1768 in art
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Paintings
- 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"....
, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air PumpAn Experiment on a Bird in the Air PumpAn Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump is a 1768 oil-on-canvas painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, one of a number of candlelit scenes that Wright painted during the 1760s. The painting departed from convention of the time by depicting a scientific subject in the reverential manner formerly...
Births
- March 10 - Domingos SequeiraDomingos SequeiraDomingos António de Sequeira , was a Portuguese painter.-Biography:He was born in Belém, Lisbon, into a modest family. He later changed his family name from Espírito Santo to the more aristocratic Sequeira...
, 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...
painter (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...
) - April 18 - Jean-Baptiste DebretJean-Baptiste DebretJean-Baptiste Debret was a French painter, who produced many valuable lithographs depicting the people of Brazil.-Biography:...
, 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 of lithographs depicting the people of BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
(d. 18481848 in art-Events:*John Ruskin marries Effie Gray.*John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rossetti found the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.-Works:*Herman Wilhelm Bissen – Den Danske Landsoldat*Jean-François Millet – The Winnower...
) - July 27 - Joseph Anton KochJoseph Anton KochJoseph Anton Koch was an Austrian painter of the German Romantic movement.-Biography:The Tyrolese painter was born in Elbigenalp. He started life tending cattle. Through the recommendation of Bishop Umgelder , he received academic training in the Karlsschule Stuttgart, a strict military academy...
, Austrian painter of the German RomanticGerman RomanticismFor the general context, see Romanticism.In the philosophy, art, and culture of German-speaking countries, German Romanticism was the dominant movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. German Romanticism developed relatively late compared to its English counterpart, coinciding in its...
movement (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...
) - December 18 - Marie-Guillemine BenoistMarie-Guillemine BenoistMarie-Guillemine Benoist, born Marie-Guillemine de Laville-Leroux , was a French neoclassical, historical and genre painter.-Biography:She was born in Paris, the daughter of a civil servant...
, 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...
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...
, historicalHistory 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...
and genre 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. 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:...
) - December 22 - John CromeJohn CromeJohn Crome was an English landscape artist of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists of the "Norwich school". He is known as Old Crome to distinguish him from his son, John Berney Crome, who was also a well-known artist.-Life and work:Crome was born in Norwich in Norfolk, the son of a weaver...
, 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...
artist in the RomanticRomanticismRomanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
era (d. 18211821 in art-Events:*At the age of eleven, Théodore Chassériau is accepted into the studio of Ingres.-Works:*Edward Hodges Baily – Eve at the Fountain*John Constable – The Hay Wain-Births:* January 27 - August Becker, painter...
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- Josef AbelJosef AbelJosef Abel was an Austrian historical painter and etcher.Abel was born in Aschach an der Donau, Upper Austria. He visited the Academy in Vienna, which was at the time directed by Friedrich Heinrich Füger, and was one of his best scholars...
, historical painter and etcher (d. 18181818 in art-Events:*Sir Thomas Lawrence goes to Aachen to paint those present at the third congress.-Works:*Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog-Births:*January 26 – Amédée de Noé, caricaturist and lithographer...
) - Andrey Yefimovich MartynovAndrey Yefimovich MartynovAndrey Yefimovich Martynov was a Russian painter and engraver.Born in St. Petersburg to the family of a sergeant in the Preobrazhensky Guards regiment, Martynov graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Art in 1788. In St. Petersburg Martynov studied landscape painting under Semion Shchedrin...
, 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 painter and engraver (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:...
) - Charlotta Malm-ReuterholmCharlotta Malm-ReuterholmLovisa Charlotta Malm-Reuterholm was a Finnish - Swedish artist, painter, writer and noble.She was the daughter of Major Jacob Georgsson Malm and Eleonora Lovisa von Köhnnigstedt. She married court president Baron Axel Christian Reuterholm in 1797. She was a Dilettante painter. She is represented...
, Finnish painter (d.1845)
- Josef Abel
Deaths
- April 10 - Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto, Venetian artist famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
(b. 16971697 in art-Births:* October 28 – Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto, Venetian artist famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice * Bernard Accama or Bernardus, Dutch historical and portrait painter, born in Friesland...
) - April 14 - Francesco MontiFrancesco Monti (Bologna)Francesco Monti was an Italian painter, of the late-Baroque.Born in Bologna, and first a pupil of Sigismondo Caula in Modena , then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna. He worked in Brescia, starting in 1738, painting frescoes on the vault of the church of Santa Maria della Pace. In 1741 he...
- 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 frescoFrescoFresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
es (b. 16831683 in art-Births:*date unknown**Gao Fenghan, Chinese painter **Miyagawa Chōshun, Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style **Ciro Adolfi, Italian painter...
) - June 11 - Stefano PozziStefano PozziStefano Pozzi was an Italian painter, designer, draughtsman and decorator whose career was spent largely in Rome....
- 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, designer, 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...
and decorator (d. 1699/17071699 in art-Births:*March 26 – Hubert-François Gravelot, French illustrator * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter * Giuseppe Grisoni, painter * Ivan Vishnyakov, Russian painter...
) - November 5 - Giorgio DurantiGiorgio DurantiGiorgio Duranti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia, where he was born.Duranti was also an abbot, count and knight. He studied sciences, and music; he was known as an excellent player of the violoncello. He specialized in still life paintings of flowers...
, 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 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...
s (b. 16831683 in art-Births:*date unknown**Gao Fenghan, Chinese painter **Miyagawa Chōshun, Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style **Ciro Adolfi, Italian painter...
) - December 8 - Jean Denis AttiretJean Denis AttiretJean Denis Attiret was a French Jesuit painter and missionary to China.Jean Denis Attiret studied art in Rome and made himself a name as a portrait painter. While a Jesuit novice, he did paintings in the Cathedral of Avignon and the Sodality Chapel....
, French Jesuit missionary and painter (b. 17021702 in art-Births:*July 31 – Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter *August 15 – Francesco Zuccarelli, painter, elected to the Venetian Academy in 1763 *December 22 - Jean-Etienne Liotard, Swiss-French painter *date unknown...
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- Miguel CabreraMiguel Cabrera (painter)Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera was an indigenous Zapotec painter during the Viceroyalty of New Spain, today's Mexico. During his lifetime, he was recognized as the greatest painter in all of New Spain....
, indigenous Zapotec painter, (b. 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...
) - Giovanni Domenico CampigliaGiovanni Domenico CampigliaGiovanni Domenico Campiglia was an Italian painter and engraver from Florence, active under the patronage of the House of Medici.He initially trained under Tommaso Redi and Lorenzo del Moro. During his career, Campiglia was employed at Rome and Florence, painting and engraving historical subjects...
, 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 from FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
(b. 16921692 in art-Births:*June 3 - Joseph Highmore, British portrait and historical painter *September 1 - Egid Quirin Asam, German plasterer and sculptor active during the period of the Late Baroque *date unknown...
) - Charles CressentCharles CressentCharles Cressent was a French furniture-maker, sculptor and fondeur-ciseleur of the régence style. As the second son of François Cressent, sculpteur du roi, and grandson of Charles Cressent, a furniture-maker of Amiens, who also became a sculptor, he inherited the tastes and aptitudes which were...
, French furniture-maker, sculptor and fondeur-ciseleur of the régence style (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...
) - Giovanni Domenico FerrettiGiovanni Domenico FerrettiGiovanni Domenico Ferretti , also called Giandomenico d'Imola was an Italian Rococo style painter from Florence. According to the contemporary Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani, Ferretti was a pupil of the Bolognese painter Giuseppe Maria Crespi...
, Italian, 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...
style painter from FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
(b. 16921692 in art-Births:*June 3 - Joseph Highmore, British portrait and historical painter *September 1 - Egid Quirin Asam, German plasterer and sculptor active during the period of the Late Baroque *date unknown...
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- Miguel Cabrera