1881 in art
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Events
- The Société des Artistes FrançaisSociété des artistes françaisThe Société des Artistes Français is the association of French painters and sculptors established in 1881. Its annual exhibition is called the Salon....
is established, with William-Adolphe BouguereauWilliam-Adolphe BouguereauWilliam-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter. William Bouguereau was a traditionalist; in his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of Classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body.-Life and career :William-Adolphe...
as its first president.
Works
- 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...
- The Tepidarium - Marie BashkirtseffMarie BashkirtseffMarie Bashkirtseff was a Ukrainian-born diarist, painter and sculptor....
- The Studio - Edgar DegasEdgar DegasEdgar Degas[p] , born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist...
- Trotting Horse (California Palace of the Legion of HonorCalifornia Palace of the Legion of HonorThe California Palace of the Legion of Honor is a fine art museum in San Francisco, California...
, San Francisco) - William Powell FrithWilliam Powell FrithWilliam Powell Frith , was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1852...
- A Private View at the Royal Academy - 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....
- Saint Jerome - Luc-Olivier MersonLuc-Olivier MersonLuc-Olivier Merson was a French academic painter and illustrator also known for his postage stamp and currency designs....
- Nôtre-Dame de Paris - Giovanni MuzzioliGiovanni Muzzioli-Biography:Muzzioli was born in Modena after his family had moved from Castelvetro. From the time that he began to attend the local academy at the age of thirteen he was recognized as a prodigy, and four years later, by the unanimous vote of the judges, he gained the Poletti scholarship entitling...
- In the Temple of Bacchus - Pierre Puvis de ChavannesPierre Puvis de ChavannesPierre Puvis de Chavannes was a French painter, who became the president and co-founder of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and whose work influenced many other artists.-Life:...
- The Poor Fisherman (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...
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Births
- January 4 - Wilhelm LehmbruckWilhelm LehmbruckWilhelm Lehmbruck was a German sculptor.- Biography :Born in Duisburg, he studied sculpture arts at the academy of arts in Düsseldorf and contributed to an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. From 1910–1914 he lived in Paris, where he met Modigliani, Brancusi, and Archipenko...
, sculptor (d.19191919 in art-Events:* Walter Gropius founds the Bauhaus.* Seven and Five Society established in London.-Works:*Evelyn De Morgan - The Gilded Cage*Aleksandra Ekster - City at Night*Max Ernst - Aquis Submersus...
) - January 5 - Pablo GargalloPablo GargalloPablo Emilio Gargallo was a Spanish sculptor and painter.Born in Maella, Aragon, he moved to Barcelona, Catalonia, with his family in 1888, where he would begin his training in the arts. Gargallo developed a style of sculpture based on the creation of three-dimensional objects from pieces of flat...
, painter and sculptor (d.19341934 in art-Works:*Eileen Agar – The Autobiography of an Embryo*Hans Arp – Human Concretion *Raoul Dufy – Regatta at Cowes -Exhibitions:...
) - February 4 - Fernand LégerFernand LégerJoseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of Cubism which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style...
, painter (d.19551955 in art-Awards:*Archibald Prize: Ivor Hele - Robert Campbell Esq.-Works:*John Brack - Collins St., 5 pm*Carroll Cloar - My Father Was Big as a Tree*Salvador Dali - The Sacrament of the Last Supper...
) - August 4 - Wenzel HablikWenzel HablikWenzel August Hablik , also known as Wenceslav Hablik and Wilhelm August Hablik, was a painter and graphic artist, architect, designer, and craftsman of the early twentieth century, associated with German Expressionism.Hablik was born in Brüx, Bohemia...
, painter, graphic artist, designer (d. 19341934 in art-Works:*Eileen Agar – The Autobiography of an Embryo*Hans Arp – Human Concretion *Raoul Dufy – Regatta at Cowes -Exhibitions:...
) - October 25 - 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...
, SpanishSpanish peopleThe Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
painter, draughtsmanDrawingDrawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, and 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...
(d.19731973 in art-Events:*Alexander Calder is hired by Braniff International Airways to paint a full-size DC-8-62 as a "flying canvas."-Exhibitions:*Christopher Williams - centenary exhibition in Cardiff, Maesteg and Swansea.-Works:...
) - December 8 - Albert GleizesAlbert GleizesAlbert Gleizes , was a French painter. Born Albert Léon Gleizes and raised in Paris, he was the son of a fabric designer who ran a large industrial design workshop...
, painter (d.19531953 in art-Works:*Hans Arp - Cloud Shepherd, University City of Caracas.*Alexander Calder - Acoustic Clouds, University City of Caracas.*Willem De Kooning - Woman V*Edwin Dickinson - Ruin at Daphne...
) - December 31 - Max PechsteinMax PechsteinHermann Max Pechstein was a German expressionist painter and printmaker, and a member of Die Brücke group.-Life and career:...
, painter (d.19551955 in art-Awards:*Archibald Prize: Ivor Hele - Robert Campbell Esq.-Works:*John Brack - Collins St., 5 pm*Carroll Cloar - My Father Was Big as a Tree*Salvador Dali - The Sacrament of the Last Supper...
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uncertain - William Conor
William Conor
William Conor OBE was a Belfast, Northern Ireland born artist.Celebrated for his warm and sympathetic portrayals of working-class life in Ulster, William Conor studied at the Government School of Design in Belfast in the 1890s...
, Irish painter (d.1968
1968 in art
-Events:*Chess match between Marcel Duchamp and John Cage takes place at Ryerson Polytechnic, Toronto.-Awards:*Archibald Prize: William Edwin Pidgeon - Lloyd Rees*Elaine Hamilton wins first prize at the Biennale de Menton, France-Exhibitions:...
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Deaths
- January 3 - Anna McNeill WhistlerAnna McNeill WhistlerAnna Matilda Whistler was the mother of American-born, British-based painter, James McNeill Whistler, who made her the subject of his famous painting "Arrangement in Grey & Black", often titled, Whistler's Mother.-Biography:Anna McNeill Whistler was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, the...
, "Whistler's Mother" (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:...
) - January 24 - James CollinsonJames CollinsonJames Collinson was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850.Collinson was a devout Christian who was attracted to the devotional and high church aspects of Pre-Raphaelitism...
, Pre-Raphaelite 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...
) - May 24 - Samuel PalmerSamuel PalmerSamuel Palmer was a British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in Romanticism in Britain and produced visionary pastoral paintings.-Early life:...
, painter, etcher and lithographer (b. 18051805 in art-Events:*William Blake begins work on the illustrations for Blair's The Grave.-Works:*John Sell Cotman – Greta Bridge*Thomas Douglas Guest – Bearing the Dead Body of Patroclus to the Camp, Achilles's Grief-Awards:* Grand Prix de Rome, painting:...
) - July 25 - Edward Charles WilliamsEdward Charles WilliamsEdward Charles Williams was an English landscape painter.He was the eldest son of Edward Williams and Ann Hildebrandt . He was taught painting by his father, adopting much of his style and technique...
, landscape painter (b. 18071807 in art-Events:*Completion of Fonthill Abbey, built to house the art collection of William Thomas Beckford.-Works:*David Wilkie – Rent Day*Jacques-Louis David – The Coronation of Napoleon-Births:*February 4 – Max Emanuel Ainmiller, glass painter...
) - December 13 - John QuidorJohn QuidorJohn Quidor was an American painter of historical and literary subjects.-Biography:Quidor was born in Gloucester County, New Jersey...
, painter (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...
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