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Overview of the events of 1812 in art
Events in the year 1812 in Art.
Events
- The last of the
Elgin Marbles are removed from the Parthenon in
Athens and shipped to the UK.
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Hokusai publishes his first etehon (art manual), Quick Lessons in Simplified Drawing.
Awards
Works
Turner –
Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps
Lawrence –
Portrait of Sir Charles Stewart.
Births
Deaths
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February 20 –
Felix Ivo Leicher, Czech-born Viennese painter of altarpieces and secular works (born
1727)
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March 2 –
John Raphael Smith,
English painter and engraver (born
1751)
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March 11 –
Philip James de Loutherbourg, naturalized English theatrical scene painter (born
1740)
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March 14 –
Robert Cromek, English engraver and art dealer (born
1770)
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March 18 –
Johann Ziegler,
Austrian painter of landscapes and city scenes (born
1749)
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March 29 –
Johann Friedrich Dryander, German-born portrait painter (born
1756)
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June 16 –
Franz Pforr, German
Nazarene movement painter (born
1788)
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June 21 –
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein (Leipziger Tischbein), painter (born
1750)
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August 2 –
Edward Smyth,
Irish
sculptor (born
1749)
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August 23 –
Tethart Philipp Christian Haag, German-born Dutch portrait artist (born
1737)
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October 21 –
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, British peer, politician and artist (born
1751)
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December 24 –
George Beck, American painter and poet (born
1749)
- Undated
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William Burgess, English painter and art teacher (date of birth unknown)
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Robert Cromek, English engraver, editor, art dealer and entrepreneur (born
1770)
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John Eyre, Australian painter and engraver (born
1771)
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Antoine Michel Filhol, French engraver (born
1759)
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Thomas Gaugain, English
stipple engraver (born
1756)
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Francis Jukes, English etcher, engraver and publisher (born
1745)
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Michelangelo Maestri, Italian painter (date of birth unknown)
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James Nixon, English miniature-painter (born
1741)
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Giulio Traballesi, Italian designer and engraver (born
1727)
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Kazimierz Wojniakowski, Polish painter (born
1771)