1782 in art
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Events from the year 1782 in art.
Events


- 29 April â The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1782 opens at Somerset House in London, UK.[1]
- Spring â George Romney first paints Emma Hart.
- The Nightmare (1781) by Henry Fuseli is shown at the Royal Academy of London.
Works

- John Singleton Copley â The Tribute Money[2]
- Ãtienne Maurice Falconet â Bronze Horseman (Saint Petersburg)
- Thomas Gainsborough
- Thomas Jones â House in Naples and similar oil sketches[3]
- Angelica Kauffman â Allegory of poetry and music
- Joseph Lange â Portrait of his sister-in-law Constanze Mozart
- Louise Ãlisabeth Vigée Le Brun â Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat
- Charles Willson Peale â John Eager Howard in Uniform
- Sir Joshua Reynolds
- George Romney â Two paintings of Emma Hart as Circe
- Gilbert Stuart â The Skater
- Johann Zoffany â Charles Towneley in his Sculpture Gallery
Births
- February 9 â William Havell, English landscape painter, part of the Havell family (died 1857)
- February 17 â Thomas Baxter, English porcelain painter (died 1821)
- March 24 â Orest Kiprensky, Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism (died 1836)
- May 16 â John Sell Cotman â English artist of the Norwich school especially watercolours (died 1842)
- May 25 â Vigilius Eriksen, Danish painter and royal portraitist (born 1722)[clarification needed]
- October 13 â Joseph Nigg, Austrian painter, with painting on porcelain a specialty (died 1863)
- December 3 â Henry William Pickersgill, English painter specialising in portraits (died 1875)
- date unknown
- Sir William Allan, Scottish historical painter (died 1850)
- Frédéric Théodore Faber, Belgian landscape and genre painter (died 1844)
- Kazimierz Jelski, Polish architect and sculptor (died 1867)
- Yakov Kolokolnikov-Voronin, Russian portraitist and icon-painter (died 1845)
- Frederick Nash, English painter and draughtsman (died 1856)
- William Sadler, Irish landscape painter (died 1839)
- Johann Baptist Dallinger von Dalling, Austrian painter (died 1868)
- Alexander Varnek, Russian portrait painter (died 1843)
- approximate date â John Edward Carew, Irish sculptor (died 1868)[4]
Deaths
- January 11 â Joseph Johann Kauffmann, Austrian painter of portraits, church decorations, and castle depictions (born 1707)
- March 22 â Joachim Martin Falbe, German portrait painter (born 1709)
- April 16 â Giuseppe Vasi, Italian painter (born 1710)
- May 6 â Johann Caspar Füssli, Swiss portrait painter (born 1706)
- May 15 â Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter (born 1714)[5]
- June 10 â Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman (born 1729)
- June 26 â Antonio Visentini, Italian architect, painter and engraver (born 1688)
- July 17 â Peter Cramer, Danish book illustrator, decorative and theatrical painter (born 1726)
- August 19 â Francesco de Mura, Italian painter of portraits and frescoes (born 1696)[6]
- December 13 â Christian Friedrich Boetius, German engraver (born 1706)
- December 23 â Claude Drevet, French portrait engraver (born 1705)
- date unknown â Maria Maddalena Baldacci, Italian painter born in Florence (born 1718)