1936 in art

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Events

Sculpture

• Mai: On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the city of Buenos Aires Obelisk of Buenos Aires is built.

Photography

• Henry Luce founded in New York City Life Magazine for Photojournalism.

Painting

• In New York City, the artists' organization American Abstract Artists is founded to promote abstract art.

Olympic games

Born

• January 9: Philip John Kennedy Burton, British ornithologist and animal illustrator
• JANUARY 29: Patrick Caulfield, British pop artist († 2005)
• FEBRUARY 12: Martial Raysse, French artists of the New Realism

• March 6: Jorge Abbondanza, Uruguayan culture journalist, critic and artist
• March 15: Francisco Ibáñez, Spanish comic book artist
• MARCH 31: Aung Thwin, Myanmar sculptor

• July 9: Helmut Ackermann, German graphic artist and painter
• JULY 25: Glenn Murcutt, australian architect
• August 1: Yves Saint Laurent, French couturier († 2008)

• 4 October: Christopher Alexander, architect, architectural theorist and author
• October 9: Jan Voss, German artist
• October 22: Peter Cook, British architect and author
• October 23: HP Zimmer, German painter and sculptor († 1992)
• OCTOBER 28: Horst Antes, German painter

Died

• October 9: Emil Artur lunge, Swedish director, playwright, painter, author (* 1885)
• October 30: Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Polish painter (* 1870)