Events from the year 1853 in art.
Events
Works
Births
- February 26 â Nils Bergslien, Norwegian illustrator, painter and sculptor (died 1928)
- March 14 â Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (died 1918)
- March 30
- Frank O'Meara, Irish painter (died 1888)
- Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (suicide 1890)
- May 13 â Adolf Hölzel, German artist/painter in an Impressionist to expressive modernism style (died 1934)
- May 28 â Carl Larsson, painter and illustrator (died 1919)
- September 5 â Giuseppe Barison, Italian painter (died 1931)
- October 30 â Louise Abbéma, French Impressionist painter, sculptor and designer (died 1927)
- December 9 â Laurits Tuxen, Danish painter and sculptor (died 1927)
Deaths
- February 6 â August Kopisch, German poet and painter (born 1799)
- April 8 â Jan Willem Pieneman, Dutch historical painter (born 1779)
- June 12 â Merry-Joseph Blondel, French neo-classic painter (born 1781)
- July 15 â Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter, printmaker and teacher (born 1766)
- July 22 â Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Danish painter (born 1783)
- November 28 â Hans Bendel, Swiss painter (born 1814)
- December 28 â Sarah Goodridge, American painter who specialized in miniatures (born 1788)
- date unknown
- PaweÃ
 MaliÃ
Âski, Czech-born sculptor and mason who lived and worked in Poland (born 1790)
- Tang Yifen, Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher during the Qing dynasty (born c.1778)
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