1997 in art
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Events
- 27 January – It is revealed that French museumMuseumA museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
s had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis. - 6 March – Pablo PicassoPablo PicassoPablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
's Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery (recovered a week later). - 27 April – Andrew CunananAndrew CunananAndrew Phillip Cunanan was an American serial killer who murdered at least five people, including fashion designer Gianni Versace, during a three-month period in 1997, ending with Cunanan's suicide, at age 27...
murders Jeffrey Trail, beginning a murder spree that will last until July and end with the murder of fashion designer Gianni VersaceGianni VersaceGianni Versace was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings as well as clothes. He also designed costumes for the theatre and films, and was a friend of Madonna, Elton John,...
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- Puppy by Jeff KoonsJeff KoonsJeffrey "Jeff" Koons is an American artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror finish surfaces....
is moved from Sydney Harbour to the Guggenheim Museum BilbaoGuggenheim Museum BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovial, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The...
. - Robert ColescottRobert ColescottRobert H. Colescott, was an American painter. He is known for satirical genre and crowd subjects, often conveying his exuberant, comical, or bitter reflections on being African-American. He studied with Fernand Léger in Paris...
becomes the first African-American to represent the United States in a solo exhibition at the Venice Biennial.
Exhibitions
- SensationSensation exhibitionSensation was an exhibition of the collection of contemporary art owned by Charles Saatchi, including many works by Young British Artists, which first took place 18 September – 28 December 1997 at the Royal Academy of Art in London and later toured to Berlin and New York...
opens at the Royal Academy of Art in London. - Documenta X opens in KasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
Awards
- Archibald PrizeArchibald PrizeThe Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919...
– Nigel ThomsonNigel ThomsonNigel Thomson , Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize twice. Known for satirical paintings of Australian society. He studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and later taught artistic composition at that institution....
, Barbara Blackman - Schock Prize in Visual ArtsSchock prizeThe Rolf Schock Prizes were established and endowed by bequest of philosopher and artist Rolf Schock . The prizes were first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1993 and have been awarded every two years since...
– Torsten AnderssonTorsten AnderssonTorsten Andersson was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Centre Party and a member of the Swedish parliament 1953-1956 and 1957-1968 . He was county governor of Gotland County 1968-1974.-References:... - Turner PrizeTurner PrizeThe Turner Prize, named after the painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist under the age of 50. Awarding the prize is organised by the Tate gallery and staged at Tate Britain. Since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised...
– Gillian WearingGillian WearingGillian Wearing OBE RA is an English conceptual artist, one of the YBAs, and winner of the annual British fine arts award, The Turner Prize, in 1997. On 11 December 2007, Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London....
-The Venice Biennial-
- The Lion d'or (Golden LionGolden LionIl Leone d’Oro is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes...
) for Lifetime Achievement: Emilio VedovaEmilio VedovaEmilio Vedova was an Italian modern painter, considered one of the most important to emerge in his country's artistic scene after World War II.Vedova was born in Venice into a working-class family...
(Italy) , Agnes MartinAgnes MartinAgnes Bernice Martin was an American abstract painter, often referred to as a minimalist; Martin considered herself an abstract expressionist.She won a National Medal of Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1998....
(USA) - The Lion d'or for Best Pavilion: FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
exhibiting the work of Fabrice Hyber
Artworks
- Another PlaceAnother PlaceAnother Place is a piece of modern sculpture by Antony Gormley.Now permanently erected on Crosby Beach, England, it was due to be moved to New York in November 2006, but there was a controversial proposal to retain the work at Crosby...
by Antony GormleyAntony GormleyAntony Mark David Gormley OBE RA is a British sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in the North of England, commissioned in 1995 and erected in February 1998, Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool, and Event Horizon, a multi-part site... - Eight Months Gone by Lucian FreudLucian FreudLucian Michael Freud, OM, CH was a British painter. Known chiefly for his thickly impasted portrait and figure paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time...
January to June
- 2 February – Theodoros StamosTheodoros StamosTheodoros Stamos , was a Greek American artist. He is one of the youngest painters of the original group of abstract expressionist painters , which included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko...
, Greek American abstract expressionist painter (b.19221922 in art-Awards:*Archibald Prize: W B McInnes - Professor Harrison Moore*Newbery Medal - Rene Paul Chambellan-Works:*Max Beckmann - The Iron Footbridge*Lydia Field Emmet - Harriet Lancashire White and Her Children*L. S...
). - 7 March – Martin KippenbergerMartin KippenbergerMartin Kippenberger was a German artist known for his extremely prolific output in a wide range of styles and media as well as his provocative, jocular and hard-drinking public persona....
, German artist (b.19531953 in art-Works:*Hans Arp - Cloud Shepherd, University City of Caracas.*Alexander Calder - Acoustic Clouds, University City of Caracas.*Willem De Kooning - Woman V*Edwin Dickinson - Ruin at Daphne...
). - 11 March – Sam GoldenSam GoldenSam Golden started his paintmaking career in 1936 at Bocour Artist Colors with his uncle Leonard Bocour. In 1947 he developed Magna paint, the world's first artist acrylic paint. He returned from retirement in 1980 to found Golden Artist Colors Inc...
, paint maker (b.19151915 in art-Events:*Harper's Bazaar hires Erté to design its covers.*Ambrose Heal and others found the Design and Industries Association in London.*The only Vorticist exhibition is staged, at the Doré Gallery in London..-Works:*Frank Weston Benson - Red and Gold...
). - 19 March – Willem de KooningWillem de KooningWillem de Kooning was a Dutch American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands....
, Dutch bornNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
American abstract expressionist painter (b.19041904 in art-Events:*Georges Braque leaves the Academie Humbert.*Mary Cassatt is awarded the Légion d'honneur by the French government for her services to the arts.-Works:-Paintings:*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - The Finding of Moses*Frederick McCubbin - The pioneer...
). - 16 April – Roland ToporRoland ToporRoland Topor , was a French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker, known for the surreal nature of his work...
, French illustratorIllustratorAn Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, writer and filmmaker (b.19381938 in art-Events:* Albert Namatjira exhibition in Melbourne includes over 2,000 works.* American art collector Louis J. Caldor 'discovers' Grandma Moses.-Paintings:*Rita Angus - Head of a Maori Boy*William Coldstream - Bolton*Arthur Dove - Swing Music...
). - 20 April – Jean LouisJean LouisJean Louis was a French-born, Hollywood costume designer and an Academy Award winner for Costume Design. Louis worked as head designer for Columbia Pictures from 1944 to 1960...
, French costume designer (b.19071907 in art-Events:*Vanessa Stephen marries Clive Bell.* Adolphe Valette joins the staff of Manchester Municipal School of Art.* The Chicago Plan is produced by Daniel Burnham and Edward H...
). - 23 May – James Lee Byars, American artist (b.19321932 in art-Events:*Alvar Aalto designs a new form of laminated bent-plywood furniture.*Courtauld Institute of Art is founded in London.*The Wedgwood pottery firm commissions its first designs from Keith Murray.-Paintings:*Frank Brangwyn - British Empire Panels...
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July to December
- 15 July – Gianni VersaceGianni VersaceGianni Versace was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings as well as clothes. He also designed costumes for the theatre and films, and was a friend of Madonna, Elton John,...
, Italian fashion designFashion designFashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social latitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories....
er, murdered (b.19461946 in art-Events:*The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism is founded by Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner, and others.-Works:*George Ault - Bright Light at Russell's Corners*Francis Bacon**Painting ...
). - 16 July – Dora MaarDora MaarDora Maar was a French photographer, poet and painter, best known for being a lover and muse of Pablo Picasso.-Life:...
, French photographer, poet and painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, lover of Pablo PicassoPablo PicassoPablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
(b.19071907 in art-Events:*Vanessa Stephen marries Clive Bell.* Adolphe Valette joins the staff of Manchester Municipal School of Art.* The Chicago Plan is produced by Daniel Burnham and Edward H...
). - 29 September – Roy LichtensteinRoy LichtensteinRoy Lichtenstein was a prominent American pop artist. During the 1960s his paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City and along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist and others he became a leading figure in the new art movement...
, American pop artPop artPop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...
ist (b.19231923 in art-Works:*Max Beckmann - Dance in Baden-Baden*Constantin Brâncuşi - Bird in Space*Felice Casorati - Meriggio *Marcel Duchamp - The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even is completed*Auguste Herbin - Bowls Players...
). - 22 October – Leonid AmalrikLeonid AmalrikLeonid Alekseyevich Amalrik was a Russian animator and animation director.He was born on July 8, 1905 in Moscow. He graduated from the State college of cinema in 1928. From 1926, he worked in Mezhrabpom-Rus studio . In 1936 he moved to the newly created Soyuzmultfilm studio...
, Russian animatorAnimatorAn animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
and animation directorAnimation directorAn animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or animated segment for a live-action film...
(b.19051905 in art-Events:* October - The Fauvist artists, notably Henri Matisse, first exhibit, at the Salon d'Automne in Paris.* The Art Deco movement begins in France.* Léon Bonnat succeeds Paul Dubois as director of the Ecole des Beaux Arts....
). - 23 October – Claire FalkensteinClaire FalkensteinClaire Falkenstein was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, jewelry designer, and teacher, most renowned for her often large-scale abstract metal and glass public sculptures.-Early life and education:...
, American sculptor and painter (b.19081923 in art-Works:*Max Beckmann - Dance in Baden-Baden*Constantin Brâncuşi - Bird in Space*Felice Casorati - Meriggio *Marcel Duchamp - The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even is completed*Auguste Herbin - Bowls Players...
). - 16 December – Lillian DisneyLillian DisneyLillian Disney was the wife of Walt Disney. She was married to him from 1925 until his death in 1966.-Early years:...
, American artist and wife of Walt DisneyWalt DisneyWalter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
(b.18991899 in art-Works:*Pierre Bonnard - Little Girl with a Cat*Jules Dalou - Monument à Alphand*Paul Gauguin - Two Women*William Harnett - Violin*Peder Severin Krøyer - Summer evening by Skagen's beach. Artist and his wife...
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- Jean Pierre CapronJean Pierre CapronJean Pierre Capron was a French painter known for creating muted landscapes with a haunted, lonely feeling, yet with a hint of life in the midst of the emptiness.-Early life and education:...
, French painter (b.19211921 in art-Events:*Paul Sérusier publishes his ABC of Painting.*André Delatte opens his glasswares studio in Nancy.-Works:*Charles Demuth - Incense of a New Church*Auguste Herbin - Le Cateau-Cambrésis*Fernand Léger - Still Life with a Beer Mug...
). - Jean-Pierre SudreJean-Pierre SudreJean-Pierre Sudre was born September 27, 1921, in Paris, France. A commercial photographer in Paris, he later moved to the south of France, where he devoted his life to workshops of "fine art" photography. He is known for his experimentation with chemicals as well as for his still lifes....
, French photographer (b.19211921 in art-Events:*Paul Sérusier publishes his ABC of Painting.*André Delatte opens his glasswares studio in Nancy.-Works:*Charles Demuth - Incense of a New Church*Auguste Herbin - Le Cateau-Cambrésis*Fernand Léger - Still Life with a Beer Mug...
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