Art year 1888
Art year 1888 | 1889 | ►
Overview of the Art Years
Further events
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Fugitive Slaves in the Dismal Swamp, Virginia , David Edward Cronin , oil on canvas
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The Eiffel Tower is still under construction in 1888
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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 .
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.
- 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' .
- 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 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Art 1888 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Photographien 1888 - Collection of images, videos and audio files