26th Venice Biennale

1952 exhibition of international contemporary art

The 26th Venice Biennale, held in 1952, was an exhibition of international contemporary art, with 26 participating nations.^[1] The Venice Biennale takes place biennially in Venice, Italy. Winners of the Gran Premi (Grand Prize) included French painter Raoul Dufy, American sculptor Alexander Calder, German etcher Emil Nolde, and Italians painter Bruno Cassinari ex aequo with Bruno Saetti, sculptor Marino Marini, and etcher Toni Zancanaro.^[2]

References

1. Di Martino 2005, p. 126.
2. Di Martino 2005, p. 132.

Bibliography

• Di Martino, Enzo (2005). The History of the Venice Biennale 1895–2005. Venice: Papiro Arte. ISBN 978-88-901104-4-3. OCLC 62237064.

Further reading

• "All roads lead to Venice". Art Digest. Vol. 26. June 1952. p. 8 – via EBSCOhost.
• "Artful traveler J. D. Morse". American Artist. Vol. 16. June 1952. p. 30. ISSN 0002-7375 – via EBSCOhost.
• Buchanan, Donald William (January 3, 1952). "Biennale of Venice welcomes Canada". Canadian Art. 9 (4): 144–147. ISSN 0825-3854 – via EBSCOhost.
• "Der Schweizer pavillon an der biennale in Venedig". Werk (in German). 39: 282–285. September 1952. ISSN 0043-2768 – via EBSCOhost.
• "English sculptors at Venice". Architectural Review. 112: 129–130. August 1952. ISSN 0003-861X – via EBSCOhost.
• "International competition for the best critical essay on the current 1952 biennale in Venice". Art Digest. Vol. 26. July 1952. p. 12 – via EBSCOhost.
• Mellquist, Jerome (August 1952). "Venice biennale, 1952: seeing a united nations of art; with list of prizes". Art Digest. 26: 6–8 – via EBSCOhost.
• Pallucchini, Rodolfo (January 1952). "Que sera la XXVIe biennale de Venise?". Cahiers d'Art (in French). 27 (1): 67 – via EBSCOhost.
• "Ruts and peaks". Time. Vol. 60. July 28, 1952. pp. 48–49. ISSN 0040-781X – via EBSCOhost.
• "U.S. quartet for twenty-sixth biennale". ARTnews. Vol. 51. May 1952. p. 7. ISSN 0004-3273 – via EBSCOhost.
• "Venice: this year's biennale". ARTnews. Vol. 51. September 1952. p. 32. ISSN 0004-3273 – via EBSCOhost.
• "XXVI biennale di Venezia". Werk (in German). 39: 106–108. August 1952. ISSN 0043-2768 – via EBSCOhost.