1978 in art
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[edit] Events
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Brett Whiteley - Art, Life and the other thing
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1978 paintings
- Dan Flavin - untitled (to the real Dan Hill)
- Helen Frankenthaler - Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
- Jack Goldstein - The Jump
- Liz Leyh - Concrete Cows, Milton Keynes
- Dennis Oppenheim - Cobalt Vectors - An Invasion
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- 13 April - Jack Chambers, Canadian artist and filmmaker (b.1931).
- 8 May - Duncan Grant, Scottish painter (b.1885).
- 5 August - Victor Hasselblad, Swedish inventor and photographer (b.1906).
- 14 August - Nicolas Bentley, British author and illustrator (b.1907).
- 6 November - Harry Bertoia, Italian-born American artist and designer (b.1915).
- 8 November - Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b.1894).
- 20 November - Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter (b.1888).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Gabriel Hayes, Irish sculptor and coin designer (b.1909).
- Leo Michelson, Latvian-American painter and sculptor (b.1887).
