1945 in art

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See also: 1944 in art, other events of 1945, 1946 in art, list of years in art.

Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Exhibitions 4 Works 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Constantine Andreou moves to France, having received a scholarship from the French government.

[edit] Awards

• Archibald Prize: William Dargie - Lt-General The Hon Edmund Herring, KBC, DSO, MC, ED

[edit] Exhibitions

[edit] Works

• David Alfaro Siqueiros - El Coronelazo
• Elizabeth Shoumatoff - Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt

[edit] Births

• March 8 - Anselm Kiefer, sculptor
• July 28 - Jim Davis, cartoonist, creator of "Garfield"
• August 18 - Brummbaer, digital artist
• September 27 - Jack Goldstein, painter
• date unknown - Robert Bishop, bondage artist
• date unknown - Frank Johnston, graphic artist
• date unknown - Sean Scully, Irish painter

[edit] Deaths

• February 14 - Didier Bonvitesse, painter and sculptor
• April 22 - Käthe Kollwitz, painter, lithographer and sculptor
• October 31 - Ignacio Zuloaga, painter
• date unknown - Lilian Mary Mayer, portrait painter
• date unknown - Agbonbiofe Adeshina, sculptor
• date unknown - Alexander Stirling Calder, sculptor