1973 in art

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Events from the year 1973 in art.

Events

August 25 – Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva, is opened.
Alexander Calder is hired by Braniff International Airways to paint a full-size DC-8-62 as a "flying canvas".
David Hockney begins a 2-year spell living and working in Paris.^[1]
Aristeidis Metallinos begins his career as a sculptor.^[2]
Robert Scull's collection of American Pop and Minimal art is auctioned by Sotheby's in New York City.

January 17 – Tarsila do Amaral, Brazilian modernist artist (b. 1886).^[7]
March 14 – Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901).
March 25
- Gerda Höglund, Swedish religious painter (b. 1878).
- Edward Steichen, American photographer, painter and curator (b. 1879).
April 8 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor (b. 1881).
April 13 – Henry Darger, American outsider artist (b. 1892)^[8]
April 28 – Siri Derkert, Swedish artist, sculptor and political campaigner (b. 1888).
May 1 – Asger Jorn, Danish artist and essayist (b. 1914).
May 12 – Edith Tudor Hart, née Suschitzky, Austrian-born photojournalist and communist agent in Britain (b. 1908).
May 16 – Albert Paris Gütersloh, Austrian painter and writer (b. 1887).
May 18 – Ronald Ossory Dunlop, Irish author and painter (b. 1894).
May 21 – Montague Dawson, English maritime painter (b. 1890).

July 20 – Robert Smithson, American artist (b. 1938).
August 9 – Claude Buckle, English poster artist and watercolourist (b. 1905).
September 30 – Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer, artist and historian (b. 1902).
November 13 – Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer (b. 1890).
November 17 – Adolf Wissel, German painter, an official artist of Nazism (b. 1894).
December 7 – Camilo Mori, Chilean painter (b. 1896).
December 13 – Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor, painter, muralist, etcher and art educator (b. 1885).^[9]
December 16 – Andrej Bicenko, Russian fresco painter and muralist (b. 1886).

^ Gayford, Martin (2021). Spring Cannot be Cancelled: David Hockney in Normandy. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-09436-5.
^ Giannis M. Maris (1978) "Βιογραφικό - Αριστείδης Ζαχ. Μεταλληνός", in Απάνθισμα Γραμμάτων και Τεχνών, Athens, pp. 611–617.
^ "Cleveland Museum of Art Has Acquired a Significant Painting by Emma Amos". 20 June 2018.
^ McKenzie, Janet. "Mike Parr – interview: 'I was a performance artist with one arm. The problem of visibility, the visual, was loaded completely differently'". www.studiointernational.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
^ "Dorothea Tanning".
^ Trine Ross. "Porcelænsfigurer viser de mindre pæne sider af os selv". Politiken: Kultur
^ Damian, Carol (1999). "Tarsila Do Amaral: Art and Environmental Concerns of a Brazilian Modernist". Woman's Art Journal. 20 (1): 3–7. doi:10.2307/1358838. JSTOR 1358838.
^ Michael Bonesteel (2000). Henry Darger: Art and Selected Writings. Random House Incorporated. p. 13. ISBN 9780847822843.
^ "Ralph Ward Stackpole (1885–1973)". AskART. 2000–2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010.