1888 in art

List of years in Art

Events

*Paul Ranson, Paul Sérusier and Maurice Denis become fellow students at the Académie Julian.
*Vincent Van Gogh begins his "Sunflowers" series.

Works

*Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema - "The Roses of Heliogabalus"
*William Merritt Chase - "The Blue Kimono", "Portrait of a Lady in Pink", "Modern Magdalen"
*James Ensor - "The Entry of Christ into Brussels in 1889" (J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu)
*Giovanni Muzzioli - "The Funeral of Britannicus"
*Paul Sérusier - "Le Talisman"
*Georges-Pierre Seurat - completion of "Les Poseuses" ("The Models") (Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania)
*Vincent Van Gogh - "Boats at Saintes-Maries-De-La-Mer"

Births

*1 January - Augustus Dunbier, American painter (d.1977).
*14 March - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Canadian painter (d.1970).
*19 March - Josef Albers, German artist, mathematician and educator (d.1976).
*6 April - Hans Richter, German painter, graphic artist, avant-gardist, film-experimenter and producer (d.1976).
*10 July - Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter (d.1978).
*13 August - Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d.1975).
*11 November - Johannes Itten, colour theorist, painter and designer (d.1967).

Full date unknown

*Mariano Andreu, Spanish painter, enamelling master, sculptor and stage designer (d.1976).

Deaths

* January 13 - John William Inchbold, pre-Raphaelite painter (b. 1830)
* May 30 - Louis Buvelot, Swiss-Australian painter (b. 1814)
* Nam Gyewoo - Korean painter and a government officer in the late Joseon period (b. 1811)
* Edward Lear - painter, illustrator and humorous writer (b. 1812)
* Nathaniel Currier - illustrator (b. 1813)
* Thomas Gambier Parry - artist and art collector (b. 1816)
* Anton Mauve, painter (b. 1838)

Awards

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