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Overview of the events of 1769 in art
Events from the year 1769 in art.
Events
Awards
Works
Births
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January 8 –
Pietro Benvenuti, Italian
neoclassical painter (died
1844)
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January 31 –
Henry Howard, English portrait and history painter (died
1847)
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March 4 –
Ellen Sharples, English painter who specialized in portraits and watercolor miniatures (died
1849)
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March 9 –
Adélaïde Binart, French neoclassical painter (died
1832)
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March 19 –
Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines, French painter and draughtsman (died
1823)
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April 3 –
Josiah Wedgwood II, English pottery owner, son of
Josiah Wedgwood (died
1843)
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April 13 –
Sir Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter (died
1830)
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April 23 –
Cornelia Scheffer, Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist (died
1839)
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June 26 –
Robert Hills, English painter and etcher (died
1844)
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September 11 –
Johann Erdmann Hummel, German painter (died
1852)
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September 19 –
George Raper, English naval officer and nature artist (died
1797)
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October 18 –
Jacques-Luc Barbier-Walbonne, French historical and portrait painter (died
1860)
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October 23 –
James Ward, English painter, primarily of animals, and engraver (died
1859)
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December 9 –
Adèle Romany, French painter (died
1846)
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December 23 – Sir
Martin Archer Shee, British portrait painter (died
1850)
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December 29 –
Robert Havell, Sr., English engraver and publisher (died
1832)
- date unknown
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Thomas Barker, British painter of landscape and rural life (died
1847)
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Pierre Charles Cior, French painter of historical subjects, portraits and miniatures (died c. 1838)
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William Cuming, Irish portrait painter (died
1852)
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Bartolomé Montalvo, Spanish painter specializing in landscapes, hunted animals and still lifes (died
1846)
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François Mulard, French neoclassical painter (died
1850)
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Karl Postl, Austrian painter (died
1818)
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Sin Wi,
Korean painter in the literary artist's style of the late
Joseon period (died
1847)
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Toyokuni,
Japanese master of
ukiyo-e, especially
Kabuki actor prints (died
1825)
Deaths
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March 22 -
Jean-Charles François, French engraver (born
1717)
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May 11 -
Francesco Carlo Rusca, Italian painter (born
1701)
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May 31 -
Francesco Fontebasso, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period of Venice (born
1707)
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June 24 –
Jan Palthe, Dutch portrait painter (born
1717)
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August 17 –
Giuseppe Bazzani,
Italian painter of the
Rococo (born
1690)
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October 13 –
Vito D'Anna, Italian painter, one of the most important artists of Sicily (born
1718)
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November 4 –
Andreas Brünniche, Danish portrait painter (born
1704)
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November 5 –
Prince Hoare,
English
sculptor (born
1711)
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December 15 –
Pierre-Antoine Baudouin, French miniature painter and engraver (born
1723)
- date unknown
- probable –
Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese Zen master, noted for his painting and calligraphy (born
1685)