1991 in art

Events

14 April – In the Netherlands, thieves steal 20 paintings worth $500 million from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Less than an hour later they are found in an abandoned car near the museum..^[1]
25 May – Opening of the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin.
9 July – The Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London, designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott, is opened.^[2]
September – Opening of the Weserburg modern art museum in Bremen (Germany) as the Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen.

Capitalism, Portland, Oregon
Cascade Charley, Eugene, Oregon
Guardians of the Gate, San Francisco
Host Analog, Portland, Oregon
Las niñas en la alborada – Félix Arauz
Chain Reaction (sculpture in Santa Monica, California) – Paul Conrad
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living – Damien Hirst
Isolated Elements Swimming in the Same Direction for the Purposes of Understanding – Damien Hirst
Self (sculpted self-portrait head in artist's blood - first version) – Marc Quinn
Field (multiple figure sculptures in terracotta - first version) – Antony Gormley
Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (installation) – Cornelia Parker

3 January – Doris Zinkeisen, British theatrical designer and commercial artist (b. 1898).
11 January – Charles Mozley, British artist and art teacher (b. 1914).
7 February – Jean-Paul Mousseau, Canadian artist (b. 1927).
13 February – Arno Breker, German sculptor (b. 1900).
15 March – Vladimir Seleznev, Russian painter (b. 1928).
29 March – Guy Bourdin, French photographer (b. 1928).
10 June – Jean Bruller, French writer and illustrator (b. 1902).

16 July – Robert Motherwell, American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker (b. 1915).
3 August – Boris Ugarov, Russian painter, a last President of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (b. 1922).
30 August – Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1925).
5 September - Alexander Pushnin, Russian painter and art educator (b. 1921).
14 September – Russell Lynes, American art historian, photographer and author (b. 1910).
24 September – Dr. Seuss, American illustrator (b. 1904).
27 October – Pyke Koch, Dutch painter (b. 1901).
7 November – Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (b. 1920).
11 November – Nadezhda Shteinmiller, Russian painter and theater artist (b. 1915).
18 November – Reg Parlett, English comics artist (b. 1904).
21 November – Joseph Delaney, American painter (b. 1904).
9 December – Gisèle Lestrange, French graphic artist (b. 1927).
10 December – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American artist (b. 1901).
12 December - Moshe Castel, Israeli painter (b. 1909).

↑ Paul L. Montgomery, "Lost and Found: Huge van Gogh Theft Fails", New York Times, 1991. Retrieved on 2012-01-31.
↑ National Gallery official website
↑ False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes, Thomas Hoving, Simon & Schuster, 1996 ISBN 0-684-83148-1
↑ Cartrain. "Cartrain In The National Portrait Gallery". YouTube. Retrieved 2009-09-20.

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