See also: 1879 in art, other events of 1880, 1881 in art, list of years in art, List_of_art_events.

Events

• Vincent van Gogh begins his career as a professional painter

Births

• February 8 - Franz Marc, artist, co-founder: Blauer Reiter († 1916)
• August 22 - George Herriman, cartoonist (Krazy Kat) († 1944)

Deaths

• None listed