1938 in art
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Events
- 27 January to 14 February: The Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, an exhibition of artists of surrealism, is carried out in the run of Georges Wildenstein Gallery Beaux -Arts in Paris. Organizers are the French writer André Breton, the head and theorist of the Surrealists, as well as the most famous poet of the movement, Paul Éluard. Designed as a total work of art event showcases 229 works by 60 exhibitors from 14 countries and includes paintings, art objects, collages, photographs and installations.
- JULY 19: Salvador Dalí met Sigmund Freud in his London home and explained to him the deep psychological aspects of Surrealism. He paints on this occasion the portrait of Sigmund Freud.
- The Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira had his first exhibition, which quickly sold out in Melbourne.
- Discovered the art collector Louis J. Caldor and buys in Hoosick Falls, New York, the first time works by Grandma Moses.
- With the portrait of night and day, the period of metamorphosis of MC Escher begins.
Born
- January 07: Roland Topor, a French writer, actor and painter († 1997)
- JANUARY 19: Manfred Osten, German author and cultural historian
- JANUARY 23: Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
- JANUARY 25: Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese mangaka
- February 24: Jürgen Günther, German comic artist
- FEBRUARY 28: Klaus Staeck, German graphic artist
- March 03: Bruno Bozzetto, Italian cartoon animator
- March 15: Jürgen pigs Braden, gallerist and writer
- MARCH 25: Daniel Buren, French painter and sculptor
- 02 April: Martine Franck, Belgian photographer († 2012)
- APRIL 21: Nodar Kancheli, Russian Civil
- APRIL 29: Klaus Voormann, German musician and graphic artist
- 08 May: Jean Giraud, French comic artist († 2012)
- MAY 13: Horst Tappe, German photographer ( † 2005)
- MAY 16: Ivan Sutherland, American pioneer of computer graphics
- May 20: Astrid Kirchherr, photographer and artist
- JUNE 27: Konrad Kujau, painter, counterfeiter of the Hitler Diaries († 2000)
- 02 July: Manfred Sondermann, German cartoonist
- JULY 24: Eugene James Martin, American artist († 2005)
- JULY 26: Lothar Böhme, German painter
- AUGUST 29: Hermann Nitsch, Austrian painter and performance artist
- September 01: Per Kirkeby, Danish painter
- September 27: Günter Brus, Austrian performance artist and painter
Died
- January 8: Christian Rohlfs, German painter (* 1849)
- February 6: Werefkin, Russian painter (* 1860)
- FEBRUARY 12: Pawel Troubetzkoy, Russian sculptor (* 1866)
- December 24: Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (* 1880)
- December 25: Theodor Fischer, German architect and urban planner (* 1862)
- Elmina Moissan, Chilean painter (* 1897)