1734 in art
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- Engraving Copyright ActEngraving Copyright Act 1734The Engraving Copyright Act 1734 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1734 to give protections to producers of engravings. It is sometimes called Hogarth's Act after William Hogarth, whose work prompted the law...
('HogarthWilliam HogarthWilliam Hogarth was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects"...
's Act') in BritainKingdom of Great BritainThe former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...
protects original engravingEngravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
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Paintings
- Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin paints The House of Cards
Births
- March 9 – Marie-Suzanne GiroustMarie-Suzanne GiroustMarie-Suzanne Giroust, Madame Roslin was a French painter, miniaturist and pastellist. She was a member of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture. She was married to the Swedish painter Alexander Roslin.-Biography:Marie-Suzanne Giroust was the daughter of Barthélemy Giroust, Jeweller to the...
, French painter (d. 17721772 in art-Events:*King George III of the United Kingdom appoints Benjamin West official painter to the court.-Works:* John Singleton Copley – Samuel Adams, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston*Fyodor Rokotov – Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya-Births:...
) - September 3 – Joseph WrightJoseph Wright of DerbyJoseph Wright , styled Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution"....
, British painter (d. 17971797 in art-Births:*June 16 – Sophie Fremiet, French painter *July 17 – Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter *August 8 – Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, French painter *September 19 – January Suchodolski, Polish painter and Army officer...
) - December 15 – George RomneyGeorge Romney (painter)George Romney was an English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures - including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson....
, English painter (d. 18021802 in art-Events:*The Journal of the Royal Institution records one of the first experiments in photography.-Works:*Antonio Canova – statue of Napoleon Bonaparte*François Gerard – Madame Récamier*John Constable – Dedham Vale, 1802-Births:...
) - Jean-Baptiste Le PrinceJean-Baptiste Le PrinceJean-Baptiste Le Prince was an important French etcher and painter. Le Prince first studied painting techniques in his native Metz. He then travelled to Paris around 1750 and became a leading student of the great painter, François Boucher...
– French etcher and painter (d. 17811781 in art-Works:*Jacques-Louis David – Belisarius begging for alms* Henry Fuseli – The Nightmare-Births:*March – John Burnet, Scottish engraver and painter *March 13 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel, architect and painter...
) - Francisco Bayeu y SubíasFrancisco Bayeu y SubíasFrancisco Bayeu y Subias was a Spanish painter, active in a Neoclassic style, whose main subjects were religious and historical themes....
– SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
in the NeoclassicNeoclassicismNeoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome...
style, primarily of religious and historical themes (d. 17951795 in art-Works:* William Blake's monotypes Nebuchadnezzar, Newton, The Night of Enitharmon's Joy and Pity.* Philip James de Loutherbourg's painting Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June.-Births:...
) - Gaetano GandolfiGaetano GandolfiGaetano Gandolfi was an Italian painter of the late Baroque and early Neoclassic period, active in Bologna.Gaetano was born in San Matteo della Decima, near Bologna, to a family of artists. Ubaldo Gandolfi was his brother, Mauro Gandolfi was his son, and Democrito Gandolfi was his grandson...
– BologneseBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
painter of the late BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
and early NeoclassicNeoclassicismNeoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome...
period (d. 18021802 in art-Events:*The Journal of the Royal Institution records one of the first experiments in photography.-Works:*Antonio Canova – statue of Napoleon Bonaparte*François Gerard – Madame Récamier*John Constable – Dedham Vale, 1802-Births:...
) - Jean HumbertJean Humbert (painter)Jean Humbert de Superville was a Dutch painter of Swiss and French extraction. Humbert was primarily known as a portrait painter....
, Dutch portrait 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...
) - Jean Henri RiesenerJean Henri RiesenerJean-Henri Riesener was the French royal ébéniste, working in Paris, whose work exemplified the early neoclassical Louis XVI style"....
– furniture designer (d. 18061806 in art-Events:*The Elgin Marbles are brought to Britain from Greece by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin.-Works:* Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres:*Napoleon on his Imperial Throne*Madame Rivière-Births:...
) - Anton JanšaAnton Janšathumb|Anton Janša - portraitAnton Janša was a Slovene apiarist and painter. Janša is known as a pioneer of modern apiculture and a great expert in the field. He was educated as a painter, but was employed as a teacher of apiculture at the Habsburg court in Vienna.- Biography :Anton Janša was born...
– SloveneSloveniansThe Slovenes, Slovene people, Slovenians, or Slovenian people are a South Slavic people primarily associated with Slovenia and the Slovene language.-Population:Most Slovenes today live within the borders of the independent Slovenia...
apiaristBeekeeperA beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees for the purposes of securing commodities such as honey, beeswax, pollen, royal jelly; pollinating fruits and vegetables; raising queens and bees for sale to other farmers; and/or for purposes satisfying natural scientific curiosity...
and painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(d. 17731773 in art-Events:*Francisco Goya marries Josefa Bayeu.*Ulrika Pasch elected in to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts-Births:*December 9 – Marianne Ehrenström, Swedish writer, singer, painter, pianist, culture personality, and memorialist *date unknown...
) - (b. 1734/1739): Hugh Douglas Hamilton – IrishIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
portrait artist (d. 18081808 in art-Events:* May 2 and May 3, In Spain the guerrilla resistance movement against the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte begins; immortalized in 1814 by Francisco Goya's Third of May 1808....
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- Claude Audran IIIClaude Audran IIIClaude Audran III was a French painter.Audran was born in Lyon into a family of artists. He was a decorative artist, and made a number of tapestries for the Gobelins. Audran's style included arabesques, grotesques and singeries. He died in 1734. -References:...
, FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
painter (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:...
) - Paolo AlboniPaolo AlboniPaolo Alboni , also called Paolo Antonio Alboni, was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. He was born and trained in Bologna, where he became a landscape painter...
– 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 the late-BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period (b. 16711671 in art-Events:*The Discalced Carmelites of Vilnius build a wooden chapel to house the painting Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn.-Works:*Gerard de Lairesse – Three ceiling paintings for Andries de Graeff, now at the Peace Palace in The Hague...
) - 21 November – Alexis Simon BelleAlexis Simon BelleAlexis Simon Belle was a French portrait painter, known for his portraits of the French and Jacobite nobility.-Birth:...
– FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
portrait painterPortraitthumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
(b. 16741674 in art-Paintings:* Claude Lorrain painted Seaport .* Willem van de Velde the Elder painted the First Battle of Schooneveld-Births:*January 12 – Alexis Simon Belle French portrait painter...
) - Giacomo BologniniGiacomo BologniniGiacomo Bolognini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. The nephew of Giovanni Battista Bolognini, he was born in Bologna. Married to Antonia Margherita Contoli, he had two sons, Giovanni Battista and Francesco, and four daughters, Anna, Olimpia, Rosalba and Teresa.Following tutelage under...
– 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 the BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
(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...
) - Pietro CapelliPietro CapelliPietro Capelli was an Italian painter of the Rococo, active in his native city of Naples. He trained under Francesco Solimena. He was active in quadratura.-References:...
– 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 the RococoRococoRococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...
, active in quadratura (b. unknown) - Andrea ProcacciniAndrea ProcacciniAndrea Procaccini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome as well as in Spain.Born in Rome, he trained in the studio of Carlo Maratta. He painted the prophet Daniel for a series of twelve prophets made for San Giovanni Laterano. He assisted in the establishment of the papal...
– 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 for the royal family of Philip V (b. 16711671 in art-Events:*The Discalced Carmelites of Vilnius build a wooden chapel to house the painting Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn.-Works:*Gerard de Lairesse – Three ceiling paintings for Andries de Graeff, now at the Peace Palace in The Hague...
) - Gao QipeiGao QipeiGāo Qípeì was born in Jiangxi to a family of Manchu ethnicity. He had success as an official in southern China, but is best known today as a painter. He initially gained reputation as an artist who did landscapes and figures in traditional style. By age twenty, he became known as an eccentric who...
– Chinese painter of landscapeLandscapeLandscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...
s and figures (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...
) - Tobias QuerfurtTobias QuerfurtTobias Querfurt, also Tobias Querfurt the Elder, was a German painter, draughtsman, and engraver.Information regarding Querfurt's birth is unknown. He painted primarily landscapes and portraits. He instructed his son August Querfurt who also became a painter. He died in Wolfenbüttel in...
– German painter, draughtsman, and engraver (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...
) - Sebastiano RicciSebastiano RicciSebastiano Ricci was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting.-Early years:He was born in Belluno, son...
– 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 in the CortonesquePietro da CortonaPietro da Cortona, by the name of Pietro Berrettini, born Pietro Berrettini da Cortona, was the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time and also one of the key architects in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important decorator...
style of grand manner fresco painting (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...
) - Jean RaouxJean RaouxJean Raoux , French painter, was born at Montpellier.After the usual course of training he became a member of the Academy in 1717 as an historical painter...
– 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...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(b. 16771677 in art-Paintings:* Thomas Flatman painted miniature portraits.* Pietro Giarguzzi painted the fresco "The Holy Trinity crowning the Blessed Virgin Mary" at San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane [view: http://web.comhem.se/~u13117202/scarlino.htm ComHem-se-Scarlino]....
) - Gaetano SabatiniGaetano SabatiniGaetano Sabatini was an Italian draftsman and painter.Sabatini died young and little is known about his life. He studied in Bologna, and perfected his style first in drawing, then in painting. He was deaf-mute and was nicknamed "Il Mutolo" . The Getty Museum has a self-portrait by...
, Italian draftsman and painter (born 17031703 in art-Births:*February 18 - Corrado Giaquinto, Italian Rococo painter *September 29 - François Boucher, French Rococo painter, engraver and designer *date unknown**Sir Henry Cheere, 1st Baronet, English sculptor...
) - May 4 – James ThornhillJames ThornhillSir James Thornhill was an English painter of historical subjects, in the Italian baroque tradition.-Life:...
, English painter (b. 16751675 in art-Births:*April 29 – Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, Italian decorative and mural painter from Venice *June 23 – Louis de Silvestre, French painter *October 7 = Rosalba Carriera, Venetian Rococo painter especially of portrait miniatures...
or 1676) - Peter TillemansPeter TillemansPeter Tillemans was a Flemish painter, best known for his works on sporting and topographical subjects. Alongside John Wootton and James Seymour, he was one of the founders of the English school of sporting painting....
– Flemish baroque painter, especially of portraiture, landscapes, and works on sporting and military subjects (b. c. 16841684 in art-Births:*January 14 - Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Dutch painter *October 10 - Antoine Watteau, French painter **Karl Aigen, German painter, master painter/tutor with Daniel Gran in Vienna...
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