1785 in art
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- 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"....
holds a one-man exhibition in London, having severed his official connection with the Royal Academy.
Births
- April 26 – John James AudubonJohn James AudubonJohn James Audubon was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats...
, naturalist and painter (d. 18511851 in art-Events:*May 1 - The Great Exhibition opens at Crystal Palace, London. Works of art on display include the Tara Brooch, handicrafts and ornaments by the Khudabadi Sindhi Swarankar, and a demonstration by makers of Bristol blue glass.-Works:...
) - September 26 – Charles Bird KingCharles Bird KingCharles Bird King is a United States artist who is best known for his portraiture. In particular, the artist is notable for the portraits he painted of Native American delegates coming to Washington D.C., which were commissioned by government's Bureau of Indian Affairs.-Biography:Charles Bird King...
, American portrait artist who notably painted Native American delegates visiting Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
(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...
) - October 12 – Henry Thomas AlkenHenry Thomas AlkenHenry Thomas Alken was an English painter and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. His most prolific period of painting and drawing occurred between 1816 and 1831.-Life:Alken was born on 12 October 1785 in Soho London and baptised on...
, English engraver, illustrator and sporting artist (d. 18511851 in art-Events:*May 1 - The Great Exhibition opens at Crystal Palace, London. Works of art on display include the Tara Brooch, handicrafts and ornaments by the Khudabadi Sindhi Swarankar, and a demonstration by makers of Bristol blue glass.-Works:...
) - October 31 – Georg Friedrich KerstingGeorg Friedrich KerstingGeorg Friedrich Kersting was a German painter, best known for his Biedermeier-style interior paintings and his association with fellow artist Caspar David Friedrich.- Biography :...
, German painter of Biedermeier-style interior paintings (d. 18471847 in art-Events:*William Dyce is commissioned to decorate the Queen's Robing Room at the newly-completed Palace of Westminster.-Works:*Thomas Cole – Indian Pass Tawahus*Jean-Léon Gérôme – The Cock Fight...
) - November 18 – David WilkieDavid Wilkie (artist)Sir David Wilkie was a Scottish painter.- Early life :Wilkie was the son of the parish minister of Cults in Fife. He developed a love for art at an early age. In 1799, after he had attended school at Pitlessie, Kettle and Cupar, his father reluctantly agreed to his becoming a painter...
– Scottish painter and engraver (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 23 – Christian GobrechtChristian GobrechtChristian Gobrecht was the third Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1835 until his death in 1844. He was responsible for designing the famous "Seated Liberty" designs, which were in turn the direct inspiration for the design of the Trade Dollar...
, engraver (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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- Pál BalkayPál BalkayPál Balkay was a Hungarian painter and teacher best known for his portrait of the Sister and Brother.Balkay was born in Tiszaörs...
, Hungarian painter and teacher (d. 18461846 in art-Works:*Thomas Cole – Catskill Landscape*Louis Hersent – Portrait of Delphine Gay*Edward Hicks – Noah's Ark*Jean-François Millet – Prometheus Unbound*George Frederic Watts – Paolo and Francesca-Births:...
) - José Gil de CastroJosé Gil de CastroJosé Gil de Castro was an Afro-Peruvian painter celebrated for his meticulous portraits of Peru's heroes.- Jose Gil De Castro Y Morales Pintor Peruano - Presentation Transcript :...
, Afro-Peruvian painter especially of portraits of Peru's heroes (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:...
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- Pál Balkay
- probable – John Edward CarewJohn Edward CarewJohn Edward Carew was a notable Irish sculptor during the 19th century. His most prominent work is the Death of Nelson - one of the four bronze panels on the pedestal of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.-Life:...
, IrishIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
sculptor (d. 18681868 in art-Works:*Jean-Léon Gérôme—Death of Marshal Ney*Édouard Manet**Luncheon in the Studio **Mme. Manet at the Piano **Portrait d’Emile Zola...
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Deaths
- May 8 – Pietro LonghiPietro LonghiPietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary scenes of life.-Biography:Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint...
, Venetian 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...
) - August 20 – Jean-Baptiste PigalleJean-Baptiste PigalleJean-Baptiste Pigalle was a French sculptor.He was born in Paris, the seventh child of a carpenter. Although he failed to obtain the Grand Prix, after a severe struggle he entered the Académie Royale and became one of the most popular sculptors of his day.His earlier work, such as Child with Cage ...
, French sculptor (b. 17141714 in art-Births:*January 26 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor *August 1 - Richard Wilson, landscape painter *August 14 - Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter...
) - October 4 – Alexander RuncimanAlexander RuncimanAlexander Runciman was a Scottish painter of historical and mythological subjects. He was the elder brother of John Runciman, also a painter....
, Scottish painter (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...
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- John Hodges BenwellJohn Hodges BenwellJohn Hodges Benwell was an English genre painter.He was born at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire where his father was under-steward to George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough...
, English genre painter (b. 17641764 in art-Births:*April 14 – Firmin Didot, French printer, engraver, and type founder *April 20 – Rudolph Ackermann, printer and lithographer *May 11 – Grigory Ugryumov, Russian painter *May 20 – Johann Gottfried Schadow, sculptor...
) - Giovanni Battista CiprianiGiovanni Battista CiprianiGiovanni Battista Cipriani , Italian painter and engraver, Pistoiese by descent, was born in Florence.-History:His first lessons were given him by a Florentine of English descent, Ignatius Hugford, and then under Anton Domenico Gabbiani...
, Italian painter and 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 ....
) - William CochranWilliam Cochran (artist)William Cochran, born at Strathearn in Clydesdale, in 1738, received bis first instruction at the Academy of Painting at Glasgow, founded by the two celebrated printers, Robert and Andrew Foulis. About 1761 he went to Italy and studied under Gavin Hamilton, and on his return to Glasgow about 1766...
, Scottish painter (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...
) - Pietro GaspariPietro GaspariPietro Gaspari was an Italian artist, known for veduta and cappricio in etchings and paintings. Some of them resemble a more barren and finely detailed Piranesi. He was active mainly in Venice....
, 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...
artist, known for vedutaVedutaA veduta is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting of a cityscape or some other vista....
and capriccioCapriccio (painting)In painting, a capriccio , means especially an architectural fantasy, placing together buildings, archaeological remains and other architectural elements in fictional and often fantastical combinations, perhaps with staffage of figures. It fits under the more general term of landscape painting...
in etchingEtchingEtching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal...
s and paintings (b. 17201720 in art-Paintings:* Antoine Watteau – The shop sign of Gersaint-Births:*January 19 – John Boydell, engraver *January 20 – Bernardo Bellotto, Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching...
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- John Hodges Benwell