1872 in art
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See also: 1871 in art, other 1872 events, 1873 in art, list of years in art.
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[edit] Events
- February 20 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City
[edit] Works
- Caspar Buberl - Fulton Memorial, New York City
- John Gast - American Progress
- Jean-Léon Gérôme - Pollice Verso
- Berthe Morisot with a Fan by Édouard Manet (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
- Berthe Morisot by Édouard Manet (Private collection)
- Le chemin de fer ("The Railroad") by Édouard Manet (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)
- Racecourse in the Bois de Boulogne by Édouard Manet (Private collection)
- Vasily Perov - Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Alfred Sisley - Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garonne
- Claude Monet - Impression, soleil levant ("Impression, Sunrise") - dated 1872, but probably created in 1873
[edit] Births
- February 25 - Alice Bailly Swiss painter and multimedia artist (d. 1938)
- March 7 - Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter (d. 1944)
[edit] Deaths
- November 5 - Thomas Sully, portrait painter
