1955 in art
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See also: 1954 in art - Other events of 1955 - 1956 in art - List of years in art
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[edit] Events
- Enrique Tabara obtains an Ecuadorian government scholarship to study in Spain.
[edit] Works
- Carroll Cloar - My Father Was Big as a Tree
- Willem de Kooning - Composition
- Oswaldo Guayasamín - El ataúd blanco
[edit] Exhibitions
- January 1955 was the opening of the Family of Man exhibition at MOMA NYC.
- Le Mouvement exhibition at the Galerie Denise René
[edit] Births
- January 21 - Jeff Koons, "kitsch" artist
- March 14 - Beverly K. Effinger, painter
- Alexander Sokolov, sculptor
[edit] Deaths
- June 29 - Max Pechstein, Expressionist artist
- August 17 - Fernand Léger, artist
- September 19 - Carl Milles, sculptor
- November 5 - Maurice Utrillo
- November 29 - Rene Paul Chambellan, sculptor
- Lamorna Birch, painter
