1869 in art
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Events
- Built in Neo-Renaissance " New House " of the Vienna Court Opera on the Ring Road is completed. The opening takes place on May 25 with a performance of the opera Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Eduard van der Null and August Sicard von Sicardsburg, the architects of the critically including " Battle of Sadowa " vilified building died in the previous year.
- In Vienna, the construction of the Palais Hansen starts.
Born
- January 8: Arnold Genthe, German - American photographer († 1942)
- JANUARY 15: Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish painter and draftsman († 1907)
- May 27: Otto Gussmann, German painter, professor of ornamentation and architecture-related paintings and designer († 1926)
- MAY 28: Hermann Jansen, German architect and urban planner († 1945)
- September 3: Helene Funke, German painter († 1957)
- SEPTEMBER 8: Johann Eustacchio, Austrian architect († 1909)
- September 15: Fritz Overbeck, German painter († 1909)
- 4 October: Ivan Rerberg, Russian architect († 1932)
- October 22: August Gaul, German animal sculptor († 1921)
- November 4: Fritz Schumacher, German architect and urban planner († 1947)
Died
- JULY 22: John August Roebling, German - American engineer (* 1806)
- JULY 28: Carl Gustav Carus, German naturalist and painter (* 1789)
- NOVEMBER 12: Friedrich Overbeck, German painter, draftsman and illustrator (* 1789)
- November 22: Carl Ferdinand Langhans, German architect (* 1782 )