1822 in art
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- 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...
creates first permanent photographPhotographA photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
through his heliographicHeliographyHeliography is the photographic process invented by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce around 1822, which he used to make the earliest known permanent photograph from nature, View from the Window at Le Gras . The process used bitumen , as a coating on glass or metal, which hardened in relation to exposure to...
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- Eugène DelacroixEugène DelacroixFerdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school...
– The Barque of DanteThe Barque of DanteThe Barque of Dante, sometimes known as Dante and Virgil in Hell, is the first major painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, and is one of the works signalling a shift in the character of narrative painting from Neo-Classicism towards the Romantic movement...
(first major work) - 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...
– Anchises and Venus - Louis HersentLouis HersentLouis Hersent was a French painter.]Born in Paris, he became a pupil of David, and obtained the Prix de Rome in 1797. In the Salon of 1802 appeared his "Metamorphosis of Narcissus", and he continued to exhibit with rare interruptions up to 1831...
– Ruth - Charles Willson PealeCharles Willson PealeCharles Willson Peale was an American painter, soldier and naturalist. He is best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the American Revolution, as well as establishing one of the first museums....
– The Artist in His Museum - Pierre Paul Prud'honPierre Paul Prud'honPierre-Paul Prud'hon was a French Romantic painter and draughtsman best known for his allegorical paintings and portraits.-Life and work:...
– Crucifixion - Richard WestmacottRichard WestmacottSir Richard Westmacott, Jr., RA was a British sculptor.-Life and career:He studied under his father, Richard Westmacott the Elder, before going to Rome in 1793 to study under Antonio Canova...
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Births
- March 16 – Rosa BonheurRosa BonheurRosa Bonheur, born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur, was a French animalière, realist artist, and sculptor. As a painter she became famous primarily for two chief works: Ploughing in the Nivernais , which was first exhibited at the Salon of 1848, and is now in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris depicts a team...
, painter (d. 18991899 in art-Works:*Pierre Bonnard - Little Girl with a Cat*Jules Dalou - Monument à Alphand*Paul Gauguin - Two Women*William Harnett - Violin*Peder Severin Krøyer - Summer evening by Skagen's beach. Artist and his wife...
) - August 27 – Theodor MartensTheodor MartensTheodor Martens was a 19th century German artist.Martens was born in Wismar, Germany. he had nine children. He resided in Düsseldorf, Paris, Hamburg, Schwerin and Portici, in addition to Wismar. Martens worked as a merchant until age 40 when he took up art as his full time vocation...
, painter (d. 18841884 in art-Works:*Edvard Munch - Morning*Georges-Pierre Seurat - Bathers at Asnières-Births:*5 February - Vlastislav Hofman, Czech painter and architect -Works:*Edvard Munch - Morning*Georges-Pierre Seurat - Bathers at Asnières-Births:*5 February - Vlastislav Hofman, Czech painter and architect...
) - October 7 – Francis FrithFrancis FrithFrancis Frith was an English photographer of the Middle East and many towns in the United Kingdom....
, photographer (d. 18981898 in art-Paintings:*Herbert James Draper – The Lament for Icarus*Paul Gauguin – The White Horse *Edvard Munch – Metabolism-January to June:*3 February – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer...
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Deaths
- January 22 – Rudolph SchadowRudolph SchadowRudolph Schadow was a German sculptor.Born in Rome, he had his father at Berlin for his first master....
, German sculptor (b. 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...
) - February 11 – Arthur William DevisArthur William DevisArthur William Devis was an English painter of history paintings and portraits. He was appointed draughtsman in a voyage projected by the East India Company in 1783, under Captain Henry Wilson, in which he was wrecked on the Pelew Islands before proceeding to Canton and thence to Bengal...
, 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...
painter of history paintingHistory paintingHistory painting is a genre in painting defined by subject matter rather than an artistic style, depicting a moment in a narrative story, rather than a static subject such as a portrait...
s and portraits (b. 17621762 in art-Births:*February 29 – Eberhard Wächter, painter *June 16 – Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Italian painter, especially of history pieces, genre depictions, and whimsical and imaginary landscapes...
) - April 3 – Friedrich Justin BertuchFriedrich Justin BertuchFriedrich Johann Justin Bertuch was a German publisher and patron of the arts. He co-founded the Fürstliche freie Zeichenschule Weimar with the painter Georg Melchior Kraus in 1776. He was the father of the writer and journalist Karl Bertuch.-Early life:Bertuch came from a family attested in the...
, patron of the arts (b. 17471747 in art-Births:*September 30 – Friedrich Justin Bertuch, patron of the arts *December 8 – Louis Gerverot, porcelain painter *date unknown**Giuseppe Quaglio, Italian painter and stage designer...
) - April 17 – Dmitry LevitzkyDmitry LevitzkyDmitry Levitzky was a Russian-Ukrainian portrait painter.-Biography:...
, RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n-UkrainianUkrainiansUkrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
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,...
painter (b. 17351735 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin paints Boy with a Top-Births:*May - Dmitry Levitzky, Russian-Ukrainian portrait painter *May 8 - Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English portrait painter and later a politician...
) - May 6 – Charles Peale PolkCharles Peale PolkCharles Peale Polk was a renowned American portrait painter and the nephew of artist Charles Willson Peale.-Biography:...
, portrait painter (b. 17671767 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Honoré Fragonard – The Swing* Canaletto spends his last full year painting, in Venice.-Births:* Jacques-Laurent Agasse – animal and landscape painter...
) - May 11 – 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...
, DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
painter (b. 17461746 in art-Paintings:*Canaletto paints Westminster Bridge.*John Smybert paints portrait of William Pepperrell-Births:*March 22 – Gerard van Spaendonck, Dutch painter *March 30 – Francisco Goya, Aragonese Spanish painter and printmaker...
) - October 13 – Antonio CanovaAntonio CanovaAntonio Canova was an Italian sculptor from the Republic of Venice who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh...
, sculptor (b. 17571757 in art-Births:*March 21 – James Sowerby, naturalist and illustrator *July 24 – Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-born painter especially of Russian portraiture *November 1 – Antonio Canova, sculptor...
) - October 25 – James SowerbyJames SowerbyJames Sowerby was an English naturalist and illustrator. Contributions to published works, such as A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland or English Botany, include his detailed and appealing plates...
, naturalist and illustrator (b. 17571757 in art-Births:*March 21 – James Sowerby, naturalist and illustrator *July 24 – Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-born painter especially of Russian portraiture *November 1 – Antonio Canova, sculptor...
) - November 17 – Joaquim Machado de CastroJoaquim Machado de CastroJoaquim Machado de Castro was one of Portugal's foremost sculptors. He wrote extensively on his works and the theory behind them, including a full-length discussion of the statue of D...
, PortuguesePortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
sculptor (b. 17311731 in art-Events:*János Krucsay donates the Krucsay Altar to the Franciscan Church in Nyírbátor-Works:*Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – The White Tablecloth*William Hogarth – A Harlot's Progress...
) - December 10 – Bertrand AndrieuBertrand AndrieuBertrand Andrieu was a French engraver of medals from Bordeaux. In France he was considered as the restorer of the art, which had declined after the time of Louis XIV, and during the last twenty years of his life the French government commissiond him to undertake several works...
, 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...
engraver and medalist (b. 17611761 in art-Births:*January 24 – Johann Christian Reinhart, German painter and etcher *May – John Opie, historical and portrait painter *July 5 – Louis-Léopold Boilly, French painter...
) - December 28 – Albert Christoph DiesAlbert Christoph Dies-As painter:He was born at Hanover , and began his studies there. For one year he studied in the academy of Düsseldorf, and then he started at the age of twenty with thirty ducats in his pocket for Rome, studying briefly on the way in Mannheim and Basel. In Rome he lived a frugal life till 1796;...
, German painter and composer (b. 17551755 in art-Events:* Canaletto returns from England to Venice, where he continues painting until his death in 1768.-Paintings:* Jean-Honoré Fragonard – Musical Contest-Births:*April 16 – Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, French painter...
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- Richard EarlomRichard EarlomRichard Earlom was an English mezzotint engraver.-Biography:Earlom was born and died in London. His natural faculty for art appears to have been first called into exercise by admiration for the lord mayor's state coach, just decorated by Giovanni Battista Cipriani. He tried to copy the paintings,...
, engraver (b. 17421742 in art-Works:*François Boucher – Diana Leaving her Bath.*William Hogarth – "Taste in High Life" .*Jacques Saly – Portrait bust of Emanuel Pinto de Fonseca, Grand Master of the Order of the Maltese Cross-Births:...
) - Kim Deuk-sin – 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, official painter of the JoseonJoseon 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...
court (b. 17541754 in art-Events:*Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce founded in England by William Shipley-Births:*May 8 – Amos Doolittle, engraver *May 10 – Asmus Jacob Carstens, Danish-German...
) - Nathaniel PlimerNathaniel PlimerNathaniel Plimer was an English miniature portrait painter.Plimer was born to a clockmaker in Wellington, Shropshire. He was apprenticed to Henry Bone the enameler, before joining his brother, Andrew, in studying drawing with Richard Cosway. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1787 until 1815. ...
, miniaturist (b. 17571757 in art-Births:*March 21 – James Sowerby, naturalist and illustrator *July 24 – Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-born painter especially of Russian portraiture *November 1 – Antonio Canova, sculptor...
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- Richard Earlom