1736 in art
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- Jean-Baptiste-Siméon ChardinJean-Baptiste-Siméon ChardinJean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities...
painted Woman Dishes, Scheurnd.
Births
- February 6 - Franz Xaver MesserschmidtFranz Xaver MesserschmidtFranz Xaver Messerschmidt was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions.-Early years:...
, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
most famous for his collection of busts with extreme facial expressionFacial expressionA facial expression one or more motions or positions of the muscles in the skin. These movements convey the emotional state of the individual to observers. Facial expressions are a form of nonverbal communication. They are a primary means of conveying social information among humans, but also occur...
s (d. 17831783 in art-Works:* Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun – Portrait of Marie Antoinette-Births:*January 2 – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Danish painter *February 10 – Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter, engraver and silhouettist...
) - July 21 - Ulla AdlerfeltUlla AdlerfeltUlla Adlerfelt, née Sparre af Sundby , was a Swedish artist and noble. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts....
, Swedish painter and noblewoman (d. 17651765 in art-Paintings:*Jean-Honoré Fragonard – Coresus et Callirhoe*William Pars – The Parthenon when it contained a mosque. Published in James Stuart and Nicholas Revett "The Antiquities of Athens" -Births:...
) - August 15 - 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 (d. 17851785 in art-Events:*Joseph Wright of Derby holds a one-man exhibition in London, having severed his official connection with the Royal Academy.-Births:*April 26 – John James Audubon, naturalist and painter...
) - November 18 - Anton GraffAnton GraffAnton Graff was an eminent Swiss portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were Friedrich Schiller, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Heinrich von Kleist, Frederick the Great, Johann Gottfried Herder and Christian Felix Weisse...
, portrait painter (d. 18131813 in art-Works:*Johann Christian Reinhart - Blick auf Tivoli*J. M. W. Turner – Frosty Morning-Births:*March 27 – Nathaniel Currier, illustrator *April 18 – Franz Ittenbach, religious painter...
) - November 30 - Jean-Jacques de BoissieuJean-Jacques de BoissieuJean-Jacques de Boissieu was a French draughtsman, etcher and engraverBoissieu was born at Lyon, and studied at the École Gratuite de Dessin in his home town, but was mostly self-taught...
, painter and etcher (d. 18101810 in art-Awards:* Grand Prix de Rome, painting:* Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture:-Works:*Jacques-Louis David – The Distribution of the Eagle Standards*Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – La Révolte du Caire...
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- Charlotta CedercreutzCharlotta CedercreutzMaria Charlotta Cedercreutz, as married surname Wrangel , was a Swedish artist, lady-in-waiting and baroness. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts....
, Swedish painter and noblewoman (d. 18151815 in art-Works:*Antonio Canova – The Three Graces*Francisco Goya – Tauromaquia*J. M. W. Turner – Crossing the Brook-Births:*February 18 – Baron Leys, painter *June 11 – Julia Margaret Cameron, photographer...
) - Fyodor RokotovFyodor RokotovFyodor Stepanovich Rokotov was a distinguished Russian painter who specialized in portraits....
, 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 who specialized in 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,...
s (d. 18091809 in art-Works:*John Constable – Malvern Hall*Caspar David Friedrich – Mönch am Meer*Jacques-Louis David – Sappho and Phaon*Henry Raeburn – Mrs Spiers-Births:...
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- Charlotta Cedercreutz
Deaths
- July 25 - Jean-Baptiste PaterJean-Baptiste PaterJean-Baptiste Pater was a French rococo painter.Born in Valenciennes, Pater was the son of sculptor Antoine Pater and studied under him before becoming a student of painter Jean-Baptiste Guide. Pater then moved to Paris, briefly becoming a pupil of Antoine Watteau in 1713. Watteau, despite...
, 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...
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...
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...
) - August 14 - Victor Honoré JanssensVictor Honoré JanssensVictor Honorius Janssens was a Flemish painter.Janssens was born in Brussels. After seven years in the studio of an obscure painter named Volders, he spent four years in the household of the duke of Holstein...
, Flemish painter (b. 16581658 in art-Paintings:*Adriaen van der Spelt and Frans van Mieris paint "Flower Piece with Curtain". It is now kept at The Art Institute of Chicago.*Rembrandt van Rijn – Self-portrait*Guido Cagnacci – Death of Cleopatra-Births:...
) - September 13 - Gaspar van Wittel, 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...
landscape painter (b. 16531653 in art-Events:*Architect and painter Lambert van Haven begins a 16-year period of travelling in Europe.-Paintings:*Claude Lorrain - The Adoration of the Golden Calf*Rembrandt van Rijn - Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer...
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- Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter (b. 16531653 in art-Events:*Architect and painter Lambert van Haven begins a 16-year period of travelling in Europe.-Paintings:*Claude Lorrain - The Adoration of the Golden Calf*Rembrandt van Rijn - Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer...
) - Niccolò BambiniNiccolò BambiniNiccolò Bambini was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods.He was born in Venice, and first studied under Giulio Mazzoni at Venice; but afterwards went to Rome, where he became a pupil of Carlo Maratti. He painted for the church of San Stefano soon after his return...
, Italian painter (b. 16511651 in art-Events:* Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini-Paintings:* Diego Velázquez – Rokeby Venus-Births:*August 13 - Balthasar Permoser, Austrian sculptor *date unknown...
) - Domenico BrandiDomenico BrandiDomenico Brandi was an Italian painter, active in his native Naples, where he painted still lifes of birds and animals, as well as pastoral landscapes . He was painter to the Viceroy of Naples, and died in the latter city.-References:...
, Italian painter primarily 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 of birds and animals, as well as pastoral landscapes (vedute) (b. 16831683 in art-Births:*date unknown**Gao Fenghan, Chinese painter **Miyagawa Chōshun, Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style **Ciro Adolfi, Italian painter...
) - Giuseppe Nicola NasiniGiuseppe Nicola NasiniGiuseppe Nicola Nasini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Born in Siena, he was one of the Tuscan pupils in the Medici-patronized Grand-Ducal Academy for the Arts located in Rome and directed from 1673-86, by Ciro Ferri. Nasini returned to Florence by 1685...
, Italian painter of 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, director of Grand-Ducal Academy for the Arts (b. 16571657 in art-Paintings:* Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656–1657* Salomon van Ruysdael, View of Deventer Seen from the North-West-Births:*January - Peter van Bloemen, Dutch painter *May 8 – Martino Altomonte, Italian painter of frescoes...
) - Étienne AllegrainÉtienne AllegrainÉtienne Allegrain was a French topographical painter. Inspired by Nicolas Poussin, he evoked still ambiences and atmospherics bathed in a deep play of light and shade.His son Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain becamea famous sculptor.-External links:...
, French topographical painter (b. 16441644 in art-Paintings:* Claude Lorrain** Odysseus Returns Chryseis to Her Father** Pastoral Landscape with the Arch of Titus** View of Tivoli at Sunset* Hans Gillisz. Bollongier: Blumenstück...
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- Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter (b. 1653