1765 in art
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- Jean-Honoré FragonardJean-Honoré FragonardJean-Honoré Fragonard was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of the Ancien Régime, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings , of which only five...
– Coresus et Callirhoe - William ParsWilliam ParsWilliam Pars was an English watercolour portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman and illustrator.-Life and works:...
– The Parthenon when it contained a mosque. Published in James StuartJames Stuart (1713-1788)James "Athenian" Stuart was an English archaeologist, architect and artist best known for his central role in pioneering Neoclassicism.-Early life:...
and Nicholas RevettNicholas RevettNicholas Revett was a Suffolk gentleman and amateur architect and artist.He is best known for his famous work with James Stuart documenting the ruins of ancient Athens. Its illustrations compose 5 folio volumes and include 368 etched and engraved plates, plans and maps drawn at scale...
"The Antiquities of Athens" (London, 1789)
Births
- March 7 – Nicéphore NiépceNicéphore NiépceNicéphore Niépce March 7, 1765 – July 5, 1833) was a French inventor, most noted as one of the inventors of photography and a pioneer in the field.He is most noted for producing the world's first known photograph in 1825...
, French inventor created some of the earliest photographs (d. 18331833 in art-Events:*January – Honoré Daumier is released from prison after serving a 6-month term for caricaturing King Louis-Philippe of France as Gargantua in La Caricature.-Births:*April 17 – George Vicat Cole, painter...
) - April 1 – Luigi SchiavonettiLuigi SchiavonettiLuigi Schiavonetti , Italian reproductive engraver and etcher, was born at Bassano in Venetia.After having studied art for several years he was employed by Testolini, an engraver of very indifferent abilities, to execute imitations of Bartolozzi's works, which he passed off as his own...
, Italian artist (d. 18101810 in art-Awards:* Grand Prix de Rome, painting:* Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture:-Works:*Jacques-Louis David – The Distribution of the Eagle Standards*Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – La Révolte du Caire...
) - May 7 – Giovanni MontiGiovanni MontiGiovanni Monti was an Italian painter of the late Baroque and Neoclassic periods, mainly active in Ferrara and Rome. Born in Maiano near Fusignano. He was known as a landscape painter and nephew of the poet Vincenzo Monti.-Sources:...
, Italian painter of landscapes (d. 18251825 in art-Births:*February 4 – Myles Birket Foster, illustrator and watercolour painter *March 13 – Hans Gude, painter *May 1 – Eleanor Vere Boyle, watercolorist *May 9 – James Collinson, Pre-Raphaelite painter...
) - May 13 – Vieira PortuenseVieira PortuenseFrancisco Vieira de Matos , who choose the artistic name of Vieira Portuense, was a Portuguese painter, one of the introducers of Neoclassicism in Portuguese painting. He was, in the neoclassical style, one of the two great Portuguese painters of his generation, with Domingos Sequeira.He first...
, painter (d. 18051805 in art-Events:*William Blake begins work on the illustrations for Blair's The Grave.-Works:*John Sell Cotman – Greta Bridge*Thomas Douglas Guest – Bearing the Dead Body of Patroclus to the Camp, Achilles's Grief-Awards:* Grand Prix de Rome, painting:...
) - June 10 – Cladius Detlev FritzschCladius Detlev FritzschCladius Detlev Fritzsch , noramlly referred to as C. D. Fritzsch, was a Danish flower painter.-Biography:...
, also known as C. D. Fritzsch, was a Danish flower painter (d. 18411841 in art-Events:*American artist John G. Rand invents the collapsible zinc oil paint tube, marketed by Winsor & Newton of London.*John Ruskin publishes The King of the Golden River, with illustrations by Richard Doyle.-Births:...
) - December 3 – Adélaïde DufrénoyAdélaïde DufrénoyAdélaïde-Gillette Dufrénoy was a French poet and painter from Brittany.The daughter of Jacques Billet, a jeweller for the Crown of Poland, she had a lavish education and learnt Latin to a proficient enough level that she was able to translate the works of Horace and Virgil. A M...
, French poet and painter from BrittanyBrittanyBrittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
(d. 18251825 in art-Births:*February 4 – Myles Birket Foster, illustrator and watercolour painter *March 13 – Hans Gude, painter *May 1 – Eleanor Vere Boyle, watercolorist *May 9 – James Collinson, Pre-Raphaelite painter...
) - date unknown – Thomas KirkThomas Kirk (artist)Thomas Kirk was a noted English artist, book illustrator and engraver of the late 18th century.A pupil of Richard Cosway, Kirk exhibited the first of 25 works at the Royal Academy in 1785, and created many famous engravings based either upon his own work or works by, amongst others, Angelica...
, British 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...
, engraver (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...
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Deaths
- July 15 – Charles-André van LooCharles-André van LooCarle or Charles-André van Loo was a French subject painter, and a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo. He was the most famous member of a successful dynasty of painters of Dutch origin...
, French subject painter (born 17051705 in art-Births:*February 15 – Charles-André van Loo, French subject painter , and a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo*August 18 – Emanuel Büchel, Swiss painter *date unknown**Andrea Casali – Italian painter of the Rococo period...
), and a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van LooJean-Baptiste van LooJean-Baptiste van Loo was a French subject and portrait painter.-Biography:He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and was instructed in art by his father Louis-Abraham van Loo, son of Jacob van Loo... - August 1 – Ulla AdlerfeltUlla AdlerfeltUlla Adlerfelt, née Sparre af Sundby , was a Swedish artist and noble. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts....
, Swedish painter and noblewoman (b. 17361736 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin painted Woman Dishes, Scheurnd.-Births:*February 6 - Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German sculptor most famous for his collection of busts with extreme facial expressions...
) - October 21 – Giovanni Paolo PanniniGiovanni Paolo PanniniGiovanni Paolo Panini or Pannini was a painter and architect, who worked in Rome and is mainly known as one of the vedutisti ....
or Panini, Italian painter and architect, mainly known as one of the vedutisti or vedutaVedutaA veduta is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting of a cityscape or some other vista....
or view painters (b. 16911691 in art-Events:*William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster, buys the Metrological Relief, now on display at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.-Births:*January 16 - Peter Scheemakers, Flemish Roman Catholic sculptor *June 2 - Nicolau Nasoni, artist and architect -Events:*William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster, buys...
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- Pietro CampanaPietro CampanaPietro Campana was an Spanish engraver.He was born at Soria in Spain. He trained with Rocco Pozzi, and lived the greater part of his life at Rome and Venice. He engraved the following prints: St. Francis of Paola after Sebastiano Conca, Portrait of Pietro da Cortona; a picture in the St...
, 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...
engraver (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 ....
) - Giovanni Battista ChiappeGiovanni Battista ChiappeGiovanni Battista Chiappe was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Milan and Genoa. He was born in Novi, Italy and trained in Rome with a Genovese, Giuseppe Paravagna. In Alessandria, he painted a canvas of San Iganzio for the church of the same name.-References:...
, Italian 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. 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...
) - Jean-Baptiste-Henri DeshaysJean-Baptiste-Henri DeshaysJean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays or Deshayes was a French painter of religious and mythological subjects.-Life:Deshays was born in Colleville. His first training was under his father, the minor Rouen painter Jean-Dominique Deshays, he then spent a little time under Jean-Baptiste Descamps at his Ecole...
, French painter (b. 17291729 in art-Paintings:* Hogarth painted Act III of The Beggar's Opera.* François Lemoyne painted Pygmalion Watching his Statue Come to Life.* Antonio David painted portraits of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his brother Prince Henry....
) - Corrado GiaquintoCorrado GiaquintoCorrado Giaquinto was an Italian Rococo painter.-Early training and move to Rome:He was born in Molfetta. As a boy he apprenticed with a modest local painter Saverio Porta, , escaping the religious career his parents had intended for him...
, Italian Rococo painter (b. 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...
) - Ercole Graziani the YoungerErcole Graziani the YoungerErcole Graziani the Younger was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna and Piacenza.He was a pupil of the painter Donato Creti and Marcantonio Franceschini. Pope Benedict XIV ordered a copy of his St. Peter consecrating St. Apollinaire for the church of Sant'Apollinare...
, Italian painter (b. 16881688 in art-Paintings:*René-Antoine Houasse - Minerva teaching the Rhodians sculpture *Willem van de Velde the Younger - The Fleet at Sea-Births:*April 15 – Johann Georg Bergmüller, painter of frescoes, of the Baroque...
) - Zheng XieZheng XieZheng Xie , commonly known as Zheng Banqiao was a Chinese painter from Jiangsu. He began life in poverty, but rose in the exam system to become a magistrate at Shandong. However, after 12 years, he became critical of the life of an official as he refused to ingratiate himself with senior officials...
, Chinese painter of orchids, bamboo, and stones; one of the Eight Eccentrics of YangzhouEight Eccentrics of YangzhouEight Eccentrics of Yangzhou is the name for a group of eight Chinese painters known in the Qing for rejecting the orthodox ideas about painting in favor of a style deemed expressive and individualist....
(b. 16931693 in art-Paintings:* Wang Hui – A Thousand Peaks and Myriad Ravines-Births:* David Cornock* Hans Phillips Zumwalt* Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian sculptor, painter, silversmith * Placido Campolo – Italian painter of the late-Baroque period...
) - Giampietro ZanottiGiampietro ZanottiGiampietro Zanotti was an Italian painter and art historian of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.He studied painting in Bologna with Lorenzo Pasinelli. In the first decade of the 18th century, he became one of the founding members of the artists' academy in Bologna , known as the Accademia...
– Italian painter and art historian 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 (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...
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- Pietro Campana