1885 in art

Events

March 24 [O.S.] – Peter Carl Fabergé presents the first imperial Fabergé egg to Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander III of Russia, beginning an Easter tradition that continues until 1917.
May 20 – A letter, "A Woman's Plea", published in The Times of London protests against the use of nude models in art. Signed "British Matron" it is in fact written by painter and senior Royal Academician John Callcott Horsley.
June – Paul Gauguin returns to Paris from Copenhagen where he has been unsuccessful in reconciling with his wife.
July 13 – New building for the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, designed by Pierre Cuypers, opens.
August – First public display of works by Vincent van Gogh, in the windows of the art dealer Leurs at The Hague.
"Glasgow Boys" first exhibit collectively, at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.
Aberdeen Art Gallery opens in Scotland.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery opens in England.
The Guildhall Art Gallery opens in the City of London.
The E. B. Crocker Art Gallery is presented to the people of Sacramento, California.
The Opponenterna, a group of Swedish artists, demands that the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts be modernized.

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January 21 – Duncan Grant, Scottish painter (died 1978)
February 18 – Henri Laurens, French sculptor (died 1954)
February 24 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ('Witkacy'), Polish painter, playwright and novelist (suicide 1939)
March 3 – Cecil Thomas, English bronze sculptor and medallist (died 1976)
March 31 – Pascin, Bulgarian-born painter and draftsman (suicide 1930)
April 4 – Leonardo Dudreville, Italian painter (died 1975)
April 8 – Norman Clyde, American mountaineer, nature photographer and naturalist (died 1972)
April 12 – Robert Delaunay, French painter (died 1941)
May 8 – Charles Walter Simpson, English painter of nature and teacher (died 1971)
May 9 – Gianni Vella, Maltese painter and cartoonist (died 1977)^[2]
May 12 – Mario Sironi, Italian painter (died 1961)
June 27
- Arthur Lismer, English-born Canadian painter, member of the Group of Seven (died 1969)
- James Sleator, Irish painter (died 1950)
July 5 – André Lhote, French painter and sculptor (died 1962)
July 11 – Roger de La Fresnaye, French cubist painter (died 1925)
July 15 – Josef Frank, Austrian-born architect and designer (died 1967)
August 15 – Nancy Cox-McCormack, American portrait sculptor (died 1967)
August 26 – Gwen Raverat, née Darwin, English wood engraver (died 1957)
August 30 – Paul Gösch, German artist and architect (died 1940)
September 9 – Clare Sheridan, English sculptor and author (died 1970)
September 12 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German propaganda photographer (died 1957)
October 15 – Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Icelandic painter (died 1972)
October 21 – Jan Altink, Dutch painter (died 1971)
November 14 – Sonia Delaunay, Ukrainian-French artist (died 1979)
December 25? – Lucienne Heuvelmans, French sculptor (died 1944)
date unknown – Branko Radulović, Serbian painter (died 1916)

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