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See also: 1945 in art, other events of 1946, 1947 in art, list of years in art

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Contents 1 Events 2 Works 3 Exhibitions 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism is founded by Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner, and others.

[edit] Works

• George Ault - Bright Light at Russell's Corners
• Francis Bacon
  • Painting (1946)
  • Study for Man with Microphones (later abandoned and slashed by the artist)
• Salvador Dalí - The Temptation of St Anthony
• Barbara Hepworth - Pelagos and Tides

[edit] Exhibitions

• Contemporary British Art - Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, and the City Art Museum, St Louis.

[edit] Births

• July 25 - Nicole Farhi, sculptor and fashion designer
• December 8 - Jacques Bourboulon, photographer

[edit] Deaths

• February 17 - Dorothy Gibson, artist's model and actress (b. 1889)
• July 13 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
• November 24 - László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter and photographer (b. 1895)
• December 28 - Elie Nadelman, Poland-born US sculptor (b. 1882)