Editing 1881 in art (section)

==Events==
* April – Sixth [[Impressionist]] exhibition in Paris, at [[Nadar (photographer)|Nadar]]'s studio.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Impressionist Exhibitions in Paris (1874-86)|url=http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/impressionist-exhibitions-paris.htm|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Art History|accessdate=2015-06-17}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] – English painters [[Thomas Cooper Gotch]] and Caroline Burland Yates marry at [[Newlyn]].
* The [[Société des Artistes Français]] is established, with [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]] as its first president.
* [[Vincent van Gogh]] returns from study in Brussels to his parents' home in [[Etten (Netherlands)]] where he produces a number of [[Early works of Vincent van Gogh|early works]], including the start of his series of [[Peasant Character Studies (Van Gogh series)|peasant character studies]] and still lifes (including ''[[Still Life with Straw Hat]]'').
[[File:Frith A Private View.jpg|thumb|350px|[[William Powell Frith]] – ''[[A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881]]'' (1883)]]
* [[Art Gallery of South Australia]] established in [[Adelaide]].
* [[St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts]] established at [[Washington University in St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], under the direction of [[Halsey Ives]].
* [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]]'s ''Ballads and Sonnets'' published.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm}}</ref>