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- May 22 - Tethart Philipp Christian HaagTethart Philipp Christian HaagTethart Philipp Christian Haag was a Dutch artist. He was born at Kassel in Germany.He is known for his portraits of the family of William V, Prince of Orange, particularly that of his wife Wilhelmina of Prussia, which hangs in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. He died in The Hague.-Sources:*...
, German-born Dutch portrait artist (d. 18121812 in art-Works:*Théodore Géricault – The Charging Chasseur*Francisco Goya – Portrait of the Duke of Wellington*John Martin – Sadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion-Births:*March 1 – Augustus Pugin, architect, illustrator, and designer...
) - August 10 - Anton LosenkoAnton LosenkoAnton Pavlovich Losenko was a Ukrainian Neoclassical painter who lived in Imperial Russia and who specialized in historical subjects and portraits.- Life :...
, Ukrainian-Russian 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...
painter who specialized in historical subjects and portraits (d. 17731773 in art-Events:*Francisco Goya marries Josefa Bayeu.*Ulrika Pasch elected in to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts-Births:*December 9 – Marianne Ehrenström, Swedish writer, singer, painter, pianist, culture personality, and memorialist *date unknown...
) - August 11 - Joseph NollekensJoseph NollekensJoseph Nollekens was a sculptor from London generally considered to be the finest British sculptor of the late 18th century. He was also a founder member of the Royal Academy in 1768.-Life:...
, 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...
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...
, founder member of the Royal AcademyRoyal AcademyThe Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
(d. 18231823 in art-Works:*Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of John Adams *Ferdinand Waldmüller – Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven-Births:*March 1 – Charles Callahan Perkins, art critic and author...
) - September 15 - Jacob Philipp HackertJacob Philipp HackertJacob Philipp Hackert was a landscape painter from Brandenburg, who did most of his work in Italy....
, landscape painter (d. 18071807 in art-Events:*Completion of Fonthill Abbey, built to house the art collection of William Thomas Beckford.-Works:*David Wilkie – Rent Day*Jacques-Louis David – The Coronation of Napoleon-Births:*February 4 – Max Emanuel Ainmiller, glass painter...
) - September 30 - Magdalene BärensMagdalene BärensMagdalene Margrethe Bärens was a Danish artist. She was one of the first professional female artists in Denmark, and the first woman to be elected into the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts...
, Danish still life painter (d. 18081808 in art-Events:* May 2 and May 3, In Spain the guerrilla resistance movement against the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte begins; immortalized in 1814 by Francisco Goya's Third of May 1808....
) - October 14 - José del CastilloJosé del CastilloCastillo made many attempts to become Royal Painter for the Spanish monarchy, but he was never successful. This was not due to a lack of talent, but rather because Castillo allied himself with the wrong noble. His patron, the Earl of Floridablanca, feuded bitterly with the Earl of Aranda...
, Spanish painter and a leader of the artistic movement "Illustrious Absolutism" (d. 17931793 in art-Works:* Jacques-Louis David – The Death of Marat.* François Marie Suzanne, a French sculptor, created a terra cotta figure of Benjamin Franklin .-Births:*January 15 – Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Austrian painter and writer...
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- Philippe CurtiusPhilippe CurtiusPhillippe Curtius was a Swiss physician and wax modeller who taught Marie Tussaud the art of wax modelling.Marie Tussaud lived in the home of Philippe Curtius, a doctor in Berne, for whom her mother acted as housekeeper. Tussaud called him 'Uncle'. Curtius was a physician, and was skilled in wax...
, wax modeller (d. 17941794 in art-Works:* William Blake, The Ancient of Days-Births:*March 26 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter *May 13 – Louis Léopold Robert, Swiss painter *September 30 – Karl Begas, German historical painter...
) - Antonio DizianiAntonio DizianiAntonio Diziani was an Italian painter of the 18th century, active mainly in painting vedute or landscapes and vistas of Venice.His father, Gaspare Diziani, was a prominent rococo artist who painted canvases and decorative frescoes, but Antonio was more strongly influenced by Francesco Zuccarelli...
, Italian painter of vedutaVedutaA veduta is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting of a cityscape or some other vista....
, landscapes, and vistas (d. 17971797 in art-Births:*June 16 – Sophie Fremiet, French painter *July 17 – Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter *August 8 – Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, French painter *September 19 – January Suchodolski, Polish painter and Army officer...
) - Carlo Giuseppe RattiCarlo Giuseppe RattiCarlo Giuseppe Ratti was an Italian art biographer and painter of the late-Baroque period. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Agostino Ratti. Born in Genoa, he moved to Rome where he befriended Anton Raphael Mengs and Pompeo Batoni...
, Italian art biographer and painter (d. 17951795 in art-Works:* William Blake's monotypes Nebuchadnezzar, Newton, The Night of Enitharmon's Joy and Pity.* Philip James de Loutherbourg's painting Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June.-Births:...
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- Philippe Curtius
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- January 22 - Jean-Baptiste van MourJean-Baptiste van MourJean-Baptiste van Mour or Vanmour was a Flemish-French painter, remembered for his detailed portrayal of life in the Ottoman Empire during the Tulip Era and the rule of Sultan Ahmed III.-Biography:...
, Flemish-French painter (b. 16711671 in art-Events:*The Discalced Carmelites of Vilnius build a wooden chapel to house the painting Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn.-Works:*Gerard de Lairesse – Three ceiling paintings for Andries de Graeff, now at the Peace Palace in The Hague...
) - April 12 - Giovanni Battista FogginiGiovanni Battista Fogginithumb|Tomb of [[Galileo Galilei]] in [[Santa Croce, Florence]].Giovanni Battista Foggini was an Italian sculptor active in Florence, renowned mainly for small bronze statuary.-Biography:...
, Italian sculptor of small bronzes statuary (b. 16521652 in art-Paintings:* Carel Fabritius - A View of Delft; the painting showing use of exaggerated perspective.-Births:*February 13 - Anton Domenico Gabbiani, Italian painter born in Florence...
) - June 4 - François LemoyneFrançois LemoyneFrançois Lemoyne or François Le Moine was a French rococo painter.He was born in Paris. In 1701, when he was 13 years old, he entered the Académie de peinture et de sculpture. He studied under Louis Galloche and stayed until 1713. In 1711, Lemoyne won the Prix de Rome...
, FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
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. 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:...
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- Francisco BustamanteFrancisco Bustamante (painter)Francisco Bustamante was a Spanish painter.Bustamante was born at Oviedo, and studied painting with Miguel Jacinto Menendez at Madrid. On the ceiling of the sacristy of Oviedo Cathedral he painted a fresco representing 'The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin,' from a sketch sent from Rome; also...
, painter (b. c.1680) - Evaristo MuñozEvaristo MuñozEvaristo Muñoz Estarlich was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Valencia.He was influenced by Acisclo Antonio Palomino and Luca Giordano. He painted many altarpieces. Jose Espinós was one of his pupils.-External links:*....
, Spanish painter (b. 16841684 in art-Births:*January 14 - Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Dutch painter *October 10 - Antoine Watteau, French painter **Karl Aigen, German painter, master painter/tutor with Daniel Gran in Vienna...
) - Francesco PensoFrancesco PensoFrancesco Penso called "Cabianca" was an Italian sculptor. His earliest known work is the marble St. Benedict for San Michele in Isola, Venice...
, Venetian sculptor (b. c.1665) - Giovanni Battista TagliasacchiGiovanni Battista TagliasacchiGiovanni Battista Tagliasacchi was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. For some time he painted historical scenes in the manner of his teacher Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole. He was also an excellent portrait painter.-References:...
, Italian painter of historical scenes and portraits (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...
) - Bernhard VogelBernhard Vogel (engraver)Bernhard Vogel was a German engraver....
, German engraver (b. 16831683 in art-Births:*date unknown**Gao Fenghan, Chinese painter **Miyagawa Chōshun, Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style **Ciro Adolfi, Italian painter...
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- Francisco Bustamante