 ==events== * the sociÃ©tÃ© des artistes franÃ§ais is established, with william-adolphe bouguereau as its first president. * vincent van gogh returns from study in brussels to his parents' home in etten (netherlands) where he produces a number of early works, including the start of his series of peasant character studies and still lifes (including still life with straw hat).  * art gallery of south australia established in adelaide. * st. louis school and museum of fine arts established at washington university in st. louis, missouri, under the direction of halsey ives. * dante gabriel rossetti's ballads and sonnets published. ==works==  * lawrence alma-tadema ** in the tepidarium ** sappho and alcaeus * marie bashkirtseff â the studio * jules bastien-lepage â pauvre fauvette * alfred boucher â la piÃ©tÃ© filiale (sculpture) * frank bramley â a hopeless dawn * lady butler â scotland forever! * paul cÃ©zanne â self-portrait with olive wallpaper * pierre puvis de chavannes â the poor fisherman (musÃ©e d'orsay, paris) * edgar degas ** little dancer of fourteen years (sculpture) ** trotting horse (california palace of the legion of honor, san francisco) * stanhope forbes â a street in brittany * atkinson grimshaw â shipping on the clyde * ralph hedley â john graham lough in his studio * jean-jacques henner â saint jerome * max klinger â paraphrases about the finding of a glove (etchings, printed) * benjamin williams leader â february fill dyke * juan luna â the death of cleopatra * Ãdouard manet ** dead eagle owl ** le suicidÃ© * luc-olivier merson â nÃ´tre-dame de paris * hendrik willem mesdag â panorama mesdag * albert joseph moore ** blossoms ** yellow marguerites * [[giovanni muzz
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