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Overview of the events of 1791 in art
Events from the year 1791 in art.
Events
Works
H.-P. Danloux – Le Baron de Besenval dans son salon de compagnie at the
Hôtel de Besenval in Paris
Births
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January 6 –
William Bent Berczy, painter and political figure in
Upper Canada (died
1873)
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February 10
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February 13 –
Sylvester Shchedrin,
Russian landscape painter (died
1830)
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February 21 –
Hezekiah Augur, American sculptor and inventor (died
1858)
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March 20 –
Marie Ellenrieder, German painter (died
1863)
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April 27 –
Samuel F. B. Morse,
American inventor and painter of portraits and historic scenes (died
1872)
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June 18 –
William Cowen,
English landscape painter (died
1864)
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August 2 –
August Piepenhagen, German painter active in
Bohemia (died
1868)
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September 26 –
Théodore Géricault,
French painter and lithographer, pioneer of the
Romantic movement (died
1824)
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December 17 –
Samuel Amsler,
Swiss engraver (died
1849)
- date unknown
Deaths
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January 4 –
Étienne Maurice Falconet,
French
Rococo sculptor (born
1716)
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January 23 –
François-Thomas Germain, French silversmith (born
1726)
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January 25 –
Giovanni Pichler, German-Italian artist in engraved gems (born
1734)
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February 12 –
William Parry, Welsh portrait painter (born
1743)
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March 20 –
Marie Jeanne Clemens, Danish engraver and painter, member of
Danish Academy of Fine Arts (born
1755)
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June 5 –
Giuseppe Ghedini,
Italian painter and university professor of painting (born
1708)
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June 22 –
Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Italian neoclassical
architect and painter of
quadratura (born
1713)
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June 30 –
Jean-Baptiste Descamps,
French painter of village scenes (born
1714)
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October 17 –
Per Floding, Swedish designer and engraver (born
1731)
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November 7 –
Dorning Rasbotham, English writer and painter (born
1730)
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November 16 –
Edward Penny, English portrait and historical painter (born
1714)
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November 25 –
Jean-Claude Richard, French painter and engraver (born
1727)
- date unknown
References