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Events
- May 1 - The 1893 World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, opens to the public in Chicago, USA, with a Romanesque statue of Columbia overlooking the man-made lake. The first United States commemorative postage stamps were issued for the Exposition.
- The National Sculpture Society is founded.
Awards
Works
Paintings
- Henrique Bernardelli - Messalini
- Olga Boznańska - Self-portrait
- Edgar Bundy - Antonio Stradivari at work in his studio
- Edward Burne-Jones - Love Among the Ruins
- Peder Severin Krøyer - Sommeraften ved Skagen Sønderstrand med Anna Ancher og Marie Krøyer
- Edvard Munch - The Scream
- Franz Stuck - The Sin
Sculptures
Births
- March 3
- Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (d. 1998)
- Ivon Hitchens, English painter (d. 1979)
- March 11 - Wanda Gag, children's author and artist (d. 1946)
- March 29 - Dora Carrington, painter and designer (d. 1932)
- April 9 - Charles E. Burchfield, American scene painter
- April 20 - Joan Miro, painter
- May 16 - Stella Bowen, painter (d. 1947)
- July 26 - George Grosz, painter and draftsman (d. 1959)
- September 15 - Rene Paul Chambellan, sculptor
- October 1 - Marianne Brandt, painter, sculptor and designer (d. 1983)
- October 9 - Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (d. 1945)
- December 29 - Berthold Bartosch, Bohemian animator (d. 1968)
- date unknown - Sándor Bortnyik, painter and graphic designer (d. 1976)
- date unknown - Abraham Rattner, painter and camouflage specialist (d. 1978)
- date unknown - Chaim Soutine, painter (d. 1943)
Deaths
- January 30 - Prince Grigory Gagarin, soldier and painter (b. 1811)
- March 16 - William H. Illingworth, American photographer (b. 1844)
- April 6 - Vicat Cole, painter (b. 1833)
- October 6 - Ford Madox Brown, painter (b. 1821)
- Gustav Fabergé, jeweler (b. 1814)
