Editing 1896 in art (section)

==Deaths==
* [[January 4]] – [[Henri Alfred Jacquemart]], French sculptor and animalier (born [[1824 in art|1824]])
* [[January 15]] – [[Mathew Brady]], American photographer (born [[1822 in art|1822]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Frederic Leighton]], English painter and sculptor specialising in classical subjects (born [[1830 in art|1830]])
* [[February 5]] – [[Jean-Auguste Barre]], French sculptor (born [[1811 in art|1811]])
* February – [[John Cooke Bourne]], English topographical artist, lithographer and photographer (born [[1814 in art|1814]])
* [[April 16]] – [[Viktor Oskar Tilgner]], Austrian sculptor (born [[1844 in art|1844]])
* [[May 3]] – [[Alfred William Hunt]], English painter (born 1830)
* [[May 5]] – [[Jacob Fjelde]], Norwegian American sculptor (born [[1855 in art|1855]])
* [[May 15]] – [[Évariste Vital Luminais]], French historical painter (born [[1821 in art|1821]])
* [[July 7]] – [[Erdmann Encke]], German sculptor (born [[1843 in art|1843]])
* [[August 13]] – Sir [[John Everett Millais]], English pre-Raphaelite painter (born [[1829 in art|1829]])
* [[August 14]] – [[Olin Levi Warner]], American sculptor (born [[1844 in art|1844]])
* [[September 23]] – [[Emmanuel Benner]], French painter (born [[1836 in art|1836]])
* [[November 9]] – [[Napoleon Sarony]], [[Canadian American]] portrait photographer (born 1821)