1870s
- 1879 in art - Birth of Edward Steichen, Paul Klee
- 1878 in art - Birth of Augustus John, Mary Cassatt paints Portrait of the Artist, James Whistler sues John Ruskin for libel
- 1877 in art - Birth of Marsden Hartley, Kees van Dongen, Death of Gustave Courbet
- 1876 in art - Birth of August Sander
- 1875 in art - Death of Jean-François Millet, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
- 1874 in art - First Impressionist exhibition is held in a private studio outside the official Paris Salon
- 1873 in art -
- 1872 in art - Birth of Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet paints Impression, Sunrise
- 1871 in art - Birth of Jack Butler Yeats, Death of Paul Kane, Whistler's Mother
- 1870 in art - Birth of William Glackens, John Marin
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