Editing 1853 in art (section)

==Deaths==
* [[February 6]] – [[August Kopisch]], German [[poet]] and painter (born [[1799 in art|1799]])
* [[March 27]] – [[Johann Adam Ackermann]], German landscape painter (born [[1780 in art|1780]])
* [[April 8]] – [[Jan Willem Pieneman]], Dutch historical painter (born [[1779 in art|1779]])
* [[June 12]] – [[Merry-Joseph Blondel]], French neo-classic painter (born [[1781 in art|1781]])
* [[July 15]] – [[Wilhelm von Kobell]], German painter, [[printmaker]] and teacher (born [[1766 in art|1766]])
* [[July 22]] – [[Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg]], Danish painter (born [[1783 in art|1783]])
* [[November 28]] – [[Hans Bendel]], Swiss painter (born [[1814 in art|1814]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Sarah Goodridge]], American painter who specialized in miniatures (born [[1788 in art|1788]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Maria Johanna Görtz]] – [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[still life]] artist (born [[1783 in art|1783]])
** [[Paweł Maliński]], Czech-born sculptor and mason who lived and worked in Poland (born [[1790 in art|1790]])
** [[Tang Yifen]], [[China|Chinese]] [[Landscape painting|landscape painter]] and [[calligrapher]] during the [[Qing dynasty]] (born c.[[1778 in art|1778]])