1837 in art

Events from the year 1837 in art.

Events

January 20 â Death of the neo-classical architect Sir John Soane gives effect to the creation of his London house as Sir John Soane's Museum.
May 1 â The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1837 opens at the National Gallery in London, the first to be held following the Academy's move from its former home Somerset House
June 1 â The Government-funded Normal School of Design, predecessor of the Royal College of Art, begins classes at Somerset House in London.^[1]
June 10 â Galerie des Batailles at the Palace of Versailles in France, designed by Pierre-FranÃ§ois-LÃ©onard Fontaine with FrÃ©dÃ©ric Nepveu for the display of sculptures and historical paintings, is opened.
July â Edward Lear leaves Knowsley Hall in England to travel to Rome.
Art Union of London founded.
Marie Louise Ãlisabeth VigÃ©e-Lebrun publishes the second volume of her memoirs.

January â Daniel Cottier, Scottish artist and designer (died 1891)
January 1 â Adolf Mosengel, German landscape painter (died 1885)
January 27 â Tomioka Tessai, Japanese painter and calligrapher in Meiji period (died 1924)
February 12 â Thomas Moran, English-born American landscape painter of the Hudson River School (died 1926)
March 27 â John MacWhirter, Scottish landscape painter (died 1911)
April 10 â Tranquillo Cremona, Italian painter (died 1878)
May 8 â Alphonse Legros, French painter and etcher (died 1911)
June 8 â Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (died 1887)
July 4 â Carolus-Duran, French painter (died 1917)

January 29 â Andrew Plimer, British artist specialised in portrait miniatures (born 1763)^[4]
February 8 â Ernst Willem Jan Bagelaar, Dutch engraver (born 1775)^[5]
February 17 â Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger, Austrian portrait painter (born 1775)^[6]
February 27 â FranÃ§oise-Jeanne Ridderbosch, Belgian painter and engraver (born 1754)
March 8 â Domingos Sequeira, Portuguese painter (born 1768)
March 16 â FranÃ§ois-Xavier Fabre, French painter of historical subjects (born 1766)
March 31 â John Constable, English landscape painter (born 1776)
August â Henry Behnes, English sculptor (born 1800
August 9 â Xavier Sigalon, French painter (born 1787)
September 18 â Pietro Fontana, Italian engraver (born 1762)
December 28 â Boris Orlovsky, Russian sculptor (born 1793)
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- Juliane Wilhelmine Bause, German landscape etcher (born 1768)
- Thomas Richmond, English miniature-painter (born 1771)
- Charles Henry Schwanfelder, English animal, landscape and portrait painter (born 1774)
- Yi Jaegwan, Korean genre works painter in the late Joseon period (born 1783)