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Overview of the events of 1885 in art
Events from the year 1885 in art .
March 24 [O.S.] –
Peter Carl Fabergé presents the
first imperial
Fabergé egg to
Maria Feodorovna , wife of
Alexander III of Russia , beginning an Easter tradition that continues until 1917.
May 20 – A letter, "A Woman's Plea", published in
The Times of London protests against the use of nude
models in art. Signed "British Matron" it is in fact written by painter and senior Royal Academician
John Callcott Horsley .
June –
Paul Gauguin returns to Paris from Copenhagen where he has been unsuccessful in reconciling with his wife.
July 13 – New building for the
Rijksmuseum in
Amsterdam , designed by
Pierre Cuypers , opens.
August – First public display of works by
Vincent van Gogh , in the windows of the art dealer Leurs at
The Hague .
"
Glasgow Boys " first exhibit collectively, at the
Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts .
Aberdeen Art Gallery opens in Scotland.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery opens in England.
The
Guildhall Art Gallery opens in the
City of London .
The
E. B. Crocker Art Gallery is presented to the people of
Sacramento, California .
The
Opponenterna , a group of Swedish artists, demands that the
Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts be modernized.
Thomas Eakins –
The Swimming Hole
January 21 –
Duncan Grant , Scottish painter (died
1978 )
February 18 –
Henri Laurens , French sculptor (died
1954 )
February 24 –
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ('Witkacy'), Polish painter, playwright and novelist (suicide
1939 )
March 3 –
Cecil Thomas , English bronze sculptor and medallist (died
1976 )
March 31 –
Pascin , Bulgarian-born painter and draftsman (suicide
1930 )
April 4 –
Leonardo Dudreville , Italian painter (died
1975 )
April 8 –
Norman Clyde , American mountaineer, nature photographer and
naturalist (died
1972 )
April 12 –
Robert Delaunay , French painter (died
1941 )
May 8 –
Charles Walter Simpson , English painter of nature and teacher (died
1971 )
May 9 –
Gianni Vella , Maltese painter and cartoonist (died
1977 )
[2]
May 12 –
Mario Sironi , Italian painter (died
1961 )
June 27 –
Arthur Lismer , English-born Canadian painter, member of the
Group of Seven (died
1969 )
July 5 –
André Lhote , French painter and sculptor (died
1962 )
July 11 –
Roger de La Fresnaye , French
cubist painter (died
1925 )
July 15 –
Josef Frank , Austrian-born architect and designer (died
1967 )
August 15 –
Nancy Cox-McCormack , American portrait sculptor (died
1967 )
August 26 –
Gwen Raverat , née Darwin, English
wood engraver (died
1957 )
August 30 –
Paul Gösch , German artist and architect (died
1940 )
September 9 –
Clare Sheridan , English sculptor and author (died
1970 )
September 12 –
Heinrich Hoffmann , German propaganda photographer (died
1957 )
October 15 –
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval , Icelandic painter (died
1972 )
October 21 –
Jan Altink , Dutch painter (died
1971 )
November 14 –
Sonia Delaunay , Ukrainian-French artist (died
1979 )
December 25 ? –
Lucienne Heuvelmans , French sculptor (died
1944 )
date unknown –
Branko Radulović , Serbian painter (died
1916 )
January 20 –
Joseph Niklaus Bütler , Swiss painter (born
1822 )
April 18 –
Rudolf Eitelberger , Austrian art historian (born
1817 )
April 29 –
Ernst Joachim Förster , German painter (born
1800 )
June 12 –
Adolf Mosengel , German landscape painter (born
1837 )
June 13 –
Carl Arnold Gonzenbach , Swiss painter (born
1806 )
July 23 –
Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk , French sculptor (born
1820 )
August 30 –
Thomas Thornycroft , English sculptor (born
1815 )
September 6 –
Narcís Monturiol , Spanish artist and engineer (born
1819 )
September 23 –
Carl Spitzweg , German painter (born
1808 )
October 9 –
John Bowes , English art collector (born
1811 )
December 5 –
Wilhelm Ripe , German painter (born
1818 )
December 11 –
James Fahey , English landscape painter (born
1804 )
December 30 –
Martha Darley Mutrie , British painter (born
1824 )
[3]
date unknown –
Girolamo Masini , Italian sculptor (born
1840 )