1976 in art

Events from the year 1976 in art.

Events

July–August – Articles by Geraldine Norman in The Times (London) expose a number of paintings attributed to Samuel Palmer as the work of Tom Keating, which he does not deny.
Completion of the Cubist-influenced Church of the Holy Trinity, Vienna, by Fritz Wotruba.
Collection de l'art brut ("Collection of outsider art") established in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Archibald Prize: Brett Whiteley – Self Portrait in the Studio
John Moores Painting Prize - John Walker for "Juggernaut with plume - for P Neruda"

25 May – Opening of exhibition of color photography by William Eggleston at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
21 July – Opening of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, New York. The inaugural exhibition Rooms presents in-situ works and installations by around 80 artists from the United States and abroad.
20 September until 21 November – "Two Centuries of Black American Art" curated by David Driskell at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California - then traveled to; the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia (8 January 1977 – 20 February 1977), the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in Dallas, Texas (30 March 30, 1977–15 May 1977), and the Brooklyn Museum (25 June 1977 – 21 August 1977).

Vito Acconci – The Red Tapes
Judy Baca and 400 community artists – Great Wall of Los Angeles (mural)
Francis Bacon – Triptych
Jennifer Bartlett – Rhapsody (completed)
Pye Engström – Efter badet
Christo and Jeanne Claude – "Running Fence" in Sonoma County and Marin County, California, United States
Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue
Nabil Kanso – Faust (paintings, 1976 through 1979)
Bernard Kirschenbaum – Way Four
R. B. Kitaj – From London
Henry Moore – Three Piece Reclining Figure Draped (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Susan Rothenberg – Butterfly
Robert Ryman – Untitled (pastel and graphite on plexiglas with steel, 126 cm<sup>2</sup>)
Douglas Senft – Awning (sculpture, Portland, Oregon)
Jamie Wyeth – Portrait of Andy Warhol

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1 February – Hans Richter, German painter, graphic artist, avant-gardist, film-experimenter and producer (b. 1888)
2 February – Zlatyu Boyadzhiev, Bulgarian painter (b. 1903)
12 February – Charles Jourdan, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
18 February – Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
23 February – L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
February – Kate Lechmere, English painter associated with the Vorticists and milliner (b. 1887)
3 March – Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (b. 1900)
12 March – Jacques Carlu, French architect and designer (b. 1890)
22 March – John McLaughlin, American hard-edge painter (b. 1898)
25 March – Josef Albers, German artist, mathematician and educator (b. 1888)
31 March – Paul Strand, American photographer and filmmaker (b. 1890)

1 April – Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet (b. 1891).
22 April
Stanley Cursiter, Scottish painter and curator (b. 1887).
Jeanne Mammen, German painter (b. 1890)
24 April – Mark Tobey, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1890)
11 May – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (b. 1898)
28 May – Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922)
24 June – Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883)
27 June – Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (b. 1905)

5 July – Frank Bellamy, English comics artist (b. 1917)
24 July – Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (b. 1912)
16 September – Cecil Thomas, English bronze sculptor and medallist (b. 1885)
23 September – Anna Zinkeisen, British artist (b. 1901)
22 October - Edward Burra, British artist (b. 1905)
31 October – Eileen Gray, Irish furniture designer and architect (b. 1878)
11 November – Alexander Calder, American sculptor and multi media artist (b. 1898)
18 November – Man Ray, American artist and photographer (b. 1890)
11 December – Elmyr de Hory, Hungarian-born painter and art forger (b. 1906)
19 December – Giuseppe Caselli, Italian painter (b. 1893)
31 December – Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (b. 1893)

Mariano Andreu, Spanish painter, enamelling master, sculptor and stage designer (b. 1888)
François Ozenda, French painter (b. 1923)