Editing 1912 in art

{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] -->
{{Year nav topic5|1912|art}}

Events from the year '''1912 in art'''.

==Events==
[[File:BlaueReiter.jpg|thumb|Cover of ''[[Der Blaue Reiter#Almanac|Der Blaue Reiter Almanac]]'']]
* [[January 5]] ([[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]] December 23, 1911) – [[Moscow Art Theatre production of Hamlet|Moscow Art Theatre production of ''Hamlet'']], designed by [[Edward Gordon Craig]], opens.
* April – [[Egon Schiele]] is arrested in [[Neulengbach]] for seducing and abducting a minor; these charges are dropped but he is imprisoned for 21 days for exhibiting erotic drawings in a place accessible to children (his studio). One of the drawings in burned in court. He paints while imprisoned.<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Ken|title=The Wider, Not Wilder, Egon Schiele|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/arts/design/the-wider-not-wilder-egon-schiele.html|work=The New York Times|date=2005-10-21|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kallier|first=Jane|title=Egon Schiele was not a sex offender|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/egon-schiele-was-not-a-sex-offender|work=The Art Newspaper|date=June 2018|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>
* May – ''[[Der Blaue Reiter#Almanac|The Blue Rider Almanac]]'' published in [[Munich]], containing reproductions of more than 140 multi-ethnic artworks, articles on the visual arts and music and [[Vasilly Kandinsky]]'s  experimental theater composition ''[[The Yellow Sound]]''.
* [[June 26]] – Austrian writer [[Frida Uhl|Frida Strindberg]] opens [[The Cave of the Golden Calf]], a [[London]] [[nightclub]] decorated by [[Spencer Gore (artist)|Spencer Gore]], [[Wyndham Lewis]], [[Charles Ginner]] and [[Jacob Epstein]] with its motif by [[Eric Gill]]; it becomes a haunt of [[Futurism|Futurist]]s.
* July – At the [[1912 Summer Olympics]] in [[Stockholm]], [[Americans|American]] [[Shooting|marksman]], [[horse breeder]] and artist [[Walter W. Winans]] wins a silver medal for [[Shooting at the Summer Olympics|shooting]] and a gold in the sculpture category of the [[Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics|art competitions]] for his [[Bronze sculpture|bronze]] statuette ''An American Trotter''.
* [[December 24]] – [[William Zorach]] marries [[Marguerite Zorach|Marguerite Thompson]].
* In Paris, [[Albert Gleizes]] and [[Jean Metzinger]] publish the first major treatise on [[Cubism]], ''[[Du "Cubisme"]]'', followed by [[André Salmon]]'s ''La jeune peinture française'' including ''Histoire anecdotique du cubisme''.
* French poet [[Guillaume Apollinaire]] introduces the term '[[Orphism (art)|Orphism]]', in an address at the Salon de la [[Section d'Or]], referring initially to the 'pure painting' of [[František Kupka]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qYATQ3Rw6qgC|title=The Cubist Painters (Les Peintres Cubistes: Méditations esthétiques)|orig-year=1913|editor=Read, Peter|publisher=University of California Press|year=2004|isbn=9780520243545|access-date=2016-11-09|archive-date=2017-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101210710/https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Cubist_Painters.html?id=qYATQ3Rw6qgC&redir_esc=y|url-status=live|last1=Apollinaire|first1=Guillaume}}</ref>
* [[Ludwig Meidner]] begins producing his "Apocalyptic Landscapes".

==Exhibitions==
* March – Exhibition of Italian [[Futurism]] transfers from Paris to the [[Sackville Gallery]] in London, organised by [[Robert René Meyer-Sée]].
* [[May 25]]–[[September 30]] – Third International Art Exhibition organized by [[Sonderbund westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler]], in [[Cologne]] (Ausstellungshalle der Stadt Cöln am Aachener Tor), featuring works by [[Vincent van Gogh]], [[Paul Cézanne]], [[Paul Gauguin]], [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Henri-Edmond Cross]], [[Paul Signac]] and [[Edvard Munch]].
* Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition organized by [[Roger Fry]] in London.
* [[René Lalique]] and [[Maurice Marinot]] independently stage the first exhibitions of their glasswares.

==Works==
[[Image:Albert Gleizes, l'Homme au Balcon, 1912, oil on canvas, 195.6 x 114.9 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|[[Albert Gleizes]], 1912, ''[[Man on a Balcony (Gleizes)|l'Homme au Balcon, Man on a Balcony (Portrait of Dr. Théo Morinaud)]]'', oil on canvas, 195.6 x 114.9 cm (77 x 45 1/4 in.), Philadelphia Museum of Art. Completed the same year that the painter co-authors the book ''[[Du "Cubisme"]]'' with [[Jean Metzinger]]. Exhibited at Salon d'Automne, Paris, 1912, [[Armory show]], New York, Chicago, Boston, 1913]]
{{see also|Category:1912 sculptures|Category:1912 paintings}}

* [[Giacomo Balla]]
** ''[[Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-dynamism-of-a-dog-on-a-leash-1912-giacomo-balla-1781174.html%3famp |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-dynamism-of-a-dog-on-a-leash-1912-giacomo-balla-1781174.html%3famp |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title = Great Works: Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (1912) Giacomo Balla|website = [[Independent.co.uk]]|date = 22 October 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** ''[[Girl Running on a Balcony]]''
** ''[[The Hand of the Violinist]]''
* [[Vanessa Bell]] – [[:File:Bell, Virginia Woolf .jpg|Portrait of Virginia Woolf]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw08084/Virginia-Woolf|title = Virginia Woolf - National Portrait Gallery}}</ref>
* [[George Bellows]] – ''[[Men of the Docks]]''<ref>[https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/george-bellows-men-of-the-docks George Bellows | Men of the Docks | NG6649 | National Gallery, London<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[David Bomberg]] – ''[[:File:DavidBomberg-VisionofEzekiel.jpg|Vision of Ezekiel]]''
* [[Pierre Bonnard]] – ''[[:File:Saint-tropez-pier-1912.jpg|St Tropez, Pier]]''
* [[Georges Braque]]
** ''[[Fruit Dish and Glass]]''
** ''[[The Guitar (painting)|The Guitar]]''
* [[Richard E. Brooks]] – [[Statue of John McGraw]] (bronze sculpture, [[Seattle]])
* [[Paul Émile Chabas]] – ''[[September Morn]]'' ([[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])
* [[Jerome Connor]] – ''[[Statue of John Carroll|Bishop John Carroll]]'' (bronze sculpture, [[Washington, D.C.]])<ref name="smithsonian">{{Cite web|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!323784~!0#focus|title=Bishop John Carroll (sculpture)|date=2016|website=Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>
* [[John Currie (artist)|John Currie]] – ''[[:File:John Currie (1883-1914) - Some Later Primitives and Madame Tisceron - 1957.FA.18 - Potteries Museum ^ Art Gallery.jpg|Some Later Primitives and Madame Tisceron]]''
* [[Roger de La Fresnaye]] – ''Mon Ami, [[Jean Cocteau]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Mon-ami--Jean-Cocteau/4B48AED1E4F34C63|title=Roger de la Fresnaye &#124; Mon ami, Jean Cocteau (1912) &#124; MutualArt}}</ref>
* [[Robert Delaunay]] – ''[[Windows (Delaunay series)|Windows]]'' (series)
* [[Marcel Duchamp]] – ''[[Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2]]''
* [[Rogelio de Egusquiza]] – [[Tristan and Isolde (Egusquiza)|Tristan and Isolde (Life)]]
* [[Lydia Field Emmet]] – ''[[:File:LFEmmet.jpg|Self Portrait]]''
* [[Jacob Epstein]] – [[Oscar Wilde's tomb|Tomb of Oscar Wilde]] ([[Père Lachaise Cemetery]], [[Paris]])
* [[E. Phillips Fox]] – ''[[Nasturtiums (E. Phillips Fox)|Nasturtiums]]''
* [[Roger Fry]]
** ''[[:File:Portrait of Edith Sitwell.jpg|Portrait of Edith Sitwell]]''
** ''[[:File:Fry, River with Poplars.jpg|River with Poplars]]'' (approximate date)
* [[Laura Gilpin]] – ''[https://www.cartermuseum.org/collection/basket-peaches-p197914650 Basket of Peaches]'' (color photograph)
* [[Albert Gleizes]]
** ''[[The Bathers (Gleizes)|The Bathers]]''
** ''[[Football Players]]''
** ''[[Harvest Threshing]]''
** ''[[Man on a Balcony]]''
** ''[[Passy, Bridges of Paris]]''
* [[John William Godward|J. W. Godward]]
** ''[[:File:Godward-Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder-1912.jpg|Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder]]''
** ''[[:File:Godward, By the wayside, 1912 (5614343560).jpg|By The Wayside]]''
** ''[[:File:Godward-An Offering to Venus-1912.jpg|An Offering To Venus]]''
** ''[[:File:Godward-The Peacock Fan-1912.jpg|The Peacock Fan]]''
* [[Juan Gris]] – ''[[:File:1912 Gris Glas und Flaschen anagoria.JPG|Verre et Bouteilles]] (Glass and Bottles)''
* [[Vilhelm Hammershøi]] – ''[[Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25]]''
* [[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner]]
** ''[[:File:Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Nollendorfplatz.jpg|Nollendorfplatz]]''
** ''[[:File:Kirchner - Das Urteil des Paris.jpg|Das Urteil des Paris]]'' ("The Judgment of Paris") 
** ''[[:File:Vier Holzplastiken 1912.jpg|Vier Holzplastiken]]'' ("Four Wooden Sculptures" - painting of nude figures, [[Dallas Museum of Art]])
* [[Gustav Klimt]] – ''[[Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II]]''
* [[František Kupka]] – ''[[The Cathedral (Katedrála)]]''
* [[Boris Kustodiev]]
** ''[[:File:Paskhakustodiev.jpg|Easter Greetings]]''
** ''[[:File:Kustodiev self portrait.jpg|Self-portrait]]''
* [[Fernand Léger]]
** ''[[:File:Fernand Léger - La Fumée (Smoke) (1912).jpg|La Fumée]] (Smoke)''
** ''[[:File:Fernand Léger, Woman in Blue, Femme en Bleu, 1912, oil on canvas, 193 x 129.9 cm.jpg|Woman in Blue]]''
* [[Wyndham Lewis]] – ''[[:File:Smiling Woman Ascending a Stair, Wyndham Lewis, 1912.jpg|Smiling Woman Ascending a Stair]]''
* [[Kazimir Malevich]] – ''[[The Knifegrinder (Malevich)|The Knifegrinder]]''
* [[James Bolivar Manson|J. B. Manson]] – Approximate date
** ''[[:File:Manson-Self.jpg|Self-portrait]]''
** ''[[:File:Manson-Still-Life-Tulips-In-A-Blue-Jug.jpg|Still Life: Tulips in a Blue Jug]]''
* [[Franz Marc]]
** ''[[:File:Atonement by Franz Marc 1912.jpeg|Atonement]]'' ([[woodcut]])
** ''[[:File:Deer in the Woods II.jpg|Deer in the Woods II]]''
** ''[[:File:Franz Marc - Der Traum - Google Art Project.jpg|The Dream]]''
** ''[[:File:Horses Resting by Franz Marc.jpeg|Horses Resting]]'' (colored woodcut, 1911–12)
** ''[[:File:Franz Marc-In the Rain(Im Regen) (1912).jpg|In the Rain]]''
** ''[[:File:Aus der Tierlegende by Franz Marc 1912.jpg|Legend of the Animals]]'' (woodcut)
** ''[[:File:Das Äffchen (Franz Marc, 1912).jpg|The Little Monkey]]''
** ''[[Little Blue Horse]]''
** ''[[:File:Franz Marc Roter Stier, 1912.jpg|Red Bull]]'' (gouache)
** ''[[:File:Schlafende Hirtin by Franz Marc 1912.jpg|Sleeping Shepherdess]]'' (woodcut)
** ''[[:File:Franz Marc-Tiger.jpg|Tiger]]''
* [[Henri Matisse]]
** ''[[Arab Coffeehouse]]''
** ''[[The Conversation (Matisse)|The Conversation]]''
** ''[[Goldfish (Matisse)|Goldfish]]''
** ''[[The Little Mulatta]]''
** ''[[:File:Henri Matisse - Palm Leaf, Tangier (1912).jpg|Palm Tree Leaf Tangier]]''<ref>https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.56721.html</ref>
** ''[[Paysage marocain (Acanthes)]]''
** ''[[Seated Riffian]]''
** ''[[View over the Bay of Tangier]]''
** ''[[Window at Tangier]]''
** ''[[Zorah on the Terrace]]''
* [[Jean Metzinger]]
** [[The Blue Bird (Metzinger)|''The Blue Bird'']]
** ''[[Dancer in a Café|Dancer in a café]]''
** ''[[Man with a Pipe]]''
** [[Nature morte (Metzinger)|''Nature morte'']]
** ''[[:File:Jean Metzinger - La Plume Jaune I (1912).jpg|La Plume Jaune (The Yellow Feather) I]] and [[:File:Jean Metzinger - La Plume Jaune II (1912).jpg|II]]''
** ''[[Au Vélodrome]]''
** ''[[Woman with a Horse|Woman with a horse]]''
** ''[[Woman with a Fan (Metzinger, 1912)|Woman with a Fan]]''
* [[Amedeo Modigliani]] – ''[[Tête (sculpture)|Tête]]'' (sculpture)
* [[Piet Mondrian]] – ''[[Gray Tree]]''
* [[Mikhail Nesterov]] – ''[[:File:Mikhail Nesterov 003.jpg|Crucifixion]]''
* [[Emil Nolde]] 
** ''[[The Life of Christ (Nolde)|The Life of Christ]]'' (polyptych)
** ''[[:File:'The Prophet', woodcut by Emil Nolde, 1912.jpg|The Prophet]]'' (woodcut)
* [[William Orpen]] – ''[[:File:William Orpen Portrait of Gardenia St George with riding crop.jpg|Portrait of Gardenia St. George With Riding Crop]]''
* [[Francis Picabia]]
** ''[[The Procession, Seville]]''
** ''[[The Spring]]''
* [[Pablo Picasso]]
** ''[[Bottle, Glass, Fork]]''
** ''[https://www.moma.org/collection/works/81723 Guitar]'' (paperboard assemblage)<ref>Pablo Picasso. Guitar. Paris, October-December 1912 | MoMA https://www.moma.org/collection/works/81723</ref>
** ''[[Ma Jolie (Picasso, New York)|Ma Jolie]]''
** ''[[Still Life with Chair Caning]]''
** ''[[Violon et Raisins|Violon et raisins]]''
** ''[[:File:Pablo Picasso, 1912, Violon, verre, pipe et encrier (Souvenir of Le Havre), oil on canvas, 81 x 54 cm, National Gallery in Prague.jpg|Violon, verre, pipe et encrier]]''
* [[Charles A. Platt]] – ''[[Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain]]'' (New York City)
* [[J. Massey Rhind]] – ''[[Equestrian statue of George Washington (Newark)|George Washington]]'' (bronze equestrian sculpture, Newark)
* [[Franz Roubaud]] – ''[[:File:Battle of Borodino part of panorama by Franz Roubaud.jpg|Battle of Borodino Panorama]]''
* [[Egon Schiele]]
** ''[[Portrait of Wally]]''
** ''[[:File:Egon Schiele 079.jpg|Self-portrait with Chinese lantern fruits]]''
* [[Kathleen Scott]] – ''[[:File:Charles Stewart Rolls, aviator - geograph.org.uk - 824750.jpg|Charles Stewart Rolls]]'' (bronze sculpture, [[Dover]])
* [[T. F. Simon]] – ''[[:File:T F Simon Booksellers.jpg|Second Hand Booksellers, Spring]]''
* [[Max Slevogt]] – ''[[:File:Max Slevogt - Der Sänger Francisco d'Andrade als Don Giovanni in Mozarts Oper - Google Art Project.jpg|The Singer Francisco D'Andrade as Don Giovanni in Mozart's Opera]]'' ("The Red d'Andrade")
* [[Stanley Spencer]] – ''[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-nativity-42441 The Nativity]''
* James Wehn – [[Statue of Chief Seattle]] (copper sculpture, [[Seattle]])
* [[Christopher Whall]] and [[Mabel Esplin]] – [[:File:Richmond, St John the Divine, The Lady chapel window.jpg|Lady chapel windows]], [[St John the Divine, Richmond]], [[London]]
* [[William Barnes Wollen]] – ''[[The Battle of Albuera]]''

==Births==
===January to June===
* [[January 7]] – [[Charles Addams]], [[Americans|American]] [[cartoonist]] (d.[[1988 in art|1988]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Jackson Pollock]], American painter (d.[[1956 in art|1956]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Constantin Kluge]], Russian and French painter (d.[[2003 in art|2003]])
* [[February 7]] – [[Russell Drysdale]], [[Australia]]n artist (d.[[1981 in art|1981]])
* [[March 4]] – [[Afro Basaldella]], [[Italian people|Italian]] painter (d.[[1976 in art|1976]])
* [[March 22]] – [[Agnes Martin]], [[Canadians|Canadian]]-US painter (d.[[2004 in art|2004]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Robert Doisneau]], [[French people|French]] [[photographer]] (d.[[1994 in art|1994]])
* [[April 21]] – [[Eve Arnold]], née Cohen, American photographer (d.[[2012 in art|2012]])
* [[May 8]] – [[John Deakin]], [[English people|English]] photographer (d.[[1972 in art|1972]])
* [[June 4]] – [[Robert Jacobsen]], [[Danes|Danish]] [[sculpture|sculptor]] and painter (d.[[1993 in art|1993]])
* [[June 8]] – [[Harry Holtzman]], American artist (died [[1987 in art|1987]])
* [[June 11]] – [[William Baziotes]], American painter (d.[[1963 in art|1963]])

===July to December===
* [[July 10]] – [[Isabel Nicholas]], English painter and model (d.[[1992 in art|1992]])<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thorpe|first1=Vanessa|title=What's in a surname? The female artists lost to history because they got married|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/feb/13/whats-in-a-surname-the-female-artists-lost-to-history-because-they-got-married|access-date=2021-02-14|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|date=2021-02-13}}</ref>
* [[August 1]] –  [[Rachel Baes]], Belgian painter  (d.[[1983 in art|1983]])
* [[August 23]] –  [[Keith Vaughan]], English painter (d.[[1977 in art|1977]])
* [[August 29]] –  [[Wolfgang Suschitzky]], Austrian-born documentary photographer and cinematographer (d.[[2016 in art|2016]])
* [[September 4]]
** [[Syd Hoff]], US children's book author and [[cartoonist]] (d.[[2004 in art|2004]])
** [[Alexander Liberman]], Russian-born painter and sculptor (d.[[1999 in art|1999]])
* [[September 5]]
** [[Kristina Söderbaum]], [[Sweden|Swedish]]-[[Germany|German]] film actress, producer and photographer (d.[[2001 in art|2001]])
** [[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]], US [[animator]] (d.[[2004 in art|2004]])
* [[September 23]] – [[Tony Smith (sculptor)|Tony Smith]], US [[sculptor]], [[visual artist]] and theorist on art (d.[[1980 in art|1980]])
* [[October 31]] – [[Ollie Johnston]], US [[animation|animator]] (d.[[2008 in art|2008]])
* [[November 3]] – [[Ida Kohlmeyer]], US painter and sculptor (d.[[1997 in art|1997]])
* [[November 28]] – [[Morris Louis]], US painter (d.[[1962 in art|1962]])
* [[December 27]] – [[Conroy Maddox]], English [[surrealist]] painter, collagist, writer and lecturer (d.[[2005 in art|2005]])

==Deaths==
* [[January 18]] – [[Hermann Kern]], Austrian painter (born [[1838 in art|1838]])
* [[February 3]] – [[Joan Brull]], Catalan Symbolist painter (born [[1863 in art|1863]])
* [[February 14]] – [[Mathurin Moreau]], French sculptor (born [[1822 in art|1822]])
* [[March 16]] – [[Elizabeth Forbes (artist)|Elizabeth Forbes]], Canadian painter of the [[Newlyn School]] (born [[1859 in art|1859]]; cancer)<ref>[http://www.penleehouse.org.uk/artists/elizabeth-forbes.html Elizabeth Forbes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117011224/http://www.penleehouse.org.uk/artists/elizabeth-forbes.html |date=2013-01-17 }} Penlee House. Retrieved 14 October 2012.</ref>
* [[March 29]] – [[John Gerrard Keulemans]], Dutch bird illustrator (born [[1842 in art|1842]])
* [[March 31]] – [[Robert Loftin Newman]], American painter and stained-glass designer (born [[1827 in art|1827]])
* [[April 15]] – [[Francis Davis Millet]], American painter, sculptor and writer (born 1846) (died on board the ''[[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|Titanic]]'')
* [[May 2]] – [[Homer Davenport]], American cartoonist (born [[1867 in art|1867]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Louis Hasselriis]], Danish sculptor known for public monuments (born [[1844 in art|1844]])
* [[June 25]] – [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]], Dutch painter (born [[1836 in art|1836]])
* [[June 30]] – [[John Ford Paterson]], Scottish–Australian artist, president of the Victorian Artists Society (born [[1851 in art|1851]])
* [[July 16]] – [[Thomas Fitzpatrick (cartoonist)|Thomas Fitzpatrick]], Irish cartoonist (born [[1860 in art|1860]])
* [[August 20]] – [[Walter Goodman (artist)|Walter Goodman]], English painter, illustrator and author (born [[1838 in art|1838]])
* [[September 2]] – [[Henry Allan (painter)|Henry Allan]], Irish painter (born [[1865 in art|1865]])
* [[September 15]] – [[John Leighton (artist)|John Leighton]], English book illustrator (born [[1822 in art|1822]])
* [[October 11]] – [[Nils Hansteen]], Norwegian painter (born [[1855 in art|1855]])
* [[November 1]] – [[John Emms (artist)|John Emms]], English painter (born 1844)
* [[November 22]] – [[Otto Lessing (sculptor)|Otto Lessing]], German historicist sculptor (born [[1846 in art|1846]])
* [[December 1]] – [[John Moyr Smith]], Scottish-born ceramic artist (born [[1839 in art|1839]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Tony Robert-Fleury]], French painter (born [[1865 in art|1865]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Édouard Detaille]], French painter
* ''date unknown''
** [[Tadeusz Żukotyński]], Polish count, professor, and painter (born 1855)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1912 in art| ]]
[[Category:Years of the 20th century in art]]
[[Category:1910s in art]]