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1699 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1699, art Events from the year 1699 in art. Events * The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture holds the first of a series of salons at the Louvre Palace. Paintings * Alexis Simon Belle – Allegorical portrait of James Francis Edward Stuart and his sister Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart * Alexandre-François Desportes – '' The artist as a hunter'' (approximate date) * Willem Frederiksz van Royen – '' The Carrot'' * The Kangxi Emperor of China at age 45 (silk painting) * Monastery of Moisei, Romania (icons) Births * February 15 – Giovanni Maria Morlaiter, Italian Rococo sculptor (died 1781) * February 17 – Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian painter and architect (died 1753) * March 26 – Hubert-François Gravelot, French illustrator (died 1773) * May 28 – Laurent Cars, French designer and engraver (died 1771) * October – Giuseppe Grisoni, Italian painter (died 1769) * November 2 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Académie Royale De Peinture Et De Sculpture
The Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture (; en, "Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture") was founded in 1648 in Paris, France. It was the premier art institution of France during the latter part of the Ancien Régime until it was abolished in 1793 during the French Revolution. It included most of the important painters and sculptors, maintained almost total control of teaching and exhibitions, and afforded its members preference in royal commissions. Founding In the 1640s, France's artistic life was still based on the medieval system of guilds like the Académie de Saint-Luc which had a tight grip on the professional lives of artists and artisans alike. Some artists had managed to get exemptions but these were based on favoritism rather than merit. A few "superior men" who were "real artists", suffered and felt humiliated under this system. In view of increasing pressure by the Parisian guilds for painters and sculptors to submit to their control, the young but alre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Wenzeslaus Von Knobelsdorff
(Hans) Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (17 February 1699 – 16 September 1753) was a painter and architect in Prussia. Knobelsdorff was born in Kuckädel, now in Krosno Odrzańskie County. A soldier in the service of Prussia, he resigned his commission in 1729 as captain so that he could pursue his interest in architecture. In 1740 he travelled to Paris and Italy to study at the expense of the new king, Frederick II of Prussia. Knobelsdorff was influenced as an architect by French Baroque Classicism and by Palladian architecture. With his interior design and the backing of the king, he created the basis for the Frederician Rococo style at Rheinsberg, which was the residence of the crown prince and later monarch. Knobelsdorff was the head custodian of royal buildings and head of a privy council on financial matters. In 1746 he was dismissed by the king, and Johann Boumann finished all his projects, including Sanssouci. Knobelsdorff died in Berlin. His grave is preserved in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 2
Events Pre-1600 * 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. * 1410 – The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War. 1601–1900 *1675 – Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War. * 1795 – The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. * 1868 – Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally. * 1882 – The great fire destroys a large part of Oulu's city center in Oulu Province, Finland. * 1889 – North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. * 1899 – The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. 1901–present *1912 – Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1769 In Art
Events from the year 1769 in art. Events * April 25–May 27 – First Royal Academy summer exhibition held in London. Awards * Joshua Reynolds is knighted. Works * Charles Catton – Self-portrait * Joseph Ducreux – ''Marie Antoinette'' (portrait miniature) * Jean-Honoré Fragonard ** ''Inspiration'' (Self-portrait, Louvre, Paris) ** '' Self-portrait with palette and brushes'' (approximate date; Fragonard Museum, Hélène & Jean-François Costa Collection, Grasse) * Christopher Hewetson – Busts of Charles Townley and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn * Ozias Humphry – ''Charlotte, Princess Royal'' (portrait miniature, Windsor Castle) * Alexander Roslin – '' John Jennings Esq., his Brother and Sister-in-Law'' * Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert – ''Love Triumphant'' (''L'Amour prêt à lancer un trait'', marble, approximate date) * Johann Zoffany – ''The Drummond Family'' Births * January 8 – Pietro Benvenuti, Italian neoclassical painter (died 1844) * January 31 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Grisoni
Giuseppe Pierre Joseph Grisoni (''bapt.'' 24 October 1699–1769), also known as Grifoni or Grison, was an Italian painter and sculptor, noted for his landscapes and historical tableaux. Biography Born in Mons, he studied in Florence under Tommaso Redi, abandoning his Flemish influences for the Italian tradition. In 1715 he travelled to London with John Talman and tried to establish himself as a portrait painter. He did not achieve enough success to stay, however, and returned to Florence in 1728 to teach at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1740, he briefly relocated to Pisa before settling in Rome where he died. One of his pupils was William Hoare (1707–1792). Works *Family of William Talman ( National Portrait Gallery) *Self-portrait (Uffizi The Uffizi Gallery (; it, Galleria degli Uffizi, italic=no, ) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1771 In Art
Events from the year 1771 in art. Events * Limoges porcelain manufacture established in France. Works * Cristóbal de Aguilar – ''Manuel de Amat y Junient as Protector of the Monastery of the Nazarene'' * Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – '' Self-portrait in spectacles'' (pastel) * Louis-Bernard Coclers – ''Interior of a Foundry'' * John Singleton Copley **Daniel Crommelin Verplanck' (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) **''Ezekiel Goldthwait'' and ''Mrs. Ezekiel Goldthwait (Elizabeth Lewis)'' (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) * Jacques-Louis David – ''Minerva Fighting Mars'' (''Combat de Mars contre Minerve'') * Anton Graff **''Gotthold Ephraim Lessing'' **''Moses Mendelssohn'' * Jean-Antoine Houdon – Portrait bust of Diderot *John Hamilton Mortimer – Combined portrait of Dr Daniel Solander, Sir Joseph Banks, Captain James Cook, Dr John Hawkesworth and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich * Alexander Roslin – '' King Gustav III of Sweden and his Brothers'' * Claude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Cars
Laurent Cars (28 May 1699 – 14 April 1771) was a French designer and engraver. He was born at Lyon, the son of Jean-François Cars, who took him when quite young to Paris, where it was not long before he distinguished himself. In 1733 he was received as an Academician upon his portraits of Michel Anguier and Sébastien Bourdon. Cars, who was the master of Beauvarlet, may be considered one of the best French engravers of the 18th century, in the kind of subjects he selected. He died in Paris in 1771. His best plates are those engraved after Lemoyne, particularly that of 'Hercules and Omphale,' and the series of illustrations after Boucher's designs to the Comedies of Molière, and after Oudry to the Fables of La Fontaine. His work is extensive; the following are his principal plates: Portraits *''Louis XV, an allegorical portrait''; after Lemoyne. *''Louis XV'', an allegorical subject; after Boucher. *'' Stanislaus, King of Poland''; after van Loo. *''Michel Anguier, sculpt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 28
Events Pre-1600 * 585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. * 621 – Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of the civil war that followed the Sui dynasty's collapse in favour of the Tang dynasty. *1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid. *1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.) 1601–1900 * 1644 – English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1773 In Art
Events from the year 1773 in art. Events * July 25 – Francisco Goya marries Josefa Bayeu. * Ulrika Pasch elected in to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts Paintings * John Singleton Copley – Portrait of Mrs Winslow * François-Hubert Drouais – Portrait of Marie Antoinette * Dmitry Levitzky – Portraits of the young ladies of the Smolny Institute in Saint Petersburg * Charles Willson Peale – Family Group portrait * Sir Joshua Reynolds – Lady Anne Luttrell, The Duchess of Cumberland' * Joseph Wright of Derby – '' Earthstopper on the Banks of the Derwent'' * Melchior Wyrsch – ''Reginald Pole Carew'' * Joseph Vernet – ''A Shipwreck in Stormy Seas'' Awards * Births * January 5 – Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter and drawer (died 1839) * January 31 – Luigi Pichler, German-Italian artist in engraved gems (died 1854) * July 7 – Moses Haughton the Younger, English engraver and painter of portrait miniatures (died 1849) * December 9 – Marianne Ehrenström, Swedis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French People
The French people (french: Français) are an ethnic group and nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France. The French people, especially the native speakers of langues d'oïl from northern and central France, are primarily the descendants of Gauls (including the Belgae) and Romans (or Gallo-Romans, western European Celtic and Italic peoples), as well as Germanic peoples such as the Franks, the Visigoths, the Suebi and the Burgundians who settled in Gaul from east of the Rhine after the fall of the Roman Empire, as well as various later waves of lower-level irregular migration that have continued to the present day. The Norse also settled in Normandy in the 10th century and contributed significantly to the ancestry of the Normans. Furthermore, regional ethnic minorities also exist within France that have distinct lineages, languages and cultures such as Bretons in Brittany, Occi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert-François Gravelot
Hubert-François Bourguignon, commonly known as Gravelot (26 March 1699 – 20 April 1773), was a French engraver, a famous book illustrator, designer and drawing-master. Born in Paris, he emigrated to London in 1732, where he quickly became a central figure in the introduction of the Rococo style in British design, which was disseminated from London in this period, through the media of book illustrations and engraved designs as well as by the examples of luxury goods in the "French taste" brought down from London to provincial towns and country houses. Education Gravelot was a mediocre student, who did not profit from a premature stay in Rome, financed by his father, from which he returned, his funds depleted, without a stay in Lyon, an artistic center that often provided a stop-over for art students between Paris and Rome. Unsuccessful in a commercial venture at Saint Domingue on his father's account, he returned to Paris and became the pupil first of Jean II Restout, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 26
Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is announced, along with the succession of his son, al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah. On the same day, al-Hakim's designated heir, Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas, is arrested in Damascus and brought to Egypt. *1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. *1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt. * 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end. * 1351 – Combat of the Thirty: Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights. * 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of ''Aesop's Fables''. * 1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru. 1601–1900 * 1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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