1927 in art

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Events from the year 1927 in art.

Events

  • May – Stanley Spencer moves to Burghclere (England) to work on the Sandham Memorial Chapel.{{cite book|author=Kitty Hauser|title=Stanley Spencer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aABGAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Tate Publishing|page=11|isbn=9781854373519}}
  • May 16 – A pair of oval rooms built at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris as a permanent home for eight of Monet's water lily paintings is opened by the Government of France."Monet, Claude." Grove Art Online.
  • June 28 – Unveiling of "The Building of Britain" series of historical paintings by various artists in St Stephen's Hall of the Palace of Westminster in London. Charles Sims' King John confronted by his Barons assembled in force at Runnymede gives unwilling consent to Magna Carta, the foundation of justice and individual freedom in England, 1215 attracts criticism from the press, Members of Parliament and other artists for its idiosyncrasy.{{cite journal|last=Seel|first=Graham E.|title=The Artist and the King|journal=History Today|volume=65|issue=7|date=July 2015|pages=39–44}}
  • July 24 – Unveiling of Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing at Ypres, Belgium, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
  • September 29 – Unveiling of 107th Infantry Memorial in Central Park, New York City, designed by Karl Illava, a former sergeant in the regiment.
  • October – Clarice Cliff begins test marketing her 'Bizarre' pottery decoration in the UK.{{cite book|author=Leonard Griffin|title=Clarice Cliff: The Art of Bizarre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hK-jQvYKr1QC&pg=PA188|year=2001|publisher=Pavilion|isbn=978-1-86205-510-0|pages=188}}
  • October 4Gutzon Borglum begins work on Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the United States.
  • November – Ferens Art Gallery in Kingston upon Hull, England, opens.{{cite news|title=New Gallery at Hull|newspaper=The Times|location=London|date=30 November 1927}}
  • date unknown – Aristide Colotte opens his studio in Nancy, France, where he produces glasswork and carved crystal statues.{{cite book|author=Karl H. Bröhan|title=Kunsthandwerk: Glas, Holz, Keramik|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YvfqAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Mann|page=1|isbn=9783980008303}}

Exhibitions

Awards

Works

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

References