1791 in art
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Events from the year 1791 in art.
Events
- The Society of Artists of Great Britain is dissolved.
Works
- James Barry â The Thames (or Triumph of Navigation)[1]
- Henri-Pierre Danloux â Baron de Besenval in his Study (National Gallery, London)
- Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson â Endymion: Moonlight (The Sleep of Endymion)
- Anton Graff â Friedrich Schiller
- John Hoppner â Dorothea Jordan as Hippolyta
- Ãlisabeth Vigée Le Brun â Portrait of Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland[2]
- George Morland â The Slave Trade[3]
- Jean-Laurent Mosnier â Portrait of the Chevalier d'Eon
- Henry Raeburn â Portrait of Sir John and Lady Clerk of Penicuik[4]
- Jacques Sablet â Roman Elegy[5]
- George Stubbs â Equestrian portrait of The Prince of Wales
- Joseph Wright of Derby â Three Children of Richard Arkwright with a Goat[6]
Births
- January 6 â William Bent Berczy, painter and political figure in Upper Canada (died 1873)
- February 10
- Francesco Hayez, Italian historical, portrait and political painter (died 1881)
- Åtagaki Rengetsu, Japanese Buddhist nun and poet, skilled potter and painter, and expert calligrapher (died 1875)
- February 13 â Sylvester Shchedrin, Russian landscape painter (died 1830)
- February 21 â Hezekiah Augur, American sculptor and inventor (died 1858)
- March 20 â Marie Ellenrieder, German painter (died 1863)
- April 27 â Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor and painter of portraits and historic scenes (died 1872)
- June 18 â William Cowen, English landscape painter (died 1864)
- August 2 â August Piepenhagen, German painter active in Bohemia (died 1868)
- September 26 â Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer, pioneer of the Romantic movement (died 1824)
- December 17 â Samuel Amsler, Swiss engraver (died 1849)
- date unknown
- Kapiton Pavlov, Russian portrait painter (died 1852)
- Pyotr Sokolov, Russian aquarelle portraitist (died 1848)
- Antoine Jean-Baptiste Thomas, French painter and lithographer (died 1833)
Deaths
- January 4 â Ãtienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor (born 1716)
- January 23 â François-Thomas Germain, French silversmith (born 1726)
- January 25 â Giovanni Pichler, German-Italian artist in engraved gems (born 1734)
- February 12 â William Parry, Welsh portrait painter (born 1743)
- March 20 â Marie Jeanne Clemens, Danish engraver and painter, member of Danish Academy of Fine Arts (born 1755)
- June 5 â Giuseppe Ghedini, Italian painter and university professor of painting (born 1708)
- June 22 â Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Italian neoclassical architect and painter of quadratura (born 1713)
- June 30 â Jean-Baptiste Descamps, French painter of village scenes (born 1714)
- October 17 â Per Floding, Swedish designer and engraver (born 1731)
- November 7 â Dorning Rasbotham, English writer and painter (born 1730)
- November 16 â Edward Penny, English portrait and historical painter (born 1714)
- November 25 â Jean-Claude Richard, French painter and engraver (born 1727)
- date unknown
- Robert Carver, Irish painter, especially of theater scenery (born 1730)
- Kang Sehwang, Korean politician, painter, calligrapher and art critic (born 1713)