1903 in art
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- Isadora DuncanIsadora DuncanIsadora Duncan was a dancer, considered by many to be the creator of modern dance. Born in the United States, she lived in Western Europe and the Soviet Union from the age of 22 until her death at age 50. In the United States she was popular only in New York, and only later in her life...
develops free danceFree danceFree dance is a 20th century dance form that preceded modern dance. Rebelling against the rigid constraints of classical ballet, Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis developed their own styles of free dance and laid the foundations of American modern dance with their choreography and...
, a dance technique influenced by the ancient Greeks and the philosophy of Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich NietzscheFriedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist...
. - With the support of Pierre-Auguste RenoirPierre-Auguste RenoirPierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to...
, Jacques VillonJacques VillonJacques Villon was a French cubist painter and printmaker.-Early life:Born Gaston Emile Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Haute-Normandie region of France, he came from a prosperous and artistically inclined family...
, Auguste RodinAuguste RodinFrançois-Auguste-René Rodin , known as Auguste Rodin , was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past...
and others, the first Salon d'AutomneSalon d'AutomneIn 1903, the first Salon d'Automne was organized by Georges Rouault, André Derain, Henri Matisse, Angele Delasalle and Albert Marquet as a reaction to the conservative policies of the official Paris Salon...
opens in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
as a reaction to the conservatism of the Paris SalonParis SalonThe Salon , or rarely Paris Salon , beginning in 1725 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Between 1748–1890 it was the greatest annual or biannual art event in the Western world...
. - Koloman MoserKoloman MoserKoloman Moser was an Austrian artist who exerted considerable influence on twentieth-century graphic art and one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and a co-founder of Wiener Werkstätte....
and Josef HoffmannJosef HoffmannJosef Hoffmann was an Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods.- Biography :...
found the Wiener WerkstätteWiener WerkstätteEstablished in 1903, the Wiener Werkstätte was a production community of visual artists. The workshop brought together architects, artists and designers whose first commitment was to design art which would be accessible to everyone...
in Vienna. - Laura JohnsonLaura KnightDame Laura Knight, DBE was an English Impressionist painter known for painting the world of London's theatre, ballet and circus.-Early life and education:...
marries Harold KnightHarold KnightHarold Knight was an English portrait, genre and landscape painter.-Life and work:He was born in Nottingham, England, the son of an architect, and studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster. It was at the School of Art that he met fellow artist, Laura Johnson, whom he married in 1903...
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Paintings
- Lawrence Alma-TademaLawrence Alma-TademaLawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA was a Dutch painter.Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there...
- Silver Favourites - Cassius Coolidge produces several of his Dogs Playing PokerDogs Playing PokerDogs Playing Poker refers collectively to a series of sixteen oil paintings by C. M. Coolidge, commissioned in 1903 by Brown & Bigelow to advertise cigars...
series of paintings. - During what's known as his "Blue Period", Pablo PicassoPablo PicassoPablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
paints Tête de femme, Vieux guitariste aveugle (The Old Guitar Player), The Tragedy, and La vie, among others. - Wassily KandinskyWassily KandinskyWassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was an influential Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first purely-abstract works. Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics...
- The Blue Rider - Peder Severin KrøyerPeder Severin KrøyerPeder Severin Krøyer , known as P.S. Krøyer, was a Norwegian-Danish painter. He is one of the best known and beloved, and undeniably the most colorful of the Skagen Painters, a community of Danish and Nordic artists who lived, gathered or worked in Skagen, Denmark, especially during the final...
- Sankthansbål på Skagen strand - Tom RobertsTom RobertsThomas William Roberts , usually known simply as Tom, was a prominent Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School.-Life:...
- The Big PictureThe Big Picture (painting)The Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia by H.R.H. The Duke of Cornwall and York , May 9, 1901, more commonly known in Australia as The Big Picture, is a 1903 painting by the Australian artist Tom Roberts...
—formally known as The Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia by H.R.H. The Duke of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V), May 9, 1901
Etchings
- Paul KleePaul KleePaul Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland, and is considered both a German and a Swiss painter. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. He was, as well, a student of orientalism...
- Inventionen (Inventions) series, including Jungfrau im Baum (Virgin in a Tree) and Zwei Männer, einander in höherer Stellung vermutend, begegnen sich (Two Men Meet, Each Believing the Other to Be of Higher Rank)
January to June
- 10 January - Barbara HepworthBarbara HepworthDame Barbara Hepworth DBE was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism, and with such contemporaries as Ivon Hitchens, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo she helped to develop modern art in Britain.-Life and work:Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth was born on 10 January 1903 in Wakefield,...
, EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
and artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
(d.19751975 in art-Events:*The artists' community Kollektiv Herzogstrasse is founded by Heimrad Prem and others.*The Brotherhood of Ruralists established at Wellow, Somerset, England.*Mona Hatoum leaves her native Lebanon to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London....
) - 19 January - Sir Alfred Beit, 2nd BaronetSir Alfred Beit, 2nd BaronetSir Alfred Lane Beit, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician, art collector and philanthropist and honorary Irish citizen.-Family background:...
, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, art collector and philanthropistPhilanthropyPhilanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...
and honorary Irish citizen (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:...
) - 10 March - Edward BawdenEdward BawdenEdward Bawden, CBE, RA was a British painter, illustrator and graphic artist. He was also famous for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture...
, English artist and illustrator (d.19891989 in art-Events:*12 June – Corcoran Gallery of Art removes Robert Mapplethorpe's photography exhibition.*The Keith Haring Foundation is established.-Exhibitions:*Jim Dine Drawings 1973–1987 at Minneapolis Institute of Art...
) - 14 March - Adolph GottliebAdolph GottliebAdolph Gottlieb was an American abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and graphic artist.-Biography:Gottlieb was born in New York to Jewish parents. From 1920-1921 he studied at the Art Students League of New York, after which he traveled in France and Germany for a year...
, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
abstract expressionist 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...
and sculptor (d.19741974 in art-Births:* 31 May - Adrian Tomine, American cartoonist.* 16 June - Paul Lee, English artist.* 1 September - Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book artist, cartoonist and writer.* 8 November - Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga artist....
) - 16 April - Thomas HennellThomas Hennell-Early Biography:Hennell was born in Ridley, Kent in 1903. He studied at Regent Street Polytechnic and qualified as a teacher. He suffered a nervous breakdown from 1932-1935 and was detained at the Maudsley Hospital...
, British painter (d.19451945 in art-Events:*Constantine Andreou moves to France, having received a scholarship from the French government.*Jackson Pollock marries Lee Krasner.-Awards:*Archibald Prize: William Dargie - Lt-General The Hon Edmund Herring, KBC, DSO, MC, ED-Works:...
) - 6 June - Ceri RichardsCeri Richards-Biography:Richards was born in the village of Dunvant, near Swansea, the son of Thomas Coslett Richards and Sarah Richards . He and his younger brother and sister, Owen and Esther, were brought up in a highly cultured, working-class environment...
, WelshWalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
painter (d.19711971 in art-Works:*Hans Haacke - Real Time Social System*David Hockney - Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy*Fritz Koenig - Great Spherical Caryatid , designed for the World Trade Center, now in Battery Park, NYC...
) - 15 June - Victor BraunerVictor BraunerVictor Brauner was a Romanian Jewish painter of surrealistic images.-Early life:He was born in Piatra Neamţ, the son of a timber manufacturer who subsequently settled in Vienna with his family for a few years. It is there that young Victor attended elementary school...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n painter (d.19661966 in art-Events:*The Hairy Who, a group of surrealist iconoclasts later called the Chicago Imagists, first exhibit at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago. They will be the most important art movement to come out of Chicago in the 1960s....
) - 21 June - Al HirschfeldAl HirschfeldAlbert "Al" Hirschfeld was an American caricaturist best known for his simple black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.-Personal life:Born in St...
, American caricaturist (d.20032003 in art-Events:*January 21 – The Spire of Dublin is completed.*May 11 – Benvenuto Cellini's Saliera is stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.*November – Gustav Klimt's Landhaus am Attersee sells for $29,128,000.-Full date unknown:...
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July to December
- 13 July - Kenneth ClarkKenneth ClarkKenneth McKenzie Clark, Baron Clark, OM, CH, KCB, FBA was a British author, museum director, broadcaster, and one of the best-known art historians of his generation...
, English author, museum director, broadcaster and art historianArt historyArt history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
(d.19831983 in art-Works:* Completion of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude environmental artwork, Surrounded Islands, involving eleven islands being surrounded by 6,500,000 square feet of fabric....
) - 21 July - Roy NeubergerRoy NeubergerRoy Rothschild Neuberger was an American financier who contributed money to raise public awareness of modern art through his acquisition of pieces he deemed worthy. He was a co-founder of the investment firm Neuberger Berman....
, art collector and supporter - 22 July - Eric RaviliousEric RaviliousEric William Ravilious was an English painter, designer, book illustrator and wood engraver.-Career:Ravilious studied at Eastbourne School of Art, and at the Royal College of Art, where he studied under Paul Nash and became close friends with Edward Bawden.He began his working life as a muralist,...
, English artist (d.19421942 in art-Awards:*Archibald Prize: William Dargie - Corporal Jim Gordon, VC-Works:*Rita Angus - Portrait *Pierre Bonnard - Red Roofs in Cannet*Paul-Émile Borduas - Abstraction No 7*Edward Hopper - Nighthawks...
) - 24 August - Graham SutherlandGraham SutherlandGraham Vivien Sutherland OM was an English artist.-Early life:He was born in Streatham, attending Homefield Preparatory School, Sutton. He was then educated at Epsom College, Surrey before going up to Goldsmiths, University of London...
, English artist (d.19801980 in art-Events:* May–September - Pablo Picasso Retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the largest and most complete Picasso exhibition ever held in the United States....
) - September 16 - Karl ZerbeKarl ZerbeKarl Zerbe was a German-born American painter.The works of Karl Zerbe are significant because they record "the response of a distinguished artist of basically European sensibility to the physical and cultural scene of the New World".-Biography :Karl Zerbe was born in Berlin, Germany.The family...
, painter (d.19721972 in art-Events:* 16 September - Opening of A.I.R. Gallery at 97 Wooster Street, SoHo, the first artist-run, not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the United States.* Costantino Nivola becomes the first non-American member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters....
) - September 25 - Mark RothkoMark RothkoMark Rothko, born Marcus Rothkowitz , was a Russian-born American painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter".- Childhood :Mark Rothko was born in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province, Russian...
, 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-born American painter and printmaker (d.19701970 in art-Events:*26 October - Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury debuts in approximately two dozen newspapers in the United States.*27 November - Bolivian artist Benjamin Mendoza tries to assassinate Pope Paul VI during his visit to Manila....
) - September 29 - Walter Inglis AndersonWalter Inglis AndersonWalter Inglis Anderson was an American painter, writer, and naturalist.Known to his family as "Bob", he was born in New Orleans to George Walter Anderson, a grain broker, and Annette McConnell Anderson, member of a prominent New Orleans family, who had studied art at Newcomb College, where she had...
, painter (d.19651965 in art-Events:*Sculptor Barbara Hepworth is created a Dame.*December - Max's Kansas City - opens-Works:*Yaacov Agam - Double Metamorphosis II*Lucian Freud - Reflection with Two Children *L. S...
) - October 22 - Zlatyu BoyadzhievZlatyu BoyadzhievZlatio Georgiev Boiadjiev was a Bulgarian painter. He is known for his portraits and landscapes, depicting mainly the Old Town of Plovdiv and village life in its vicinity....
, BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n painter (d.19761976 in art-Events:*Completion of the Cubist-influenced Church of the Holy Trinity, Vienna, by Fritz Wotruba.-Exhibitions:*21 July - Opening of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, New York...
) - October 24 - Charlotte PerriandCharlotte PerriandCharlotte Perriand , was a French architect and designer. Her work aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a better society...
, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and designerDesignerA designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
(d.19991999 in art-Events:*28 May – After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.*The Stuckism movement is founded by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson.-Works:*Louise Bourgeois – Maman...
) - October 25 - Harry ShoulbergHarry ShoulbergHarry Shoulberg was an American expressionist painter.He was known to be among the early group of WPA artists working in the screen print medium, as well as oil.-Biography:...
, American expressionist painter] (d.19951995 in art-Works:*Lucian Freud – Benefits Supervisor Sleeping*Eduardo Paolozzi – Newton-Awards:*Archibald Prize – William Robinson, Self-portrait with stunned mullet*Schock Prize in Visual Arts – Claes Oldenburg*Turner Prize – Damien Hirst...
) - November 3 - Walker EvansWalker EvansWalker Evans was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans's work from the FSA period uses the large-format, 8x10-inch camera...
, American photographer (d.19751975 in art-Events:*The artists' community Kollektiv Herzogstrasse is founded by Heimrad Prem and others.*The Brotherhood of Ruralists established at Wellow, Somerset, England.*Mona Hatoum leaves her native Lebanon to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London....
) - December 13 - John PiperJohn Piper (artist)John Egerton Christmas Piper, CH was a 20th-century English painter and printmaker. For much of his life he lived at Fawley Bottom in Buckinghamshire, near Henley-on-Thames.-Life:...
, English painter (d.19921992 in art-Awards:*Archibald Prize: – Bryan Westwood – The Prime Minister *Turner Prize: – Grenville Davey-Works:*Banksy – First graffiti art *Grenville Davey – Hal*Anya Gallaccio – Red on Green...
) - December 24 - Joseph CornellJoseph CornellJoseph Cornell was an American artist and sculptor, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage...
, American artist and sculptor (d.19721972 in art-Events:* 16 September - Opening of A.I.R. Gallery at 97 Wooster Street, SoHo, the first artist-run, not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the United States.* Costantino Nivola becomes the first non-American member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters....
) - December 30 - Candido PortinariCândido PortinariCandido Portinari was one of the most important Brazilian painters and also a prominent and influential practitioner of the neo-realism style in painting....
, Brazilian painter (d.19621962 in art-Events:*February 6 - March 4 - Jane Frank, solo exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery.*February 10 - Ervin Eisch, Lothar Fischer, Dieter Kunzelmann, Renee Nele, Heimrad Prem, Gretel Stadler, Helmut Sturm and Hans-Peter Zimmer are excluded from the Situationist International .*March 15 - Ansgar Elde...
) - date unknown - Bernard LamotteBernard LamotteBernard Lamotte was a Paris-born artist, illustrator, painter and muralist. He attended École des Beaux-Arts at the Sorbonne and studied under Bernand Corman and Lucien Simon . From 1932 to 1935, Lamotte traveled to Paris, Tahiti and New York...
, French illustrator, painter and muralist (d.19831983 in art-Works:* Completion of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude environmental artwork, Surrounded Islands, involving eleven islands being surrounded by 6,500,000 square feet of fabric....
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Deaths
- January 5 - Eleuterio PaglianoEleuterio PaglianoEleuterio Pagliano was an Italian painter of the Romantic period as well as an activist and fighter of the Risorgimento.-Biography:...
, ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter (b. 18261826 in art-Works:*Nicéphore Niépce creates first permanent photograph of a natural subject, View from the Window at Le Gras*Thomas Cole – Sunrise in the Catskill Mountains*Horace Vernet – Battle of the Bridge of Arcole-Births:...
) - March 10 - Sophie Gengembre AndersonSophie Gengembre AndersonSophie Gengembre Anderson was a French-born British artist who specialised in genre painting of children and women, typically in rural settings. Her work is loosely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement....
, genre 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...
) - May 9 - 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...
, painter (b. 18481848 in art-Events:*John Ruskin marries Effie Gray.*John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti found the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.-Works:*Herman Wilhelm Bissen – Den Danske Landsoldat*Jean-François Millet – The Winnower...
) - June 8 - Robert Frederick BlumRobert Frederick BlumRobert Frederick Blum was an American artist born in Cincinnati, Ohio.He was employed for a time in a lithographic shop, and studied at the McMicken Art School of Design in Cincinnati, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, but he was practically self-taught, and early...
, American illustrator and lithographer (b. 18571857 in art-Events:*Lewis Carroll meets John Ruskin and begins to associate with the Pre-Raphaelites. In the same year, Ruskin publishes his Political Economy of Art.-Works:...
) - July 14 - James McNeill WhistlerJames McNeill WhistlerJames Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger...
, American painter and etcher (b. 18341834 in art-Works:-Paintings:*Edward Hicks – Peaceable Kingdom*Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres – Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian, -Sculptures:*Antoine-Augustin Préault – The Killing -Births:...
) - August 17 - Hans GudeHans GudeHans Fredrik Gude was a Norwegian romanticist painter and is considered along with Johan Christian Dahl to be one of Norway's foremost landscape painters...
, painter (b. 18251825 in art-Births:*February 4 – Myles Birket Foster, illustrator and watercolour painter *March 13 – Hans Gude, painter *May 1 – Eleanor Vere Boyle, watercolorist *May 9 – James Collinson, Pre-Raphaelite painter...
) - September 13 - Carl SchuchCarl SchuchCarl Eduard Schuch was an Austrian painter, born in Vienna, who spent most of his lifetime outside Austria, in Germany, Italy and France...
, painter (b. 18461846 in art-Works:*Thomas Cole – Catskill Landscape*Louis Hersent – Portrait of Delphine Gay*Edward Hicks – Noah's Ark*Jean-François Millet – Prometheus Unbound*George Frederic Watts – Paolo and Francesca-Births:...
) - October 18 - John Callcott HorsleyJohn Callcott HorsleyJohn Callcott Horsley RA , was an English Academic painter of genre and historical scenes, illustrator, and designer of the first Christmas card. He was a member of the artist's colony in Cranbrook.-Life:...
, 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...
) - October 26 - János FadruszJános FadruszJános Fadrusz was a Hungarian sculptor. He was a celebrated artist of the age with many important public commission.-Early life:...
, Hungarian sculptor (b. 1858) - November 12 or 13 - 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...
, Impressionist painter (b. 18301830 in art-Events:*Clarkson Stanfield's panorama The Military Pass of the Simplon is featured in a Christmas pantomime in London.*Approximate beginning of the Barbizon school of painters.-Works:*George Catlin – General William Clark...
) - date unknown - Charles Wynne NichollsCharles Wynne NichollsCharles Wynne Nicholls was an Irish painter of genre and historical subjects.Nicholls studied art at the Royal Dublin Society's Schools and the Royal Hibernian Academy...
, genre painter (b. 18311831 in art-Events:*Clarkson Stanfield's spectacular panorama Venice and Its Adjacent Islands is staged in London as part of the annual Christmas pantomime.-Births:*October 26 – Nathaniel Hone the Younger, Irish painter *date unknown...
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