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Overview of the events of 1768 in art
Events from the year 1768 in art.
Joseph Wright,
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768,
National Gallery,
London
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March 2 –
Benjamin Duterrau, English painter, etcher, engraver, sculptor and art lecturer (died
1851)
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March 10 –
Domingos Sequeira,
Portuguese painter (died
1837)
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March 19 –
François Joseph Bosio, French sculptor (died
1845)
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April 18 –
Jean-Baptiste Debret,
French painter of
lithographs depicting the people of
Brazil (died
1848)
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May 5 –
Ezra Ames, American portrait painter (died
1836)
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June 29 –
Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (died
1831)
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July 10 –
Hendrik Voogd, Dutch painter and printmaker, who was active in Italy (died
1839)
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July 27 –
Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter of the
German Romantic movement (died
1839)
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August 22 –
Josef Abel, historical painter and etcher (died
1818)
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December 18 –
Marie-Guillemine Benoist,
French
neoclassical,
historical and
genre
painter (died
1826)
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December 22 –
John Crome,
English artist in the
Romantic era (died
1821)
- date unknown
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January 26 –
Tibout Regters, Dutch portrait painter (born
1710)
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April 10 –
Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto,
Venetian artist famous for his landscapes, or
vedute, of
Venice (born
1697)
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April 14 –
Francesco Monti,
Italian
fresco painter (born
1683)
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April 24 –
Johann Valentin Tischbein, German theatre painter (born
1715)
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April 29 –
Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor (born
1698)
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June 11 –
Stefano Pozzi, Italian painter, designer,
draughtsman and decorator (died
1699/1707)
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August 18 –
Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, Italian
Rococo painter from
Florence (born
1692)
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August 24 –
Isaac Basire, English engraver and head of family of engravers (born
1704)
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November 5 –
Giorgio Duranti, Italian painter of
still lifes (born
1683)
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December 8 –
Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (born
1702)
- date unknown