.1883).
[edit] July to December
- 24 July - Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (b.1912).
- 31 October - Eileen Gray, Irish furniture designer and architect (b.1878).
- 11 November - Alexander Calder, American sculptor and artist (b.1898).
- 18 November - Man Ray, American artist and photographer (b.1890).
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- Mariano Andreu, Spanish painter, enamelling master, sculptor and stage designer (b.1888).
- Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (b.1893).
- Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (b.1905).
- Charles Jourdan, French fashion designer (b.1883).
- François Ozenda, French painter (b.1923).
