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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] |
Canaletto
Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of city views or ''vedute'', of Venice, Rome, and London, he also painted imaginary views (referred to as capricci), although the demarcation in his works between the real and the imaginary is never quite clearcut.Alice Binion and Lin Barton. "Canaletto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 6 Jan. 2017 He was further an important printmaker using the etching technique. In the period from 1746 to 1756 he worked in England where he painted many views of London and other sites including Warwick Castle and Alnwick Castle. He was highly successful in England, thanks to the British merchant and connoisseur Joseph "Consul" Smith, whose large collection of Canaletto's works was sold to King George III in 1762. Early career He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Zoffany
Johan Joseph Zoffany (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij; 13 March 1733 – 11 November 1810) was a German neoclassical painter who was active mainly in England, Italy and India. His works appear in many prominent British collections, including the National Gallery, the Tate Gallery and the Royal Collection, as well as institutions in continental Europe, India, the United States and Australia. His name is sometimes spelled Zoffani or Zauffelij (on his grave, it is spelled Zoffanij). Life and career Of noble Hungarian and Bohemian origin, Johan Zoffany was born near Frankfurt on 13 March 1733, the son of a cabinet maker and architect in the court of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis. He undertook an initial period of study in a sculptor's workshop in Ellwangen during the 1740s, possibly the shop of Melchior Paulus, and later at Regensburg with the artist . In 1750, he travelled to Rome, entering the studio of Agostino Masucci. In the autumn of 1760, he arrived ... [...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] |
Karl Ludwig Fernow
Karl Ludwig Fernow (19 November 1763 – 4 December 1808) was a German art critic and archaeologist. Early life Fernow was born in Pomerania, the son of a servant in the household of the lord of Blumenhagen. At the age of twelve he became clerk to a notary, and was afterwards apprenticed to a druggist. While serving his time he had the misfortune accidentally to shoot a young man who came to visit him; and although through the intercession of his master he escaped prosecution, the untoward event weighed heavily on his mind, and led him at the close of his apprenticeship to quit his native place. Art career He obtained a situation at Lübeck, where he had leisure to cultivate his natural taste for drawing and poetry. Having formed an acquaintance with the painter Asmus Jacob Carstens, whose influence was an important stimulus and help to him, he renounced his trade of druggist, and set up as a portrait-painter and drawing-master. At Ludwigslust he fell in love with a young gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 19
Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in Iraq. * 1493 – Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island called Borinquen he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed again Puerto Rico). 1601–1900 * 1794 – The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War. * 1802 – The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (present-day Belize). * 1808 – Finnish War: The Convention of Olkijoki in Raahe ends hostilities in Finland. *1816 – Warsaw University is established. * 1847 – The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad, is opened. * 1863 – American Civil War: U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830 In Art
Events from the year 1830 in art. Events *David Wilkie appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to King William IV of the United Kingdom following the death of Sir Thomas Lawrence. *Clarkson Stanfield's panorama A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in ... ''The Military Pass of the Simplon'' is featured in a Christmas pantomime in London. *Approximate beginning of the Barbizon school of painters. Publications *Edward Lear – ''Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots'' (first in a series of Lithography, lithographs. Works *George Catlin – ''General William Clark'' *Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot – ''Chartres Cathedral'' *Eugène Delacroix – ''Liberty Leading the People'' *William Etty — ''Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Jakob Biedermann
Johann Jakob Biedermann (7 August 1763 – 10 April 1830) was a Swiss painter and etcher. Beidermann was born in Winterthur, and initially instructed by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg and Heinrich Rieter in Bern. He primarily painted landscapes and portraits. Beidermann traveled to many European locations including Zurich, Paris, Frankfurt, Basel and Konstanz Konstanz (, , locally: ; also written as Constance in English) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany. The city houses the University of Konstanz and was th ... where he got his inspiration. He died in Zurich in 1830. References * Carl Wilhelm hard Meier: '' The life of the Kunstmahlers Johann Jakob conventional man of Winterthur ''. Zurich, 1835 * '' J.J. Biedermann 1763–1830: Memory exhibition in the museum Winterthur from September 7, – October 5, 1930 ''. Museum Winterthur, 1930. * Rudolf Hunziker (Hrsg.): '' Letters of the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 7
Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople. * 768 – Pope Stephen III is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the Byzantine Empire is no longer able to help. * 936 – Coronation of King Otto I of Germany. * 1461 – The Ming dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor. *1479 – Battle of Guinegate: French troops of King Louis XI were defeated by the Burgundians led by Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg. 1601–1900 *1679 – The brigantine ''Le Griffon'', commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America. *1714 &ndash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1840 In Art
__NOTOC__ Year 184 ( CLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Eggius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 937 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 184 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place China * The Yellow Turban Rebellion and Liang Province Rebellion break out in China. * The Disasters of the Partisan Prohibitions ends. * Zhang Jue leads the peasant revolt against Emperor Ling of Han of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Heading for the capital of Luoyang, his massive and undisciplined army (360,000 men), burns and destroys government offices and outposts. * June – Ling of Han places his brother-in-law, He Jin, in command of the imperial army and sends them to attack the Yellow Turban rebels. * Winter – Zhan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Heinrich Ramberg
Johann Heinrich (a.k.a. John Henry) Ramberg (22 July 1763 – 6 July 1840) was a German painter and printmaker. Ramberg was born at Hanover to a father who fostered his artistic talent. He first showed his talent by drawings of scenes in the Harz Mountains. These became known to George III, King of Great Britain, his sovereign, since he was also Elector of Hanover. In 1781 he was introduced to George III and made "many humorous sketches and caricatures" for him.Graves, R. E. and Annette Peach. "Johann Heinrich Ramberg". ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved on 6 February 2008. George induced Ramberg to go to London, where he provided support. Ramberg may have been a student of Joshua Reynolds and Francesco Bartolozzi; in November 1781, he studied with Benjamin West at the Royal Academy Schools. In 1782 he began exhibiting at the Royal Academy and in 1784 he was awarded a silver medal for his life drawing. In 1784 Ramberg drew the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 22
Events Pre-1600 * 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids. *1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. *1209 – Massacre at Béziers: The first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade. * 1298 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Falkirk: King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk. * 1342 – St. Mary Magdalene's flood is the worst such event on record for central Europe. * 1443 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in the Old Zürich War. * 1456 – Ottoman wars in Europe: Siege of Belgrade: John Hunyadi, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, defeats Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire. *1484 – Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1804 In Art
The year 1804 in art involved some significant artistic events and new works. Events *Sculptor Pompeo Marchesi wins a scholarship to study in Rome under Antonio Canova. *Society of Painters in Water Colours, predecessor of the Royal Watercolour Society, founded in London by William Frederick Wells. Works *Johann Friedrich Dryander – ''French troops before Saint-Jean-lès-Sarrebruck'' *Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – ''Dominique Jean Larrey'' *Francisco Goya – '' Portrait of María Tomasa Palafox, Marquesa of Villafranca'' *Antoine-Jean Gros – ''Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa'' * Thomas Douglas Guest – ''Madonna and Child'' *Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres – ''Bonaparte, First Consul'' *Orest Kiprensky – '' Portrait of Adam Shvabler'' *Thomas Lawrence – '' Portrait of Caroline of Brunswick'' *Stepan Shchukin – Portrait of Andreyan Zakharov (approximate date) *George Stubbs – '' Ambrosio, a bay stallion, the property of Thomas Haworth'' *B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
