Timeline · 1950–1959
The 1950s (1950–1959) fall within Modernism's restless succession of movements, from Fauvism to abstraction. Across these years the gallery holds 4,823 public-domain artworks, with Abstract Expressionism the decade's dominant movement (159 works) and Carven among its most prolific hands.
Moonlight 1950 
Venice-13 1957 
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in Her Coronation Robes 1951 
Zulma 1950 
Gusta in a Little Hat 1950 
Resort in the Deerpark 1950 
Seated Female Nude 1950 
Untitled 1950 
Gathering Thunderstorm, Gilleleje 1951 
Red Yellow Blue White and Black 1953 
Girl with Plant 1954 
'Oqba ben Nafi' infront of the Atlantic 1954 
Young David 1956 
Мать партизана 1950 
Katia à la chemise jaune 1951 
Reclining Woman by the Sea 1950 
Oude baan in Schilde 1950 
Cross and Shroud 1956 
Studio 1959 
Multiplication of the Arcs 1954 
Cattle 1950 
Memory of Oceania 1952 
Sat în Moldova 1957 
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The Basel presentation of The Family of Man opened at Kunsthalle Basel on March 8, 1958, as part of the second European tour of Edward Steichen's MoMA-organized photographic…
The exhibition helped define photography's mass-museum audience while becoming a touchstone for debates about humanism, propaganda, and…
What else happened that dayThe Metropolitan Museum of Art opened the Loan Exhibition of the Lehman Collection, announced by the museum as the most extensive public showing yet of one of the largest private…
The exhibition strengthened the public profile of a collection that later became a major dedicated department at the Met.
What else happened that dayHenri Matisse was a French visual artist known for his innovative use of color and fluid draughtsmanship, contributing significantly to the development of modern art in the 20th…
Matisse's work continues to influence artists with its emphasis on expressive color and form.
What else happened that dayThe institution now known as the National Museum of Mali opened in Bamako on February 14, 1953, as the Sudanese Museum, a colonial-era museum within the Institut Francais…
It became one of West Africa's key repositories for Malian archaeology, ethnography, and visual culture.
What else happened that dayA charter for the Robert Sterling Clark Art Institute was signed on March 14, 1950, incorporating the Williamstown, Massachusetts organization as both a museum and an educational…
The charter created one of the United States' major art museums and art-historical research centers.
What else happened that dayThe Frye Art Museum opened at 704 Terry Avenue on Seattle's First Hill as a free public art museum. The institution was created under the wills of meatpacker Charles Frye and Emma…
Seattle gained a free collection-based museum that later became an important contemporary exhibition venue.
What else happened that dayThe Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami opened on February 22, 1950, in Coral Gables. Established through a gift from philanthropists Joe and Emily Lowe, it became the…
It established the first art museum in South Florida and anchored the University of Miami's long-term collecting program.
What else happened that dayThe Terrain Gallery opened in New York under the direction of painter Dorothy Koppelman, pairing its first exhibition, "Intersection '55," with the publication of Eli Siegel's…
It created a long-running artist-run forum where exhibitions were explicitly organized around aesthetic philosophy.
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