Events from the year 1999 in art.
Events
Exhibitions
Works
Awards
-The Venice Biennial-
- The Lion d'or (Golden Lion) for Lifetime Achievement: Louise Bourgeois (USA), Bruce Nauman (USA)
- The Lion d'or for Best Pavilion: Monica Bonvicini, Bruna Esposito, Luisa Lambri, Paola Pivi, Grazia Toderi (Italy)
Deaths
January to June
- 28 January â Markey Robinson, Irish painter (born 1918)
- 5 February â Nicholas Krushenick, American pop art painter (born 1929)
- 9 February â Richard Allen, American Minimalist, Abstract, Systems, Fundamental and Geometric painter (born 1933)
- 18 February â Andreas Feininger, French-born American photographer (born 1906)
- 10 March â Oswaldo GuayasamÃÂn, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (born 1919)
- 15 March â Harry Callahan, American photographer (born 1912)
- 20 March â Patrick Heron, English painter, writer and designer (born 1920)
- 24 March â Ladjane Bandeira, Brazilian artist and journalist (born 1927)
- 29 March â Lucien Aigner, Hungarian photographer (born 1901)
- 24 April â Arthur Boyd, Australian painter and sculptor (born 1920)
- 2 May â Tibor Kalman, Hungarian-American graphic designer (born 1949)
- 12 May â Saul Steinberg, Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator (born 1914)
- 15 June â John Glashan, Scottish cartoonist, illustrator and playwright (born 1927)
- 19 June â Oton Gliha, Croatian painter (born 1914)
- 30 June â Edouard Boubat, French photographer (born 1923)
July to December
- 5 July â Thea Tewi, German-born American sculptor and lingerie designer (born 1902)
- 14 July â WÃ
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Âaw Hasior, Polish sculptor, painter and set designer (born 1928)
- 15 August â Hugh Casson, British architect, interior designer, artist, writer and broadcaster (born 1910)
- 21 August â Leo Castelli, Italian-American art dealer and gallerist (born 1907)
- 22 August â Yann Goulet, French sculptor, Breton nationalist and war-time collaborationist with Nazi Germany (born 1914)
- 30 August â Raymond Poïvet, French cartoonist (born 1910)
- 13 September â Miriam Davenport, American painter and sculptor (born 1915)
- 4 October â Bernard Buffet, French painter (born 1928)
- 23 October - Albert Tucker, Australian Expressionist painter (born 1914)
- 27 October â Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born 1903)
- 4 November â Richard Clements, Australian painter (born 1951)
- 18 November
- Stephen Greene American painter (born 1917)
- Horst P. Horst, German American photographer (born 1906)
- 12 December â Paul Cadmus, American painter (born 1904)
- 28 December â Louis Féraud, French fashion designer and artist (born 1921)
References