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1855 in art
| List of years in art (Table) |
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| … 1845 . 1846 . 1847 . 1848 . 1849 . 1850 . 1851 … … 1859 . 1860 . 1861 . 1862 . 1863 . 1864 . 1865 … |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 1852 . 1853 . 1854 – 1855 –
1856 . 1857 . 1858 … … 1820s . 1830s . 1840s – 1850s – 1860s . 1870s . 1880s … … 18th century – 19th century – 20th century … |
| Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . |
Events
- Gustave Courbet exhibits his paintings including the monumental The Artist's Studio in a tent alongside the official Paris Salon, creating both public outrage and artistic admiration.
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres exhibits Venus Anadyomene, which has taken him forty years to complete.
Awards
Prix de Rome (for sculpture) - Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu
Works
- Ford Madox Brown - The Last of England
- Gustave Courbet - The Artist's Studio (L‘Atelier du Peintre): A Real Allegory of a Seven Year Phase in my Artistic and Moral Life (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
Births
- May 1 - Cecilia Beaux, portrait painter
- July 30 - James E. Kelly, sculptor and illustrator
- September 8 - William Friese-Greene, photographer and cinematographer
Deaths
- March 3 - Copley Fielding, painter
- April 18 - Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter
- November 3 - François Rude, sculptor
- date unknown - Benedetto Pistrucci, engraver
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