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See also: 1879 in art, other events of 1880, 1881 in art, list of years in art

Contents 1 Events 2 Awards 3 Works 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Vincent van Gogh begins his career as a professional painter.
• Anton Mauve paints Changing Pasture: His palette and usage of colour influences Vincent van Gogh.
• Michael Peter Ancher marries fellow painter Anna Kirstine Brøndum.

[edit] Awards

• Prix de Rome (for painting) - Henri Lucien Doucet

[edit] Works

• Marie Bashkirtseff - Self-portrait
• Alexandre Cabanel - Phèdre
• Daniel Huntington - Portrait of John Adams Dix

[edit] Births

• February 8 - Franz Marc, artist, co-founder: Blauer Reiter († 1916)
• August 22 - George Herriman, cartoonist (Krazy Kat) († 1944)

[edit] Deaths

• February 19 - Constantino Brumidi, fresco painter