1959 in art

Events

June 10 – National Museum of Western Art established in Tokyo.
André Breton asks Salvador Dalí, 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.

January 29 – Winifred Brunton, painter (born 1880)
February 26 – Gabrielle Renard, artist's model
February 28 – Beatrix Farrand, landscape architect
April 9 – Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, innovator
May 3 – Renato Birolli, painter
June 8 – Pietro Canonica, sculptor (born 1869)
July 6 – George Grosz, painter and draftsman (born 1893)
July 17 – Sir Alfred Munnings, equine painter (born 1878)
August 5 – Frank Godwin, illustrator (born 1889)
August 19 – Sir Jacob Epstein, sculptor (born 1880)
August 20 – Alfred Kubin, illustrator (born 1877)
August 27 – Tom Purvis, English poster artist (born 1888).
September 9
- Merric Boyd, Australian painter, sculptor and ceramic artist (born 1888)
- Cathleen Mann, English portrait painter and costume designer (born 1896)
September 13 – Adrian, Hollywood costume designer
September 18
- Benjamin Péret, editor of La Révolution surréaliste
- Adolf Ziegler, German painter and politician (born 1892)
October 6 – Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian American art historian (born 1865)
November 15 – Charles Jones, photographer
November 24 – Stepan Erzya, sculptor
December 9 – Gene Carr, cartoonist
December 14
- Lizzy Ansingh, Dutch painter (born 1875)
- Sir Stanley Spencer, English painter (born 1891)
date unknown – Matthew Smith, painter