1924 in art
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[edit] Events
- December - The Bucharest International Modern Art Exhibit, an avant-garde event hosted by Contimporanul, displaying works by Constantin Brancusi, Hans Arp, Paul Klee, János Mattis-Teutsch, Kurt Schwitters, Michel Seuphor, Miliţa Pătraşcu, Marcel Janco, Victor Brauner, and M. H. Maxy
- The Surrealist Manifesto is conceived
- Vilmos Aba Novák's works are on display for the first time
- Daniel Chester French begins work on his statue of Abraham Lincoln (located at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.); completed in 1925
- Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant open a common studio
[edit] Awards
- Archibald Prize: William Beckwith McInnes - Portrait of Miss Collins
- Tagea Brandt Rejselegat: Anna Ancher
[edit] Works
- Tarsila do Amaral - Estação de Ferro Central do Brasil
- Constantin Brancusi - Bird in Space (early version), The Cock
- Carlo Carrà - San Giacomo di Varallo
- Edwin Holgate - Portrait of Albert Henry Stewart Gillson
- Edward Hopper - New York Pavements
- A. Y. Jackson - In Jasper Park
- Wassily Kandinsky - Contrasting Sounds
- Paul Klee - Asiatic God, Carnival in the Mountains, Flower Garden
- Fernand Léger - Elément Mécanique
- Edgar Bertram Mackennal - equestrian statue of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (Waterloo Place, London)
- Paul Manship - Statue of Diana (Hudson River Museum, Yonkers)
- Joan Miró - Le Piège, Le Carnaval d'Arlequin
- Emil Nolde - Madonna with Begonia
- Samuel John Peploe - Roses in a White Vase with Fruit
- Albin Polasek - Theodore Thomas Memorial (Chicago)
- Diego Rivera - Day of the Dead and other frescoes at the Ministry of Education building (Mexico City)
- Philippe Robert - frescoes of the Biel train station
- Nicolae Tonitza - The Forester's Daughter
[edit] Births
- March 8 - Sir Anthony Caro, English sculptor
- April 10 - Kenneth Noland, American painter
- June 20 - Fritz Koenig, German sculptor
- November 26 - George Segal, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
- December 24 - Michael Goldberg, American painter, (d.2007)
- Art Brenner - American painter and sculptor
- William H. Burns - Northern Irish painter (d.1995)
[edit] Deaths
- February 1 - Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
- April 18 - Frank X. Leyendecker, American illustrator (b. 1877)
- December 28 - Léon Bakst, Russian painter and theatrical designer (b. 1866)
