Timeline · 1960–1969
The 1960s (1960–1969) fall within Modernism's restless succession of movements, from Fauvism to abstraction. Across these years the gallery holds 3,334 public-domain artworks, with Abstract Expressionism the decade's dominant movement (121 works) and Carven among its most prolific hands.
Senny Bridge, Brecon 1960 
Portrait of Composer Gara Garayev 1960 
Jacob Christiaan Koningsberger (1867-1951). Chairman of the People's Council (1918-19) 1967 
Campbell's Soup Cans 1962 
A Landscape 1963 
Family at the Sea 1964 
Sayat Nova 1964 
The Portrait of Actress Khmara 1961 
Reply to Hazkert 1960 
Spring 1967 
Painting 1964 
Untitled 1968 
Whaam! 1963 
Second Story Sunlight 1960 
Etude 1962 
Untitled 1968 
Alicia 1964 
For You 1961 
Dorothée 1964 
La adăpat 1969 
Peisaj de la schit 1965 
Dealul lui Dobrin 1966 
Studiu de peisaj cu un drum pe care merge o căruță trasă de cai. În prim-plan, căruța văzută din spate, dreapta. În căruță, un bărbat cu căciulă neagră și haină gri, o femeie cu batic alb și haină brun-ocru și o fetiță cu batic alb cu verde-roșu, așezată în spatele celor doi, lângă două butoaie. Drumul taie ca o diagonală lucrarea; de-o parte și de alta, iarbă. Linia orizontului foarte ridicată, după care se vede un copac verde, dealul albastru în depărtare și cerul. Semnat și datat cu brun, dreapta jos: V. Mihăilescu Craiu 1968. 1968 
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On January 8, 1963, Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was unveiled at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., beginning the painting's unprecedented United States exhibition.…
The tour helped turn the Mona Lisa into an American pop-cultural icon as well as a European masterpiece.
What else happened that dayWhile primarily a political event, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, became a defining moment in American cultural history…
It catalyzed the creation of Warhol's most famous series, permanently altering the trajectory of Pop Art to include themes of mortality and…
What else happened that dayBarcelona's Museu Picasso opened to the public in the Palau Aguilar on Carrer de Montcada. The museum grew from Jaume Sabartes's wish to donate his Picasso collection and from…
It anchored Picasso's early career in Barcelona and became a model for single-artist museums built around local biography.
What else happened that dayUNESCO's Nubian Campaign, the international rescue effort prompted by the construction of the Aswan High Dam, had its official inauguration on March 8, 1960. The campaign…
The campaign became a model for international cultural-heritage rescue and transformed the visibility of Nubian wall painting.
What else happened that dayRoy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery in New York opened on February 10, 1962 and ran through March 3. The show included works such as Look Mickey,…
The show helped establish Lichtenstein as a central figure in American Pop art.
What else happened that dayOn January 3, 1969, Greek kinetic sculptor Takis, supported by friends, removed his Tele-sculpture from MoMA's exhibition The Machine at the End of the Mechanical Age. Although…
The protest helped launch institutional critique as organized museum activism in New York.
What else happened that dayOn January 5, 1969, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin published The Black Artist in America: A Symposium, a transcript-format discussion moderated by Romare Bearden and…
The publication preserved a primary debate about race, museums, and modernism at a decisive moment in U.S. art history.
What else happened that dayOn March 19, 1965, Rembrandt's portrait then known as Titus sold at Christie's in London for 760,000 guineas, reported as a record price. The painting, now in the Norton Simon…
The sale helped make auction spectacle, media strategy, and American museum collecting part of the postwar Old Master market story.
What else happened that dayThe Amon Carter Museum of Western Art opened to the public in Fort Worth, Texas, establishing a purpose-built home for Amon G. Carter Sr.'s collection of works by Frederic…
The Carter became a major center for American art and photography rather than only a western art memorial.
What else happened that dayThe 1962 Young Contemporaries student exhibition opened at the RBA Galleries in London, giving early public visibility to David Hockney's four "Demonstrations of Versatility"…
It helped carry Hockney and other young British artists from student recognition toward the ICA and the broader Pop art scene.
What else happened that dayThe National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto was established on its present site on March 1, 1963, initially as the Annex Museum of the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. The…
It strengthened Kyoto's role as a national center for modern Japanese art and craft scholarship.
What else happened that dayBritish artist Nina M. Davies was a prominent illustrator and copyist of Egyptian paintings, often collaborating with her husband Norman de Garis Davies. Her work, including…
Nina M. Davies' detailed illustrations remain invaluable to Egyptology, preserving ancient artworks for future generations.
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