1920 in art
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[edit] Events
- The Cologne Dadaist group is formed by Jean Arp, Max Ernst and Alfred Grünwald.
- Katherine Dreier, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp form Société Anonyme
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1920 paintings
- Cecilia Beaux - portrait of Georges Clemenceau
- Pierre Bonnard - Landscape in Normandy
- Thomas Hart Benton - People of Chilmark
- Alexander Stirling Calder - Swann Memorial Fountain, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Stanton MacDonald-Wright - Airplane Synchromy in Yellow-Orange
- Henri Matisse - Interior at Nice
- Georg Scholz - Industrial Farmers (Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal)essshstop
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 12 January - Bill Reid, Canadian artist (d.1998).
- 17 January - Georges Pichard, French comics artist (d.2003).
- 30 January - Patrick Heron, English painter, writer and designer (d.1999).
- 14 March - Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (d.2001).
- 27 March - Robin Jacques, English illustrator (d.1995).
- 24 April - Paul Wonner, American painter (d.2008).
- 8 May - Saul Bass, American graphic designer and filmmaker (d.1996).
- 8 May - Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (d.1991).
- 4 June - Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter, muralist, sculptor and engraver (d.1992).
- 24 June - Jimmy Ernst, American painter born in Germany (d.1984).
- 29 June - Ray Harryhausen, stop-motion animator, sculptor.
[edit] July to December
- 20 July - Arthur Boyd, Australian painter and sculptor (d.1999).
- 21 July - Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter, one of the innovators of Unitary Urbanism (d.2005).
- 5 August - George Tooker, painter.
- 22 August - Gene Davis, American painter (d.1985).
- 26 August - Mauri Favén, Finnish painter (d.2006).
- 26 August - Brant Parker, American cartoonist (d.2007).
- 31 October - Helmut Newton, photographer (d.2004).
- 23 November - Wayne Thiebaud, Amreican painter.
- 18 December - Enrique Grau, Colombian painter and sculptor (d.2004).
[edit] Full date unknown
- John Coplans, painter, photographer (d.2003).
- Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal, painter.
- Daniel O'Neill, Irish painter (d.1974).
[edit] Deaths
- January 24 - Amedeo Modigliani, painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
- January 26 - Jeanne Hébuterne, artist, Modigliani's mistress and model (suicide) (b. 1898)
- March 26 - Samuel Colman, painter and designer (b. 1832)
- August 12 - Walter Winans, sculptor and painter (b. 1852)
- August 22 - Anders Zorn, Swedish portrait painter (b. 1860)
- November 13 - Luc-Olivier Merson, French painter (b. 1846)
- date unknown - Briton Rivière, painter (b. 1840)
- date unknown - Edward Francis Searles, interior designer (b. 1841)
