1871 in art

Events

*Marie Spartali marries William J. Stillman.

Paintings

*"The Narrows, Lake George" by Daniel Huntington
*"The Old Stagecoach" by Eastman Johnson
*"The Harbour at Bordeaux" by Édouard Manet (E.G. Bührle collection, Zürich)
*"The Barricade (Civil War)" by Édouard Manet (Szepmuveseti Muzeum, Budapest)
*"Whistler's Mother" by James McNeill Whistler

Births

*April 11 - Theodor Pallady, painter (d. 1956)
*May 27 - Georges Rouault, Expressionist painter (d. 1958)
*July 24 - Giacomo Balla, painter (d. 1958)
*October 26 - Guillermo Kahlo, photographer (d. 1941)
* Émile André, architect and designer (d. 1933)
* Wilfrid de Glehn, painter (d. 1951)
* Miklós Ligeti, sculptor (d. 1944)
* Peter Moog, outsider artist (d. 1930)
* Granville Redmond, painter (d. 1935)
* Albert Herter, artist and painter (d. 1950)

Deaths

*February 20 - Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
*December 9 - Josef Mánes, painter (b. 1820)
* Moritz von Schwind, painter (b. 1804)
* Michael Thonet, furniture designer (b. 1796)
* George Hayter - English painter, specialising in portraits (b. 1792)