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| + | Year '''1898''' is the 898th year of the 19th century and the 98th year of the [[1890s]]. | ||
| - | :[[1890]] - [[1891]] - [[1892]] - [[1893]] - [[1894]] - [[1895]] - [[1896]] - [[1897]] - [[1898]] - [[1899]] | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| ===Visual arts=== | ===Visual arts=== | ||
| - | *''[[Lady Godiva]]'' (c. 1898) [[John Collier]] | + | *''[[Lady Godiva]]'' [[John Collier]] |
| - | *''[[Dead Mother]]'' (1898) - Max Klinger | + | *''[[Dead Mother]]'' by Max Klinger |
| **Max Klinger's version of Fuseli's Nightmare. | **Max Klinger's version of Fuseli's Nightmare. | ||
| *[[August Endell]] on [[Abstract art]] | *[[August Endell]] on [[Abstract art]] | ||
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Year 1898 is the 898th year of the 19th century and the 98th year of the 1890s.
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Art and culture
Visual arts
- Lady Godiva John Collier
- Dead Mother by Max Klinger
- Max Klinger's version of Fuseli's Nightmare.
- August Endell on Abstract art
- "We stand at the threshold of an altogether new art- an art with forms which mean or represent nothing, recall nothing, yet which can stimulate our souls as deeply as only the tones of music have been able to."
Literature
Fiction
- The She Devils by Pierre Louÿs
- White Stains by Crowley
- Exploits and Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, pataphysician by Jarry is written
Non-fiction
- Die Schönheit des Weiblichen Körpers by Carl Heinrich Stratz
- "Mescal: A New Artificial Paradise", a text by Havelock Ellis published
- Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair
Film
Births
- January 23 - Sergei Eisenstein, Russian film director (d. 1948)
- February 3 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976)
- February 10 - Bertolt Brecht, German writer (d. 1956)
- May 16 - Tamara de Lempicka, Art Deco painter (d. 1980)
- June 5 - Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet (d. 1936)
- June 17 - M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (d. 1972)
- June 22 - Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (d. 1970)
- July 17 - Berenice Abbott, American photographer (d. 1991)
- July 19 - Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (d. 1979)
- July 22 - Alexander Calder, American artist (d. 1976)
- July 30 - Henry Moore, English sculptor (d. 1986)
- August 26 - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (d. 1979)
- August 29 - Preston Sturges, American director and writer (d. 1959)
- September 26 - George Gershwin, American composer (d. 1937)
- November 11 - René Clair, French director (d. 1981)
- November 18 - Joris Ivens, Dutch director (d. 1989)
- November 21 - René Magritte, Belgian artist (d. 1967)
- November 29 - C. S. Lewis, British author (d. 1963)
Deaths
- January 14 - Lewis Carroll, British writer, mathematician (b. 1832)
- March 16 - Aubrey Beardsley, British artist (b. 1872)
- April 18 - Gustave Moreau, French painter (b. 1826)
- July 7 - Félicien Rops , French artist (b. 1833)
- September 9 - Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (b. 1842)
- October 24 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (b. 1824)
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