Editing 1879 in art

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Events from the year '''1879 in art'''.

==Events==
* April 10 – May 11 – Fourth [[Impressionist]] exhibition in Paris, arranged by [[Gustave Caillebotte]] at 28 [[avenue de l'Opéra]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Impressionist Exhibitions in Paris (1874–86)|url=http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/impressionist-exhibitions-paris.htm|work=Encyclopedia of Art History|accessdate=2015-06-17}}</ref> 
*[[Ford Madox Brown]] begins painting ''[[The Manchester Murals]]'' in [[Manchester Town Hall]] ([[England]]).
*[[Chicago Academy of Fine Arts]] established.
*[[Guimet Museum]] of [[Asian art]] established in [[Lyon]], [[France]].
*[[Museum of Fine Arts Berne]] established in [[Switzerland]].
*[[Kate Greenaway]]'s first book, with her own colour illustrations, ''[[Under the Window|Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children]]'', is published in London.

==Works==
[[File:Edgar Degas, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879.jpg|thumb|[[Edgar Degas]] – ''[[Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando]]'']]
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* [[Michael Ancher]] – ''Vil han klare pynten (Will he round the point)''
* [[Albert Fitch Bellows]] – ''The Parsonage''
* [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]] – ''[[The Birth of Venus (Bouguereau)|The Birth of Venus]]''
* [[William Burges]] – [[Golden Bed]]
* [[Edward Burne-Jones]] – ''[http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/edward-burne-jones/the-annnciation-1879 The Annunciation]''
* [[John Ward Dunsmore]] – ''Portrait of [[Thomas Couture]] (1815–1879) on His Deathbed'' (chalk on paper mounted on canvas)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/15356/portrait-of-thomas-couture-18151879-on-his-deathbed |publisher=New-York Historical Society Museum & Library |title=New-York Historical Society > Works > Portrait of Thomas Couture (1815–1879) on His Deathbed |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref>
* [[Edgar Degas]]
** ''[[The Dance Lesson]]'' (approximate date)
** ''[[Diego Martelli]]''<ref>
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** ''[[Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando]]''
** ''[[:File:Edgar Degas Portrait of Duranty.jpg|Portrait of Edmond Duranty]]''
** ''[http://www.wikiart.org/en/edgar-degas/portrait-of-henri-michel-levy-in-his-studio-1879 Portrait of Henri Michel-Lévy in his studio]''
** ''[[Portraits at the Stock Exchange]]''
* [[Gustave Achille Guillaumet]] – ''[[:File:Laghouat in the Algerian Sahara (1879).jpg|Laghouat in the Algerian Sahara]]''
* [[Ivan Kramskoi]] – ''[[:File:Kramskoj - saltykov-schedrin.jpg|Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin]]''
* [[Jules Joseph Lefebvre]] – ''[[Diana Surprised]]''
* [[George Dunlop Leslie]] – ''[[:File:George Dunlop Leslie - Alice in Wonderland.jpg|Alice in Wonderland]]''
* [[John Seymour Lucas]] – ''[[The Gordon Riots]]''
* [[Édouard Manet]]
** ''[[The Café-Concert]]''
** ''[[Self-Portrait with Palette (Manet)|Self-Portrait with Palette]]''
** ''[[In the Conservatory]]''
* [[John Everett Millais]]
** ''[[:File:CherryRipe1879 by John Everett Millais.jpg|Cherry Ripe]]''
** ''[[:File:Louise Jane Jopling (née Goode, later Rowe) by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt.jpg|Louise Jopling]]''
* [[Albert Joseph Moore]] – ''Topaz''
* [[Vasily Perov]] – ''Pugachev's Judgement''
* [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]] – ''[[:File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - The Dreamer.jpg|The Dreamer]]''
* [[John Singer Sargent]]
** ''[http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/101764.html In the Luxembourg Gardens]'' (''Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight'')
** ''Portrait of [[Carolus-Duran]]''
* [[Charlotte Schreiber]] – ''[[:File:Charlotte Schreiber - The Croppy Boy.jpg|The Croppy Boy (The Confession of an Irish Patriot)]]''
* [[James Tissot]] – ''[[:File:Tissot Newton Parasol.jpg|Mrs. Newton with a Parasol]]'' (approximate date)

==Births==
*[[January 13]] – [[William Reid Dick]], Scottish sculptor (died [[1961 in art|1961]])
*[[March 27]] – [[Edward Steichen]], American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator (died [[1973 in art|1973]])
*[[June 4]] – [[Mabel Lucie Attwell]], English illustrator (died [[1964 in art|1964]])
*[[July 26]] – [[Maria Bal]], Polish model (died [[1955 in art|1955]])
*[[September 23]] – [[Charles Camoin]], French painter (died [[1965 in art|1965]])
*[[October 22]] – [[Matthew Smith (painter)|Sir Matthew Smith]], English painter (died [[1959 in art|1959]])
*[[November 18]] – [[Sybil Pye]], English bookbinder (died [[1958 in art|1958]])
*[[December 18]] – [[Paul Klee]], Swiss painter (died [[1940 in art|1940]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 26]] – [[Julia Margaret Cameron]], British photographer in Ceylon (born [[1815 in art|1815]])
*[[February 10]] – [[Honoré Daumier]], French painter, sculptor and caricaturist (born [[1808 in art|1808]])
*[[March 21]] – [[Valentine Bartholomew]], English flower painter (born [[1799 in art|1799]])
*[[March 27]] – [[Hércules Florence]], French-born Brazilian painter and pioneer photographer (born [[1817 in art|1817]])
*[[March 30]] – [[Thomas Couture]], French painter and art teacher (born [[1815 in art|1815]])
*[[May 8]] – [[Henry Collen]], English royal [[Portrait miniature|miniature]] [[Portrait|portrait painter]] (born [[1797 in art|1797]])
*[[June 24]] – [[Eliseo Sala]], Italian painter (born [[1813 in art|1813]])
*[[July 7]] – [[George Caleb Bingham]], American realist artist (born [[1811 in art|1811]])
*[[July 16]] – [[Frederick Langenheim]], German American pioneer of panoramic photography (born [[1809 in art|1809]])
*[[July 17]] – [[Maurycy Gottlieb]], Polish Jewish painter (born [[1804 in art|1804]])
*[[August 3]] – [[Joseph Severn]], English portrait and subject painter (born [[1793 in art|1793]])
*[[September 5]] – [[Camille Doncieux]], French first wife and model of [[Claude Monet]] (born [[1847 in art|1847]])
*[[September 6]] – [[Amédée de Noé]], French caricaturist (born [[1818 in art|1818]])
*[[September 8]] – [[William Morris Hunt]], American painter (born [[1824 in art|1824]])
*[[November 2]] – [[Abbondio Sangiorgio]], [[Italians|Italian]] [[sculptor]] (born [[1798 in art|1798]])
*[[November 18]] – [[André Giroux (painter)|André Giroux]], French painter and photographer (born [[1801 in art|1801]])
*[[December 1]] – [[Franz Ittenbach]], German religious painter (born [[1813 in art|1813]])
*[[Chō Kōran]], Japanese poet and ''[[Nanga (Japanese painting)|nanga]]'' artist (born [[1804 in art|1804]])

==References==
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