Art year 1888

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Overview of the Art Years
Further events

Fugitive Slaves in the Dismal Swamp, Virginia , David Edward Cronin , oil on canvas

The Eiffel Tower is still under construction in 1888

Paul Louis Delance , Eiffel Tower, View from the Seine , 1888, oil on canvas

Events

architecture

The Mole Antonelliana , the tallest building in Italy, is completed in Turin .

painting

Vincent van Gogh

March / May: The painter Vincent van Gogh paints the picture Bridge of Langlois (in 2 versions).
August: Vincent van Gogh paints several versions of the painting Sunflowers .

Langlois Bridge
Three sunflowers
Five sunflowers

Twelve sunflowers in a vase
Fifteen sunflowers
Paul Gauguin : Vincent van Gogh, painting sunflowers

Summer: Vincent van Gogh paints the sunset at Montmajour .
September: Vincent van Gogh produces the paintings The Night Café , Café Terrace in the Evening and Starry Night over the Rhone in oil on canvas .
October 23 : Paul Gauguin arrives in Arles to found a “Atelier of the South” with van Gogh.
Vincent van Gogh paints the first version of his bedroom in the “Yellow House” in Arles.

The night cafe
Café terrace in the evening
Starry night over the Rhone
Bedroom in Arles
(1st version)

December 23 : Vincent van Gogh injured his right ear under unknown circumstances.

Other works

The artist Claude Monet paints the picture Antibes seen from the hill 'Notre Dame' .

JW Waterhouse - The Lady of Shalott

John William Waterhouse paints his most famous picture, The Lady of Shalott .

photograph

Wilhelm Hallwachs discovers the photo effect .
The photographer Ottomar Anschütz patented the shutter of the blind in front of the image plane.

Museums and exhibitions

The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society , founded last year, is organizing its first exhibition.

Others

German artists found the Milwaukee Art Association in Milwaukee .
Charles Robert Ashbee founds the School of Handicraft , a teaching workshop for architecture and interior design .

Born

February 10 : Wilhelm Thöny , Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1949 )
February 10 : Willy Jaeckel , German artist († 1944 )
February 26 : Maria Grengg , Austrian narrator and painter († 1963 )
March 1 : Josef Brendle , German painter († 1954 )
March 1 : Robert Petschow , German balloonist, photographer and sports official († 1945 )
March 2 : Adolf Rading , German architect († 1957 )
March 19 : Josef Albers , German painter, art theorist and teacher († 1976 )
March 20 : Renée Sintenis , German sculptor and graphic artist († 1965 )
April 3 : Sibylle Ascheberg von Bamberg , German painter († 1966 )
April 6 : Hans Richter , German painter and film artist of Dadaism († 1976 )
May 24 : Johannes Göderitz , German architect and urban planner († 1978 )
June 1 : Herbert Garbe , German sculptor († 1945 )
June 24 : Gerrit Rietveld , Dutch architect and designer († 1964 )
June 28 : Alfons von Czibulka , Austrian writer and painter († 1969 )
July 1 : Alberto Magnelli , Italian painter († 1971 )
July 10 : Giorgio de Chirico , Italian painter († 1978 )
September 4 : Oskar Schlemmer , German painter, sculptor and set designer († 1943 )
October 14 : Paul Burkhard , Swiss sculptor and draftsman († 1964 )
October 19 : Arnold Brügger , Swiss painter († 1975 )
November 5 : Jupp Wiertz , German graphic artist († 1939 )
November 17 : Max Lingner , German painter, graphic artist and resistance fighter († 1959 )
November 20 : Willi Tillmans , German painter († 1985 )
December 18 : Robert Moses , American urban planner († 1981 )

Abelardo Bustamante , Chilean painter and sculptor († 1934 )

Died

June 22nd : Franz Napoleon Heigel , French-German painter (* 1813 )
October 18 : Alessandro Antonelli , Italian architect (* 1798 )
October 18 : Albert Zimmermann , German painter (* 1808 )
November 7th : Ludwig Müller-Uri , German glass artist (* 1811 )

Web links

Commons : Art 1888 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Commons : Photographien 1888 - Collection of images, videos and audio files