See also: 1897 in art, other events of 1898, 1899 in art, list of years in art. See also: 1896 in art, other events of 1897, 1898 in art, list of years in art. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... See also: 1898 in art, other events of 1899, 1900 in art, list of years in art. ... This page indexes the individual year in art pages. ...

Events

Works

• Edvard Munch - Metabolism

Self Portrait with Skeleton Arm, 1895 Edvard Munch (December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) was a Norwegian expressionist painter and printmaker. ...

Births

• February 3 - Alvar Aalto, architect
• May 17 - Alfred Joseph Casson, painter
• May 21 - Armand Hammer, art collector
• June 17 - M.C. Escher, artist
• July 2 - Gen Paul, painter
• July 30 - Henry Moore, sculptor
• August 26 - Peggy Guggenheim, art collector
• September 25 - Robert Brackman, painter
• November 21 - René Magritte, painter

February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (February 3, 1898 _ May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... A. J. Casson was a Canadian artist. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898 – December 10, 1990) was an enigmatic American industrialist and art collector. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... Self-portrait (1943) by M.C. Escher Maurits Cornelis Escher (Leeuwarden, June 17, 1898 – March 27, 1972 in Laren) was a Dutch mathematical artist known for his woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints which feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, and tessellations. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Gen Paul, born Eugène Paul on July 2, 1898 in Montmartre, France - died on April 30, 1975 in Paris, France, was a painter and engraver. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... Reclining Figure (1951) is characteristic of Moores sculptures, with an abstract female figure intercut with voids. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... Peggy Guggenheim (August 26, 1898 - December 23, 1979) was an American art collector. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 - July 1980) born at Odeska Oblast, Ukraine he was an eminent artist and teacher who emigrated from Russia in 1908. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This is not a pipe. ...

Deaths

• February 25 - Francis Frith, photographer
• March 16 - Aubrey Beardsley, painter, cartoonist and illustrator
• April 18 - Gustave Moreau, painter
• June 17 - Edward Burne-Jones, Pre-Raphaelite artist
• July 29 - Arturo Michelena, painter
• August 3 - Charles Garnier, architect
• August 8 - Eugène Boudin, painter
• October 24 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter