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Overview of the events of 1940 in art
Overview of the events of 1940 in art
Events from the year 1940 in art .
Events
Awards
Works
Paintings
Photographs
Sculptures
Exhibitions
Births
January –
Anthony d'Offay ,
British art dealer
January 2 –
Peter Young ,
American
painter
January 6 –
John Byrne ,
Scottish painter and writer
January 24
Vito Acconci , American conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist and filmmaker (d.
2017 )
Mel Bochner , American conceptual artist
February 22 –
Billy Name , born William Linich, Jr., American
photographer , collaborator with Andy Warhol
March 7 –
Hannah Wilke , American painter,
sculptor and photographer (d.
1993 )
March 20 –
Mary Ellen Mark , American photographer (d.
2015 )
April 11 –
Marcia Tucker , American museum curator (d.
2006 )
April 16 –
Joan Snyder , American painter
April 30 –
Burt Young , born Gerald DeLouise, American actor, painter and author
May 1 –
Elsa Peretti , Italian jewelry designer (d.
2021 )
May 11 –
Juan Downey , Chilean-American video artist (d.
1993 )
May 25 –
Nobuyoshi Araki , Japanese photographer
June 17 –
Alton Kelley , American poster and album artist (d.
2008 )
July 5 –
Chuck Close , American "photorealistic" painter (d.
2021 )
July 27 –
Pina Bausch , German neo-expressionist choreographer and dancer (d.
2009 )
August 23 –
Galen Rowell , American wilderness photographer (d.
2002 )
September 6 –
Elizabeth Murray , American painter,
printmaker and
draughtsman (d.
2007 )
September 10 –
David Mann , American painter
September 26 –
Arno Rink , German painter and professor
September 27 –
Rudolph Moshammer ,
German fashion designer (d.
2005 )
October 22 –
Ashley Jackson , Malaysian-born
Yorkshire landscape watercolourist
date unknown
Deaths
January 18 –
Jonas Lie , Norwegian American landscape painter (b.
1880 )
February 11 –
Ellen Day Hale , American painter and printmaker (b.
1855 )
February 27 –
Nicolae Tonitza , Romanian painter and etcher (b.
1886 )
March 16 –
Iso Rae , Australian Impressionist painter (b.
1860 )
April 15 –
Alexandru Plămădeală , Moldovan sculptor (b.
1888 )
May 13 -
Henry Charles Fehr , British sculptor (b.
1867 )
June 21 –
Édouard Vuillard , French painter (b.
1868 )
June 29 –
Paul Klee , Swiss painter
expressionism ,
cubism , and
surrealism (b.
1879 )
July 4 –
Józef Pankiewicz , Polish painter, graphic artist and teacher (b.
1866 )
July 28 –
Gerda Wegener , Danish artist (b. 1886)
July 31 –
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler , German avant-garde painter, by
involuntary euthanasia (b.
1899 )
August 22 –
Paul Gösch , German artist and architect (b.
1885 )
September 15 –
Dick Ket , Dutch painter (b.
1902 )
September 27 –
Walter Benjamin , German philosopher, "
comparatist " and art critic (b.
1892 )
October 15 –
Karl Uchermann , Norwegian canine painter (b.
1855 )
November 16 –
Colin Gill ,
English war artist, muralist and portrait painter (b.
1892 ).
November 17 –
Eric Gill , English sculptor and engraver (b.
1882 )
date unknown –
Francesco Stella , Italian painter and set designer (b.
1862 )
See also
References