1772 in art

Events from the year 1772 in art.

Events

John Flaxman is unsuccessful in the competition for the gold medal of the Royal Academy.

February 8 â Louis-Marie Autissier, French-born Belgian portrait miniature painter (died 1830)
February 26 â Gerhard von KÃ¼gelgen, German painter of portraits and history paintings (died 1820)
August 11 â Eduard Joseph d'Alton, German engraver and naturalist (died 1840)
September 19 â Vicente LÃ³pez y PortaÃ±a, Spanish portrait painter (died 1850)
date unknown
- Edward Bird, painter (died 1819)^[2]
- Alexander Day, English miniature painter and art dealer (died 1841)
- FranÃ§ois Louis Thomas Francia, landscape painter (died 1839)
- William Hamlin, American engraver and the first engraver for the state of Rhode Island (died 1869)
- JoaquÃn Bernardo Rubert, Spanish still life floral painter (died 1817)
- Wendela Gustafva Sparre, Swedish textile artist and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Art (died 1855)
- Pavel ÄurkoviÄ, Serbian painter and muralist (died 1830).

June 1 â Marcellus Laroon the Younger, English painter and draughtsman (born 1679)
June 4 â Johann Michael Feuchtmayer, stucco sculptor and plasterer (born 1709)
August 31 â Marie-Suzanne Giroust, French painter (born 1734)
October 12 â Samuel Scott, English marine and topographical painter and etcher (born 1702)
October 20 â William Taverner, English judge and landscape painter (born 1703)
November 11 â Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch painter and print designer (born 1688)
November 19 â Charles Norbert Roettiers, French engraver (born 1720)
date unknown
- BenoÃ®t Audran the Younger, French engraver (born 1698)
- Giovanni Angelo Borroni, Italian painter of the late-Baroque and early-Neoclassic periods (born 1684)
- Robert Gillow, furniture designer (born 1704)
- JosÃ© Romeo, Spanish painter (born 1701)
- Huang Shen, Chinese painter (born 1687)
- Johanne Seizberg, German-Danish illustrator and teacher (born 1732)
- Alejandro GonzÃ¡lez VelÃ¡zquez, Spanish late-Baroque architect and painter (born 1719)
- Zou Yigui, Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty (born 1686)