1912 in art
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[edit] Events
- The Omega Workshops are founded by members of the Bloomsbury group.
- Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes publish the first major treatise on Cubism, entitled Du Cubisme.
- William Zorach marries Marguerite Thompson.
- René Lalique stages his first exhibit of his glasswares — as does Maurice Marinot.
- Vasilly Kandinsky's experimental theater composition The Yellow Sound is published in The Blue Rider Almanac.
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1912 paintings
- Pierre Bonnard - St Tropez, Pier
- Paul Émile Chabas - September Morn (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- Marcel Duchamp - Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
- Lydia Field Emmet - Self Portrait
- Fernand Léger - La Fumée (Smoke)
- Pablo Picasso - Violon, verre, pipe et encrier
- T. F. Simon - Second Hand Booksellers, Spring
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 7 January - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (d.1988).
- 28 January - Jackson Pollock, American painter (d.1956).
- 7 February - Russell Drysdale, Australian artist (d.1981).
- 4 March - Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (d.1976).
- 22 March - Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter (d.2004).
- 14 April - Robert Doisneau, French photographer (d.1994).
- 4 June - Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (d.1993).
[edit] July to December
- 4 September - Syd Hoff, American children’s book author and cartoonist (d.2004).
- 5 September - Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German film actress, producer and photographer (d.2001).
- 5 September - Frank Thomas, American animator (d.2004).
- 23 September - Tony Smith, American sculptor, visual artist and theorist on art (d.1980).
- 31 October - Ollie Johnston, American animator (d.2008).
- 28 November - Morris Louis, American painter (d.1962).
- 27 December - Conroy Maddox, English surrealist painter, collagist, writer and lecturer (d.2005).
[edit] Full date unknown
- William Baziotes, painter (d.1963).
- John Deakin, British photographer (d.1972).
- Harry Holtzman, American artist (d.1987).
- Ida Kohlmeyer, painter and sculptor (d.1997).
- Alexander Liberman, painter and sculptor (d.1999).
- Albert Malet, French painter (d.1986).
[edit] Deaths
- March 29 - John Gerrard Keulemans, bird illustrator
- May 2 - Homer Davenport, cartoonist
- June 25 - Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch painter (b. 1836)
- November 1 - John Emms, painter
- December 23 - Édouard Detaille, painter
- date unknown - Tony Robert-Fleury, painter
