1940 in art
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[edit] Events
- Xawery Dunikowski is deported to the concentration camp at Auschwitz, where he survives until 1945.
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: Max Meldrum - Dr J Forbes McKenzie
[edit] Works
[edit] Paintings
- Jacob Epstein -Jacob and the Angel
- Edward Hopper - Gas
[edit] Sculptures
- Carl Milles - The Wedding of the Waters (fountain, St. Louis, Missouri)
[edit] Births
- January 6 - John Byrne, painter and writer
- January 24 - Mel Bochner, conceptual artist
- March 7 - Hannah Wilke (d. 1993), all media
- March 20 - Mary Ellen Mark, photographer
- July 5 - Chuck Close, "photorealistic" painter
- September 10 - David Mann, painter
- date unknown - Vito Acconci, conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist, filmmaker
- date unknown - Elizabeth Murray, painter
- date unknown -Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (1940-), painter, printmaker.
[edit] Deaths
- February 27 - Nicolae Tonitza, painter and etcher
- April 25 - Wilhelm Dörpfeld, architect
- June 21 - Édouard Vuillard, painter
- June 29 - Paul Klee
- September 15 - Dick Ket, painter
- November 17 - Eric Gill, sculptor and engraver
- date unknown - Jonas Lie, landscape paintersv:Konståret 1940

