1878 in art
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[edit] Events
- James McNeill Whistler sues critic John Ruskin for libel over his painting Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket. Whistler wins a farthing in nominal damages, and is bankrupted by his legal costs.
[edit] Works
- Mary Cassatt - Portrait of the Artist
- Eduard Charlemont - The Moorish Chief
- William Merritt Chase - A Fishmarket in Venice and The Mandolin Player
- Jean-Jacques Henner - The Magdalene
- Édouard Manet - Blonde Woman with Bare Breasts (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
- Alfred Sisley - Snow at Louveciennes (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
[edit] Births
- January 4 - Augustus John, painter (d. 1961)
- March 27 - Kathleen Scott (Lady Scott), sculptor (d. 1947)
- April 24 - Jean Crotti, painter (d. 1958)
- November 27 - William Orpen, portrait painter (d. 1931)
- date unknown - Spencer Gore, painter (d. 1914)
