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- EnglandEnglandEngland 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...
's oldest surviving GeorgianGeorgian architectureGeorgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...
theatre was constructed in Stockton-on-TeesStockton-on-TeesStockton-on-Tees is a market town in north east England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including...
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Paintings
- Maruyama ŌkyoMaruyama Okyo, born Maruyama Masataka, was a Japanese artist active in the late 18th century. He moved to Kyoto, during which he studied artworks from Chinese, Japanese and Western sources. A personal style of Western naturalism mixed with Eastern decorative design emerged, and Ōkyo founded the Maruyama school...
, Crows - Joseph Wright of DerbyJoseph Wright of DerbyJoseph Wright , styled Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the Industrial Revolution"....
, A Philosopher Lecturing on the OrreryA Philosopher Lecturing on the OrreryA Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery, or the full title, A Philosopher giving a Lecture on the Orrery in which a lamp is put in place of the Sun, is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby depicting a lecturer giving a demonstration of an orrery to a small audience...
Births
- ?March 16 – Jean-Frédéric WaldeckJean-Frédéric WaldeckJean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck was a French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer.-Biography:...
, artist and explorer (d. 18751875 in art-Paintings:*Gustave Caillebotte - Floor-scrapers *Jean-Paul Laurens - L'Excommunication de Robert le Pieux ...
) - April 6 – Wilhelm von KobellWilhelm von KobellWilhelm von Kobell was a German painter, printmaker and teacher.-Biography:Kobell was born in Mannheim, the son of Ferdinand Kobell, a landscape painter who cited Claude Lorrain as his influence. Wilhelm's initial lessons were supplied by his father and his uncle, Franz Kobell...
, German painter, printmaker and teacher (d. 18531853 in art-Works:*Théodore Chassériau - The Tepidarium *Gustave Courbet - The Bathers *Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience...
) - December 25 – Samuel DrummondSamuel DrummondSamuel Drummond was a British painter, especially prolific in portraying and marine genre. His works are displayed particularly in the National Portrait Gallery, National Maritime Museum and the Walker Art Gallery.-Life:Drummond was born to Jane Bicknell and James Drummond, a London baker...
, British painter especially portraits and marine genre works (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:...
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Deaths
- January 19 – Giovanni Niccolò ServandoniGiovanni Niccolo ServandoniJean-Nicolas Servan, also known as Giovanni Niccolò Servando or Servandoni was a French decorator, architect, scene-painter and trompe-l'œil specialist.He was the son of a carriage-builder at Lyon....
, French architect and painter (born 16951695 in art-Paintings:* Mei Qing paints Two Immortals on Huangshan-Births:* Miguel Cabrera – Indigenous Zapotec painter, * Laurent Delvaux – French sculptor * Elias Gottlob Haussmann – German painter in the late Baroque era...
) - July 17 – Giuseppe Castiglione, 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...
Jesuit Brother, missionaryMissionaryA missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
in ChinaChinaChinese 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 at the court of the Emperor (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...
) - July 18 – Mauro Antonio TesiMauro Antonio TesiMauro Antonio Tesi was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna. He was born in Montalbano near Modena, and died in Bologna.-Source:...
, 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 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, active mainly in BolognaBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
(b. 17301730 in art-Births:*January 15 – Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna *April 1 – Solomon Gessner, Swiss painter and poet *July 12 – Josiah Wedgwood, English potter...
) - November 7 – Jean-Marc NattierJean-Marc NattierJean-Marc Nattier , French painter, was born in Paris, the second son of Marc Nattier , a portrait painter, and of Marie Courtois , a miniaturist...
, 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 (b. 16851685 in art-Paintings:* Simon Ushakov, Painted The Last Supper -Births:*March 17 - Jean-Marc Nattier, French painter *date unknown**Charles Cressent, French furniture-maker, sculptor and fondeur-ciseleur of the régence style...
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- Giacomo BoniGiacomo Boni (painter)Giacomo Boni was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa.He was born in Bologna, and became a pupil of Marcantonio Franceschini, and later of the painter Carlo Cignani in Forlì. He returned and followed Franceschini to Genoa, then Crema, Piacenza, Lavino, Parma, and...
, 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 (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...
) - Antonio ConsettiAntonio ConsettiAntonio Consetti was an Italian historical painter, born and died in Modena. He was represented in the Estense Gallery of his native city, by a Virgin of the Rosary with St. Dominic and a St. Joseph & Angels. He painted the Virgin and child with St. Rose at the Museo Civico d'Arte di Modena...
, 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...
historical painter (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:...
) - Vincenzo MeucciVincenzo MeucciVincenzo Meucci was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. Born in Florence. He was a pupil first of the painter Sebastiano Galeotti, then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna....
, 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 whose patrons included Anna Maria Luisa de' MediciAnna Maria Luisa de' MediciAnna Maria Luisa de' Medici was the last scion of the House of Medici. A patron of the arts, she bequeathed the Medici's large art collection, including the contents of the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Medicean villas, which she inherited upon her brother Gian Gastone's death in 1737, and her...
(b. 16941694 in art-Events:* Fair, from a copy of the 14th century Siyar-i Nabi of al-Zarir, Istanbul, Turkey, is made. It is now kept at New York Public Library, New York Spencer Collection.-Births:...
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- Giacomo Boni