1778 in art
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- 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...
- Watson and the SharkWatson and the SharkWatson and the Shark is the title of a 1778 oil painting by John Singleton Copley, depicting the rescue of Brook Watson from a shark attack in Havana, Cuba. The original of three versions by Copley is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C..... - Goya - Children With a Cart
- Gilbert StuartGilbert StuartGilbert Charles Stuart was an American painter from Rhode Island.Gilbert Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists...
- Self-portrait
Births
- January 1 - Charles Alexandre LesueurCharles Alexandre LesueurCharles Alexandre Lesueur was a French naturalist, artist and explorer.Pictured here is the oil portrait by Charles Willson Peale of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur...
, artist and explorer (d. 18461846 in art-Works:*Thomas Cole – Catskill Landscape*Louis Hersent – Portrait of Delphine Gay*Edward Hicks – Noah's Ark*Jean-François Millet – Prometheus Unbound*George Frederic Watts – Paolo and Francesca-Births:...
) - February 22 - Rembrandt PealeRembrandt PealeRembrandt Peale was an American artist and museum keeper. A prolific portrait painter, he was especially acclaimed for his likenesses of presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson...
, American artist (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...
) - May 31 - John JacksonJohn Jackson (painter)John Jackson was an English painter.Jackson was born in Lastingham, Yorkshire, and started his career as an apprentice tailor to his father, who opposed the artistic ambitions of his son...
, EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
portrait painter (d. 18311831 in art-Events:*Clarkson Stanfield's spectacular panorama Venice and Its Adjacent Islands is staged in London as part of the annual Christmas pantomime.-Births:*October 26 – Nathaniel Hone the Younger, Irish painter *date unknown...
) - June 7 - Beau BrummellBeau BrummellBeau Brummell, born as George Bryan Brummell , was the arbiter of men's fashion in Regency England and a friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV...
, leader of fashion (d. 18401840 in art-Works:*Francis Danby – The Deluge*Eugène Delacroix – Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople *Edwin Landseer – Laying Down The Law, or Trial by Jury...
) - August 17 - John VarleyJohn Varley (painter)John Varley was an English watercolour painter and astrologer, and a close friend of William Blake. They collaborated in 1819–1820 on the book Visionary Heads, written by Varley and illustrated by Blake...
, 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...
watercolourWatercolor paintingWatercolor or watercolour , also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle...
painter and astrologerAstrologerAn astrologer practices one or more forms of astrology. Typically an astrologer draws a horoscope for the time of an event, such as a person's birth, and interprets celestial points and their placements at the time of the event to better understand someone, determine the auspiciousness of an...
(d. 18421842 in art-Events:*Richard Dadd becomes mentally ill during a tour of the Middle East and is thought to be suffering from sunstroke.*Construction work resumes on Cologne Cathedral, after a gap of nearly three centuries....
) - August 31 - Friedrich August von KlinkowströmFriedrich August von KlinkowströmFriedrich August von Klinkowström was a German artist, author and teacher from an old Pomeranian noble family....
, 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...
artist, author and teacher (d. 18351835 in art-Works:*John Constable – The Valley Farm*Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot – Hagar in the Desert-Births:*March 31 – John LaFarge, painter and stained-glass artist *June 15 – Adah Isaacs Menken, American actress, painter and poet...
) - September 1 - Reverend John ThomsonReverend John ThomsonThe Reverend John Thomson was the minister of Duddingston Kirk near Edinburgh, Scotland and a distinguished amateur landscape painter.-Early life:...
, minister of Duddingston KirkDuddingston KirkDuddingston Kirk is a Parish Church in the Church of Scotland, located adjacent to Holyrood Park in Duddingston Village, on the east side of the City of Edinburgh. Regular services are held at the Kirk, conducted by the minister, Rev Dr James A. P...
and Landscape artLandscape artLandscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
ist (d. 18401840 in art-Works:*Francis Danby – The Deluge*Eugène Delacroix – Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople *Edwin Landseer – Laying Down The Law, or Trial by Jury...
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- Wilhelmina KrafftWilhelmina KrafftWilhelmina Krafft was a Swedish painter and portrait miniaturist, child of the painter Per Krafft the Elder and sister of the artist Per Krafft the Younger.Wilhelmina Krafft was born in Stockholm...
, Swedish painter and portrait miniaturist (d. 18281828 in art-Births:*May 10 – James McDougal Hart, painter *May 11 – Alfred Stevens, painter *May 12 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelite painter *June 13 – Elie Delaunay, painter...
) - Tang YifenTang YifenTang Yifen ; ca. 1778-1853 was a Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher during the Qing Dynasty ....
- ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
landscape painter and calligrapher during 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....
(d. 18531853 in art-Works:*Théodore Chassériau - The Tepidarium *Gustave Courbet - The Bathers *Holman Hunt's The Awakening Conscience...
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- Wilhelmina Krafft
Deaths
- February 24 - Laurent DelvauxLaurent DelvauxLaurent Delvaux was a prolific Belgian sculptor.-Life:Delvaux was born in Ghent. In Brussels he was a student of Denis Plumier from Antwerp, he followed Plumier to London in 1719 and collaborated with him on the funerary monument of John Sheffield, duke of Buckingham...
, French sculptor (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...
) - March - Thomas RobertsThomas Roberts (painter)Thomas Roberts was an Irish landscape painter.Born into a family of artists in County Waterford, he was the eldest son of architect John Roberts. Roberts, the son, would become a student of the Cork painter John Butts and landscape painter George Mullins...
, IrishIrish peopleThe Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
landscapeLandscape artLandscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
painter (b. 17481748 in art-Events:*Patience Lovell, the first recognized American-born sculptor, marries Joseph Wright.-Works:*Robert Feke - Portrait of William Bowdoin-Births:*May 22 - Thomas Roberts, Irish Landscape artist...
) - March 6 - Gaudenzio BottiGaudenzio BottiGaudenzio Botti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia.He trained with Faustino Raineri, a landscape painter. Botti said he painted in the style of the Dutch painter Berghen. He painted both interiors and exteriors.-References:...
, 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, mainly active in BresciaBresciaBrescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...
(b. 16981698 in art-Births:* Gaudenzio Botti – Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia * Giovanni Francesco Braccioli – Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara...
) - May 20 - Gaetano ZompiniGaetano ZompiniGaetano Zompini was an Italian printmaker and engraver, known for his prints depicting workers from the lower classes in Venice....
, Italian printmaker and engraver (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:...
) - November 9 - Giovanni Battista PiranesiGiovanni Battista PiranesiGiovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" .-His Life:...
, Italian artist (b. 17201720 in art-Paintings:* Antoine Watteau – The shop sign of Gersaint-Births:*January 19 – John Boydell, engraver *January 20 – Bernardo Bellotto, Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching...
) - December 22 - Simon Mathurin LantaraSimon Mathurin LantaraSimon Mathurin Lantara was a French landscape painter.He was born at Oncy. His father was a weaver, and he himself began life as a herdboy; but, having attracted the notice of Gille de Reumont, a son of his master, he was placed under a painter at Versailles...
, 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...
landscape painterLandscape artLandscape art is a term that covers the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, and especially art where the main subject is a wide view, with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works landscape backgrounds for figures can still...
(b. 17291729 in art-Paintings:* Hogarth painted Act III of The Beggar's Opera.* François Lemoyne painted Pygmalion Watching his Statue Come to Life.* Antonio David painted portraits of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his brother Prince Henry....
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- John CobbJohn Cobb (cabinetmaker)-Biography:It is believed that John Cobb was apprenticed in 1729 to Timothy Money , a Norwich upholsterer. In 1755 he married Sukey, a daughter of the cabinetmaker Giles Grendey, and is said to have acquired a ‘singularly haughty character’, strutting ‘in full dress of the most superb and costly...
, English cabinetmaker (b. 17101710 in art-Births:*March 8 – Gaetano Majorano, Italian castrato and opera singer *May 8 – Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, Flemish sculptor and architect *May 23 – François Gaspard Adam, French rococo sculptor...
) - Jean-Baptiste LemoyneJean-Baptiste LemoyneJean-Baptiste Lemoyne was a French sculptor, among the greatest French portraitists. He was the pupil of his father, Jean-Louis Lemoyne, and of Robert Le Lorrain....
, French sculptor (b. 17041704 in art-Works:*Paolo Alessandro Maffei - Engraving of Menelaus supporting the body of Patroclus-Births:*February 15 – Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, French sculptor *May/June – Johann Baptist Straub – German Rococo sculptor...
) - Ignazio HugfordIgnazio HugfordIgnazio Hugford, or Ignatius Heckford , was an Italian painter active mostly in Tuscany in an early Neoclassic style.- Life and work :...
, or Ignatius Heckford, Florentine painter (b. 17031703 in art-Births:*February 18 - Corrado Giaquinto, Italian Rococo painter *September 29 - François Boucher, French Rococo painter, engraver and designer *date unknown**Sir Henry Cheere, 1st Baronet, English sculptor...
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- John Cobb