1887 in art

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The year 1887 in art involved some significant events.

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Walter Crane illustrates "The Architecture of Art" (included in his Claims of Decorative Art, printed later).
Charles Lang Freer’s first Asian art purchase is a painted Japanese fan.

3 January - August Macke, Expressionist painter (d.1914).
5 February - Albert Paris Gütersloh, Austrian painter and writer (d.1973).
23 March - Juan Gris, painter and sculptor (d.1927).
25 March - Josef Čapek, painter (d.1945).
May - Jacob Steinhardt, painter and woodcut artist (d.1968).
12 May - Leo Michelson, Latvian-American painter and sculptor (d.1978).
21 May - Barker Fairley, English-born Canadian painter, writer, and educator (d.1986).
30 May - Alexander Archipenko, sculptor (d.1964).
20 June - Kurt Schwitters, Dadaist painter and writer (d.1948).