Overview of the events of 1875 in art
Events from the year 1875 in art.
- January 18 – O. G. Rejlander, photographer in England (born 1813)
- January 20 – Jean-François Millet, French painter (born 1814)
- February – Auguste-Joseph Carrier, French miniature painter (born 1800)
- February 22 – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter (born 1796)
- February 28 – Sophia Isberg, Swedish woodcarver (born 1819)
- March 20 – January Suchodolski, Polish painter and Army officer (born 1797)
- April 13 – P. C. Skovgaard, Danish romantic nationalist landscape painter (born 1817)
- April 21 – Henry William Pickersgill, English painter specialising in portraits (born 1782)
- April 30 – Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French artist and explorer (born 1766)
- May 1 – Alfred Stevens, English sculptor (born 1818)
- June 4 – Frederick Walker, English social realist painter (born 1840)
- June 25 – Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (born 1796)
- July 9 – Christian Ruben, German painter (born 1805)
- September 11 – Fyodor Bruni, Russian painter of Italian descent (born 1799)
- September 12 – Paul Fischer, German portrait, miniature and landscape painter (born 1786)
- September 28 – Thomas Ender, Austrian painter (born 1793)
- October 12 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French painter and sculptor (born 1827)
- November 25 – Mary Harrison, English flower and fruit painter and illustrator (born 1788)
- December 10 – Ōtagaki Rengetsu, Japanese Buddhist nun and poet, potter, painter and calligrapher (born 1791)