1792 in art explained
Events from the year 1792 in art.
Events
Works
Births
- February 19 – Lucie Ingemann, née Mandix, Danish religious painter (died 1868)
- February 24 – István Ferenczy, Hungarian sculptor (died 1856)
- June 16 – John Linnell, English landscape painter (died 1882)[1]
- June 26 – Christian Albrecht Jensen, Danish painter (died 1870)
- August 9
- August 12 – Hans Harder, Danish painter and drawing master (died 1873)
- August 30 – Alexis Joseph Depaulis, French sculptor and medallist (died 1867)
- September 1 – Chester Harding, American portrait painter (died 1866)
- October 31 – Jean-Baptiste Roman, French sculptor (died 1835)
- December 17 – George Hayter, English portrait painter (died 1871)
- December 20 – Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French designer and painter, especially of military subjects (died 1845)
- date unknown
- Arnoldus Bloemers, Dutch painter of flowers, fruit, and animals (died 1844)[2]
- Peter Andreas Brandt, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1862)
- Carl Georg Enslen, Austrian painter (died 1866)
- Ferdinand Wolfgang Flachenecker, German painter (died 1847)
- James Arthur O'Connor, Irish landscape painter (died 1841)
- James Pollard, British painter and aquatint engraver especially of coach, fox hunting and equine scenes (died 1867)
- Ulla Stenberg, Swedish damask maker (died 1858)
- William Guy Wall, American painter of Irish birth (died 1864)
- Thomas Wyon, English engraver of medals (died 1817)[3]
- 1792/1793: George Mills, British sculptor, engraver and medallist (died 1824)
Deaths
- February 1 – Nicolas-Guy Brenet, French historical painter (born 1728)
- February 21 – Jacob Schnebbelie, English illustrator and engraver (born 1760)
- February 23 – Sir Joshua Reynolds, English painter, specializing in portraits (born 1723)[4]
- March 3 – Robert Adam, Scottish-born architect and interior designer (born 1728)[5]
- May 7 – Aert Schouman, Dutch painter, glass engraver and art dealer (born 1710)
- December 4 – Antonio Ponz, Spanish painter (born 1725)[6]
- December 12 – William Hoare, English painter, noted for his pastels (born 1707)
- December 17 – Gottlieb Welté, German etcher and landscape painter (born 1745/1749)
- date unknown
Notes and References
- Book: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. John Linnell. A Loan Exhibition of Drawings, Watercolours and Paintings by John Linnell and His Circle. 1973. Lund Humphries. 1787.
- Book: Peter Mitchell. Great Flower Painters: Four Centuries of Floral Art. 1973. Overlook Press. 978-0-87951-008-4. 52.
- Book: Samuel Redgrave. A Dictionary of Artists of the English School: Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers and Ornamentists. 1878. Bell. 494.
- Book: Joseph Farington. Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds. 2005. Pallas Athene. 978-1-84368-001-7. 151.
- Book: Frank N. Magill. The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 4. 13 September 2013. Routledge. 978-1-135-92414-0. 7.
- Book: The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge. 1840. Charles Knight. 397.
- Book: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain). Goya and His Times: Royal Academy Winter Exhibition 1963-4. 1963. Royal Academy. 13.