1756 in art
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Events
- The Venetian Academy was co-founded by Giovanni Antonio GuardiGiovanni Antonio GuardiGiovanni Antonio Guardi , also known as Gianantonio Guardi, was an Italian painter. Guardi was one of the founders of the Venetian Academy in 1756.-Biography:...
(1699–1760), also known as Gianantonio Guardi, an Italian painter, et al.
Paintings
- François BoucherFrançois BoucherFrançois Boucher was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture...
(1703–1770) paints portraits of Madame de PompadourMadame de PompadourJeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour was a member of the French court, and was the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death.-Biography:...
. - John Singleton CopleyJohn Singleton CopleyJohn Singleton Copley was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts, and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects...
paints pictures after Rococo influence. - Sir Joshua ReynoldsJoshua ReynoldsSir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA was an influential 18th-century English painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy...
paints portraits of Susanna Beckford and Captain Robert Orme. - Szymon CzechowiczSzymon CzechowiczSzymon Czechowicz was a prominent Polish painter of the Baroque, considered one of the most accomplished painters of 18th century sacral painting in Poland. He specialized in sublime effigies of painted figures...
paints Bishop Stanislaus bringing back to life PiotrawinPiotrawin, Lublin CountyPiotrawin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jastków, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland....
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Births
- January 6 – Gaspare LandiGaspare LandiGaspare Landi was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, active in Rome and his native city of Piacenza....
, Italian Neoclassical painter (d. 18301830 in art-Events:*Clarkson Stanfield's panorama The Military Pass of the Simplon is featured in a Christmas pantomime in London.*Approximate beginning of the Barbizon school of painters.-Works:*George Catlin – General William Clark...
) - February 12 – Joseph ChinardJoseph ChinardJoseph Chinard was a French sculptor who worked in a Neoclassical style that was infused with naturalism and sentiment....
, French sculptor who worked in a Neoclassical styleNeoclassicismNeoclassicism 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...
(died 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...
) - March 4 – Sir Henry RaeburnHenry RaeburnSir Henry Raeburn was a Scottish portrait painter, the first significant Scottish portraitist since the Act of Union 1707 to remain based in Scotland.-Biography:...
, Scottish painter (died 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...
) - June 3 - Louis-François CassasLouis-François CassasLouis-François Cassas, born to a poor family on June 3, 1756, was a distinguished French landscape painter, sculptor, architect, archeologist and antiquary born at Azay-le-Ferron, in the Indre Department of France...
, French landscape painter, sculptor and architect (died 18271827 in art-Works:*Karl Briullov – Italian Midday*George Catlin – Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls*Thomas Cole – Autumn in the Catskills*John Constable – The Cornfield*Eugène Delacroix** Death of Sardanapalus** Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi...
) - June 6 – John TrumbullJohn TrumbullJohn Trumbull was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical paintings...
, American painter (died 18431843 in art-Events:*August – Richard Dadd, taken to the country by his family to recover from a mental breakdown, murders his father.*John Ruskin's Modern Painters is published.-Births:*March 3 – Aleksander Sochaczewski, Polish painter...
) - July 14 – Thomas RowlandsonThomas RowlandsonThomas Rowlandson was an English artist and caricaturist.- Biography :Rowlandson was born in Old Jewry, in the City of London. He was the son of a tradesman or city merchant. On leaving school he became a student at the Royal Academy...
, English artist and caricaturist (died 18271827 in art-Works:*Karl Briullov – Italian Midday*George Catlin – Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls*Thomas Cole – Autumn in the Catskills*John Constable – The Cornfield*Eugène Delacroix** Death of Sardanapalus** Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi...
) - December 7 – Cornelis van SpaendonckCornelis van SpaendonckCornelis van Spaendonck was a Dutch painter who was a native of Tilburg. Spaendonck initially worked under artist Guillaume-Jacques Herreyns in Antwerp, and in 1773 moved to Paris to study and work with his brother, floral painter Gérard van Spaendonck...
, 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...
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...
(died 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...
) - (b. 1756/1758) – Francesco PiranesiFrancesco PiranesiFrancesco Piranesi was an Italian engraver and architect. He was the son of the more famous Giovan Battista Piranesi and continued his series of engravings representing monuments and ancient temples. He worked for a long period in France, where he lived during the French Revolution.Piranesi died...
, Italian engraver and architect (died 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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Deaths
- July 24 – George VertueGeorge VertueGeorge Vertue was an English engraver and antiquary, whose notebooks on British art of the first half of the 18th century are a valuable source for the period.-Life:...
, English engraver and antiquary (born 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...
) - November 21 - José de IbarraJosé de IbarraJosé de Ibarra was a Mexican painter. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and died 21 Nov 1756 in Mexico City. He was a student of painter Juan Correa. Many of his pieces are preserved in Mexican museums and the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City. He was one of the most prolific painters of...
, Mexican painter (b. 16881688 in art-Paintings:*René-Antoine Houasse - Minerva teaching the Rhodians sculpture *Willem van de Velde the Younger - The Fleet at Sea-Births:*April 15 – Johann Georg Bergmüller, painter of frescoes, of the Baroque...
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- Bernard AccamaBernard AccamaBernardus Accama was an 18th century Dutch historical and portrait painter, born in Friesland, possibly in Burum, Friesland, the son of Aeltje Boetes Nievelt and Simon Accama the local church minister. He was christened 12 July 1696 at Burum. He worked and died in Leeuwarden.-References:...
, Dutch painter (born 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...
) - Li Shan, Chinese 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:...
) - Hua YanHua YanHua Yan courtesy name Qiu Yue , sobriquets Xinluo Shan Ren , Dong Yuan Shen , Bu Yi Sheng ， and Li Hou Ju Shi Hua Yan courtesy name Qiu Yue (秋岳), sobriquets Xinluo Shan Ren (新罗山人), Dong Yuan Shen (东园生), Bu Yi Sheng (布衣生)， and Li Hou Ju Shi Hua Yan courtesy name Qiu Yue (秋岳), sobriquets Xinluo...
, Chinese painter from Fujian province (b. 16821682 in art-Births: *February 13 – Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian rococo painter *April 15 – Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter *August 15 - Annibale Albani, Italian Cardinal, whose library, gallery of paintings/sculpture, and cabinet of coins were added to the Vatican collection *October 24 - William Aikman...
) - Zhang ZongcangZhang ZongcangZhang Zongcang , courtesy name as Mocun, is a famed Chinese landscape painter in the Qing Dynasty. He born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province....
, Chinese painter in the Qing DynastyQing DynastyThe Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
(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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- Bernard Accama