1979 in art

Events

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

Awards

• Archibald Prize: Wes Walters - Portrait of Phillip Adams

Works

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

Births

• date unknown
  • Aideen Barry, Irish multimedia and performance artist
  • Éric Bourdon, French painter and writer
  • Elise Fouin, French designer

Deaths

• January 11 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-born French Art dealer (born 1884)
• February 3 - Aaron Douglas, American painter (born 1898)
• March 20 - Jean Charlot, French painter and illustrator (born 1898)
• April 5 - Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (born 1893)
• June 25 - Dave Fleischer, Austrian-American animator, film director, and film producer (born 1894)
• July 13 - Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist (born 1913)
• August 20 - Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (born 1922)
• August 29 - Ivon Hitchens, English painter (born 1893)
• November 8 - Edward Ardizzone, British writer and illustrator (born 1900)
• December 5 - Sonia Delaunay, Ukrainian-French artist (born 1885)
• December 23 - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (born 1898)
• December 26 - Karl Hubbuch, German painter, printmaker and draughtsman (born 1891)
• date unknown - Russell Brockbank, Canadian-born cartoonist (b.1913).

Awards

See also

• 1979 in fine arts of the Soviet Union