1976 in art

Events from the year 1976 in art. == Events == July–August – Articles by Geraldine Norman in The Times (London) expose a number of paintings attributed to Samuel Palmer as the work of Tom Keating, which he does not deny. Completion of the Cubist-influenced Church of the Holy Trinity, Vienna, by Fritz Wotruba. Collection de l'art brut ("Collection of outsider art") established in Lausanne, Switzerland. == Awards == Archibald Prize: Brett Whiteley – Self Portrait in the Studio John Moores Painting Prize - John Walker for "Juggernaut with plume - for P Neruda" == Exhibitions == 25 May – Opening of exhibition of color photography by William Eggleston at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. 21 July – Opening of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, New York. The inaugural exhibition Rooms presents in-situ works and installations by around 80 artists from the United States and abroad. 20 September until 21 November – "Two Centuries of Black American Art" curated by David Driskell at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California - then traveled to; the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia (8 January 1977 – 20 February 1977), the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas, Texas (30 March 30, 1977–15 May 1977), and the Brooklyn Museum (25 June 1977 – 21 August 1977). == Works == Vito Acconci – The Red Tapes Judy Baca and 400 community artists – Great Wall of Los Angeles (mural) Francis Bacon – Triptych Jennifer Bartlett – Rhapsody (completed) Pye Engström – Efter badet Christo and Jeanne Claude – "Running Fence" in Sonoma County and Marin County, California, United States Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue Nabil Kanso – Faust (paintings, 1976 through 1979) Bernard Kirschenbaum – Way Four R. B. Kitaj – From London Lee Krasner Imperative Imperfect Indicative Past Continous Henry Moore – Three Piece Reclining Figure Draped (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Susan Rothenberg – Butterfly Robert Ryman – Untitled (pastel and graphite on plexiglas with steel, 126 cm2) Douglas Senft – Awning (sculpture, Portland, Oregon) Jamie Wyeth – Portrait of Andy Warhol == Films == Blackwood == Births == 4 January – Shiro Amano, Japanese manga artist 27 January – Zoriah Miller, American photographer 13 February – Martin Sastre, Uruguayan media artist 3 April – Carl Hammoud, Swedish painter 30 April – Tomokazu Matsuyama, Japanese artist 10 June – Tai Shani, British artist - Full date unknown - Donato Piccolo, Italian artist == Deaths == === January to March === 1 February – Hans Richter, German painter, graphic artist, avant-gardist, film-experimenter and producer (b. 1888) 2 February – Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Bulgarian painter (b. 1903) 12 February – Charles Jourdan, French fashion designer (b. 1883) 18 February – Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926) 23 February – L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887) February – Kate Lechmere, English painter associated with the Vorticists and milliner (b. 1887) 3 March – Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (b. 1900) 12 March – Jacques Carlu, French architect and designer (b. 1890) 22 March – John McLaughlin, American hard-edge painter (b. 1898) 25 March – Josef Albers, German artist, mathematician and educator (b. 1888) 31 March – Paul Strand, American photographer and filmmaker (b. 1890) === April to June === 1 April – Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (b. 1891). 22 April Stanley Cursiter, Scottish painter and curator (b. 1887). Jeanne Mammen, German painter (b. 1890) 24 April – Mark Tobey, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1890) 11 May – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (b. 1898) 28 May – Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922) 24 June – Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883) 27 June – Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (b. 1905) === July to December === 5 July – Frank Bellamy, English comics artist (b. 1917) 24 July – Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (b. 1912) 16 September – Cecil Thomas, English bronze sculptor and medallist (b. 1885) 23 September – Anna Zinkeisen, British artist (b. 1901) 22 October - Edward Burra, British artist (b. 1905) 31 October – Eileen Gray, Irish furniture designer and architect (b. 1878) 11 November – Alexander Calder, American sculptor and multi media artist (b. 1898) 18 November – Man Ray, American artist and photographer (b. 1890) 11 December – Elmyr de Hory, Hungarian-born painter and art forger (b. 1906) 19 December – Giuseppe Caselli, Italian painter (b. 1893) 31 December – Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (b. 1893) === Full date unknown === Mariano Andreu, Spanish painter, enamelling master, sculptor and stage designer (b. 1888) François Ozenda, French painter (b. 1923) == See also == 1976 in fine arts of the Soviet Union == References ==