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Events from the year **1953 in art**.

## Events

- November – New building for [Yale University Art Gallery](/source/Yale_University_Art_Gallery), [New Haven, Connecticut](/source/New_Haven,_Connecticut), the first major commission for [Louis Kahn](/source/Louis_Kahn), opens.
- [Anthony Blunt](/source/Anthony_Blunt)'s *Art and Architecture in France 1500–1700* is published.
- [Yves Klein](/source/Yves_Klein) becomes a master at [judo](/source/Judo), receiving the rank of *yodan* (4th *[dan](/source/Dan_(rank))*/degree black-belt) from the [Kodokan](/source/Kodokan) in Japan.

## Awards

- [Archibald Prize](/source/Archibald_Prize): [Ivor Hele](/source/Ivor_Hele) – *Sir Henry Simpson Newland, CBE, DSO, MS, FRCS*

## Works

See also:

- [Hans Arp](/source/Hans_Arp) – *Cloud Shepherd* (sculpture, [University City of Caracas](/source/University_City_of_Caracas))
- [Francis Bacon](/source/Francis_Bacon_(artist)) - *[Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X](/source/Study_after_Vel%C3%A1zquez's_Portrait_of_Pope_Innocent_X)* - *[Two Figures (1953)](/source/Two_Figures_(1953))*
- [John Brack](/source/John_Brack) - *[Men's Wear](http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=86648)* - *[The New House](/source/The_New_House)*
- [Alberto Burri](/source/Alberto_Burri) - *Rosso Gobbo*[1]
- [Alexander Calder](/source/Alexander_Calder) – *Acoustic Clouds* (installation, University City of Caracas)
- José Manuel Capuletti - *Dama en la Playa*[2]
- [Edwin Dickinson](/source/Edwin_Dickinson) – *[Ruin at Daphne](/source/Ruin_at_Daphne)* (begun 1943; [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art))
- Dong Xiwen – *[The Founding Ceremony of the Nation](/source/The_Founding_Ceremony_of_the_Nation)* (original version)
- [Jacob Epstein](/source/Jacob_Epstein) – *Social Consciousness* (sculpture group, [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia))
- [M. C. Escher](/source/M._C._Escher) – *[Relativity](/source/Relativity_(M._C._Escher))* ([lithograph](/source/Lithograph))
- [Barbara Hepworth](/source/Barbara_Hepworth) – *Hieroglyph* (sculpture)
- [Edward Hopper](/source/Edward_Hopper) – *[Office in a Small City](/source/Office_in_a_Small_City)* ([Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art))
- [Willem de Kooning](/source/Willem_de_Kooning) – *[Woman III](/source/Woman_III)*
- [Norman Lewis](/source/Norman_Lewis_(artist)) - *[Migrating Birds](/source/Migrating_Birds_(painting))*
- [L. S. Lowry](/source/L._S._Lowry) - *Football Ground* (*[Going to the Match](/source/Going_to_the_Match)*) - *[Industrial Landscape](/source/Industrial_Landscape)* - *[The Procession passing the Queen Victoria Memorial, Coronation](https://web.archive.org/web/20121006172825/http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?obj=19902)*
- [René Magritte](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte) – *[Golconda](/source/Golconda_(painting))*
- [Marino Marini](/source/Marino_Marini_(sculptor)) – *[Horse and Rider](/source/Horse_and_Rider_(Marini))* (bronze)
- [Henri Matisse](/source/Henri_Matisse) – *[The Snail](/source/The_Snail)* (colored paper [collage](/source/Collage))
- [Roberto Matta](/source/Roberto_Matta) – *Cercle du Blé (Circle of Wheat)* ([Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston))
- [Milton Menasco](/source/Milton_Menasco) – *'La Troienne' and Her Foals: Eighteen Vignettes and One Painting Together in One Frame for John Whitney*
- [Henry Moore](/source/Henry_Moore) – *[Draped Reclining Figure](/source/Draped_Reclining_Figure)* (bronze)
- [Alexander Phimister Proctor](/source/Alexander_Phimister_Proctor) – *[John McLoughlin](/source/John_McLoughlin_(Proctor))* (bronze)
- [Jackson Pollock](/source/Jackson_Pollock) – *Portrait and a Dream*
- [Larry Rivers](/source/Larry_Rivers) – *Washington Crossing the Delaware*
- [Mark Rothko](/source/Mark_Rothko) – *[No. 61 (Rust and Blue)](/source/No._61_(Rust_and_Blue))*
- [Alexander Nikolayevich Samokhvalov](/source/Alexander_Nikolayevich_Samokhvalov) – *[In the Sun](/source/In_the_Sun_(painting))*
- [Charles Sheeler](/source/Charles_Sheeler) – *Ore Into Iron* ([Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston))

## Exhibitions

- October – [Robert Rauschenberg](/source/Robert_Rauschenberg)'s *White Paintings* are exhibited at Eleanor Ward's [Stable Gallery](/source/Stable_Gallery) in New York City.

## Births

- [January 7](/source/January_7) – [Robert Longo](/source/Robert_Longo), American painter and sculptor
- [January 9](/source/January_9) – [Javad Alizadeh](/source/Javad_Alizadeh), Iranian cartoonist and painter
- [February 25](/source/February_25) – [Martin Kippenberger](/source/Martin_Kippenberger), German artist (d. [1997](/source/1997_in_art))
- [April 24](/source/April_24) – [Eric Bogosian](/source/Eric_Bogosian), American performance artist
- [May 18](/source/May_18) – [Helen Chadwick](/source/Helen_Chadwick), English conceptual artist (d. [1996](/source/1996_in_art))
- [September 12](/source/September_12) – [Stephen Sprouse](/source/Stephen_Sprouse), American [fashion designer](/source/Fashion_design) and artist (d. [2004](/source/2004_in_art))
- Full date unknown - [Steven Campbell](/source/Steven_Campbell_(artist)), Scottish figurative painter (d. [2007](/source/2007_in_art)) - [Michael Kenna](/source/Michael_Kenna_(photographer)), English landscape photographer - [Kevin O'Neill](/source/Kevin_O'Neill_(comics)), English comic book illustrator - [Marjetica Potrč](/source/Marjetica_Potr%C4%8D), Slovenian artist and architect

## Deaths

- [February 1](/source/February_1) – [Archibald Nicoll](/source/Archibald_Nicoll), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) painter (b. [1886](/source/1886_in_art))[3]
- [February 12](/source/February_12) – [Uroš Predić](/source/Uro%C5%A1_Predi%C4%87), [Serbian](/source/Serbians) [Realist](/source/Realism_(arts)) painter (b. [1857](/source/1857_in_art))
- [March 23](/source/March_23) – [Raoul Dufy](/source/Raoul_Dufy), French [Fauvist](/source/Fauvism) painter (b. [1877](/source/1877_in_art))
- [March 26](/source/March_26) – [Đorđe Jovanović](/source/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Jovanovi%C4%87_(sculptor)), Serbian sculptor (b. [1861](/source/1861_in_art))
- [April 15](/source/April_15) – [Charles R. Knight](/source/Charles_R._Knight), American [animal painter](/source/Animal_painter) (b. [1874](/source/1874_in_art))
- [April 29](/source/April_29) - [Moïse Kisling](/source/Mo%C3%AFse_Kisling), Polish-born painter (b. [1891](/source/1891_in_art)) - [Alice Prin](/source/Alice_Prin) ("Kiki de Montparnasse"), French artist, model and entertainer (b. [1901](/source/1901_in_art))
- [June 23](/source/June_23) – [Albert Gleizes](/source/Albert_Gleizes), French painter (b. [1881](/source/1881_in_art))
- [September 13](/source/September_13) – [Mary Brewster Hazelton](/source/Mary_Brewster_Hazelton), American portrait painter (b. [1868](/source/1868_in_art))
- [September 26](/source/September_26) – [Xu Beihong](/source/Xu_Beihong), Chinese painter (b. [1895](/source/1895_in_art))
- [October 2](/source/October_2) – [John Marin](/source/John_Marin), [American modernist](/source/American_modernism) painter (b. [1870](/source/1870_in_art))
- [October 6](/source/October_6) – [Vera Mukhina](/source/Vera_Mukhina), [Latvian](/source/Latvia)-born [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) sculptor (b. [1889](/source/1889_in_art))
- [October 11](/source/October_11) – [James Earle Fraser](/source/James_Earle_Fraser_(sculptor)), American sculptor (b. [1876](/source/1876_in_art))
- [October 21](/source/October_21) – Sir [Muirhead Bone](/source/Muirhead_Bone), British etcher (b. [1876](/source/1876_in_art))
- [November 30](/source/November_30) – [Francis Picabia](/source/Francis_Picabia), French painter and poet (b. [1879](/source/1879_in_art))
- *date unknown* – [J. Laurie Wallace](/source/J._Laurie_Wallace), [Irish American](/source/Irish_American) painter (b.[1864](/source/1864_in_art))

## See also

- [1953 in fine arts of the Soviet Union](/source/1953_in_fine_arts_of_the_Soviet_Union)

## References

1. Barcio, Phillip (August 5, 2016). ["Alberto Burri and the Transformation of Materials"](https://www.ideelart.com/magazine/alberto-burri). *IdeelArt*

1. ["Jose Manuel Capuletti - Dama en la playa 1953"](https://artishard.gr/paintings/jose-manuel-capuletti-dama-en-la-playa-1953/). 25 June 2014.

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