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1940 in art
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[edit] Events
- Xawery Dunikowski is deported to the concentration camp at Auschwitz, where he survives until 1945.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Max Meldrum - Dr J Forbes McKenzie
[edit] Works
[edit] Paintings
- See also: Category:1940 paintings
- Jacob Epstein -Jacob and the Angel
- Edward Hopper - Gas
[edit] Sculptures
- Carl Milles - The Wedding of the Waters (fountain, St. Louis, Missouri)
[edit] Births
- 2 January - Peter Young, American, painter
- 6 January - John Byrne, Scottish painter and writer.
- 24 January - Mel Bochner, conceptual artist.
- 7 March - Hannah Wilke, American painter, sculptor and photographer (d.1993).
- 20 March - Mary Ellen Mark, photographer.
- 17 June - Alton Kelley, American poster and album artist (d.2008).
- 5 July - Chuck Close, "photorealistic" painter.
- 10 September - David Mann, painter.
- 27 September - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (d.2005).
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- Vito Acconci, conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist and filmmaker.
- Elizabeth Murray, American painter, printmaker and draughtsman (d.2007).
- Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, painter and printmaker.
[edit] Deaths
- February 27 - Nicolae Tonitza, painter and etcher
- June 21 - Édouard Vuillard, painter (b. 1868)
- June 29 - Paul Klee, Swiss painter expressionism, cubism, and surrealism (b. 1879)
- August 22 - Paul Gösch, German artist and architect (b. 1885)
- September 15 - Dick Ket, painter
- November 17 - Eric Gill, sculptor and engraver
- Jonas Lie, landscape painter
- Walter Benjamin, German philosopher, "comparatists" and art critic (b. 1892)