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- Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun – Portrait of Marie AntoinetteMarie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....
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- January 2 – Christoffer Wilhelm EckersbergChristoffer Wilhelm EckersbergChristoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was a Danish painter. He was born in Blåkrog in the Duchy of Schleswig , to Henrik Vilhelm Eckersberg, painter and carpenter, and Ingeborg Nielsdatter...
, Danish painter (d. 18531853 in art-Works:*Théodore Chassériau - The Tepidarium *Gustave Courbet - The Bathers *Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience...
) - February 10 – Fyodor Petrovich TolstoyFyodor Petrovich TolstoyCount Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy was a Russian artist who served as Vice-President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for forty years . His works — wax-reliefs, watercolours, medallions, and silhouettes — are distinguished by a cool detachment and spare and economical classicism.Fyodor Tolstoy came...
, Russian painter, engraver and silhouettist (d. 18731873 in art-Events:* World exhibition in Vienna.* Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Sisley organize the Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs, etc. for the purpose of exhibiting artworks independently....
) - March 25 – Jean-Baptiste Paulin GuérinJean-Baptiste Paulin GuérinJean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin , French painter, was born at Toulon, of poor parents.As a young man, he learned his father's trade of locksmithing, whilst at the same time he followed the classes of the free school of art...
, French painter (d. 18551855 in art-Events:* Gustave Courbet exhibits his paintings including the monumental The Artist's Studio in a tent alongside the official Paris Salon, creating both public outrage and artistic admiration....
) - April 29 – David CoxDavid Cox (artist)- David Cox Junior :David Cox had a son of the same name who followed his calling as a watercolour painter. He was born in Dulwich, but educated in Hereford. He exhibited in London from 1827, although today he is known mainly through association with his father. He died in Streatham on 4 December...
, English landscape painter (d. 18591859 in art-Events:* April 26 - William Morris marries his model, Jane Burden.* Frederic E. Church's The Heart of the Andes is exhibited in New York and draws 12,000 paying visitors....
) - May 29 – Benedetto PistrucciBenedetto PistrucciBenedetto Pistrucci was a distinguished Italian Gem-engraver, medallist and coin-engraver who became Chief-medallist at the Royal Mint in England.-Early life, training and career:...
, engraver (d. 18551855 in art-Events:* Gustave Courbet exhibits his paintings including the monumental The Artist's Studio in a tent alongside the official Paris Salon, creating both public outrage and artistic admiration....
) - June 19 – Thomas SullyThomas SullyThomas Sully was an American painter, mostly of portraits.-Early life:Sully was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, to the actors Matthew and Sarah Sully. In March 1792 the Sullys and their nine children immigrated to Richmond, Virginia, where Thomas’s uncle managed a theater...
, portrait painter (d. 18721872 in art-Works:-Paintings:*Frank Duveneck - The Whistling Boy * John Gast - American Progress*Jean-Léon Gérôme - Pollice Verso *Ivan Kramskoi - Christ in the Desert*Édouard Manet...
) - September 17 – Samuel ProutSamuel Proutthumb|right|Samuel Prout painted by [[John Jackson]] in 1831thumb|right|Market Day by Samuel Proutthumb|right|A View in Nuremberg by Samuel Proutthumb|right|Utrecht Town Hall by Samuel Prout in 1841...
, English water-colour painter (d. 18521852 in art-Works:*Gustave Courbet - Village Damsels and A Girl Spinning*William Holman Hunt - The Light of the World*Sir John Everett Millais - Ophelia-Births:*April 1 - Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator...
) - December 14 – Alexandre-François CaminadeAlexandre-François CaminadeAlexandre-François Caminade was a French painter.Caminade was born and died in Paris. He was a portraitist and a religious painter. He was Jacques Louis David's pupil....
– 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...
portraitPortraitthumb|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,...
ist and a religionReligionReligion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
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. 18621862 in art-Works:*Augustus Egg - Travelling Companions*Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres - The Turkish Bath*Édouard Manet**Concert in the Tuileries Gardens **Lola de Valence **Mlle...
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- Andrew GeddesAndrew GeddesAndrew Geddes was a Scottish portrait painter and etcher.-Life:Geddes was born in Edinburgh. After receiving a good education in the high school and in the University of Edinburgh, he was for five years in the excise office, in which his father held the post of deputy auditor...
, British painter (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:...
) - Maria Johanna GörtzMaria Johanna GörtzMaria Johanna Görtz, also known as Jeanette Görtz, , was a Swedish artist, still life painter and drawing artist. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts....
– SwedishSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
still lifeStill lifeA still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
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...
(d. 18531853 in art-Works:*Théodore Chassériau - The Tepidarium *Gustave Courbet - The Bathers *Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience...
) - Yi JaegwanYi JaegwanYi Jaegwan was a painter of the late Joseon period. Yi taught himself but excelled at almost all kind of genres in painting such as sansuhwa and inmulhwa.-See also:*Korean painting*List of Korean painters*Korean art*Korean culture...
– 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 genre works painter in 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...
(d. 18371837 in art-Works:*John Martin – Manfred and the Witch of the Alps-Births:*February 12 – Thomas Moran, painter of the Hudson River School *May 8 – Alphonse Legros, painter and etcher *June 8 – Ivan Kramskoi, painter and art critic...
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- Andrew Geddes
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- August 19 – Franz Xaver MesserschmidtFranz Xaver MesserschmidtFranz Xaver Messerschmidt was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions.-Early years:...
, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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...
most famous for his collection of busts of faces contorted in extreme facial expressionFacial expressionA facial expression one or more motions or positions of the muscles in the skin. These movements convey the emotional state of the individual to observers. Facial expressions are a form of nonverbal communication. They are a primary means of conveying social information among humans, but also occur...
s (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...
) - August 29 – William Wynne RylandWilliam Wynne RylandWilliam Wynne Ryland was an English engraver.-Life and work:Ryland was born in London, the eldest of seven sons of Edward Ryland , an engraver and copper-plate printer. He studied engraving under Ravenet in London, and, in Paris, drawing under François Boucher and engraving under Jacques-Philippe...
, English engraver (b. 17381738 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin paints The Wash Barrell.-Births:*June 4 - George III of the United Kingdom, patron of the arts and collector *July William Wynne Ryland, English engraver...
) - November 19 – Jean-Baptiste PerronneauJean-Baptiste PerronneauJean-Baptiste Perronneau was a French painter who specialized in portraits executed in pastels....
, French painter who specialized in portraits executed in pastelPastelPastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation....
s (b. 17151715 in art-Births:*February 22 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic *November 5 – Johann Georg Wille, copper engraver...
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- Anna Maria HilfelingAnna Maria HilfelingAnna Maria Hilfening, née Lange, , was a Swedish artist, a portrait miniaturist.She was born in Stockholm, the daughter of a book-keeper...
– SwedishSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
portrait miniaturist artist (b. 17131713 in art-Births:*October 13 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish portrait painter *October 30 - Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Italian neoclassical architect and painter of quadratura *date unknown...
) - Johann Melchior KamblyJohann Melchior KamblyJohann Melchior Kambly was a Swiss sculptor who took part in the development of the architectural style of Frederician Rococo....
, SwissSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
sculptor who took part in the development of the architectural style of Frederician RococoFrederician RococoFrederician Rococo is a form of rococo, which developed in Prussia during the reign of Frederick the Great and combined influences from both France and the Netherlands. Its most famous adherent was the architect Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff. Furthermore, the painter Antoine Pesne and even...
(b. 17181718 in art-Births:*April 24 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter *June 5 - Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker *July 4 - Giambettino Cignaroli, Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period...
) - George Michael MoserGeorge Michael MoserGeorge Michael Moser was a renowned artist and enameller of the 18th century, father of celebrated floral painter Mary Moser, and, with his daughter, among the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768.-Biography:...
, Swiss-born enameller (b. 17061706 in art-Events:*Engraver Sebastien Le Clerc is granted the title of cavaliere Romano by the Pope.-Works:*Jan Brokoff - Statue of St Joseph, on the Charles Bridge in Prague -Births:*January 3 – Johann Caspar Füssli, portrait painter...
) - Violante Beatrice SiriesViolante Beatrice SiriesViolante Beatrice Siries was an Italian painter. She was born in Florence and studied under Hyacinthe Rigaud and François Boucher in Paris from 1726. Returning later to Florence she married M. Cerrotti and continued her artistic studies under Conti....
, Italian painter (b. 17091709 in art-Paintings:* Paolo Baronni - Frescoes in Saint Denis church .* Giuseppe Maria Crespi - The Flea.* Kano Tsunenobu- Portrait of a Japanese official.-Births:...
) - Gaetano Vettorali – 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...
vedutaVedutaA veduta is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting of a cityscape or some other vista....
painter (b. 17011701 in art-Events:*Peter Strudel becomes Reichsfreiherr and is appointed the director of the landscape academy in Vienna.-Paintings:*Giuseppe Maria Crespi - The Ecstasy of Saint Margaret*Sir Godfrey Kneller - William III on Horseback...
) - Johann Jakob ZeillerJohann Jakob ZeillerJohann Jakob Zeiller was an Austrian painter.Zeiller was born in Reutte, trained by his father Paul who was also a painter. He traveled and worked in Italy for a period of time. Zeiller painted primarily religious-themed frescoes. He later returned to Reutte where he continued to work until his...
– 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 fresco painter (b. 17081708 in art-Events:*Flemish painter and engraver Pieter Casteels III comes to work in Britain.*Sculptor Ferdinand Brokoff sets up his own studio.-Publications:*Roger de Piles - Cours de peinture par principes avec un balance de peintres-Births:...
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- Anna Maria Hilfeling