Editing 1874 in art (section)

==Events==
* February–March – A memorial exhibition of drawings and [[watercolor]]s by [[Viktor Hartmann]] is held at the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] and inspires his friend [[Modest Mussorgsky]] to compose the piano [[Suite (music)|suite]] ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]''.
* [[April 15]] – May 15 – First exhibition by the ''Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs'' is held in a private studio (belonging to [[Nadar]]) outside the official [[Paris Salon]]; on April 25, [[Louis Leroy]] reviewing the exhibition in the French satirical newspaper ''[[Le Charivari]]'' under the heading "L'Exposition des impressionistes", coins the term "[[Impressionism]]" to describe the movement, with particular reference to [[Claude Monet]]'s ''[[Impression, Sunrise]]'' ([[1872 in art|1872]]), first exhibited here and in May sold to the businessman and collector [[Ernest Hoschedé]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Monet's Impression, Sunrise: the biography of a painting|location=Paris|publisher=Éditions Hazan; Musée Marmottan Monet|year=2014|isbn=978-0-300-21088-0}}</ref> Renoir exhibits six works, including ''La Loge''. The only female exhibitor is [[Berthe Morisot]].
* Summer – Monet visits [[Amsterdam]].
* [[August 22]] – English illustrator [[Helen Paterson]] marries Irish poet and editor [[William Allingham]] and becomes a watercolourist under her married name.
* c. December 19 – Monet begins painting his ''[[Snow at Argenteuil]]'' series.
* [[December 22]] – [[Berthe Morisot]] marries [[:fr:Eugène Manet|Eugène]], brother of [[Édouard Manet]], at [[Passy]].
* [[Goya]]'s ''[[Black Paintings]]'' are transferred to canvas.