1860 in art

Births

• January 1
• John Cassidy, Irish sculptor and painter (died 1939)
• Jan Vilímek, Czech illustrator and painter (died 1938)
• January 29 – William Jacob Baer, American miniature painter (died 1941)
• February 21 – Goscombe John, Welsh sculptor (died 1952)
• February 27 – Vardges Sureniants, Armenian painter (died 1921)
• April 6 – René Lalique, French glass designer (died 1945)
• May 30 – Archibald Thorburn, Scottish-born wildlife painter (died 1935)
• May 31 – Walter Sickert, English Impressionist painter (died 1942)
• June 1 – Hugh Thomson, Irish-born illustrator (died 1920)
• June 18
• George Frampton, English sculptor (died 1928)
• Laura Muntz Lyall, Canadian Impressionist painter (died 1930)
• June 25 – Sutherland Macdonald, English tattoo artist (died 1942)
• August 5 – Louis Wain, English cat portrait painter (died 1942)
• August 18 – Iso Rae, Australian Impressionist painter (died 1940)
• September 7 – Grandma Moses (born Anna Mary Robertson), American folk artist (died 1961)
• September 16 – Solomon Joseph Solomon, English portrait painter (died 1927)
• September 30 – Vincenzo Irolli, Italian painter (died 1949)
• October 4 – Sidney Paget, British illustrator (died 1908)
• date unknown – Iris Nampeyo, Hopi potter and ceramic artist (died 1942)

Deaths

• January 20 – William Charles Ross, British painter of historical paintings, miniatures and portraits (born 1794)
• February 16 – Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, illustrator and lithographer (born 1804)
• March 28 – Jean-Pierre Franque, French historical subjects and portraiture painter (born 1774)
• April 6 – Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne, French painter and lithographer (born 1797)
• April 28 – Jakob Guttmann, sculptor (born 1811)
• June 15 – Juan Antonio Ribera, Spanish Neoclassical historical painter (born 1779)
• June 20 – Joseph Willibrord Mähler, German portrait painter (born 1778)
• August 22 – Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, painter (born 1803)
• September 21 – Antoine Maurin, French lithographer (born 1793)
• October 2 – Louis Hersent, French painter (born 1777)
• October 3
• Alfred Edward Chalon, Swiss portrait painter (born 1780)
• Rembrandt Peale, American artist (born 1778)
• date unknown
• Dai Xi, Chinese painter of the 19th century and representative of the academic manner (born 1801)
• Ernestine Panckoucke, French botanical illustrator and flower painter (born 1784)

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