1937

Rulers:

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945)

Events:

• National Gallery of Art established in Washington, DC (USA).

• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum founded in New York.

Births:

• Beatty, Ned (1937-2021)

• Beatty, Warren (1937)

Bene, Carmelo (1937-2002)

• Berkoff, Steven (1937)

• Cannon, Dyan (1937)

• Courtenay, Tom (1937)

• Devane, William (1937)

• Donahue, Elinor (1937)

• Dorelli, Johnny (1937)

• Eaton, Shirley (1937)

• Fonda, Jane (1937)

• Fox, Edward (1937)

• Freeman, Morgan (1937)

• Gearon, Valerie (1937-2003)

• Hoffman, Dustin (1937)

Hopkins, Anthony (1937)

Howard, Alan (1937-2015)

Lebrun, Danièle (1937)

Lelouch, Claude (1937)

Massey, Anna (1937-2011)

Nicholson, Jack (1937)

O’Brien, Margaret (1937)

• Paluzzi, Luciana (1937)

• Pleshette, Suzanne (1937-2008)

• Redgrave, Vanessa (1937)

• Satta Flores, Stefano (1937-1985)

Scott, Ridley (1937)

Deaths:

Demarsy, Jeanne (1865-1937)

Gershwin, George (1898-1937)

• Mendès, Claudine (1876-1937)

Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)

Music:

• Bartók, Béla (1881-1945): Music for strings, percussion and celesta (1937)

Art:

• Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989): Invention de monstres (c.1937)

Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954): Autorretrato dedicado a León Trotsky (1937)

Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954): Fulang-Chang y yo (1937)

• Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954): Retrato de Diego Rivera (1937)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997): Double portrait avec chapeau (c.1936-37)

Maar, Dora (1907-1997): Étude de mode (1934-40)

• Magritte, René (1898-1967): Au seuil de la liberté (1937)

Magritte, René (1898-1967): L’Avenir des statues (1937)

Magritte, René (1898-1967): L’Éloge de la dialectique (1937)

Magritte, René (1898-1967): L’Esprit de géométrie (1937)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Femme en pleurs (1937)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Femme qui pleure (1937)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Portrait de Dora Maar (1937)

Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974): Autorretrato (1936-37)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955): La maison blanche (c.1937)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955): Notre-Dame de la Garde à Marseille (1937)