1870 in art

Sculpture

• Statue of Abraham Lincoln (New York City)

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, painting:
• Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert-Félix-Théophile Thomas.
• Grand Prix de Rome, music: Charles Edouard Lefebvre & Henri Maréchal

Births

• January 1 – Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (died 1943)
• January 11 – Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (died 1945)
• February 5 – C. E. Brock, English painter and illustrator (died 1938)
• March 13 – William Glackens, American painter (died 1938)
• June 22 – Antonio Dattilo Rubbo, Italian-born painter and art teacher (died 1955)
• July 21 – Emil Orlík, Czech-born painter and lithographer (died 1932)
• July 25 – Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (died 1966)
• November 4 – Basil Temple Blackwood, British book illustrator (died 1917)
• November 18 – Franz Metzner, German sculptor (died 1919)
• November 25 – Maurice Denis, French painter and decorative artist (died 1943)
• December 23 – John Marin, American painter (died 1953)
• date unknown – Arthur Diehl, English-born landscape painter (died 1929)

Deaths

• January 17 – Alexander Anderson, American illustrator (born 1775)
• January 27 – Johannes Flintoe, Danish-Norwegian painter of Norwegian landscapes (born 1787)
• February 21 – Robert Jefferson Bingham, English-born photographer (born 1824 or 1825)
• March 19 – William Egley, English miniature painter (born 1798)
• April 25 – Daniel Maclise, Irish-born painter (born 1806)
• May 17 – David Octavius Hill, Scottish painter and pioneer photographer (born 1802)
• July 13 – Christian Albrecht Jensen, Danish painter (born 1792)
• August 25 – Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, English francophile art collector (born 1800)
• November 7 – Cornelia Aletta van Hulst, Dutch painter (born 1797)
• November 28 – Frédéric Bazille, French Impressionist painter (born 1841) (killed in action)
• December 9
• Max Emanuel Ainmiller, German glass painter (born 1807)
• Patrick MacDowell, Irish sculptor from Belfast (born 1799)
• December 12 – Martin Cregan, Irish portrait painter (born 1788)
• Undated – Achille Leonardi, Italian genre painter (born 1800)

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