1795 in art
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- William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
's monotypes NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnezzar (Blake)Nebuchadnezzar is a colour monotype print with additions in ink and watercolour portraying the Old Testament Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake...
, NewtonNewton (Blake)Newton is a monotype by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake first completed in 1795, but reworked and reprinted in 1805...
, The Night of Enitharmon's JoyThe Night of Enitharmon's JoyThe Night of Enitharmon's Joy, often referred as The Triple Hecate or simply Hecate, is a 1795 colour print by English artist and poet William Blake, which depicts Enitharmon, a female character in his mythology, or Hecate, a chthonic Greco-Roman goddess of magic and the underworld...
and PityPity (William Blake)Pity is a colour print on paper, finished in ink and watercolor, by English artist and poet William Blake. Along with his other works of this period, it was influenced by the Bible, Milton, and Shakespeare...
. - Philip James de LoutherbourgPhilip James de LoutherbourgPhilip James de Loutherbourg, also seen as Philippe-Jacques and Philipp Jakob and with the appellation the Younger was an English artist of German origin who became known for his elaborate set designs for London theatres.-Early life:He was born in Strasbourg, where his father, the representative...
's painting Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of JuneLord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of JuneLord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June is a 1795 painting by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg of the victory of British naval forces under Lord Howe over a French force led by Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse on the Glorious First of June 1794...
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- February 10 – Ary SchefferAry SchefferAry Scheffer , French painter of Dutch and German extraction, was born in Dordrecht.-Life:After the early death of his father Johann Baptist, a poor painter, Ary's mother Cornelia, herself a painter and daughter of landscapist Arie Lamme, took him to Paris and placed him in the studio of...
, 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...
painter of Dutch extraction (d. 18581858 in art-Works:*Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres - Self-Portrait at the Age of 78 *William Henry Fisk - The Secret*William Powell Frith - The Derby Day*Édouard Manet - The Boy with Cherries...
) - June – Richard James Wyatt, sculptor (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:...
) - July 11 – Amasa HewinsAmasa HewinsAmasa Hewins was an American portrait, genre, and landscape painter.Hewins was born in Sharon, Massachusetts to Esther and Amasa Hewins. He married Elizabeth Alden on August 22, 1820. Thereafter he lived in Boston, and first exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum in 1830, and occasionally thereafter...
, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
portrait, genre, and 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...
(d. 18551855 in art-Events:* Gustave Courbet exhibits his paintings including the monumental The Artist's Studio in a tent alongside the official Paris Salon, creating both public outrage and artistic admiration....
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- William BehnesWilliam BehnesWilliam Behnes was an English sculptor of the early 19th century.Born in London, Behnes was the son of a Hanoverian pianoforte-maker and his English wife. His early life was spent in Dublin where he studied art at the Dublin Academy....
– 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...
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. 18641864 in art-Works:*Richard Dadd - The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke*Henri Fantin-Latour - Homage to Delacroix*Édouard Manet**Les Anges au tombeau du Christ, Le Christ mort aux anges...
) - William BewickWilliam BewickWilliam Bewick was an English painter. Born in Darlington, County Durham, Bewick was the son of an upholsterer. He went to London to be trained under the painter Benjamin Haydon at the age of 20....
, English portrait painter (d. 18661866 in art-Works:*Paul Cézanne - Portrait of Louis-Auguste Cézanne, Father of the Artist, reading l'Evénement *Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Agostino...
) - John Frederick Herring, Sr.John Frederick Herring, Sr.John Frederick Herring, Sr. , also known as John Frederick Herring I, was a painter, sign maker and coachman in Victorian England.John F. Herring, Sr. is the painter of the 1848 "Pharoah's Chariot Horses"...
, English painter, sign maker, and coachman in Victorian England (d. 18651865 in art-Events:*July 21 - Charles Dodgson photographs Effie Gray Millais, John Everett Millais, and their daughters Effie and Mary at 7 Cromwell Place*Ford Madox Brown completes his painting Work after thirteen years....
) - William WyonWilliam WyonWilliam Wyon, RA , was official chief engraver at the Royal Mint from 1828 until his death. He was influenced by the master of relief sculpture, John Flaxman. Wyon was a highly visible proponent of the Neoclassicist vogue, and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1838.Wyon was born in Birmingham,...
, English chief engraver at the Royal MintRoyal MintThe Royal Mint is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint, coins in the United Kingdom. The Mint originated over 1,100 years ago, but since 2009 it operates as Royal Mint Ltd, a company which has an exclusive contract with HM Treasury to supply all coinage for the UK...
(d. 18511851 in art-Events:*May 1 - The Great Exhibition opens at Crystal Palace, London. Works of art on display include the Tara Brooch, handicrafts and ornaments by the Khudabadi Sindhi Swarankar, and a demonstration by makers of Bristol blue glass.-Works:...
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Deaths
- January 3 – Josiah WedgwoodJosiah WedgwoodJosiah Wedgwood was an English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. A prominent abolitionist, Wedgwood is remembered for his "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" anti-slavery medallion. He was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family...
, potter (b. 17301730 in art-Births:*January 15 – Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna *April 1 – Solomon Gessner, Swiss painter and poet *July 12 – Josiah Wedgwood, English potter...
) - June 12 – Johann Christian BrandJohann Christian BrandJohann Christian Brand was an Austrian painter and brother of Friedrich August Brand....
, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n painter (b. 17221722 in art-Births:*March 6 – Johann Christian Brand, Austrian painter *July 16 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and a founding member of the Royal Academy *October 3 – Johann Heinrich Tischbein, member of the Tischbein dynasty of German painters...
) - June 23 – Alexei AntropovAlexei AntropovAlexei Petrovich Antropov was a Russian painter active primarily in St. Petersburg, where he was born and died. He also worked in Moscow and frescoed churches in Kiev. His preferred medium was oil, but he also painted miniatures and icons....
, 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 baroccoBaroccoBarocco is a 1976 French romantic thriller film, directed by André Téchiné. The film stars Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Marie-France Pisier. Identity, redemption and resurrection are the themes of the film. The plot follows a young woman who convinces her boxer boyfriend to accept a bribe...
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...
(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 4 – Francisco Bayeu y SubíasFrancisco Bayeu y SubíasFrancisco Bayeu y Subias was a Spanish painter, active in a Neoclassic style, whose main subjects were religious and historical themes....
, SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
painter in the NeoclassicNeoclassicismNeoclassicism 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...
style, primarily of religious and historical themes (b. 17341734 in art-Events:* Engraving Copyright Act in Britain protects original engravings.-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin paints The House of Cards-Births:* March 9 – Marie-Suzanne Giroust, French painter...
) - November 15 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van LooCharles-Amédée-Philippe van LooCharles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo was a French painter of allegorical scenes and portraits.He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, at Turin and Rome, where in 1738 he won the Prix de Rome, then at Aix-en-Provence, before returning to Paris in 1745...
, portrait 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...
) - November 18 – Antonio CavallucciAntonio CavallucciAntonio Cavallucci was an Italian painter of the late Baroque.-Biography:Cavallucci was born in Sermoneta in the Lazio. His artistic talents were recognized in an early stage by Francesco Caetani, Duke of Sermoneta in 1738-1810...
, 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 the late BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
(b. 17521752 in art-Events:*1 March - Painter Allan Ramsay elopes with and marries, as his second wife, the Jacobite heiress Margaret Lindsay.-Paintings:* François Boucher :**Marie-Louise O'Murphy**Allegory of Music...
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- Christophe-Gabriel AllegrainChristophe-Gabriel AllegrainChristophe-Gabriel Allegrain was a French sculptor who tempered a neoclassical style with Rococo charm and softness, under the influence of his much more famous brother-in-law, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle....
– French sculptor in the neoclassical style (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...
) - Maruyama Ohkyo, Japanese painter (b. 17331733 in art-Births:*January 8 – Anton von Maron, Austrian painter active in Rome *January 18 – Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, Swiss watercolour painter *March 13 – Johann Zoffany, German neoclassical painter *March 23 – Josiah Spode, potter -Births:*January 8 – Anton von Maron, Austrian painter active in Rome (died...
) - 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...
, 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...
art biographer and painter of the late-BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period (b. 17371737 in art-Births:*May 22 - Tethart Philipp Christian Haag, German-born Dutch portrait artist *August 10 - Anton Losenko, Ukrainian-Russian Neoclassical painter who specialized in historical subjects and portraits...
) - Antonio ZucchiAntonio ZucchiAntonio Zucchi was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period. Born in Venice and died in Rome. He married the painter Angelica Kauffmann, who late in life, moved with him to Rome. He produced a number of etchings of capriccio and veduta of classical buildings or ruins. He worked with Robert Adam...
, 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 the NeoclassicNeoclassicismNeoclassicism 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...
period (b. 17261726 in art-Paintings:* Johann Heinrich Tischbein painted Portrait of the Artist's first Wife, Marie Sophie Robert.-Births:* October 16 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter * Katsukawa Shunshō – Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style...
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- Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain