1956 in art

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See also: 1955 in art, other events of 1956, 1957 in art, list of years in art

Contents 1 Awards 2 Works 3 Exhibitions 4 Deaths

Awards

• Kate Greenaway Medal - Edward Ardizzone for Tim All Alone

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

Exhibitions

• This is Tomorrow, Whitechapel Gallery, London

Deaths

• January 13 - Lyonel Feininger, painter and cartoonist
• June 8 - Marie Laurencin, painter and engraver
• August 11 - Jackson Pollock, painter
• December 16 - Nina Hamnett, painter and designer