1921 in art
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[edit] Events
- Paul Sérusier publishes his ABC of Painting.
- André Delatte opens his glasswares studio in nancy.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: W B McInnes - Desbrowe Annear
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1921 paintings
- Charles Demuth - Incense of a New Church
- Auguste Herbin - Le Cateau-Cambrésis
- Fernand Léger - Still Life with a Beer Mug
- Piet Mondrian - Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue
- Francis Picabia - Cannibale
- Pablo Picasso - Three Musicians (Museum of Modern Art, New York)
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 1 January - César Baldaccini, sculptor (d.1998).
- 24 January - Sybil Connolly, Welsh-Irish fashion designer (d.1998).
- 27 January - Georges Mathieu, painter.
- 2 February - Pietro Cascella, Italian painter and sculptor (d.2008).
- 5 February - Ken Adam, set designer.
- 13 February - Louis Féraud, French fashion designer and artist (d.1999).
- 23 February - John Latham, Zambian conceptual artist (d.2006).
- 2 March - Ernst Haas, Austrian photographer (d.1986).
- 23 April - William Brice, American painter and teacher (d.2008).
- 25 April - Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor and poet (d.2006).
[edit] July to December
- 16 July - Guy Laroche, French fashion designer (d.1989).
- 4 August - Jean Pierre Capron, French painter (d.1997).
- 22 September - Will Elder, American illustrator and comic book artist (d.2008).
- 25 September - Jacques Martin, comics creator.
- 25 September - Åke Rangnar Wide, Swedish artist (d.(1998).
- 27 September - Jean-Pierre Sudre, French photographer (d.1997).
- 26 October - Raymond Nasher, American art collector (d.2007).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Norman Bluhm, painter (d.1999).
- Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, French photographer (d.2004).
- Norris Embry, painter.
- Al Jaffee, cartoonist.
- Cecil King, Irish abstract-minimalist painter (d.1986).
- Enzo Plazzotta, Italian-born British sculptor (d.1981).
[edit] Deaths
- January 30 - John Francis Murphy, landscape painter
- February 3 - William Strang, painter and engraver
- May 29 - Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter
- October 7 - John Thomson, photographer
- November 1 - Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, painter
- November 12 - Fernand Khnopff, surrealist painter (b. 1858)
- Jean-Paul Laurens, painter and sculptor
- Marcus Stone, painter
- William Blake Richmond, painter and interior decorator (b. 1842)
- Adolf von Hildebrand, sculptor (b. 1847)
- William Friese-Greene, photographer and cinematographer (b. 1855)
