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Overview of the events of 1782 in art
Events from the year 1782 in art.
The Nightmare (1781) by
Henry Fuseli is shown at the
Royal Academy of London
John Singleton Copley –
Midshipman
Augustus Brine
Portrait of Banastre Tarleton by
Joshua Reynolds.
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February 9 –
William Havell,
English landscape painter, part of the
Havell family (died
1857)
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February 17 –
Thomas Baxter, English
porcelain painter (died
1821)
- March –
Moritz Fuerst, American engraver and medallist (died
1840)
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March 24 –
Orest Kiprensky,
Russian
portraitist in the Age of
Romanticism (died
1836)
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May 16 –
John Sell Cotman – English artist of the
Norwich school especially
watercolours (died
1842)
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May 25 –
Vigilius Eriksen, Danish painter and royal portraitist (born
1722)[
clarification needed]
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October 13 –
Joseph Nigg, Austrian painter, with painting on porcelain a specialty (died
1863)
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December 3 –
Henry William Pickersgill, English painter specialising in portraits (died
1875)
- date unknown
- approximate date –
John Edward Carew,
Irish
sculptor (died
1868)
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January 11 –
Joseph Johann Kauffmann,
Austrian painter of portraits, church decorations, and castle depictions (born
1707)
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March 22 –
Joachim Martin Falbe, German portrait painter (born
1709)
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April 16 –
Giuseppe Vasi,
Italian painter (born
1710)
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May 6 –
Johann Caspar Füssli, Swiss portrait painter (born
1706)
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May 15 –
Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter (born
1714)
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June 10 –
Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman (born
1729)
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June 26 –
Antonio Visentini, Italian architect, painter and engraver (born
1688)
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July 17 –
Peter Cramer, Danish book illustrator, decorative and theatrical painter (born
1726)
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August 19 –
Francesco de Mura, Italian painter of portraits and
frescoes (born
1696)
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December 13 –
Christian Friedrich Boetius, German engraver (born
1706)
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December 23 –
Claude Drevet,
French portrait engraver (born
1705)
- date unknown