1812 in art
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- Théodore GéricaultThéodore GéricaultJean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was a profoundly influential French artist, painter and lithographer, known for The Raft of the Medusa and other paintings...
– The Charging Chasseur - Francisco GoyaFrancisco GoyaFrancisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era...
– Portrait of the Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century... - John MartinJohn Martin (painter)John Martin was an English Romantic painter, engraver and illustrator.-Biography:Martin was born in July 1789, in a one-room family cottage, at Haydon Bridge, near Hexham in Northumberland, the 4th son of Fenwick Martin, a one time fencing master...
– Sadak in Search of the Waters of OblivionSadak in Search of the Waters of OblivionSadak in Search of the Waters of Oblivion is an 1812 oil painting by John Martin. It has been called "The most famous of the British romantic works...;" it was the first of Martin's characteristically dramatic, grand, grandiose large pictures, and anchored the development of the style for which...
Births
- March 1 – Augustus PuginAugustus PuginAugustus Welby Northmore Pugin was an English architect, designer, and theorist of design, now best remembered for his work in the Gothic Revival style, particularly churches and the Palace of Westminster. Pugin was the father of E. W...
, architect, illustrator, and designer (d. 18521852 in art-Works:*Gustave Courbet - Village Damsels and A Girl Spinning*William Holman Hunt - The Light of the World*Sir John Everett Millais - Ophelia-Births:*April 1 - Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator...
) - April 15 – Théodore RousseauThéodore RousseauPierre Étienne Théodore Rousseau , French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris, of a bourgeois family.-Youth:At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitude for painting...
, 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 (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...
) - May 12 – Edward LearEdward LearEdward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularised.-Biography:...
, painter, illustrator and humorous writer (d. 18881888 in art-Events:*July 14 - The Monument à Léon Gambetta, by Jean-Paul Aubé, is inaugurated at the Louvre*Paul Ranson, Paul Sérusier and Maurice Denis become fellow students at the Académie Julian*Vincent Van Gogh begins his Sunflowers series-Exhibitions:...
) - June 30 – Josabeth SjöbergJosabeth Sjöbergthumb|right|"My room at no.60 Högbergsgatan, first floor; myself; Dr. Levin"; there is a copy with deeper colours here Josabeth Sjöberg, , was a Swedish artist and music teacher active in Stockholm....
, painter and music teacher (d. 18821882 in art-Events:* Walter Langley moves to Newlyn, Cornwall, becoming the first resident artist of the Newlyn School.-Works:*John Atkinson Grimshaw - Under the Moonbeams...
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Deaths
- March 2 – John Raphael SmithJohn Raphael SmithJohn Raphael Smith was an English painter and mezzotint engraver, son of Thomas Smith of Derby, the landscape painter, and father of John Rubens Smith, a painter who emigrated to the United States.-Biography:...
, painter and engraver (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...
) - March 11 – 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...
, 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...
miniature painterPortrait miniatureA portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolour, or enamel.Portrait miniatures began to flourish in 16th century Europe and the art was practiced during the 17th century and 18th century...
(b. 17401740 in art-Works:* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin – The Morning Toilette-Births:*May 28 - Fedot Shubin, Russian sculptor *September 7 - Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor...
) - March 18 – Johann ZieglerJohann ZieglerJohann Andreas Ziegler was a German and Austrian painter.Ziegler was born in Meiningen, and painted primarily landscapes. He traveled Austria and produced a collection of works depicting views of Vienna....
– Austrian painter of landscapes and city scenes (b. 17491749 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin refines technique for reflected light on glass and silver, painting The Silver Beaker.-Births:* January 13 – Friedrich Müller, painter, narrator, lyricist and dramatist...
) - June 16 – Franz PforrFranz PforrFranz Pforr was a painter of the German Nazarene movement.He was born in Frankfurt am Main.He received his earliest training from his father, the painter Johann Georg Pforr , and his uncle, the art professor and first inspector of the painting gallery in Kassel, Johann Heinrich Tischbein the...
, painter (b. 17881788 in art-Works:*Jacques-Louis David - Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife*Francisco Goya - The Meadow of San Isidro*Francisco Goya - St. Francis of Borja Attending a Dying Man-Births:...
) - August 2 – Edward SmythEdward Smyth (sculptor)Edward Smyth was an Irish sculptor.The son of a stone-cutter, Smyth was born in Meath, Ireland. He was employed by Henry Darley, who was in turn an employee of James Gandon. By this connection Smyth met Gandon who was greatly impressed with his work. Gandon employed Smyth as sculptor to the...
, 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...
sculptor (b. 17491749 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin refines technique for reflected light on glass and silver, painting The Silver Beaker.-Births:* January 13 – Friedrich Müller, painter, narrator, lyricist and dramatist...
) - August 23 – 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 (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...
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- Robert CromekRobert CromekRobert Hartley Cromek was an engraver, editor, art dealer and entrepreneur who was most active in the early nineteenth century. He is best known for having allegedly cheated William Blake out of the potential profits of his engraving depicting Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims.In the early years of...
, engraver and art dealer (b. 17701770 in art-Works:*Benjamin West – The Death of General Wolfe-Births:*March 12 – François Gerard, painter *October 18 – Thomas Phillips, English portrait and subject painter *November 19 – Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor...
) - John Eyre, Australian painter and engraver (b. 17711771 in art-Works:* John Singleton Copley – Ezekiel Goldthwait and Mrs. Ezekiel Goldthwait , Museum of Fine Arts, Boston-Births:*March 16 – Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter...
) - Johann Friedrich August TischbeinJohann Friedrich August TischbeinJohann Friedrich August Tischbein was a German painter. He was the most notable painter from the second generation of the Tischbein family of portrait painters and was known as the Leipziger Tischbein...
, painter (Leipziger Tischbein) (b. unknown)
- Robert Cromek