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Exhibition1955
German Drawings
11 Nov 1955 – 18 Dec 1955
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Albrecht Dürer · Life of the Virgin: Nativity of the Virgin
8 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Liturgical Arts
1 Mar 1955 – 31 Mar 1955
Chapman Gallery at Milwaukee-Downer College
Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Luke, 1057–1063
2 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Picasso: 12 Masterworks
15 Mar 1955 – 17 Apr 1955
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition record1955Picasso: 12 MasterworksThe Museum of Modern ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Masterpieces Series
10 May 1955 – 19 Jun 1955
Akron Art Museum
Francesco Guardi · Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782 and Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782 (pair)
1 documented entry
Exhibition1955
Le Cento Opere di van Dyck
1 Jun 1955 – 31 Aug 1955
Palazzo dell' Academia, Genoa
Anthony van Dyck · Landscape, about 1640
1 documented entry
Exhibition1955
Austrian Drawings and Prints
1955
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Master of St. Wolfgang · Saint Benedict and the Monk Romanus, c. 1440/1450
1 documented entry
Exhibition1955
Masterpiece of the Month: Portrait of Louis XV, by J.C. le Blon
1 Apr 1955 – 1 May 1955
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Exhibition record1955Masterpiece of the Month: Portrait of Louis XV, by J.C. le BlonArt Institute of ChicagoArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
The American Jewish Tercentenary: Celebrating 300 Years of Jewish Settlement in the U.S.
17 Mar 1955 – 6 Apr 1955
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art
Exhibition record1955The American Jewish Tercentenary: Celebrating 300 Years of Jewish Settlement in the U.S.The Cleveland Museum of ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Italian Children's Paintings of Mazzon School lent by Alvin G. Manuel
8 Apr 1955 – 6 Jun 1955
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition record1955Italian Children's Paintings of Mazzon School lent by Alvin G. ManuelThe Cleveland Museum of ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Japan America Abstract Arts
日米抽象美術展
29 Apr 1955 – 12 Jun 1955
国立近代美術館・東京国立近代美術館（旧館）, 東京都
Exhibition record1955Japan America Abstract Arts国立近代美術館・東京国立近代美術館（旧館）Artwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Japanese Prints by Okumura Masanaobu
16 Dec 1955 – 29 Jan 1956
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Exhibition record1955Japanese Prints by Okumura MasanaobuArt Institute of ChicagoArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Water Colors Illustrating Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, by Max Gubler
15 Jan 1955 – 28 Feb 1955
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Exhibition record1955Water Colors Illustrating Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, by Max GublerArt Institute of ChicagoArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
荒井龍男帰朝展
18 Jul 1955 – 23 Jul 1955
ブリヂストン美術館
Exhibition record1955荒井龍男帰朝展ブリヂストン美術館Artwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
The New Decade: 22 European Painters and Sculptors
10 May 1955 – 7 Aug 1955
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition record1955The New Decade: 22 European Painters and SculptorsThe Museum of Modern ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Artists of the Blau Reiter
1955
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University
Alexei Jawlensky · Murnau, 1910
1 documented entry
Exhibition1955
Léger Memorial
19 Aug 1955 – 30 Sept 1955
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition record1955Léger MemorialThe Museum of Modern ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Recent Rediscoveries in American Art
1955; closing year unconfirmed
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
John Quidor · The Return of Rip Van Winkle, 1849
1 documented entry
Exhibition1955
English Chintz: Two Centuries of Changing Taste
1 Oct 1955 – 31 Mar 1956
Victoria and Albert Museum
Exhibition record1955English Chintz: Two Centuries of Changing TasteVictoria and Albert MuseumArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Three Renaissance Architects: Brunelleschi, Alberti, and Palladio
5 Jan 1955 – 16 Jan 1955
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition record1955Three Renaissance Architects: Brunelleschi, Alberti, and PalladioThe Cleveland Museum of ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
The Tree of Life
7 Jan 1955 – 8 Mar 1955
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Blessed Lord Buddha
2 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Silkscreen Prints by Dean Meeker
22 Jan 1955 – 27 Feb 1955
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Exhibition record1955Silkscreen Prints by Dean MeekerArt Institute of ChicagoArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Islamic and Indian Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts
15 Dec 1955 – 19 Feb 1956
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])
12 documented entries
Exhibition1955
III Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
1955
, São Paulo
Exhibition record1955III Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São PauloVenue name not recordedArtwork image not available
48 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Good Design: 5th Anniversary
8 Feb 1955 – 20 Mar 1955
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition record1955Good Design: 5th AnniversaryThe Museum of Modern ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Japanese Prints by Ichiryusai Hiroshige
20 Jul 1955 – 6 Nov 1955
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Exhibition record1955Japanese Prints by Ichiryusai HiroshigeArt Institute of ChicagoArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Prints from Europe and Japan; Etchings by Matisse
4 May 1955 – 31 May 1955
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition record1955Prints from Europe and Japan; Etchings by MatisseThe Museum of Modern ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Drawings and Woodcuts of Karl Zerbe
1 Mar 1955 – 24 Apr 1955
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Exhibition record1955Drawings and Woodcuts of Karl ZerbeArt Institute of ChicagoArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Art of the Young Child
6 Dec 1955 – 15 Jan 1956
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition record1955Art of the Young ChildThe Museum of Modern ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Tyska Teckningar från 1800- och 1900-talen
1955; closing year unconfirmed
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Wilhelm Leibl · Two Women in the Kitchen, 1895/1897
1 documented entry
Exhibition1955
Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
25 Oct 1955 – 8 Jan 1956
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition record1955Glass from the Museum of Modern Art CollectionThe Museum of Modern ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Wallpaper and Printed Fabric by Frank Lloyd Wright
18 Sept 1955 – 29 Nov 1955
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition record1955Wallpaper and Printed Fabric by Frank Lloyd WrightThe Cleveland Museum of ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Cleveland Institute of Art Faculty Exhibition
9 Apr 1955 – 16 Apr 1955
The Cleveland Institute of Art
Exhibition record1955Cleveland Institute of Art Faculty ExhibitionThe Cleveland Institute of ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Edgar Degas
1955
Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio
Edgar Degas · Manet Seated, Turned to the Left (Manet assis, tourné à gauche), c. 1861
12 documented entries
Exhibition1955
French Paintings from CMA Collections (1955, 1)
1 Mar 1955 – 15 Jun 1955
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition record1955French Paintings from CMA Collections (1955, 1)The Cleveland Museum of ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
藤島武二展：鹿児島市文化祭
15 Nov 1955 – 5 Dec 1955
鹿児島市立美術館
Exhibition record1955藤島武二展：鹿児島市文化祭鹿児島市立美術館Artwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Fortieth Anniversary Exhibition of Forty Masterpieces
12 Jan 1955 – 27 Feb 1955
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Peter Paul Rubens · The Union of England and Scotland (Charles I as the Prince of Wales), 1633–34
17 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Design in Advertising Art
12 Oct 1955 – 13 Nov 1955
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition record1955Design in Advertising ArtThe Cleveland Museum of ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries
Exhibition1955
American Primitive Paintings
1955
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
American 19th Century · The Start of the Hunt, c. 1800
52 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Documenta : Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts : Internationale Ausstellung im Museum Fridericianum in Kassel = L'art du vingtième siècle : exposition internationale, Kassel, Musée Fridericianum = Twentieth century art : international exhibition, Kassel, Museum Fridericianum = L'arte del novecento : esposizione internazionale, Kassel, Museo Fridericianum [15. Juli bis 18. September 1955] [préf. de Heinz Lemke] ; [introd. de Werner Haftmann] München : Prestel, 1955
15 Jul 1955 – 18 Sept 1955
, Kassel
Exhibition record1955Documenta : Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts : Internationale Ausstellung im Museum Fridericianum in Kassel = L'art du vingtième siècle : exposition internationale, Kassel, Musée Fridericianum = Twentieth century art : international exhibition, Kassel, Museum Fridericianum = L'arte del novecento : esposizione internazionale, Kassel, Museo Fridericianum [15. Juli bis 18. September 1955] [préf. de Heinz Lemke] ; [introd. de Werner Haftmann] München : Prestel, 1955Venue name not recordedArtwork image not available
12 documented entries
Exhibition1955
Work of Members + Classes
5 May 1955 – 5 Jun 1955
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition record1955Work of Members + ClassesThe Cleveland Museum of ArtArtwork image not available
0 documented entries

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