Events from the year 1870 in art.
Events
Paintings
Sculpture
Awards
Births
- January 1 â Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (died 1943)
- January 11 â Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor (died 1945)
- February 5 â C. E. Brock, English painter and illustrator (died 1938)
- March 13 â William Glackens, American painter (died 1938)
- June 22 â Antonio Dattilo Rubbo, Italian-born painter and art teacher (died 1955)
- July 21 â Emil OrlÃÂk, Czech-born painter and lithographer (died 1932)
- July 25 â Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (died 1966)
- November 4 â Basil Temple Blackwood, British book illustrator (died 1917)
- November 18 â Franz Metzner, German sculptor (died 1919)
- November 25 â Maurice Denis, French painter and decorative artist (died 1943)
- December 23 â John Marin, American painter (died 1953)
- date unknown â Arthur Diehl, English-born landscape painter (died 1929)
Deaths
- January 17 â Alexander Anderson, American illustrator (born 1775)
- January 27 â Johannes Flintoe, Danish-Norwegian painter of Norwegian landscapes (born 1787)
- February 21 â Robert Jefferson Bingham, English-born photographer (born 1824 or 1825)
- March 19 â William Egley, English miniature painter (born 1798)
- April 25 â Daniel Maclise, Irish-born painter (born 1806)
- May 17 â David Octavius Hill, Scottish painter and pioneer photographer (born 1802)
- July 13 â Christian Albrecht Jensen, Danish painter (born 1792)
- August 25 â Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, English francophile art collector (born 1800)
- November 7 â Cornelia Aletta van Hulst, Dutch painter (born 1797)
- November 28 â 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 â Martin Cregan, Irish portrait painter (born 1788)
- Undated â Achille Leonardi, Italian genre painter (born 1800)
References