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Overview of the events of 1924 in art
Events from the year 1924 in art .
February –
El Lissitzky enters a Swiss sanatorium, suffering from tuberculosis.
March – Exhibition
Alfred Stieglitz Presents Fifty-One Recent Pictures: Oils, Water-colors, Pastels, Drawings, by
Georgia O'Keeffe (together with a display of his photographs) opens at the
Anderson Galleries in New York City.
[1]
May 15 –
Juan Gris delivers his lecture Des possibilités de la peinture at the
University of Paris .
[2]
July 9 – American painters
Edward Hopper and
Josephine Nivison marry at the French evangelical church in New York City;
Guy Pène du Bois attends.
August – English artist and designer
Eric Gill moves with some of his artistic community from
Ditchling in East Sussex to the disused Llanthony Abbey at
Capel-y-ffin in Wales.
September 24 – Première of the
Dadaist post-
Cubist
Futurist experimental art film
Ballet Mécanique conceived, written and co-directed by the painter
Fernand Léger in collaboration with
Dudley Murphy and
Man Ray at the Internationale Ausstellung neuer Theatertechnik (International Exposition for New Theater Technique) in
Vienna presented by
Frederick Kiesler .
[3]
[4] It features
Alice Prin ("Kiki de Montparnasse") and has a musical score by
American composer
George Antheil but is presented in a silent version on this occasion.
December – The
Bucharest International Modern Art Exhibit, an
avant-garde event hosted by
Contimporanul , displaying works by
Constantin Brâncuși ,
Hans Arp ,
Paul Klee ,
János Mattis-Teutsch ,
Kurt Schwitters ,
Michel Seuphor ,
Miliţa Pătraşcu ,
Marcel Janco ,
Victor Brauner and
M. H. Maxy .
December 11 –
Alfred Stieglitz and
Georgia O'Keeffe marry.
[1]
The
Surrealist Manifesto is conceived.
Sir
Frank Brangwyn is commissioned to paint the British Empire Panels , intended for the Royal Gallery in the
House of Lords in the
Palace of Westminster , but eventually inaugurated in the
Brangwyn Hall at the
Guildhall, Swansea , in 1934.
[5]
Vilmos Aba Novák 's works are on display for the first time.
Fernand Léger and
Amédée Ozenfant open a common studio.
Ben Nicholson begins to paint
abstracts .
3 January –
André Franquin , Belgian comics artist (d.
1997 ).
5 January –
Vera Molnár , Hungarian media artist (d.
2023 ).
28 January –
George Papassavas , Greek-American painter
29 January
6 February –
John Richardson , English-born art historian (d.
2019 ).
2 March –
Co Westerik , Dutch visual artist (d.
2018 )
7 March –
Eduardo Paolozzi , Scottish sculptor and
artist (d.
2005 ).
8 March –
Anthony Caro , English sculptor (d.
2013 ).
13 March –
Paul Brach , American
abstract
painter ,
lecturer and
educator (d.
2007 ).
30 March –
Robert Dickerson , Australian figurative painter (d.
2015 ).
10 April –
Kenneth Noland , American painter (d.
2010 ).
14 April –
Robert Stewart , Scottish textile designer (d.
1995 )
20 June –
Fritz Koenig , German sculptor (d.
2017 ).
22 June –
Dorothy Bohm , Russian-born British photographer (d.
2023 ).
7 August –
Georges Lévis , French comic artist (d.
1988 ).
8 August –
Edouard Jaguer , French poet and
art critic (d.
2006 ).
29 August –
Jack Baer , British art dealer (d.
2016 ).
4 September –
Anita Snellman , Finnish painter (d.
2006 )
21 September –
David Sylvester , English art critic and curator (d.
2001 ).
22 September –
Charles Keeping , English
illustrator ,
children's book author and
lithographer (d.
1988 ).
19 November –
Knut Steen , Norwegian sculptor (d.
2011 ).
26 November –
George Segal , American painter and sculptor (d.
2000 ).
7 December –
Liisi Beckmann , Finnish artist and designer (d.
2004 ).
17 December –
Clifton Pugh , Australian artist (d.
1990 ).
24 December –
Nissim Ezekiel , Indian poet, playwright and art critic (d.
2004 ).
24 December –
Michael Goldberg , American
abstract expressionist
painter and
teacher (d.
2007 ).
date unknown
February 1 –
Maurice Prendergast , American painter (b.
1858 )
February 11 –
Jean-François Raffaëlli , French realist painter, sculptor and printmaker (b.
1850 )
March 4 –
Fanny Eaton , Jamaican-born artists' model (b.
1835 )
March 9 –
Daniel Ridgway Knight , American painter (b.
1839 )
April 3 –
Franz von Bayros , Austrian erotic artist and illustrator (b.
1866 )
April 5 –
Victor David Brenner , American medalist, sculptor and engraver (b.
1871 )
April 18 –
Frank X. Leyendecker , American illustrator (b.
1877 )
April 22 – Sir
James Lawton Wingate , Scottish landscape painter (b.
1846 )
May 2 –
Anna Palm de Rosa , Swedish-born painter (b.
1859 )
May 26 -
F. W. Pomeroy , English sculptor (b.
1856 )
May 30 –
Amélie Beaury-Saurel , French painter (b.
1849 )
June 14 –
Emile Claus , Belgian painter (b. 1849)
July 12 –
Henrietta Ward , English painter (b.
1832 )
August 19 –
Ferdinand Cheval , French naïve architect of the "Palais Idéal" (b.
1836 )
November 2 –
Kai Nielsen , Danish sculptor (b.
1882 )
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November 7 –
Hans Thoma , German painter (b.
1839 )
December 21 –
Francesco Negri , Italian photographer (b.
1841 )
December 23 –
Christopher Whall , English stained-glass artist (b. 1849)
December 28 –
Léon Bakst , Russian painter and theatrical designer (b. 1866)
December 31 –
Tomioka Tessai , Japanese painter and
calligrapher in
Meiji period (b.
1837 )
^
a
b
"Timeline" . Santa Fe: Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Retrieved 2018-04-15 .
^
Pascal Bajou, "Le manuscrit Juan Gris: un testament...artistique", Renaissance traditionelle , 2002, p309 (French)
^ Chilvers, Ian; Glaves-Smith, John, eds. (2009). Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art . Oxford University Press. p. 400.
^ Eliel, Carol S.; et al. (2001). L'Esprit Nouveau: Purism in Paris, 1918-1925 . New York: Harry Abrams, Inc. p. 44.
ISBN
0-8109-6727-8 .
^
"Full history of the Branwyn Panels" (PDF) . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2012-06-22 .
^ Yaron, Alex (April 16, 1983).
"Reception set today in Palm Springs" .
Los Angeles Times . p. M4. Retrieved November 29, 2013 .
^
"Kai Nielsen" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2011-01-22 .