May 20 – A letter, "A Woman's Plea", published in The Times of London protests against the use of nude models in art. Signed "British Matron" it is in fact written by painter and senior Royal Academician John Callcott Horsley.
June – Paul Gauguin returns to Paris from Copenhagen where he has been unsuccessful in reconciling with his wife.
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