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Encyclopedia > 1969 in art

See also: 1968 in art, other events of 1969, 1970 in art, list of years in art. See also: 1967 in art, other events of 1968, 1969 in art, list of years in art. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... See also: 1969 in art, other events of 1970, 1971 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... This page indexes the individual year in art pages. ...

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Events

Andy Warhol, photographed by Helmut Newton Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American painter, filmmaker, publisher, and a major figure in the Pop Art movement. ... Gerard Joseph Malanga (born New York, 1943) is a contemporary North American poet, photographer, filmmaker, curator and archivist. ... Interview is a magazine founded by artist Andy Warhol and Gerard Malanga in 1969. ...

Works

Kenojuak Ashevak (born October 3, 1927) is a Canadian Inuit artist. ... Helen Frankenthaler (born December 12, 1928) is an American post-painterly abstraction artist. ... Kanda Nisshō, Okunai fūkei (屋內風景, Indoor Landscape, 1970) Kanda Nisshō (神田 日勝; 1937 - 1970) was a Japanese artist and farmer. ... Enzo Plazzotta (1921 - October 12, 1981) was an Italian-born British sculptor. ... La Joute, by Jean-Paul Riopelle Jean-Paul Riopelle (7 October 1923 - 12 March 2002) was a painter and sculptor from Quebec. ... La Joute, by Jean-Paul Riopelle, during the flaming phase of its kinetic cycle La Joute (the joust) (1969) is a public sculptural installation by Quebec sculptor Jean-Paul Riopelle, a member of the Automatiste movement. ... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ...

Births

November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Artist, Francis Gregory Di Fronzo (born November 15, 1969 in San Pedro, California, USA) is known for his strikingly realistic and ominous landscape paintings. ...

Deaths


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