1939 in art

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List of years in Art

Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• First of the Madeline books, illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans
• Release of Detective Comics #27, the debut of Batman

Awards

• Archibald Prize: Max Meldrum - The Hon G J Bell, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Works

• Paul Delvaux - The Phases of the Moon I
• Aaron Douglas - Power Plant, Harlem
• Julio González, Monsieur Cactus
• Fernand Léger - Adam and Eve

Births

• 17 March - Jim Gary, American sculptor (d.2006).
• 1 April - Spider Martin, photographer (d.2003).
• 8 April - Trina Schart Hyman, American illustrator of children's books (d.2004).
• 25 April - Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, English photographer (d.2005).
• 2 November - Richard Serra, sculptor.
• 23 December - Nancy Graves, American sculptor, painter and printmaker (d.1996).

Deaths

• April 11 - S. S. Van Dine, art critic (b. 1888)
• June 3 - Sir Philip Sassoon, art collector (b. 1888)
• June 23 - Mark Gertler, painter (b. 1891)
• July 21 - Ambroise Vollard, art dealer (b. 1866)
• August 29 - Jessica Dismorr, Vorticist painter (b. 1885) (suicide)
• September 6 - Arthur Rackham, illustrator (b. 1867)
• September 18 - Gwen John (b. 1876), painter, sister of Augustus John
• December 1 - Jorma Gallen-Kallela, painter (b. 1898)
• December 14 - Helene Kröller-Müller, art collector (b. 1869)
• December 25 - Margrethe Mather, photographer and painter (b. 1886)
• date unknown - Jane Mary Dealy, painter and illustrator (birth date unknown)

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