Editing 1864 in art

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Events from the year '''1864 in art'''.

==Events==
* [[January 30]] – [[National Gallery of Ireland]] opens to the public in [[Dublin]] in a building designed by [[Francis Fowke]] based on early plans by [[Charles Lanyon]].
* [[February 20]] – Painter [[George Frederic Watts]] marries his 16-year-old model, the actress [[Ellen Terry]], 30 years his junior, in London. She elopes less than a year later.<ref>{{cite book|first=Moira|last=Shearer|authorlink=Moira Shearer|title=Ellen Terry|location=Stroud|publisher=Sutton|year=1998|series=Pocket biographies|isbn=0750915269}}</ref>
* [[December 28]] – [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse]] established.
* [[December 30]] – [[Julia Margaret Cameron]] sends [[John Herschel]] an album of her first year's photography including her iconic portrait of him.
* The [[Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center]] is established as the [[Vassar College]] Art Gallery on the women's college campus in [[Poughkeepsie (town), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]] (in the [[Hudson Valley]]) including the Magoon Collection of [[Hudson River School]] paintings donated by [[Matthew Vassar]].
* [[Stanisław Chlebowski]] takes up a post as master painter to Sultan [[Abdülaziz]] in [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mendelsohn|first=Ezra|title=Painting a People: Maurycy Gottlieb and Jewish Art|publisher=Brandeis University Press|year=2002|page=59|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgXf_h6ZheEC&q=Stanisław+Chlebowski&pg=PA59|isbn=978-1-58465-179-6}}</ref>
* The [[National Gallery]] in London acquires the 15th century altarpiece ''[[The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius]]'' from [[Lord Taunton]].<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/carlo-crivelli-the-annunciation-with-saint-emidius|title=The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius|publisher=[[The National Gallery]]|accessdate=26 June 2015}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Prix de Rome]] (for sculpture) – [[Louis-Ernest Barrias]]

==Works==
[[File:William Holman Hunt - London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales - 1864.jpg|thumb|300px|[[William Holman Hunt|Holman Hunt]] – ''[[London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales]]''.]]
[[File:Whistler James Symphony in White no 2 (The Little White Girl) 1864.jpg|thumb|[[James Abbott McNeill Whistler|Whistler]] – ''[[Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl|The Little White Girl]]'']]
* [[Ramon Martí Alsina]] – ''[[The Great Day of Girona]]''
* [[Frédéric Bazille]] – ''[[:File:Bazille, Frédéric ~ The Pink Dress (View of Castelnau-le-Lez, Hérault), 1864, oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay in Paris.jpg|The Pink Dress]]'' (approximate date)
* [[François Bocion]] – ''[https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O133914/steamer-on-lake-geneva-evening-oil-painting-bocion-francois/ Steamer on Lake Geneva – Evening Effect]''
* [[Ford Madox Brown]]
** ''Elijah and the Widow's Son'' (full-size oil version)
** ''[[:File:King Rene-s Honeymoon 1864.jpg|King René's Honeymoon]]''
* [[Francis Bicknell Carpenter]] – ''[[First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln]]''
* [[Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]] – ''[[Souvenir de Mortefontaine]]''
* [[Richard Dadd]] – ''[[The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke]]''
* [[Honoré Daumier]] – ''[[The Third-Class Carriage]]'' ([[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]])
* [[Thomas Farrell (sculptor)|Thomas Farrell]] – Memorial statue to John McNeil Boyd ([[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin]])
* [[Anselm Feuerbach]] – ''[[:File:Feuerbach, Paolo und Francesca.jpg|Paolo and Francesca]]''
* [[Konstantin Flavitsky]] – ''[[Princess Tarakanova (painting)|Princess Tarakanova]]''
* [[William Holman Hunt]] – ''[[London Bridge on the Night of the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales]]''
* [[Edwin Henry Landseer|Sir Edwin Landseer]] – ''[[Man Proposes, God Disposes]]''
* [[Henri Fantin-Latour]]
** ''[[Homage to Delacroix]]''
** ''[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/white-cup-and-saucer-4863 White Cup and Saucer]''
* [[Frederic Leighton]] – ''[[The Painter's Honeymoon]]''
* [[John Frederick Lewis]] – ''[[:File:John Frederick Lewis 001.jpg|Captive Dove, Cairo]]''
* [[Daniel Maclise]] – ''[[The Death of Nelson (Maclise painting)|The Death of Nelson]]'' (wall painting for [[Palace of Westminster]] and oil study)
* [[Édouard Manet]]
** ''[[:File:Édouard Manet - Le Christ mort et les anges.jpg|Les Anges au tombeau du Christ, Le Christ mort aux anges]]'' ("The Angels at Christ's Tomb") (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
** ''[[The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama]]'' ([[Philadelphia Museum of Art]])
** ''[[Branch of White Peonies and Pruning Shears]]''  ([[Musée d'Orsay]], [[Paris]])
** ''[http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436961 Peonies]'' (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
** ''[http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.1179.html The Dead Toreador]'' ([[National Gallery of Art]], [[Washington, D.C.]])
** ''[http://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-manet/women-at-the-races-1865 Women at the Races]'' ([[Cincinnati Art Museum]])
* [[Jan Matejko]]
** ''[[Kazanie Skargi]]''
** ''[[Poland - The Year 1863|Polonia]]''
* [[Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier]] – ''[[:File:Meissonier - 1814, Campagne de France.jpg|1814: The Campaign in France]]''  (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
* [[Jean-François Millet]] – ''[https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/painting.html?no_cache=1&zoom=1&tx_damzoom_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=119093 Shepherdess with Her Flock]'' (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
* [[Gustave Moreau]] – ''[[Oedipus and the Sphinx]]''
* [[Erskine Nicol]] – ''[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/irish-emigrants-waiting-for-the-train-71737/search/keyword:irish-emigrants-waiting-for-a-train--referrer:global-search Irish Emigrants Waiting for a Train]''
* [[Henry Nelson O'Neil]] – ''[[The Landing of Princess Alexandra at Gravesend]]''
* [[Val Prinsep]] – ''[[:File:My Lady Betty by Valentine Cameron Prinsep.jpg|My Lady Betty]]''
* [[William Blake Richmond]] – ''[http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_295269/Sir-William-Blake-Richmond/The-Three-Sisters-of-Dean-Liddell The Sisters]''
* [[Frederick Sandys]] – ''[[:File:Morganlfay.jpg|Morgan le Fay]]''
* [[Emil Jakob Schindler]] – ''[[:File:Schindler-Waldschmiede.jpg|A Forest Blacksmith]]''
* [[Simeon Solomon]] – ''[[:File:Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene.jpg|Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene]]''
* [[G. F. Watts]] – ''[[:File:Dame (Alice) Ellen Terry ('Choosing') by George Frederic Watts.jpg|Choosing]]''
* [[James McNeill Whistler]]
** ''[[:File:James McNeill Whistler - Caprice in Purple and Gold- The Golden Screen - Google Art Project.jpg|Caprice in Purple and Gold: The Golden Screen]]''
** ''[[Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl]]''
** ''[http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.61254.html Wapping]''
* [[Franz Xaver Winterhalter]]
** ''[[:File:Carlota by Winterhalter cropped.jpg|Carlota of Belgium]]''
** ''[[:File:Franz Xaver Winterhalter Portrait of Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov.jpg|Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov]]'' (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
** ''[[Portrait of Alexandra of Denmark]]''
<gallery>
File:Annie my first success, by Julia Margaret Cameron (restored).jpg|29 January 1864: "Annie, my first success", [[Julia Margaret Cameron]]'s first satisfactory print
Image:Sadness, by Julia Margaret Cameron.jpg|''Sadness'': [[Ellen Terry]] photographed in 1864 by Julia Margaret Cameron
File:Dame (Alice) Ellen Terry ('Choosing') by George Frederic Watts.jpg|''Choosing'': Ellen Terry painted by her husband of 1864 [[G. F. Watts]]
</gallery>

==Births==
* [[January 3]] – [[Ernst Klimt]], [[Austrians|Austrian]] mural painter (died [[1892 in art|1892]])
* [[February 1]] – [[Albert Julius Olsson]], [[English people|English]] marine painter (died [[1942 in art|1942]])
* [[March 10]] – [[Ādams Alksnis]], [[Latvia]]n [[Painting|painter]] (died [[1897 in art|1897]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Charles Marion Russell]], [[Americans|American]] "cowboy artist" (died [[1926 in art|1926]])
* [[March 29]] – [[Paul Ranson]], [[France|French]] painter and writer (died [[1909 in art|1909]])
* [[April 9]] – [[Archibald Knox (designer)|Archibald Knox]], [[Manx people|Manx]] designer (died [[1933 in art|1933]])
* [[May 15]] – [[Vilhelm Hammershøi]], Danish painter (died [[1916 in art|1916]])
* [[May 22]] – [[Willy Stöwer]], [[Germans|German]] marine artist (died [[1931 in art|1931]])
* [[July 8]] – [[F. Holland Day]], American photographer (died [[1933 in art|1933]])
* [[October 7]] – [[Harrington Mann]], [[Scotland|Scottish]]-born portrait painter and decorative artist (died [[1937 in art|1937]])
* [[November 24]] – [[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]], French painter (died [[1901 in art|1901]])
* [[December 3]] – [[Anna Boberg]], Swedish painter (died [[1935 in art|1935]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Camille Claudel]], French [[Sculpture|sculptor]] and graphic artist (died [[1943 in art|1943]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Schmoll|first=Josef A.|title=Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel|location=Munich|publisher=Prestel|year=1999|page=13|isbn=978-3-79132-005-2}}</ref>
* [[December 13]] – [[John Quinton Pringle]], Scottish painter (died [[1925 in art|1925]])
* [[December 30]] – [[Marko Murat]], [[Serbs|Serbian]] painter (died [[1944 in art|1944]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Alexander Fisher (painter)|Alexander Fisher]], English silversmith and enamel painter (died [[1936 in art|1936]])
** [[J. Laurie Wallace]], Irish American portrait painter, photographer and model (died [[1953 in art|1953]])

==Deaths==
* [[January 3]] – [[William Behnes]], English sculptor (born [[1795 in art|1795]])
* [[January 6]] – [[James Frothingham]], American painter (born [[1786 in art|1786]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Leo von Klenze]], German [[Neoclassicism|neoclassicist]] [[architect]], painter and [[writer]] (born [[1784 in art|1784]])
* [[January 29]] – [[William Cowen]], English landscape painter (born [[1791 in art|1791]])
* [[February 10]] – [[William Henry Hunt (painter)|William Henry Hunt]], English [[watercolor]] painter (born [[1790 in art|1790]])
* [[February 14]] – [[William Dyce]], British painter (born [[1806 in art|1806]])
* [[March 2]] – [[Jean Alaux]], French history painter and Director of the [[French Academy in Rome]] (born [[1786 in art|1786]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Alexandre Calame]], Swiss painter (born [[1810 in art|1810]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin]], French painter (born [[1809 in art|1809]])
* [[June 1]] – [[John Watson Gordon]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] painter (born [[1788 in art|1788]])
* [[June 2]] – [[Caroline Bardua]], German painter (born [[1781 in art|1781]])
* [[June 8]] – [[Stephen Poyntz Denning]], English portraitist, artist and curator (born [[1795 in art|1795-1798]])
* [[July 27]] – [[Joseph Patrick Haverty]], [[Irish people|Irish]] painter (born [[1794 in art|1794]])
* [[August 7]] – [[Johann Pucher]] (Janez Puhar), Slovene painter and photographer (born [[1814 in art|1814]])
* [[August 10]] – [[Thomas Baker (artist)|Thomas Baker]] "of Leamington", English [[landscape art|landscape]] painter (born [[1809 in art|1809]])
* [[November 15]] – [[Abel Dimier]], French sculptor (born [[1794 in art|1794]])
* [[November 20]] – [[Albert Newsam]], American graphic artist (born [[1809 in art|1809]])
* [[November 25]] – [[David Roberts (painter)|David Roberts]], Scottish painter (born [[1796 in art|1796]])
* [[December 24]] – [[Demeter Laccataris]], Austro-Hungarian portrait painter of Greek origin (born [[1798 in art|1798]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Carlo Restallino]], Italian-born painter and engraver (born [[1776 in art|1776]])
** [[William Guy Wall]], Irish-born painter working in the United States (born [[1792 in art|1792]])

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