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1715 In Art
Events from the year 1715 in art. Events * Paintings * Thomas Gibson – Portrait of George Vertue * Sir Godfrey Kneller – Portraits of ** John Erskine, Earl of Mar ** Frances Erskine Countess of Mar ** Lady Anne, Countess of Sunderland and her daughter Diana ** Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury * Rachel Ruysch – '' Bouquet of Flowers'' (Alte Pinakothek, Munich) Births * February 22 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic (died 1790) * July 4 – Charles Francois Hutin, French history and figure painter, engraver and sculptor (died 1776) * July 11 – Jean-Joseph Balechou, French engraver (died 1765) * August 25 – Luis González Velázquez, Spanish late-Baroque painter (died 1763) * November 5 – Johann Georg Wille, German copper engraver (died 1808) * November 30 – Johan Jacob Bruun, Danish gouache painter most known for his topographic prospects (died 1789) * December 11 – Johann Valentin Tischbein, German theatre painter (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Gibson (artist)
Thomas Gibson (born London, c. 1680; died London, 28 April 1751) was an English portrait painter and copyist, notable as master of George Vertue. Life Nothing known of Gibson's life before c. 1711, when he was already established as portrait painter, appointed a founding director of Godfrey Kneller's Academy in London at Great Queen Street. According to the painter Thomas Highmore, Sir James Thornhill applied to Gibson to sketch for him in his large pictures figures in action. among his pupils there was George Vertue. Gibson's sitters included a number of important public figures: Dr Henry Sacheverell (1710; Oxford, Magdalen Coll.), John Flamsteed (1712; Oxford, Bodleian Lib.), Sir Robert Walpole (untraced; engr. G. Bockman), Archbishop William Wake (Oxford, Christ Church Pict. Gal.) and Archbishop John Potter (London, Lambeth Pal.). His most constant patron was John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett KG (c. 1668 – 28 May 1743) was an English p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Francois Hutin
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouache
Gouache (; ), body color, or opaque watercolor is a water-medium paint consisting of natural pigment, water, a binding agent (usually gum arabic or dextrin), and sometimes additional inert material. Gouache is designed to be opaque. Gouache has a considerable history, having been used for at least twelve centuries. It is used most consistently by commercial artists for posters, illustrations, comics, and other design work. Gouache is similar to watercolor in that it can be re-wetted and dried to a matte finish, and the paint can become infused into its paper support. It is similar to acrylic or oil paints in that it is normally used in an opaque painting style and it can form a superficial layer. Many manufacturers of watercolor paints also produce gouache, and the two can easily be used together. Description Gouache paint is similar to watercolor, but is modified to make it opaque. Just as in watercolor, the binding agent has traditionally been gum arabic but since the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Jacob Bruun
Johan Jacob Bruun (30 November 1715 – 4 January 1789) was a Danish painter. Often working in gouaches, he is most known for his topographic prospects which herald the development of a Danish landscape painting. Biography He was born in Slagelse in 1715. He started in an apprenticeship under the painter Johan Herman Coning and taught miniature painting. Between 1737 and 1769 he executed more than 1,000 gouaches, watercolours and touch drawings depicting towns, castles and other motives. He assisted with Lauritz de Thurah's ''Hafnia Hodierna'' (1746) and '' Den Danske Vitruvius'' (1746–49). When his contributions were not included in Frederick V's Atlas, he received permission and economic support to publish them in ''Novus Atlas Daniæ'' of which only one volume appeared. A number of Bruun's works have been preserved, including at Rosenborg Castle, Frederiksborg Castle, Øregaard Museum and Museum of Copenhagen. Among his known works are portraits of King Christian V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 30
Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 * 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida. * 1718 – Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. * 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). * 1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day). * 1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines. * 1803 – In N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1808 In Art
Events in the year 1808 in Art. Events *May 2 and May 3 – In Spain the guerrilla resistance movement against the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte begins; immortalized in 1814 by Francisco Goya's '' Third of May 1808''. *April 5 – John James Audubon marries Lucy Bakewell. * The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, is given the title of Royal Academy of Fine Arts by King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. * The Rijksmuseum moves from The Hague to Amsterdam, where it is located temporarily at the Royal Palace. * Thomas Phillips is elected to the Royal Academy. Works * François Joseph Bosio – Statue of Cupid with a bow (Hermitage Museum) * Antonio Canova – ''Venus Victrix'' (marble reclining nude) * Richard Cosway – Portrait miniature of Arthur Wellesley * François-Xavier Fabre – '' The Judgement of Paris'' (approximate date) * Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson ** '' The Entombment of Atala'' ** ''François-René de Chateaubriand'' ** ''Hortense de Beauharnais'' * Franci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Georg Wille
Johann Georg Wille, or Jean Georges Wille (5 November 1715, near Biebertal - 5 April 1808, Paris) was a German-born copper engraver, who spent most of his life in France. He also worked as an art dealer. Life and work He was the eldest of seven children born to the miller, Johann Philipp Wille, and his wife, Anna Elisabeth née Zimmermann. He showed an early interest in art; drawing birds and the faces of his classmates. He also copied the illustrations from his father's Bible. Initially, he studied mathematics in Giessen, with the intent of attending a university, but his interest in art prevailed and he began taking lessons from a local portrait painter. This proved to be unsuccessful, so he learned engraving instead and worked for a gunsmith, who taught him how to decorate hunting rifles. In 1736, he began his traditional journeyman years, wandering through Frankfurt am Main, Worms and Straßburg, among many others, on his way to Paris. During his trip, he met the engraver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 5
Events Pre-1600 * 1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. * 1499 – The '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary. * 1556 – Second Battle of Panipat: Fighting begins between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and the forces of the Muslim emperor Akbar. 1601–1900 * 1605 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England. *1688 – Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland). * 1757 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach. *1768 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1763 In Art
Events from the year 1763 in art. Events * In Venice ** Canaletto and Francesco Zuccarelli are elected to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. ** Francesco Guardi begins painting the 12 ''Doge's Feasts'' series. Paintings * François Boucher – '' The Judgement of Paris'' * John Singleton Copley – Portraits of James Warren and Mercy Otis Warren * Francesco Guardi – '' Miracle of a Dominican Saint'' (for San Pietro Martire (Murano)) * Matthäus Günther – Frescos in Benedictine Abbey Church of St. Marinus and St. Anianus, Rott am Inn * George Stubbs (approximate date; Tate Britain) ** Horse Frightened by Lion' ** Horse Devoured by a Lion' * Benjamin West – ''Cymon and Iphigenia'' (lost) * Johann Zoffany – ''Three sons of the Earl of Bute'' Image:James Warren.jpg, Copley – ''James Warren'' File:Mrs James Warren (Mercy Otis), by John Singleton Copley.jpg, Copley – ''Mercy Otis Warren'' Births * June 26 – George Morland, English painter of animals and rusti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis González Velázquez
Luis González Velázquez (25 August 1715 – 24 May 1763) was a Spanish late-Baroque painter. Velázquez was born in Madrid into a family of artists; his father Pablo González Velázquez and brothers Alejandro González Velázquez, Alejandro and Antonio González Velázquez, Antonio were all painters. He studied painting at the School Board for the establishment of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando where he was elected academician of merit in 1753 and deputy director of painting a year later. Between 1741 and 1742 he worked in La Puebla de Montalbán, (Province of Toledo), where he executed the murals in the chapel of Our Lady of Solitude, including a series of biblical heroines, which manifests emphatically a rococo style. Since 1744, he collaborated with Santiago Bonavía in the decorations of the theater of Buen Retiro Park. In April 1758 Corrado Giaquinto stated in a memorial that Velázquez had worked under him in the decoration of the Royal Salesians. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 25
Events Pre-1600 * 19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to leave the province. * 766 – Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios. * 1248 – The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht. * 1258 – Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under Michael VIII Palaiologos, paving the way for its leader to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea. * 1270 – Philip III, although suffering from dysentery, becomes King of France following the death of his father Louis IX, during the Eighth Crusade. His uncle, Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1765 In Art
Events from the year 1765 in art. Events * June 12 – The death of General John Guise in London activates his 1760 bequest of a large collection of Old Master paintings to his ''alma mater'', Christ Church, Oxford, where they are assembled in 1767 as the foundation of Christ Church Picture Gallery. * September 23 - G. Van Oostrum's collection of paintings is sold at auction in The Hague. '' Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image'' is lot 241. * The Uffizi in Florence is officially opened to the public as an art gallery. * Irish sculptor Christopher Hewetson and American painter Henry Benbridge arrive in Rome, where Hewetson settles. * The Hermitage Museum acquires the art collection of Heinrich von Brühl, including ''Perseus and Andromeda'' by Rubens. Works *Francis Cotes – ''Portrait of Maria Walpole, Countess Waldegrave'' *Nathaniel Dance – William Weddell, The Reverend William Palgrave and Mr Janson in Rome' *Jean-Honoré Fragonard – '' The High Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
