1949 in art
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See also: 1948 in art, other events of 1949, 1950 in art, list of years in art
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[edit] Events
- Foundation of COBRA (avant-garde movement)
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Arthur Murch - Bonar Dunlop
[edit] Works
- Barnett Newman - Abraham
- Brenda Chamberlain - The Fisherman's Return (National Museum of Wales)
- Salvador Dalí - The Madonna of Port Lligat (original version) (Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Tadeusz Kantor - Man with Umbrella
- Robert Motherwell - Five in the Afternoon
- Boris Vladimirski - Roses for Stalin
[edit] Births
- April 9 - Stephen Hickman, illustrator, sculptor, author
- August 15 - Richard Deacon, sculptor
- August 27 - Istvan Kantor, performance artist
[edit] Deaths
- March 17 - Aleksandra Ekster, painter and designer, Art Deco pioneer
- May 3 - Mariano Fortuny, fashion designer
- Solomon R. Guggenheim, art collector
