1959 in art

See also: 1958 in art, other events of 1959, 1960 in art, list of years in art

Events

Andre Breton asks Salvador Dali, Joan Miró, Enrique Tábara, and Eugenio Granell to represent Spain by exhibiting some of their works in the Homage to Surrealism Exhibition celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of Surrealism.

Works

• Ivan Generalić - The Deer Wedding
• Lee Krasner - Cool White

Births

• December 13 - Nadia Russ, Artist and Neopoprealism creator

Deaths

• August 20 - Alfred Kubin, illustrator
• September 18 - Benjamin Péret, editor of La Révolution surréaliste
• December 14 - Stanley Spencer, painter