1836 in art
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Works
- Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot – Diana Surprised By Actaeon
- Antoine WiertzAntoine WiertzAntoine Joseph Wiertz was a Belgian romantic painter and sculptor.-Biography:Born in Dinant from a relatively poor family, he entered the Antwerp art academy in 1820...
– Les Grecs et les Troyens se disputant le corps de Patrocle
Births
- January 8 – Lawrence Alma-TademaLawrence Alma-TademaLawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA was a Dutch painter.Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there...
, Dutch-English painter (d. 19121912 in art-Events:*Jean Metzinger and Albert Gleizes publish the first major treatise on Cubism, entitled Du Cubisme.*William Zorach marries Marguerite Thompson.*René Lalique stages his first exhibit of his glasswares — as does Maurice Marinot....
) - January 13 – Giuseppe AbbatiGiuseppe AbbatiGiuseppe Abbati was an Italian artist who belonged to the group known as the Macchiaioli.Abbati was born in Naples and received early training in painting from his brother Vincenzo. He participated in Garibaldi's 1860 campaign, suffering the loss of his right eye at the Battle of Capua...
, painter (d. 18681868 in art-Works:*Jean-Léon Gérôme—Death of Marshal Ney*Édouard Manet**Luncheon in the Studio **Mme. Manet at the Piano **Portrait d’Emile Zola...
) - January 14 – Henri Fantin-LatourHenri Fantin-LatourHenri Fantin-Latour was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.-Biography:...
, painter and lithographer (d. 19041904 in art-Events:*Georges Braque leaves the Academie Humbert.*Mary Cassatt is awarded the Légion d'honneur by the French government for her services to the arts.-Works:-Paintings:*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - The Finding of Moses*Frederick McCubbin - The pioneer...
) - February 24 – Winslow HomerWinslow HomerWinslow Homer was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th century America and a preeminent figure in American art....
, landscape painter (d. 19101910 in art-Events:*Robert Delaunay marries Sonia Terk.*Bronze sculptor Robert Kionsek joins the Berlin workshop of Ferdinand Preiss to form the PK firm; the two men combine their specialties to produce sculptures in bronze and ivory.-Exhibitions:...
) - October 15 – James TissotJames TissotJames Jacques Joseph Tissot was a French painter, who spent much of his career in Britain.-Biography:Tissot was born in Nantes, France. In about 1856, he began study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Hippolyte Flandrin and Lamothe, and became friendly with Edgar Degas and James Abbott...
, painter (d. 19021902 in art-Events:*Georges Braque begins his studies at the Academie Humbert, where he meets Marie Laurencin and Francis Picabia.-Works:*Helen Allingham - View of Blackdown*Frank Weston Benson - Eleanor Holding a Shell...
) - December 13 – Franz von LenbachFranz von LenbachFranz von Lenbach was a German painter of Realist style.-Biography:Lenbach was born at Schrobenhausen, in Bavaria. His father was a mason, and the boy was intended to follow his father's trade or be a builder. With this view he was sent to school at Landsberg, and then to the polytechnic at Augsburg...
, painter (d. 19041904 in art-Events:*Georges Braque leaves the Academie Humbert.*Mary Cassatt is awarded the Légion d'honneur by the French government for her services to the arts.-Works:-Paintings:*Lawrence Alma-Tadema - The Finding of Moses*Frederick McCubbin - The pioneer...
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Deaths
- January 16 – Heinrich Christoph KolbeHeinrich Christoph KolbeHeinrich Christoph Kolbe was a German painter.-Life:Kolbe was born and died in Düsseldorf. After his education at the 'old' Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and then went to Paris for ten years to study. He was part of the circle of Friedrich Schlegel and worked on the review "Europa". He later worked in...
, German portrait painter (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...
) - March 4 – Matthias KesselsMatthias KesselsMatthias Kessels was a Dutch sculptor who mainly worked in Brussels and Rome.-Biography:Matthias was born in Maastricht. He was first apprenticed to a goldsmith at Venlo but soon gave up his apprenticeship to attend the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris...
, Dutch sculptor (b. 17841784 in art-Works:*Jacques-Louis David – painting Oath of the Horatii-Births:*January 21 – Peter De Wint, English landscape painter *February 29 – Leo von Klenze, German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer...
) - April 24 – Firmin DidotFirmin DidotFirmin Didot was a French printer, engraver, and type founder. He invented the word "stereotype", which in printing refers to the metal printing plate created for the actual printing of pages , and used the process extensively, revolutionizing the book trade by his cheap editions...
, French printer, engraver, and type founder (b. 17641764 in art-Births:*April 14 – Firmin Didot, French printer, engraver, and type founder *April 20 – Rudolph Ackermann, printer and lithographer *May 11 – Grigory Ugryumov, Russian painter *May 20 – Johann Gottfried Schadow, sculptor...
) - October 17 – Orest KiprenskyOrest KiprenskyOrest Adamovich Kiprensky was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. His most familiar work is probably Alexander Pushkin's portrait , which prompted the poet to remark that "the mirror flatters me".- Biography :...
, RussianRussiansThe Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
portraitPortraitthumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
painter (b. 17821782 in art-Births:* March 24 – Orest Kiprensky, Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism * April 7 – Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey – sculptor * May 16 – John Sell Cotman – English artist of the Norwich school especially watercolours...
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- Giovanni FoloGiovanni FoloGiovanni Folo was an Italian engraver of the Neoclassic period, active in Italy.He originally studied with Giulio Golini and G.B. Mengardi in Venice...
, Italian engraver (b. 17641764 in art-Births:*April 14 – Firmin Didot, French printer, engraver, and type founder *April 20 – Rudolph Ackermann, printer and lithographer *May 11 – Grigory Ugryumov, Russian painter *May 20 – Johann Gottfried Schadow, sculptor...
) - Stefano TicozziStefano TicozziStefano Ticozzi was an Italian art historian.He was born in Pasturo, near Como, he wrote the three volumes published in Milan during 1830-1833 of the encyclopedic Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori,...
, art historian (b. 17621762 in art-Births:*February 29 – Eberhard Wächter, painter *June 16 – Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Italian painter, especially of history pieces, genre depictions, and whimsical and imaginary landscapes...
) - William Frederick WellsWilliam Frederick WellsWilliam Frederick Wells was an English watercolour landscape painter and etcher.Wells was born in London in 1762. Wells studied art in London under John James Barralet . On 20 November 1804, Wells initiated the founding of a watercolour painters society at a meeting at the Stratford Coffee House,...
, EnglishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
watercolour painter and etcher (b. 17621762 in art-Births:*February 29 – Eberhard Wächter, painter *June 16 – Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Italian painter, especially of history pieces, genre depictions, and whimsical and imaginary landscapes...
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- Giovanni Folo