1897 in art
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Works
- Paul GauguinPaul GauguinEugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a leading French Post-Impressionist artist. He was an important figure in the Symbolist movement as a painter, sculptor, print-maker, ceramist, and writer...
- Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? is one of Paul Gauguin's most famous paintings. Gauguin inscribed the original French title in the upper left corner: D'où Venons Nous / Que Sommes Nous / Où Allons Nous. The inscription the artist wrote on his canvas has no question mark, no... - Jean-Jacques HennerJean-Jacques HennerJean-Jacques Henner was a French painter, noted for his use of sfumato and chiaroscuro in painting nudes, religious subjects, and portraits....
- Portrait of Mlle Fouquier - Camille PissarroCamille PissarroCamille Pissarro was a French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas . His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, as he was the only artist to exhibit in both forms...
- Boulevard Montmartre - Maurice PrendergastMaurice PrendergastMaurice Brazil Prendergast was an American Post-Impressionist artist who worked in oil, watercolor, and monotype...
- Summer Visitors - Ogata GekkōOgata Gekkowas a Japanese painter and woodblock print artist of the ukiyo-e genre.Gekkō's work was originally closely based upon that of Kikuchi Yōsai; an he was inspired by Hokusai, creating a series of one hundred prints of Mount Fuji...
- Ryu sho ten (Published 1898)
Births
- 17 January - Charles Ragland BunnellCharles Ragland BunnellCharles Ragland Bunnell , was an American painter, printmaker, and muralist. He moved to Colorado Springs in 1915 and was thereafter associated with that city. As a WPA artist from 1934 to 1941 he executed many commissioned murals in a sturdy, somewhat abstracted figurative style...
, painter. - 21 January - René IchéRené IchéFor the town in Morocco see Iche, MoroccoRené Iché was a 20th century French sculptor.-Life and work:...
, sculptor. - 16 March - Antonio DonghiAntonio DonghiAntonio Donghi was an Italian painter of scenes of popular life, landscapes, and still life.-Biography:Born in Rome, he studied at the Instituto di Belle Arti...
, painter. - 22 June - Albert Renger-PatzschAlbert Renger-PatzschAlbert Renger-Patzsch was a German photographer associated with the New Objectivity.Renger-Patzsch was born in Würzburg and began making photographs by age twelve. After military service in the First World War he studied chemistry at Dresden Technical College...
, photographer. - 26 June - Victor ServranckxVictor ServranckxVictor Servranckx was a Belgian abstract painter and designer.He was born in Diegem and studied from 1913–1917 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. There, in 1916, he met René Magritte, with whom he wrote "Pure Art: A Defence of the Aesthetic" in 1922. His style was influenced by...
, painter. - 19 August - Roman VishniacRoman VishniacRoman Vishniac was a Russian-American photographer, best known for capturing on film the culture of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. A complete archive of his work now rests at the International Center of Photography....
, Russian AmericanRussian AmericanRussian Americans are primarily Americans who traces their ancestry to Russia. The definition can be applied to recent Russian immigrants to the United States, as well as to settlers of 19th century Russian settlements in northwestern America which includes today's California, Alaska and...
photographer (d.19901990 in art-Events:*18 March – Twelve paintings, collectively worth from $100 to $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts by 2 thieves posing as police officers...
). - 23 September - Paul DelvauxPaul DelvauxPaul Delvaux was a Belgian painter, associated with Surrealism, famous for his paintings of female nudes.-Biography:...
, BelgianBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(d.19941994 in art-Events:*12 February – Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" is stolen in Oslo .*8 April – Michelangelo's Universal Judgement is reopened to public after 10 years of restorations.-Awards:...
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Deaths
- June 7 - Victor MottezVictor MottezVictor-Louis Mottez was a French fresco painter, painter and portraitist.-Life:He was born in Lille. His father was passionate about art and was himself a painter. Sent to Paris with a pension for some years, Victor was recalled due to the poor state of his father's finances and his studies were...
, French fresco and portrait painter (b. 18091809 in art-Works:*John Constable – Malvern Hall*Caspar David Friedrich – Mönch am Meer*Jacques-Louis David – Sappho and Phaon*Henry Raeburn – Mrs Spiers-Births:...
) - October 5 - Sir John GilbertJohn Gilbert (painter)Sir John Gilbert was an English artist, illustrator and engraver.-Biography:He was born in Blackheath, Surrey, and taught himself to paint. Skilled in several media, he gained the nickname, "the Scott of painting"...
, painter (b. 18171817 in art-Works:*François Joseph Bosio – Hyacinth Awaiting His Turn*John Constable – Flatford Mill-Births:*January 29 – John Callcott Horsley, painter *February 15 – Charles-François Daubigny, painter...
) - November 18 Henry DoultonHenry DoultonSir Henry Doulton was an English businessman, inventor and manufacturer of pottery, instrumental in developing the firm of Royal Doulton....
, potter (b. 18201820 in art-Events:*April 8 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the island of Melos .-Works:*William Blake – The Ghost of a Flea*John Constable – Harwich Lighthouse*Bertel Thorvaldsen – The Lion of Lucerne...
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- Ādams AlksnisAdams AlksnisĀdams Alksnis was a Latvian painter.Many of his works are displayed in the Latvian National Museum of Art.-External links:*...
, LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n painter (b. 18641864 in art-Works:*Richard Dadd - The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke*Henri Fantin-Latour - Homage to Delacroix*Édouard Manet**Les Anges au tombeau du Christ, Le Christ mort aux anges...
) - Charles Edward BoutibonneCharles Edward BoutibonneCharles Edward Boutibonne was a French painter of the academic classicism school....
, French Classicist painter (b. 18161816 in art-Births:*February 22 – Thomas Gambier Parry, artist and art collector *March 18 – Antonio Salviati, glassmaker *May 24 – Emanuel Leutze, painter * date unknown**Paul Emile Chappuis, photographer -Deaths:...
) - OwonOwonJang Seung-eop , was a painter of the late Joseon Dynasty in Korea. His life was dramatized in the award-winning 2002 film Chi-hwa-seon directed by Im Kwon-taek. He was one of the few painters to hold a position of rank in the Joseon court.Growing up as an orphan, Owon learned painting while...
(Jang Seung-eop), Korean painter (b. 18431843 in art-Events:*August – Richard Dadd, taken to the country by his family to recover from a mental breakdown, murders his father.*John Ruskin's Modern Painters is published.-Births:*March 3 – Aleksander Sochaczewski, Polish painter...
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- Ādams Alksnis