1844 in art

List of years in art (Table)
… 1834 ^. 1835 ^. 1836 ^. 1837 ^. 1838 ^. 1839 ^. 1840 … 1841 ^. 1842 ^. 1843 -1844- 1845 ^. 1846 ^. 1847 … 1848 ^. 1849 ^. 1850 ^. 1851 ^. 1852 ^. 1853 ^. 1854 …
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… 1841 ^. 1842 ^. 1843 – 1844 – 1845 ^. 1846 ^. 1847 … … 1810s ^. 1820s ^. 1830s – 1840s – 1850s ^. 1860s ^. 1870s … … 18th century – 19th century – 20th century …
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July 31 - Opening of the Wadsworth Atheneum, the oldest art museum in the United States.

Gustave Courbet
- Portrait of Juliette Courbet (Musée du Petit Palais, Paris)
- The Hammock
J. M. W. Turner - Rain, Steam and Speed

May 21 - Henri Rousseau, "Le Douanier Rousseau", modernist primitive painter (d. 1910)
May 22 - Mary Cassatt, Impressionist painter (d. 1926)
July 25 - Thomas Eakins, painter, photographer, sculptor (d. 1916)
August 5 - Ilya Yefimovich Repin, painter and sculptor (d. 1930)
October 22 - Lady Margaret Forrest, patron of the arts (d. 1929)
October 28 - Moses Jacob Ezekiel, sculptor (d. 1917)
date unknown - Sir Luke Fildes, painter and illustrator (d. 1927)
date unknown - Mihály Munkácsy, painter (d. 1909)