1883 in art

Births

• 3 February – Camille Bombois, French naïve painter (died 1970).
• 18 February – Jacques Ochs, French artist, épée and foil fencer and Olympic gold medallist (died 1971).
• 12 April
• Francis Cadell, Scottish Colourist painter (died 1937)
• Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (died 1976).
• 24 June – Jean Metzinger, French painter and art theorist (died 1956).
• 16 July – Charles Sheeler, American modernist painter and photographer (died 1965).
• 31 July – Erich Heckel, German painter and printmaker (died 1970).
• 19 August – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (died 1972).
• 20 August – Caroline Risque, American sculptor and painter (died 1952).
• 14 September – Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and draughtsman (died 1908).
• 9 November – Charles Demuth, American painter (died 1935).
• 4 December – Felice Casorati, Italian painter (died 1963).
• 24 December – Stojan Aralica, famous Serbian Impressionist painter and academic (died 1980).
• 26 December – Maurice Utrillo, French painter (died 1955).
• date unknown – Charles Jourdan, French fashion designer (died 1976).

Deaths

• January 12 – Clark Mills, American sculptor (born 1810)
• January 19 – Guillaume Geefs, Belgian sculptor (born 1805)
• January 23 – Gustave Doré, French illustrator (born 1832)
• February 26 – Miguel Ângelo Lupi, Portuguese painter (born 1826)
• April 30 – Édouard Manet, French painter (born 1832; died following amputation)
• July 14 – Edward Calvert, English painter and printmaker (born 1799)
• August 19 – József Borsos, Hungarian portrait painter and photographer (born 1821)
• November 24 – Albert Fitch Bellows, American landscape painter (born 1829)
• December 11 – Richard Doyle, British illustrator (born 1824)

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