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See also: 1956 in art, other events of 1957, 1958 in art, list of years in art

Contents 1 Events 2 Exhibitions 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Chicago's Lithuanian community opens the Čiurlionis Art Gallery.

[edit] Exhibitions

[edit] Works

• Maurice Boitel - The Hens
• Paul-Émile Borduas - Étoile noire
• Arthur Boyd - Dreaming Bridegroom 1
• Isamu Noguchi - Endless Coupling
• Clyfford Still - 1957-D No. 1

[edit] Births

• January 27 - Frank Miller, comic-book artist
• July 31 - Chuck Carter, illustrator
• August 7 - Mark Bagley, comic-book artist
• date unknown
  • Bill Barker, conceptual artist
  • Mike Bernard, painter
  • Jim Hodges, installation artist
  • Rick Leonardi, comic-book illustrator

[edit] Deaths

• January 17 - Jože Plečnik, architect
• January 20 - John Minton, painter and illustrator
• February 4 - Miguel Covarrubias, painter and caricaturist
• February 14 - Emanuel Hahn, sculptor
• March 16 - Constantin Brancusi, sculptor
• May 14 - Marie Vassilieff, painter
• May 18 - Bruce Rogers, book designer and typographer
• June 12 - Mario Urteaga Alvarado, painter
• July 7 - Kiyoshi Koishi, photographer
• August 2 - Lasar Segall, painter
• August 19 - David Bomberg, painter
• September 26 - Pompeo Coppini, sculptor
• October 11 - René Auberjonois, painter
• October 15 - Henry van de Velde, painter, architect and designer
• October 24 - Christian Dior, fashion designer
• November 2 - Mahonri Young, sculptor
• November 20 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, graphic artist
• November 24 - Diego Rivera, painter
• December 14 - Josef Lada, painter
• date unknown
  • Bristow Adams, illustrator
  • Onoe Saishu, calligrapher
  • Jack Butler Yeats, painter and illustrator
  • Andrzej Wróblewski, painter