See also: 1971 in art, other events of 1972, 1973 in art, list of years in art This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... See also: 1972 in art, other events of 1973, 1974 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events. ... This page indexes the individual year in art pages. ...

Events

• September 16 - Opening of A.I.R. Gallery at 97 Wooster Street, SoHo, the first artist-run, not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the United States.
• Costantino Nivola becomes the first non-American member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
• Friedensreich Hundertwasser publishes his manifesto, Your window right - your tree duty.
• Portmeirion Pottery brings out its best-selling "Botanic Garden" design.

September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... Costantino Nivola, nicknamed Tino (Orani, Italy, 1911 - Long Island USA, 1988) was a Sardinian painter and sculptor. ... American Academy of Arts and Letters is an organization whose goal is to foster, assist, and sustain an interest in American literature, music, and art. ... Hundertwasser (left) 1965 in Hannover Hundertwasser 1998 in New Zealand Friedensreich Hundertwasser (December 15, 1928 – February 19, 2000) was an Austrian painter and sculptor. ... Susan Williams-Ellis (Daughter of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis) and her husband, Euan Cooper-Willis purchased a small pottery decorating company in Stoke-on-Trent called A.E.Gray Ltd in 1960. ...

Awards

• Archibald Prize: Clifton Pugh - The Hon E G Whitlam

Marcus Willss winning painting in 2006, The Paul Juraszek Monolith, was based on this print by an earlier Marcus, Marcus Gheeraerts The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize, and is the most prominent of all arts prizes, in Australia. ... Clifton Pugh, AO, (December 17, 1924 - October 14, 1990) was an Australian artist, who won the Archibald Prize three times, and an Order of Australia medal in 1985. ... Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ...

Works

• Marcelle Ferron - Untitled stained glass panel at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
• Helen Frankenthaler - Coral Wedge
• Barbara Hepworth - Minoan Head and Assembly of Sea Forms
• Clifton Pugh - Death of a Wombat

Stained-glass window by Marcelle Ferron, at Champ-de-Mars metro station in Montreal Marcelle Ferron (January 29, 1924-November 19, 2001), a Québécoise painter and stained glass artist, was a major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene. ... The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (French : Musée Des Beaux-arts De Montréal) is a major Museum in Montreal, Canada. ... Helen Frankenthaler (born December 12, 1928) is an American post-painterly abstraction artist. ... Hepworths Family of Man in bronze, 1970, at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. ... Clifton Pugh, AO, (December 17, 1924 - October 14, 1990) was an Australian artist, who won the Archibald Prize three times, and an Order of Australia medal in 1985. ...

Births

• April 4 - Jørgen Larsson, sound artist

April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Jørgen Larsson (Born April 4, 1972) is a musician, sound artist and curator from Bergen, Norway. ...

Deaths

• January 8 - Kenneth Patchen, painter
• March 13 - Tony Ray-Jones, photographer
• December 24 - Gisela Richter, art historian