c. February –
Alfred Gilbert is commissioned to sculpt the tomb (with recumbent effigy) of
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, in the Albert Memorial Chapel of
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England; although not finished until 1928 it is substantially complete in 1898 as "the finest single example of late 19th-century sculpture in the British Isles"[1]
March –
James McNeill Whistler stages his major retrospective exhibition, Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet pieces at
Goupil & Cie's London gallery, then moves to Paris
November – "The Munch Affair":
Adelsteen Normann, on behalf of the Union of Berlin Artists, invites
Edvard Munch to stage a one-man exhibition. However, his paintings evoke bitter controversy and after one week the exhibition is closed; Munch's paintings are moved to the Equitable Palast[2]
Il Codice Magliabechiano, a 16th century collection of brief biographies and notes on the works of Italian artists by "
Anonimo Gaddiano", is first published
^Roskill, Mark (1968). "Alfred Gilbert's Monument to the Duke of Clarence: A Study in the Sources of Later Victorian Sculpture". The Burlington Magazine. 110: 699–704.
c. February –
Alfred Gilbert is commissioned to sculpt the tomb (with recumbent effigy) of
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, in the Albert Memorial Chapel of
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England; although not finished until 1928 it is substantially complete in 1898 as "the finest single example of late 19th-century sculpture in the British Isles"[1]
March –
James McNeill Whistler stages his major retrospective exhibition, Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet pieces at
Goupil & Cie's London gallery, then moves to Paris
November – "The Munch Affair":
Adelsteen Normann, on behalf of the Union of Berlin Artists, invites
Edvard Munch to stage a one-man exhibition. However, his paintings evoke bitter controversy and after one week the exhibition is closed; Munch's paintings are moved to the Equitable Palast[2]
Il Codice Magliabechiano, a 16th century collection of brief biographies and notes on the works of Italian artists by "
Anonimo Gaddiano", is first published
^Roskill, Mark (1968). "Alfred Gilbert's Monument to the Duke of Clarence: A Study in the Sources of Later Victorian Sculpture". The Burlington Magazine. 110: 699–704.