1885 in art
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[edit] Events
- "Glasgow Boys" first exhibit collectively, at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.
- August - First public display of works by Vincent van Gogh, in the windows of the art dealer Leurs at The Hague.
- Aberdeen Art Gallery opens in Scotland.
- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery opens in England.
- The Guildhall Art Gallery opens in the City of London.
- The E. B. Crocker Art Gallery is presented to the people of Sacramento, California.
[edit] Awards
- John Everett Millais is granted a baronetcy in the United Kingdom, the first artist to be honoured with a hereditary title.
[edit] Works
See also: Category:1885 sculptures
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau - The Young Shepherdess
- Frank Bramley
- Everyone His Own Tale
- Primrose Day
- Thomas Eakins - The Swimming Hole
- Albert Edelfelt - Portrait of Louis Pasteur
- Henri Fantin-Latour - Around the Piano
- Stanhope Forbes - A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach
- Ellen Day Hale - Self Portrait (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
- Juan Luna
- John Everett Millais - The Ruling Passion
- Ilya Repin - Ivan the Terrible And His Son Ivan, 16 November 1581 (Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow)
- Marie Spartali Stillman - Love's Messenger
- James Tissot - The Shop Girl
- William Greene Turner - Oliver Perry Monument (bronze, Newport, Rhode Island)
- Vincent van Gogh
- The Potato Eaters (April)
- Cottages series
- Old Church Tower at Nuenen series (continued)
- Peasant Character Studies
- Still life paintings (continuing)
- Two Paintings of Amsterdam (October)
- John William Waterhouse - Saint Eulalia
- George Frederic Watts - Love and Life
[edit] Births
- January 21 - Duncan Grant, painter (d. 1978)
- February 18 - Henri Laurens, sculptor (d. 1954)
- March 31 - Pascin, painter and draftsman (d. 1930)
- April 8 - Norman Clyde, American mountaineer, nature photographer and naturalist (d. 1972)
- April 12 - Robert Delaunay, painter (d.1941)
- May 12 - Mario Sironi, Italian painter (d.1961)
- June 27 - Arthur Lismer, painter, member of the Group of Seven (d. 1969)
- July 5 - André Lhote, painter (d. 1962)
- July 11 - Roger de La Fresnaye, painter (d. 1925)
- August 30 - Paul Gösch, German artist and architect (d. 1940)
- October 15 - Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Icelandic painter (d. 1972)
- October 21 - Jan Altink, Dutch painter (d. 1971)
- November 14 - Sonia Delaunay, Ukrainian-French artist (d. 1979)
[edit] Deaths
- January 20 - Joseph Niklaus Bütler, Swiss painter (b. 1822)
- April 18 - Rudolf Eitelberger, art historian (b. 1817)
- April 29 - Ernst Joachim Förster, painter (b. 1800)
- June 13 - Carl Arnold Gonzenbach, Swiss painter (b. 1806)
- August 30 - Thomas Thornycroft, sculptor (b. 1815)
- September 6 - Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol, Spanish artist and engineer (b. 1819)
- September 23 - Carl Spitzweg, painter (b. 1808)
- October 9 - John Bowes, art collector (b. 1811)
- December 5 - Wilhelm Ripe, painter (b. 1818)
- December 11 - James Fahey, painter (b. 1804)
- date unknown - Girolamo Masini, sculptor (b. 1840)
