1820 in art
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Events in the year 1820 in Art.
Events
- April 8 - The Venus de Milo is discovered on the island of Melos (Greek: Milos).[1]
- Publication of William Blake's prophetic book of coloured engravings, Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion (commenced 1804), is completed in London with the first printing.[2]
Works
- William Beechey â Portrait of George Cockburn
- William Blake â The Ghost of a Flea
- Augustus Wall Callcott â A Dead Calm on the Medway[3]
- William Collins â Young Anglers[4]
- Antonio Canova â George Washington (installed in the North Carolina State House in 1821 â destroyed by fire-induced structural collapse in 1831)[5]
- John Constable
- George Cruikshank â Two Green Bags
- Johan Christian Dahl â View from a Window at Quisisana
- William Etty
- François Gérard â Portrait of the Duke of Berry
- Francisco Goya â Self-portrait with Dr Arrieta
- Chester Harding â Portrait of Daniel Boone
- Francesco Hayez - Pietro Rossi[9]
- George Hayter
- William Hilton â Venus in Search of Cupid Surprises Diana
- John Jackson â Portrait of Antonio Canova
- Johann Peter Krafft â The Battle of Aspern-Essling[10]
- Edwin Landseer â Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveller[11]
- Thomas Lawrence
- Thomas Luny â Bombardment of Algiers[14]
- John Martin â Macbeth[15]
- Thomas Phillips â Portrait of Earl Grey
- Jean-Baptiste Regnault
- The Judgement of Paris (approximate date)
- Love and Hymen drinking from the cup of Friendship (Musée Bossuet, Meaux)
- Joseph Karl Stieler - Portrait of Beethoven
- John Trumbull â Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
- J. M. W. Turner â Rome from the Vatican
- Horace Vernet â La Barrière de Clichy
- David Wilkie â Reading the Will
Births
- February 18 â Pierre Alexandre Schoenewerk, French sculptor (died 1885)
- February 28 â John Tenniel, English illustrator (died 1914)
- April 6 â Nadar, French photographer and caricaturist (died 1910)
- May 12 â Josef Mánes, Czech painter (died 1871)
- July 9 â John Wright Oakes, English landscape painter (died 1887)[16]
- July 25 â Henry Doulton, English potter (died 1897)[17]
- November 23 â Ludwig von Hagn, German painter (died 1898)[18]
- December â Eugène Fromentin, French painter (died 1876)
- December 16 â George Scharf, English art critic and curator (died 1895)
- date unknown â John Frederick Herring, Jr., English sporting and equestrian painter (died 1897)[19]
Deaths
- January 29 â George III of the United Kingdom, patron of the arts and collector (born 1738)
- March 8 â Kitao Shigemasa, Japanese ukiyo-e artist from Edo (born 1739)
- March 9 â Hermanus Numan, Dutch artist, art theorist, and publisher (born 1744)
- March 11 â Benjamin West, American-born English painter (born 1738)[20]
- March 27 â Gerhard von Kügelgen, German painter of portraits and history paintings (born 1772)[21]
- May 17 â Vincenzo Brenna, Italian painter and house architect of Paul I of Russia (born 1747)
- May 26 â Antonio Longo, Italian priest and painter (born 1742)[22]
- September 15 â Okada Beisanjin, Japanese painter (born 1744)
- October 10 â Uragami GyokudÅ, Japanese musician, painter, poet and calligrapher (born 1745)[23]
- date unknown
- Pietro Bonato, Italian painter and engraver (born 1765)
- Jean Simeon Rousseau de la Rottiere, French decorative painter (born 1747)
- Quirinus van Amelsfoort, Dutch allegorical, historical and portrait painter (born 1760)
