Editing Timeline of art (section)

== 1850s ==
* '''[[1859 in art]]''' – Birth of [[Georges-Pierre Seurat]]
* '''[[1858 in art]]''' – Death of [[Hiroshige]]
* '''[[1857 in art]]''' – Birth of [[Eugène Atget]], [[Louis Édouard Fournier]]
* '''[[1856 in art]]''' – [[Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres|Ingres]] completes ''[[Portrait of Madame Moitessier]]''
* '''[[1855 in art]]''' – Death of [[Jean-Baptiste Isabey]], [[Gustave Courbet]] exhibits his paintings including the monumental ''[[The Artist's Studio]]'' in a tent alongside the official [[Paris Salon]], creating public outrage and artistic admiration. Birth of [[Evelyn De Morgan]]
* '''[[1854 in art]]''' – ''[[La rencontre]]'' ([[Gustave Courbet|Courbet]]), ''[[Ramsgate Sands]]'' ([[William Powell Frith|Frith]]), [[The Light of the World (painting)|''The Light of the World'' (Holman Hunt)]]
* '''[[1853 in art]]''' – Birth of [[Vincent van Gogh]], [[Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres|Ingres]] completes ''[[:File:Ingres Princess Albert de Broglie.jpg|Princesse Albert de Broglie]]''
* '''[[1852 in art]]''' – Death of [[John Vanderlyn]], [[John Everett Millais]] completes ''[[Ophelia (painting)|Ophelia]]''
* '''[[1851 in art]]''' – Death of [[J. M. W. Turner]]
* '''[[1850 in art]]''' – [[Jean-François Millet]] completes ''The Sower''