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- January 26 - Jean-Baptiste PigalleJean-Baptiste PigalleJean-Baptiste Pigalle was a French sculptor.He was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to obtain the Grand Prix, after a severe struggle he entered the Académie Royale and became one of the most popular sculptors of his day.His earlier work, such as Child with Cage ...
, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
(d. 17851785 in art-Events:*Joseph Wright of Derby holds a one-man exhibition in London, having severed his official connection with the Royal Academy.-Births:*April 26 – John James Audubon, naturalist and painter...
) - August 1 - Richard WilsonRichard Wilson (painter)Richard Wilson was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Wilson has been described as '...the most distinguished painter Wales has ever produced and the first to appreciate the aesthetic possibilities of his country.' He is considered to be the...
, landscape painter (d. 17821782 in art-Births:* March 24 – Orest Kiprensky, Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism * April 7 – Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey – sculptor * May 16 – John Sell Cotman – English artist of the Norwich school especially watercolours...
) - August 14 - Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 17891789 in art-Events:*James Stuart and Nicholas Revett publish "The Antiquities of Athens" with William Pars's 1765 painting "The Parthenon when it contained a mosque".-Works:*Jacques-Louis David – The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons...
) - August 28 - Jean-Baptiste DescampsJean-Baptiste DescampsJean-Baptiste Descamps was a French writer and painter of village scenes.Descamps was born in Dunkirk, but lived principally at Paris, till an accidental circumstance fixed him at Rouen, in 1740...
, French writer and painter of village scenes (d. 17911791 in art-Births:*January 6 – William Bent Berczy, painter and political figure in Upper Canada *February 13 – Sylvester Shchedrin, Russian landscape painter *March 20 – Marie Ellenrieder, German painter...
) - November - Pierre-François BricePierre-François BricePierre-François Brice was a French artist who spent most of his career in what is now Belgium.-Life:...
, Belgian painter (d. 17941794 in art-Works:* William Blake, The Ancient of Days-Births:*March 26 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter *May 13 – Louis Léopold Robert, Swiss painter *September 30 – Karl Begas, German historical painter...
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- Philippe Caffieri, sculptor (d. 17741774 in art-Births:* February 17 – Raphaelle Peale, considered the first professional American painter of still-life * September 5 – Caspar David Friedrich, Romantic painter * Pierre-Narcisse Guérin – French painter...
) - Thomas JohnsonThomas Johnson (designer)Thomas Johnson was an English wood carver and furniture maker.- Work :He worked in London and is particularly known for bold or extreme use and mixture of rococo, Chinese, and rustic motifs. He was said to be one of the most successful exponents of the rococo style, giving it a vitality not seen...
, wood carver and furniture maker (d. 17781778 in art-Paintings:* John Singleton Copley - Watson and the Shark* Goya - Children With a Cart* Gilbert Stuart - Self-portrait-Births:*January 1 - Charles Alexandre Lesueur, artist and explorer...
) - Anna Morandi ManzoliniAnna Morandi ManzoliniAnna Morandi Manzolini was a lecturer of anatomy and sculptor of anatomical models in wax. She was married to Giovanni Manzolini, a professor of anatomy at the University of Bologna. When her husband became ill with tuberculosis, she received special permission to lecture in his place. She became...
, sculptor in wax (d. 17741774 in art-Births:* February 17 – Raphaelle Peale, considered the first professional American painter of still-life * September 5 – Caspar David Friedrich, Romantic painter * Pierre-Narcisse Guérin – French painter...
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- Philippe Caffieri, sculptor (d. 1774
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- May - Andreas SchlüterAndreas SchlüterAndreas Schlüter was a German baroque sculptor and architect associated with the Petrine Baroque style of architecture and decoration.-Biography:...
, GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
sculptor and architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
in the Petrine BaroquePetrine BaroquePetrine Baroque is a name applied by art historians to a style of Baroque architecture and decoration favoured by Peter the Great and employed to design buildings in the newly-founded Russian capital, Saint Petersburg, under this monarch and his immediate successors.Unlike contemporaneous Naryshkin...
style (b. 16641664 in art-Paintings:* Claude Lorrain - Landscape with Psyche outside the Palace of Cupid -Births:* Torii Kiyonobu I – Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, especially on Kabuki signboards...
) - August 20 - Cristóbal de VillalpandoCristóbal de VillalpandoCristóbal de Villalpando was a Mexican painter. He painted prolifically and produced many Baroque works visible in several Mexican cathedrals, including the cathedrals in Querétaro and Mexico City.. He married María de Mendoza in 1669, and later had four children.-References:...
, Mexican painter (b. 16491649 in artThe year 1649 AD in art is evidenced by a number of paintings and sculptures, notably western European.- Paintings :* Diego Velázquez - Juan de Pareja.* Salomon van Ruysdael - Ferry on a River- Births :* date unknown...
) - October 4 - Peter StrudelPeter StrudelPeter Strudel or Peter Strudl was an Austrian sculptor and painter. His work forms the transition of Austria to the high baroque style.Strudel was born in Cles, Trentino....
, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n sculptor and painter (b. 16601660 in art-Births:* Antonio Amorosi – Italian painter of the late-Baroque, active in Ascoli Piceno and Rome * Jakub Bogdan – Slovak still-life painter * Felice Cignani – Italian painter from Bologna , son of Carlo Cignani...
) - November 2 - Giuseppe PasseriGiuseppe PasseriGiuseppe Passeri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native city of Rome.Born the nephew of the painter Giovanni Battista Passeri, Giuseppe trained in the studio of Carlo Maratta. Among the paintings by Giuseppe is St...
, Italian painter, active in his native city of RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(b. 16541654 in art-Events:* October 12 – The Delft Explosion destroys the city of Delft, killing painter Carel Fabritius when his home, studio, and most of his paintings were destroyed: only 5 paintings are known to exist.-Paintings:...
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- Antonio CalzaAntonio CalzaAntonio Calza was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Verona. He was the pupil of the Bolognese painter Carlo Cignani, then under Jacques Courtois. Guglielmo Capodoro Paganini and Giovanni Batista Canziani were his pupils...
, ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter of historical and battle-scenes (b. 16581658 in art-Paintings:*Adriaen van der Spelt and Frans van Mieris paint "Flower Piece with Curtain". It is now kept at The Art Institute of Chicago.*Rembrandt van Rijn – Self-portrait*Guido Cagnacci – Death of Cleopatra-Births:...
) - Niccolò CassanaNiccolo CassanaNiccolò Cassana was an Italian painter born in Venice and active during the late-Baroque. His older brother Giovanni Agostino Cassana was also a painter....
, Italian painter born in VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
(b. 16591659 in art-Paintings:* Rembrandt – Jacob Wrestling with the Angel* Jan Vermeer – Officer and a Laughing Girl-Births:*January 21 - Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes...
) - Giovanni Battista CimaroliGiovanni Battista CimaroliGiovanni Battista Cimaroli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia.Born in Salò and studied under Antonio Aureggio and Antonio Calza. He painted many commissions, often landscapes, for British patrons.-References:...
, Italian painter of landscapes (b. 16531653 in art-Events:*Architect and painter Lambert van Haven begins a 16-year period of travelling in Europe.-Paintings:*Claude Lorrain - The Adoration of the Golden Calf*Rembrandt van Rijn - Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer...
) - Jean-Jacques ClérionJean-Jacques ClérionJean-Jacques Clérion was a French sculptor who worked mainly for King Louis XIV.Clérion was born in either Aix-en-Provence or Trets. For much of his career he worked on the Chateau de Versailles, including many of the famous garden sculptures, such as the "Apollo Fountain"...
, French sculptor (b. 16371637 in art-Events:* Claude Lorrain produces a series of etchings of a display of fireworks in Rome.-Paintings:* Claude Lorrain – Seaport and Landscape with a Country Dance* Pieter de Grebber – Elisha refusing the gifts of Naaman-Births:...
) - Filippo Maria GallettiFilippo Maria GallettiFilippo Maria Galletti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Tuscany, Parma, and Liguria. He was a pupil of the painter Ciro Ferri and Pietro Dandini...
, Italian painter of religious works and a Theatine priest (b. 16361636 in art-Paintings:* Nicolas Poussin - The Triumph of Pan and The Triumph of Bacchus * Rembrandt**Belshazzar's Feast .**The Blinding of Samson...
) - Pierre Le Gros the ElderPierre Le Gros the ElderPierre Le Gros the Elder was a French sculptor whose output was largely absorbed by the decoration of the château and the gardens of Versailles, often working to designs provided by Charles Le Brun and collaborating with other sculptors of the Bâtiments du Roi...
, French sculptor for the VersaillesPalace of VersaillesThe Palace of Versailles , or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles....
(b. 16291629 in art-Events:* Pope Urban VIII asks Bernini to sketch possible renovations to the Trevi Fountain-Births:*January - Gabriël Metsu, Dutch painter *September 4 - Lorenzo Pasinelli, Italian painter in a Mannerism style of genre-like allegories...
) - Giovanni MoneriGiovanni MoneriGiovanni Moneri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He was born in Visone near Acqui in the Piedmont, and became the pupil of Giovanni Francesco Romanelli in Rome...
, Italian painter (b. 16371637 in art-Events:* Claude Lorrain produces a series of etchings of a display of fireworks in Rome.-Paintings:* Claude Lorrain – Seaport and Landscape with a Country Dance* Pieter de Grebber – Elisha refusing the gifts of Naaman-Births:...
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- Antonio Calza