1860 in art
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Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, painting:
- Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture:
- Grand Prix de Rome, music: Emile PaladilheEmile PaladilheÉmile Paladilhe was a French composer of the late romantic period.-Biography:Émile Paladilhe was born in Montpellier. He was a musical child prodigy, and moved from his home in the south of France to Paris to begin his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris at age 10...
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Works
- Hiroshige IIHiroshige IIwas a designer of ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints who was born as . He became a student and the adopted son of Hiroshige, then being given the artistic identity of, “Shigenobu”. When the senior Hiroshige died in 1858, Shigenobu married his master’s daughter, Otatsu. At that time he adopted the...
– Mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishū - 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...
- A Bargain - Daniel HuntingtonDaniel HuntingtonDaniel Huntington , American artist, was born in New York City, New York, the son of Benjamin Huntington, Jr. and Faith Trumbull Huntington; his paternal grandfather was Benjamin Huntington, delegate at the Second Continental Congress and First U.S. Representative from Connecticut...
- Chocorua - Édouard ManetÉdouard ManetÉdouard Manet was a French painter. One of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism....
- Portrait of M. and Mme. Auguste Manet (Musée d'OrsayMusée d'OrsayThe Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, an impressive Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture,...
, 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...
) - The Spanish Singer (Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
, New YorkNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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- Portrait of M. and Mme. Auguste Manet (Musée d'Orsay
Births
- January 29 - William Jacob BaerWilliam Jacob BaerWilliam Jacob Baer considered the foremost American miniature painter was born in Cincinnati, Ohio January 29, 1860 and died in East Orange, New Jersey in 1941....
, painter (d. 19411941 in art-Events:*Ettore DeGrazia's work appears for the first time in Arizona Highways magazine.-Works:*Max Beckmann - Double Portrait, Max Beckmann and Quappi*Peter Belov - "1941", *Paul Cadmus - Aviator...
) - April 6 - René LaliqueRené LaliqueRené Jules Lalique was a French glass designer known for his creations of perfume bottles, vases, jewellery, chandeliers, clocks and automobile hood ornaments. He was born in the French village of Ay on 6 April 1860 and died 5 May 1945...
, French glass designer (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:...
) - May 31 - Walter SickertWalter SickertWalter Richard Sickert , born in Munich, Germany, was a painter who was a member of the Camden Town Group in London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the 20th century....
, English Impressionist painter (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...
) - June 18 - Laura Muntz LyallLaura Muntz LyallLaura Muntz Lyall, June 18, 1860 – December 9, 1930, was a Canadian impressionist painter. Born Laura Adeline Muntz in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, her family emigrated to Canada when she was a child to farm in the Muskoka District of Ontario.As a young woman, Muntz studied to...
, Canadian Impressionist painter (d. 19301930 in art-Events:*Malvina Hoffman begins sculpting life-size figures for the Field Museum's Hall of Man.*Great Bardfield Artists community established in England.-Works:*Pierre Bonnard - Pots*Patrick Henry Bruce - Peinture...
) - August 5 - Louis WainLouis WainLouis Wain was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens. In his later years he suffered from schizophrenia, which, according to some psychologists, can be seen in his works.- Life and work :Louis William Wain was...
, cat portrait painter (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...
) - September 7 - Grandma MosesGrandma MosesAnna Mary Robertson Moses , better known as "Grandma Moses", was a renowned American folk artist. She is often cited as an example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts at an advanced age. Although her family and friends called her either "Mother Moses" or "Grandma Moses,"...
, American folk artist (d. 19611961 in art-Events:* August 21 - Goya's Portrait of the Duke of Wellington is stolen from the National Gallery in London three weeks after first going on display there.-Works:*Jane Frank - Crags and Crevices*David Hockney - We Two Boys Together Clinging...
) - date unknown - Iris Nampeyo, Hopi potter and ceramic 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...
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Deaths
- February 16 - Denis Auguste Marie RaffetDenis Auguste Marie RaffetDenis Auguste Marie Raffet was a French illustrator and lithographer. He was a student of Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, and was a retrospective painter of the Empire.-Biography:Raffet was born in Paris....
, illustrator and lithographer (b. 18041804 in art-Events:*Sculptor Pompeo Marchesi wins a scholarship to study in Rome under Antonio Canova.-Awards:The Prix de Rome had been expanded in 1803 to include musical composition as a category, but was not awarded in 1804.* Grand Prix de Rome, painting:...
) - April 28 - Jakob GuttmannJakob Guttmann (sculptor)Jakob Guttmann was an Hungarian Jewish sculptor.Guttmann was born in Arad, Romania. In his early childhood he carved toys, and in 1833 went to Vienna to satisfy his artistic cravings. Here he became an engraver, and worked for three years with his burin...
, sculptor (b. 18111811 in art-Works:*Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres – Jupiter and Thetis*Thomas Lawrence – Portrait of Benjamin West*Bertel Thorvaldsen – Procession of Alexander the Great-Births:*March 20 – George Caleb Bingham American realist artist...
) - August 22 - Alexandre-Gabriel DecampsAlexandre-Gabriel Decamps]Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps was a French painter.He was born in Paris. In his youth he travelled in the East, and reproduced Oriental life and scenery with a bold fidelity to nature that puzzled conventional critics...
, painter (b. 18031803 in art-Awards:The Prix de Rome is expanded in 1803 to include musical composition as a category.* Grand Prix de Rome, painting:* Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture:* Grand Prix de Rome, music: Albert Androt.-Births:...
) - October 2 - Louis HersentLouis HersentLouis Hersent was a French painter.]Born in Paris, he became a pupil of David, and obtained the Prix de Rome in 1797. In the Salon of 1802 appeared his "Metamorphosis of Narcissus", and he continued to exhibit with rare interruptions up to 1831...
, 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...
painter (b. 17771777 in art-Births:*January 2 – Christian Daniel Rauch, sculptor *January 7 – Lorenzo Bartolini, Italian sculptor *March 9 – Aleksander Orłowski, Polish painter and sketch maker, pioneer of lithography in the Russian Empire...
) - October 3 - Rembrandt PealeRembrandt PealeRembrandt Peale was an American artist and museum keeper. A prolific portrait painter, he was especially acclaimed for his likenesses of presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson...
, American artist (b. 17781778 in art-Paintings:* John Singleton Copley - Watson and the Shark* Goya - Children With a Cart* Gilbert Stuart - Self-portrait-Births:*January 1 - Charles Alexandre Lesueur, artist and explorer...
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- Dai XiDai XiDai Xi was a Chinese painter of the 19th century and representative of the academic manner. His sobriquet was Chunshi or “Pure-Minded Scholar” and his pen name was Yu'an Dai Xi (1801 – 1860) was a Chinese painter of the 19th century and representative of the academic manner. His sobriquet...
, Chinese painter of the 19th century and representative of the academic manner (b. 18011801 in art-Works:*Philip James de Loutherbourg – Coalbrookdale by Night*Marie-Denise Villers – Young Woman Drawing-Births:*January 26 – John Quidor, painter *February 1 – Thomas Cole, painter...
) - Juan Antonio RiveraJuan Antonio RiveraJuan Antonio Rivera was a Spanish historical painter of the 19th century. He became Director of the Prado Museum and of the Royal Academy of San Fernando at Madrid. His best known work, painted in 1836, is The Oath of the Prince of the Asturias....
, historical painter (b. unknown) - William Charles RossWilliam Charles RossSir William Charles Ross was an English portrait and portrait miniature painter of Scottish descent; early in his career, he was known for historical paintings. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1842.-Life and work:...
, British painter of historical paintings, miniaturesPortrait miniatureA portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolour, or enamel.Portrait miniatures began to flourish in 16th century Europe and the art was practiced during the 17th century and 18th century...
and portraitPortraitthumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
s (b. 17941794 in art-Works:* William Blake, The Ancient of Days-Births:*March 26 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter *May 13 – Louis Léopold Robert, Swiss painter *September 30 – Karl Begas, German historical painter...
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- Dai Xi