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In 1856 was born John Singer Sargent, Mikhail Vrubel, John Lavery and Henri-Edmond Cross.
Some important events:
National Portrait Gallery was established in London on December 2, 1856.
The Turner Bequest, A legal settlement was approved on March 19, 1856, securing J.M.W. Turner's massive artistic bequest for the British nation.
Studio Openings, Édouard Manet opened his independent artist studio on December 8, 1856.
Design Milestone: Architect Owen Jones published the Grammar of Ornament, a hugely influential chromolithographic design manual.

John Singer SARGENT

Madame X

In 1855 was born Arthur Melville, Frederick McCubbin and Julius L. Stewart.
In the opening of Exposition Universelle, Paris hosted a massive world's fair featuring major art exhibition, but the jury rejected several works by Gustave Courbet. In defiance, Courbet built his own temporary gallery near the official fair to display his monumental masterpiece "The Painter's Studio" alongside 40 other works. This bold move established Courbet as the leader of the Realist movement, which prioritized raw, everyday contemporary life over idealized classical or historical subjects. Other notable artworks. "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel" by Gustave Dore, "The Studio Before the Auction" by Rudolf von Alt.

Frederick McCUBBIN

An old politician

In 1854 was born Charles Angrand and Jacek Malczewski. 
In this year art was characterized by the rising prominence of Realism in France and the major impact of Pre-Raphaelite and modern-life subjects at exhibitions in Great Britain. The Royal Academy Exhibition was a landmark of vibrant representation of contemporary British life. William Powell Frith's "Ramsgate Sands (Life at the Seaside)" became a sensational success. William Holman Hunt exhibited "The Awakening Conscience", a deeply symbolic Pre-Raphaelite painting addressing Victorian morality. Realism & Expansion: In France, Gustave Courbet began working on his monumental masterpiece, "L'Atelier du peintre" .Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres completed "Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII".

Charles ANGRAND

The guardian of turkeys

Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853. 
The Opening of Japan: Commodore Matthew Perry's 1853 arrival in Japan catalyzed a massive shift in global aesthetics, heavily influencing Western Art Nouveau and ukiyo-e print exchanges.
Notable Paintings Completed: John Everett Millais completed his famous emotional realist painting "The order of release"  and John Martin worked on his dramatic vision "The last judgement" around this time.

Vincent VAN GOGH