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Overview of the events of 1878 in art
Events from the year 1878 in art.
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4 January –
Augustus John, Welsh painter (died
1961)
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16 January –
Karl Isakson, Swedish painter (died
1922)
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14 February –
Bohumil Kafka,
Bohemian
Czech sculptor (died
1942)
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27 February –
Max Silberberg, German Jewish industrialist and art collector (killed after 1942)
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12 March –
Gerda Höglund,
Swedish religious painter (died
1973)
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27 March –
Kathleen Bruce (later Lady Scott), English sculptor (died
1947)
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28 March –
Abraham Walkowitz,
American
Modernist painter (died
1965)
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1 April –
Alfred Flechtheim,
German art dealer, collector and publisher (died
1937)
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2 April –
Émilie Charmy,
French artist (died
1974)
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24 April –
Jean Crotti, French painter (died
1958)
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26 May –
Spencer Gore, English painter (died
1914)
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9 August –
Eileen Gray,
Irish
furniture
designer and
architect (died
1976)
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7 October –
Feliu Elias, Spanish caricaturist and painter (died
1948)
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8 October –
Alfred Munnings,
English equine painter (died
1959)
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14 November –
Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (died
1966)
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23 November –
Frank Pick, English transport administrator and patron of art and design (died
1941)
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24 November –
Norman Wilkinson, English
marine artist (died
1971)
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27 November –
William Orpen, Irish portrait painter (died
1931)
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January 26 –
Théophile Schuler, French painter and illustrator (born
1821)
- February –
Tito Angelini, Italian sculptor (born
1806)
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February 9 –
Nicolas Gosse, French historical painter (born
1787)
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February 19
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February 26 –
Alexandre Antigna, French painter (born
1817)
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March 3 –
Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English
sculptor, artist,
Egyptologist and
museum
curator (born
1796)
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April 14 –
Ludovic Piette, French impressionist painter (born
1826)
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April 23 –
Jaroslav Čermák, Czech historical painter (born
1831)
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May 25 –
Antoine Laurent Dantan, French academic sculptor (born
1798)
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June 10 –
Tranquillo Cremona, Italian painter (born
1837)
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June 16 –
Kikuchi Yōsai,
Japanese painter most famous for his monochrome portraits of historical figures (born
1788)
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August 21 –
Conrad Martens, English-born landscape painter (born
1801)
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October 5 –
Francis Grant, Scottish painter (born
1803)
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November 11 –
Robert Havell, Jr., English principal engraver of
Audubon's
The Birds of America (born
1793)
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November 16 –
Đura Jakšić, Serbian painter and poet (born
1832)
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December 19 –
Joseph Nash, English watercolour painter and lithographer (born
1809)
- date unknown –
Amédée Faure, French portrait painter (born
1801)