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EVENTS

Andre Breton asks Salvador Dalí , Joan Miró , Enrique Tábara , and Eugenio Granell to represent Spain by exhibiting some of their works in the ''Homage to Surrealism Exhibition'' celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of Surrealism.

AWARDS

- ''Dr Edward MacMahon''

WORKS

Salvador Dali - '' The Discovery Of America By Christopher Columbus ''

Ivan Generalić - ''The Deer Wedding''

Lee Krasner - ''Cool White''

BIRTHS

DEATHS

February 26 - Gabrielle Renard , artist's model

April 9 - Frank Lloyd Wright , architect, innovator

May 3 - Renato Birolli , painter

August 19 - Jacob Epstein , sculptor

August 20 - Alfred Kubin , illustrator

September 9 - Merric Boyd , painter, sculptor and ceramic artist

September 13 - Adrian , Hollywood costume designer

September 18 - Benjamin Péret , editor of '' La Révolution Surréaliste ''

November 15 - Charles Jones , photographer

December 9 - Gene Carr , cartoonist

December 14 - Stanley Spencer , painter

Date unknown:

Winifred Brunton , painter

Stepan Erzya , sculptor

Beatrix Farrand , landscape architect

Frank Godwin , illustrator

Toma Rosandić , sculptor

Matthew Smith , painter