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- January 10 – Guillaume Guillon-LethièreGuillaume Guillon-LethièreGuillaume Guillon Lethière was a French neoclassical painter.Born in Guadeloupe in 1760 to a French colonial official named Pierre Guillon and a disenfranchised "mulatto" mother, Lethière has been often written about in the context of French colonial history and the French Revolution.At 14 years...
, 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...
neoclassicalNeoclassicismNeoclassicism 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...
painter (d. 18321832 in art-Awards:*Prix de Rome**for painting – Antoine Wiertz**for sculpture – François Jouffroy-Works:*Hokusai – The Great Wave off Kanagawa-Births:*January 6 – Gustave Doré, French illustrator *January 23 – Édouard Manet, French painter,...
) - January 20 – Ferdinand BauerFerdinand BauerFerdinand Lucas Bauer was an Austrian botanical illustrator who travelled on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia.-Biography:...
, Austrian botanical illustrator (d. 18261826 in art-Works:*Nicéphore Niépce creates first permanent photograph of a natural subject, View from the Window at Le Gras*Thomas Cole – Sunrise in the Catskill Mountains*Horace Vernet – Battle of the Bridge of Arcole-Births:...
) - March 2 – Christina Charlotta CederströmChristina Charlotta CederströmChristina Charlotta Cederström was a Swedish Dilettante artist, salon hostess, and baroness. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and the French Académie des Beaux-Arts....
, Swedish artist, poet, and baroness (d. 18321832 in art-Awards:*Prix de Rome**for painting – Antoine Wiertz**for sculpture – François Jouffroy-Works:*Hokusai – The Great Wave off Kanagawa-Births:*January 6 – Gustave Doré, French illustrator *January 23 – Édouard Manet, French painter,...
) - March 4 – William Payne, English painter, inventor of Payne's greyPayne's greyPayne's grey is a dark blue-grey colour used in painting. It can be used as a mixer in place of black. Being less intense than black, it is easier to get the right shade when using it as a mixer...
(d. 18301830 in art-Events:*Clarkson Stanfield's panorama The Military Pass of the Simplon is featured in a Christmas pantomime in London.*Approximate beginning of the Barbizon school of painters.-Works:*George Catlin – General William Clark...
) - March 6 – Dora StockDora StockDora Stock was an artist of the 18th and 19th centuries who specialized in portraiture. She was at the center of a highly cultivated household in which a great number of artists, musicians, and writers were guests; and her friends and acquaintances included some of the most eminent figures of her...
, portrait painter (d. 18321832 in art-Awards:*Prix de Rome**for painting – Antoine Wiertz**for sculpture – François Jouffroy-Works:*Hokusai – The Great Wave off Kanagawa-Births:*January 6 – Gustave Doré, French illustrator *January 23 – Édouard Manet, French painter,...
) - March 16 – Johann Heinrich MeyerJohann Heinrich MeyerJohann Heinrich Meyer was a Swiss painter and art writer active in Weimar. A pupil of Henry Fuseli, he went to Rome in 1784, and befriended Goethe in 1787, becoming his right-hand-man in artistic matters...
, Swiss painter and art writer (d. 18321832 in art-Awards:*Prix de Rome**for painting – Antoine Wiertz**for sculpture – François Jouffroy-Works:*Hokusai – The Great Wave off Kanagawa-Births:*January 6 – Gustave Doré, French illustrator *January 23 – Édouard Manet, French painter,...
) - April 13 – Thomas LawrenceThomas Lawrence (painter)Sir Thomas Lawrence RA FRS was a leading English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy.Lawrence was a child prodigy. He was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper. At the age of ten, having moved to Bath, he was supporting his family with his...
, EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
portrait painter (d. 18301830 in art-Events:*Clarkson Stanfield's panorama The Military Pass of the Simplon is featured in a Christmas pantomime in London.*Approximate beginning of the Barbizon school of painters.-Works:*George Catlin – General William Clark...
) - October/November – HokusaiHokusaiwas a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, ukiyo-eUkiyo-e' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters...
painter and printmaker of the Edo periodEdo periodThe , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
(d. 18491849 in art-Events:* May – First exhibition of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: John Everett Millais' Isabella and Holman Hunt's Rienzi at the Royal Academy summer exhibition and Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Girlhood of Mary Virgin at the Free Exhibition on Hyde Park Corner, London.* May – John Ruskin...
) - October 1 – William Thomas BeckfordWilliam Thomas BeckfordWilliam Thomas Beckford , usually known as William Beckford, was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed to be the richest commoner in England...
, art critic (d. 18441844 in art-Events:*July 31 – Opening of the Wadsworth Atheneum, the oldest art museum in the United States.*H. Fox Talbot begins publication of The Pencil of Nature, the first photographically illustrated book to be commercially published .-Works:...
) - October 12 – Charles Paul LandonCharles Paul LandonCharles Paul Landon was a French painter and popular writer on art and artists.He was born in Nonant and entered the studio of Jean-Baptiste Regnault, where he made a lifelong friendship with Robert Lefèvre. He and won the first prize of the Academy in 1792, for study at the French Academy in Rome...
, 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...
painter and writer on art and artists (d. 18261826 in art-Works:*Nicéphore Niépce creates first permanent photograph of a natural subject, View from the Window at Le Gras*Thomas Cole – Sunrise in the Catskill Mountains*Horace Vernet – Battle of the Bridge of Arcole-Births:...
) - November 11 – Landolin OhmachtLandolin OhmachtLandolin Ohmacht was a German sculptor.Ohmacht was born in Dunningen. Among other things, he created busts of Susette Gontard and Erwin von Steinbach and a monument to Jean-Frédéric Oberlin in the Saint Thomas Church . He died in Strasbourg....
, German sculptor (d. 18341834 in art-Works:-Paintings:*Edward Hicks – Peaceable Kingdom*Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres – Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian, -Sculptures:*Antoine-Augustin Préault – The Killing -Births:...
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- Asensio JuliáAsensio JuliáAsensio Julià i Alvarracín was a Spanish painter and engraver best known as a student and follower of Francisco Goya. In 2008, The Colossus, a work long associated with Goya, was re-attributed to Juliá by specialists at the Museo del Prado. The attribution is generally but not universally...
, Spanish painter and engraver (d. 18321832 in art-Awards:*Prix de Rome**for painting – Antoine Wiertz**for sculpture – François Jouffroy-Works:*Hokusai – The Great Wave off Kanagawa-Births:*January 6 – Gustave Doré, French illustrator *January 23 – Édouard Manet, French painter,...
) - Pierre-Antoine BellangéPierre-Antoine BellangePierre-Antoine Bellangé was a French ébéniste working in Paris. Bellangé held an eminent position among the representatives of the decorative arts at the beginning of the nineteenth century. He gained his master craftsman title on October 24, 1788...
, furniture designer (d. 18441844 in art-Events:*July 31 – Opening of the Wadsworth Atheneum, the oldest art museum in the United States.*H. Fox Talbot begins publication of The Pencil of Nature, the first photographically illustrated book to be commercially published .-Works:...
) - Giovanni CendraminiGiovanni CendraminiGiovanni Cendramini was an Italian painter and engraver.He was born in Roncade, Province of Treviso. At the age of 19 years, he came to London and apprenticed with Francesco Bartolozzi, an engraver from Florence, then in England...
, 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 and engraver (d. 18391839 in art-Works:*Sir Edwin Landseer – Dignity and Impudence*Carl Spitzweg – The Poor Poet*J. M. W. Turner – The Fighting Temeraire-Births:*January 19 – Paul Cézanne, French painter *March 16 – John Butler Yeats, Irish painter...
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- probable – Lemuel Francis AbbottLemuel Francis AbbottLemuel "Francis" Abbot was an English portrait painter, famous for his likeness of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson and for those of other naval officers and literary figures of the 18th century.-Life and work:He was born Lemuel Abbott in Leicestershire in 1760 or 1761,...
, English portrait 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:...
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Deaths
- January 23 – Giovanni Antonio GuardiGiovanni Antonio GuardiGiovanni Antonio Guardi , also known as Gianantonio Guardi, was an Italian painter. Guardi was one of the founders of the Venetian Academy in 1756.-Biography:...
, also known as Gianantonio Guardi, an Italian painter, 17561756 in art-Events:* The Venetian Academy was co-founded by Giovanni Antonio Guardi , also known as Gianantonio Guardi, an Italian painter, et al.-Paintings:* François Boucher paints portraits of Madame de Pompadour....
co-founder of the Venetian Academy (b. 16991699 in art-Births:*March 26 – Hubert-François Gravelot, French illustrator * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter * Giuseppe Grisoni, painter * Ivan Vishnyakov, Russian painter...
) - April 11 – Louis de SilvestreLouis de SilvestreLouis de Silvestre was a French portrait and history painter. He was court painter to King Augustus II of Poland, and director of the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden.-Life and work:...
, French 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...
) - July 18 – Philip MercierPhilip MercierPhilip Mercier was a portraitist active in England.Painter of portraits and a pioneer in England of conversation piece and ‘fancy pictures’; an important figure in the introduction of French taste into England.-Life:Born in France to a tapestry worker of French Huguenot stock working for the...
, portrait painter (b. 16901690 in art-Events:*Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer leaves France for England, where he produces a series of decorative panels for Montagu House, Bloomsbury.-Births:*January 22 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter...
) - November 20 – Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer/painter (born 17171717 in art-Births:*February 17 – Adam Friedrich Oeser, German etcher, painter and sculptor *June 20 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor *August 11 – Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect, designer, and painter *date unknown...
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- Francesco ContiFrancesco ContiFrancesco Conti was an Italian artist.Conti was born in Florence, Italy, and spent some time studying art in Rome. He specialized in painting religious-themed works. He studied primarily under Giovanni Maria Morandi and Carlo Maratta. In 1738 he painted one of his most renown works Madonna and...
, Venetian painter (b. 16811681 in art-Births: *April 18 – Girolamo Donnini, Italian painter of the Baroque period *December 14 – Giuseppe Valentini, Italian violinist, painter, poet, and composer *date unknown**Francesco Conti, Italian Venetian painter...
) - Domenico Quaglio the ElderDomenico Quaglio the ElderDomenico Quaglio the Elder was an Italian painter. He was part of the large Quaglio pedigree of Italian artists involved in architecture, indoor fresco decoration, and scenography for the court theaters. He was born in Laino....
, Italian painter (b. 17231723 in art-Births:*April 12 – Franz Anton Bustelli, porcelain modeller *July 16 – Joshua Reynolds, English painter, specializing in portraits *date unknown**Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss landscape painter and etcher...
) - Yi InsangYi InsangYi Insang was a painter and a government officer in the late Joseon period.Yi Insang was born to a high class and grandson of Yi Gyeongyeo who served as Yeonguijeong . He worked as a government officer, Hyeongam of Eumjuk...
, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n painter and government officer of the late Joseon periodJoseon DynastyJoseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...
(b. 17101710 in art-Births:*March 8 – Gaetano Majorano, Italian castrato and opera singer *May 8 – Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, Flemish sculptor and architect *May 23 – François Gaspard Adam, French rococo sculptor...
) - Andrea ToresaniAndrea ToresaniAndrea Torresani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his natal city of Brescia, Milan, and Venice.Died at age 33 years from a stroke. He was said to have trained with a mediocre painter by the name of Antonio Aureggio in Brescia. Moved to Venice, where he became known as an...
, Italian painter and draughtsmanDrawingDrawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
of landscapes and portraits (b. 17271727 in art-Events:* Pierre Subleyras, a Provençal painter, wins the Prix de Rome at the age of 28.-Paintings:* Giovanni Antonio Canal painted The Stonemason's Yard , in Venice ....
) - Shen QuanShen QuanShěn Quán ; ca. 1682-1760 was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty .Shen was born in Deqing in the Zhejiang province. His style name was 'Nanping' and his sobriquet was 'Hengzai'. Shen specialized in bird-and-flower painting, and was influenced by Bian Jingzhao and Lu Ji...
, ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
painter during the 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....
(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...
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