1889 in art

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List of years in Art

Events

• Marie Triepcke Krøyer Alfvén marries fellow-artist Peder Severin Krøyer.
• The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition was held in Melbourne, Australia

Works

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

See also: Category:1889 paintings

• Paul Gauguin - Yellow Christ
• Auguste Rodin - The Burghers of Calais (sculpture)
• June: Vincent van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" while he was in the asylum of Saint-Rémy

Births

• January 21 - Hermann Glöckner, German Constructivist painter and sculptor (d. 1987)
• April 15 - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and muralist (d. 1975)
• May 11 - Paul Nash, English painter (d. 1946)
• June - James Sleator, Irish painter (d.1950)
• July 31 - Júlíana Sveinsdóttir, Icelandic painter and textile artist (d. 1966)
• August 13 - Christopher R. W. Nevinson, war artist (d. 1946)
• September 28 - Seán Keating, Irish romantic-realist painter (d. 1977)
• October 17 - Karl Völker, painter and architect (d. 1962)
• October 29 - Edward Wadsworth, painter (d.1949)

Deaths

• January 23 - Alexandre Cabanel, painter (b. 1823)
• February 5 - James Smetham, pre-Raphaelite painter (b. 1821)
• February 24 - Philip Henry Delamotte, photographer and illustrator (b. 1821)
• October 6 - Jules Dupré, painter (b. 1811)
• December 27 - Eduard Bendemann, painter (b. 1811)
• date unknown - Jules Tavernier, French painter (b. 1844)