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Overview of the events of 1955 in art
Overview of the events of 1955 in art
Events from the year 1955 in art .
Events
Awards
Works
Exhibitions
Births
January 15 –
Andreas Gursky ,
German large format photographer
January 21 –
Jeff Koons ,
American "kitsch" artist
February 2 –
Madi Phala ,
South African artist (d.
2007 )
March 10 –
Mark Landis , American painter and art forger
March 24 –
Beverly K. Effinger , American painter
April 5 –
Akira Toriyama , Japanese manga and video game artist (d.
2024 )
May 20 –
Anton Corbijn , Dutch photographer and videographer
July 29 –
Dave Stevens , American
illustrator and
comics artist (d.
2008 )
August 2 –
PHASE 2 (Lonny Wood), American graffiti artist (d.
2019 )
November 15 –
Sergey Voychenko ,
Belarusian artist and designer (d.
2004 )
undated
Deaths
January 1 –
Maria Bal ,
Polish model (b.
1879 )
January 7 –
Lamorna Birch ,
English painter (b.
1869 )
February 11 –
Olga Khokhlova ,
Russian -born ballet dancer and estranged wife of
Picasso (b.
1891 )
March 9 –
Nels N. Alling , Danish-American sculptor (b.
1861 )
March 13 –
Evie Hone ,
Irish painter and stained glass artist (b.
1894 )
March 16 –
Nicolas de Staël , Russian-born
French
impasto painter (b.
1914 )
May 3 –
Rudolf Schlichter ,
German painter (b.
1890 )
May 10 –
John Radecki ,
Polish -born Australian
stained glass artist (b.
1865 )
May 11 –
Bradley Walker Tomlin , American painter (b.
1899 )
May 23 –
Auguste Chabaud , French painter (b.
1882 )
June 1 –
Antonio Dattilo Rubbo ,
Italian -born
Australian painter and art teacher (b.
1870 )
June 29 –
Max Pechstein , German
Expressionist artist (b.
1881 )
August 17 –
Fernand Léger , French artist (b. 1881)
September 19 –
Carl Milles ,
Swedish sculptor (b.
1875 )
September 27 –
Leslie Garland Bolling ,
African American sculptor (b.
1898 )
November 5 –
Maurice Utrillo , French painter (b.
1883 )
November 29 –
Rene Paul Chambellan , American sculptor (b.
1893 )
December 17 –
Dorothea Sharp , English painter (b.
1874 )
December 19 –
Alexander Lubimov , Russian artist (b.
1879 )
December 28 –
Olive Edis , English photographer (b.
1876 )
See also
References