1746 in art
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Paintings
- CanalettoCanalettoGiovanni Antonio Canal better known as Canaletto , was a Venetian painter famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice. He was also an important printmaker in etching.- Early career :...
paints Westminster BridgeWestminster BridgeWestminster Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames between Westminster on the north side and Lambeth on the south side, in London, England....
. - John SmybertJohn SmybertJohn Smybert , Scottish American artist, was born in Edinburgh and died in Boston, Massachusetts.Smibert began drawing while apprenticed as a painter and plasterer, on moving to London he worked as a painter of coach carriages and a copyist.He studied under Sir James Thornhill at his academy, then...
paints portrait of William PepperrellWilliam PepperrellSir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet was a merchant and soldier in Colonial Massachusetts. He is widely remembered for organizing, financing, and leading the 1745 expedition that captured the French garrison at Fortress Louisbourg during King George's War...
Births
- March 22 – Gerard van SpaendonckGerard van SpaendonckGerard van Spaendonck was a Dutch painter.Gerard was born in Tilburg, an older brother of Cornelis van Spaendonck , who was also a renowned artist. In the 1760s he studied with decorative painter Willem Jacob Herreyns in Antwerp...
, Dutch painter (died 18221822 in art-Works:*Nicéphore Niépce creates first permanent photograph through his heliographic process*Eugène Delacroix – The Barque of Dante *Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin – Anchises and Venus*Louis Hersent – Ruth...
) - March 30 – Francisco GoyaFrancisco GoyaFrancisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era...
, AragonAragonAragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...
ese Spanish painter and printmakerPrintmakingPrintmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
(died 18281828 in art-Births:*May 10 – James McDougal Hart, painter *May 11 – Alfred Stevens, painter *May 12 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite painter *June 13 – Elie Delaunay, painter...
) - June 6 – Francesco Saverio MergaloFrancesco Saverio MergaloFrancesco Saverio Mergalo was an Italian painter of the Rococo or late-Baroque period, active near his natal city of Monteleone di Calabria. He was best known for his portraits.-References:...
, Italian portrait 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...
or 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 (d. 17861786 in art-Births:*January 26 – Benjamin Haydon, English historical painter and writer *April 1 – William Mulready, Irish genre painter of rural scenes *April 16 – Albrecht Adam, painter...
) - October 22 – James NorthcoteJames NorthcoteJames Northcote RA , was an English painter.-Biography:He was born at Plymouth, and was apprenticed to his father, a poor watchmaker. In his spare time, he drew and painted. In 1769 he left his father and set up as a portrait painter. Four years later he went to London and was admitted as a pupil...
, English painter (died 18311831 in art-Events:*Clarkson Stanfield's spectacular panorama Venice and Its Adjacent Islands is staged in London as part of the annual Christmas pantomime.-Births:*October 26 – Nathaniel Hone the Younger, Irish painter *date unknown...
) - December 30 – François-André VincentFrançois-André VincentFrançois-André Vincent was a French neoclassical painter.He was the son of the miniaturist François-Elie Vincent and studied under Joseph-Marie Vien. He travelled to Rome, where he won the Prix de Rome in 1768...
, 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 (died 18161816 in art-Births:*February 22 – Thomas Gambier Parry, artist and art collector *March 18 – Antonio Salviati, glassmaker *May 24 – Emanuel Leutze, painter * date unknown**Paul Emile Chappuis, photographer -Deaths:...
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- Luis Paret y AlcázarLuis Paret y AlcázarLuis Paret y Alcázar was a Spanish painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.He was born in Madrid he first trained with Antonio González Velazquez and attended the Academia Real de San Fernando in Madrid, where he won a second prize in a painting contest in 1760, and first prize in 1766...
– 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...
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...
or 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...
period (d. 17991799 in art-Works:*Jacques-Louis David – The Intervention of the Sabine Women*Anne-Louis Girodet – Mademoiselle Lange en Danaé*Francisco Goya – Los Caprichos*J. M. W. Turner – Norham Castle-Births:*January 7 – Eduard Magnus, German painter...
) - William AshfordWilliam AshfordWilliam Ashford was an English landscape painter who worked exclusively in Ireland.Ashford was born in Birmingham, England in 1746 and arrived in Dublin, Ireland in 1764 at the age of eighteen. Within three years of his arrival, Ashford was exhibiting with the Society of Artists on William Street...
, British painter who worked exclusively in IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
(died 18241824 in art-Events:*April 2 – The British government buys John Julius Angerstein's art collection for £60,000 for the purpose of establishing a National Gallery in London....
) - Xi GangXi GangXi Gang ; 1746-1803 was a renowned seal carver and painter in Qing Dynasty. He was born in Qiántáng . His style name was Chunzhang and his pseudonym was Tiesheng . Other names include Hezhusheng and Mengquan Waishi . His specialty was in painting landscapes...
– renowned Chinese calligrapher and painter in Qing DynastyQing DynastyThe Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
(died 18031803 in art-Awards:The Prix de Rome is expanded in 1803 to include musical composition as a category.* Grand Prix de Rome, painting:* Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture:* Grand Prix de Rome, music: Albert Androt.-Births:...
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- Luis Paret y Alcázar
Deaths
- February 22 – Guillaume Coustou the ElderGuillaume Coustou the ElderGuillaume Coustou the Elder was a French sculptor and academician. Coustou was the younger brother of French sculptor Nicolas Coustou and the pupil of his mother's brother, Antoine Coysevox...
, French 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...
and academician (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]....
) - March 20 – Nicolas de LargillièreNicolas de LargillièreNicolas de Largillière was a painter born in Paris, France.-Early life:Largillière's father, a merchant, took him to Antwerp at the age of three. As a boy, he spent nearly two years in London. Sometime after his return to Antwerp, a failed attempt at business led him to the studio of Goubeau...
, French painter (b. 16561656 in art-Works:* The Procuress – Johannes Vermeer * Las Meninas – Diego Velázquez -Births:*April 9 - Francesco Trevisani, Italian painter of frescoes...
) - March 29 – Matteo RipaMatteo RipaMatteo Ripa was an Italian priest who was sent as a missionary to China by Propaganda Fide, and between 1711 to 1723 worked as a painter and copper-engraver at the Manchu court of the well-known Kangxi Emperor....
, painter, engraver and missionary (b. 16821682 in art-Births: *February 13 – Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian rococo painter *April 15 – Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter *August 15 - Annibale Albani, Italian Cardinal, whose library, gallery of paintings/sculpture, and cabinet of coins were added to the Vatican collection *October 24 - William Aikman...
) - June 8 – Giacomo LeoniGiacomo LeoniGiacomo Leoni , also known as James Leoni, was an Italian architect, born in Venice. He was a devotee of the work of Florentine Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, who had also been an inspiration for Andrea Palladio. Leoni thus served as a prominent exponent of Palladianism in English...
, architect (b. 16861686 in art-Events:*Pierre Granier is commissioned to provide a new right arm for the recently-discovered Jupiter de Smyrne.*Bogdan Saltanov becomes head of the painting workshop of the Kremlin Armoury.-Births:...
) - July 30 – Francesco TrevisaniFrancesco Trevisanithumb|250px|Portrait of [[Pietro Ottoboni |Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni]] by Francesco Trevisani. The [[Bowes Museum]], [[Barnard Castle]], [[County Durham]], [[England]]....
, Italian painter of frescoFrescoFresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
es (b. 16561656 in art-Works:* The Procuress – Johannes Vermeer * Las Meninas – Diego Velázquez -Births:*April 9 - Francesco Trevisani, Italian painter of frescoes...
) - December 31 – Antonio BaroniAntonio BaroniAntonio Baroni was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in Verona. He trained with Simone Brentana in Verona, and then in Bologna with Marcantonio Franceschini. He painted Sacrifice of Isaac for the oratorio di San Biago. He painted a Nativity for the church of San Alessio. He...
, Italian painter active in VeronaVeronaVerona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
(b. 16781678 in art-Births:*June 3 - Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian painter, sculptor and architect *date unknown**Giovanni Francesco Bagnoli, Italian painter of still-life paintings **Antonio Baroni, Italian painter active in Verona...
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- Domenico BocciardoDomenico BocciardoDomenico Bocciardo was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Genoa.Native of Finale Ligure, but died in Genoa. He was a pupil of Giovanni Maria Morandi in Rome, but upon the death of Morandi in 1717, went to Genoa to work. He painted a San Giovanni baptizing the Multitude for the...
, Italian painter, active in GenoaGenoaGenoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
(b. 16801680 in art-Events:*Following the death of Sir Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller is appointed Principal Painter to the Crown by King Charles II of England.-Births:*January 3 - Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco plasterer *date unknown...
) - Jan-Baptist Bosschaert – Dutch painter (b. 16671667 in art-Events:* February – the first theatre in Sweden, opens in Bollhuset and Lejonkulan in Stockholm.-Paintings:* Rembrandt van Rijn – The Jewish Bride-Births:*February 4 - Alessandro Magnasco, Italian Rococo painter of genre or landscape scenes...
) - Sebastiano GaleottiSebastiano GaleottiSebastiano Galeotti was a peripatetic Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in Florence, Genoa, Parma, Piacenza, Codogno, Lodi, Cremona, Milan, Vicenza, Bergamo, and Turin....
, peripatetic Italian painter (b. 16561656 in art-Works:* The Procuress – Johannes Vermeer * Las Meninas – Diego Velázquez -Births:*April 9 - Francesco Trevisani, Italian painter of frescoes...
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- Domenico Bocciardo