1956 in art
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[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: William Dargie - Mr Albert Namatjira
- Kate Greenaway Medal - Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone
[edit] Works
- Alexander Calder - Red Mobile
- Max Ernst - L’oiseau Rose
- Helen Frankenthaler - Eden
- Rudolf Hausner - The Ark of Odysseus
- Eduardo Kingman - La Lavendera
- Candido Portinari - Self-portrait
[edit] Exhibitions
- This Is Tomorrow, Whitechapel Gallery, London - British Pop art
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 - Lyonel Feininger, painter and cartoonist (b. 1871)
- June 8 - Marie Laurencin, painter and engraver (b. 1883)
- July 26 - Louis Raemaekers, painter and cartoonist (b. 1869)
- August 11 - Jackson Pollock, painter (b. 1912)
- November 3 - Jean Metzinger, painter (b. 1883)
- December 16 - Nina Hamnett, painter and designer (b. 1890)sv:Konståret 1956
