1777 in art
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- January 2 – Christian Daniel RauchChristian Daniel RauchChristian Daniel Rauch was a German sculptor. He founded the Berlin school of sculpture, and was the foremost German sculptor of the 19th century.-Biography:Rauch was born at Arolsen in the Principality of Waldeck...
, sculptor (d. 18571857 in art-Events:*Lewis Carroll meets John Ruskin and begins to associate with the Pre-Raphaelites. In the same year, Ruskin publishes his Political Economy of Art.-Works:...
) - January 7 – Lorenzo BartoliniLorenzo BartoliniLorenzo Bartolini was an Italian sculptor who infused his neoclassicism with a strain of sentimental piety and naturalistic detail which led him furthermore in the future, while he drew inspiration from the sculpture of the Florentine Renaissance rather than the overpowering influence of Antonio...
, 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...
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...
(d. 18501850 in art-Events:*Francisco Goya's engravings, Proverbios, are posthumously published.*Edouard Pingret relocates to Mexico City.-Awards:* Grand Prix de Rome, painting: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Paul Baudry.* Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:...
) - March 9 – Aleksander Orłowski, PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
painter and sketch maker, pioneer of lithographyLithographyLithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface...
in the Russian EmpireRussian EmpireThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
(d. 18321832 in art-Awards:*Prix de Rome**for painting – Antoine Wiertz**for sculpture – François Jouffroy-Works:*Hokusai – The Great Wave off Kanagawa-Births:*January 6 – Gustave Doré, French illustrator *January 23 – Édouard Manet, French painter,...
) - March 10 – Louis HersentLouis HersentLouis Hersent was a French painter.]Born in Paris, he became a pupil of David, and obtained the Prix de Rome in 1797. In the Salon of 1802 appeared his "Metamorphosis of Narcissus", and he continued to exhibit with rare interruptions up to 1831...
, 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...
painter (d. 18601860 in art-Awards:* Grand Prix de Rome, painting:* Grand Prix de Rome, sculpture:* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture:* Grand Prix de Rome, music: Emile Paladilhe.-Works:*Hiroshige II – Mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishū*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - A Bargain...
) - July 23 – Philipp Otto RungePhilipp Otto RungePhilipp Otto Runge was a Romantic German painter and draughtsman. He made a late start to his career and died young, nonetheless he is considered among the best German Romantic painters.- Life and work :...
, painter (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...
) - August 11 – Giuseppe BossiGiuseppe BossiGiuseppe Bossi was an Italian painter, arts administrator and writer on art. He ranks among the foremost figures of Neoclassical culture in Lombardy, along with Ugo Foscolo, Giuseppe Parini, Andrea Appiani or Manzoni....
, 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...
painter, arts administrator and writer on art (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...
) - October 16 – J. L. LundJ. L. LundJohan Ludwig Gebhard Lund , , Danish painter, was born in Kiel, Duchy of Holstein, to master painter Hans Giewert Lund and his wife Maria Magdalena Christina Bremer...
, Danish painter especially of historical subjects (d. 18671867 in art-Paintings:*George Henry Boughton - Pilgrims Going To Church*Giuseppe Calì - Death of Dragut *Edgar Degas - The Bellelli Family completed *Édouard Manet...
) - December 17 – François Marius GranetFrançois Marius GranetFrançois Marius Granet , French painter, was born in Aix-en-Provence; his father was a small builder.-Biography:...
, painter (d. 18491849 in art-Events:* May – First exhibition of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: John Everett Millais' Isabella and Holman Hunt's Rienzi at the Royal Academy summer exhibition and Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Girlhood of Mary Virgin at the Free Exhibition on Hyde Park Corner, London.* May – John Ruskin...
) - date unknown – Matthew Cotes WyattMatthew Cotes WyattMatthew Cotes Wyatt was a painter and sculptor and a member of the Wyatt family, who were well-known in the Victorian era as architects and sculptors.-Early life:...
, English painter and sculptor (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...
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Deaths
- April 29 – Antonio JoliAntonio JoliAntonio Joli was an Italian painter of veduta.Born in Modena, he first apprenticed with Rafaello Rinaldi. He then worked in Rome with Panini and the Galli-Bibiena studio. He became a painter of stage sets for the theater in Modena and Perugia...
, 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...
painter of vedutaVedutaA veduta is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting of a cityscape or some other vista....
(b. 17001700 in art-Events:* Luca Giordano returns to Naples a wealthy man after the death of his patron, Charles II of Spain.* Pierre Le Gros the Younger is elected to the Accademia di San Luca.-Births:...
) - June 22 – Johann Joseph ChristianJohann Joseph ChristianJohann Joseph Christian was a German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver. His masterworks are considered to be the choir stalls in Zwiefalten Abbey and Ottobeuren Abbey....
, 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...
Baroque sculptorBaroque sculptureBaroque sculpture is the sculpture associated with the Baroque cultural movement, a movement often identified with the existence of important Baroque art and architecture in non-absolutist and Protestant states.-Course:...
and woodcarverWoodworkingWoodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood.-History:Along with stone, mud, and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked by early humans. Microwear analysis of the Mousterian stone tools used by the Neanderthals show that many were used to work wood...
(b. 17061706 in art-Events:*Engraver Sebastien Le Clerc is granted the title of cavaliere Romano by the Pope.-Works:*Jan Brokoff - Statue of St Joseph, on the Charles Bridge in Prague -Births:*January 3 – Johann Caspar Füssli, portrait painter...
) - July 13 – Guillaume Coustou the YoungerGuillaume Coustou the YoungerGuillaume Coustou the Younger was a French sculptor.The son of Guillaume Coustou the Elder and nephew of Nicolas Coustou, he trained in the family atelier and studied at the French Academy in Rome, 1736–39, as winner of the Prix de Rome...
, painter (b. 17161716 in art-Births:*March 19 – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, painter *March 25 – Alexei Antropov, Russian barocco painter *June 18 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter *December 1 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor...
) - August 23 – Charles-Joseph NatoireCharles-Joseph NatoireCharles-Joseph Natoire was a French painter in the Rococo manner, a pupil of François Lemoyne and director of the French Academy in Rome, 1751-1775...
, painter (b. 17001700 in art-Events:* Luca Giordano returns to Naples a wealthy man after the death of his patron, Charles II of Spain.* Pierre Le Gros the Younger is elected to the Accademia di San Luca.-Births:...
) - December 2 – Lorenzo De CaroLorenzo De CaroLorenzo de Caro was an 18th century Italian painter, active in his natal city of Naples.-Biography:De Caro's biographical information is sparse, and many canvases refer to painter of Neapolitan origin, active between 1740 and 1761...
, painter (b. 17191719 in art-Paintings:* Antoine Watteau, Pierrot-Births:* May 29 – Lorenzo De Caro, Neapolitan painter * August 25 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter...
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