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1764 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1764, art Events from the year 1764 in art. Events *February - Joshua Reynolds co-founds The Club with writer Samuel Johnson. * Johann Joachim Winckelmann's ''Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums'' ("History of Ancient Art") is published. Paintings *Nicola Bertucci and Carlo Lodi – ''The Pleasures of Country Life'' ( tempera paintings for Villa Sampiera, Bologna) *Vigilius Eriksen – '' Catherine II Before the Mirror'' *Joshua Reynolds – Miss Nelly O'Brien' *Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo – The Magic Lantern' Births * April 1 - Barbara Krafft, Austrian portrait painter (died 1825) *April 13 – Giacomo Guardi, Italian veduta painter (died 1835) * April 14 – Firmin Didot, French printer, engraver, and type founder (died 1836) * April 20 – Rudolph Ackermann, Saxon-born printer and lithographer (died 1834) * April 30 – Luigi Ademollo, Italian painter (died 1849) *May 11 – Grigory Ugryumov, Russian painter (died 1823) * May 20 – Johann Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, and was knighted by George III in 1769. Early life Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, on 16 July 1723 the third son of the Rev. Samuel Reynolds, master of the Plympton Free Grammar School in the town. His father had been a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, but did not send any of his sons to the university. One of his sisters was Mary Palmer (1716–1794), seven years his senior, author of ''Devonshire Dialogue'', whose fondness for drawing is said to have had much influence on him when a boy. In 1740 she provided £60, half of the premium paid to Thomas Hudson the portrait-painter, for Joshua's pupilage, and nine years later a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Grigory Ugryumov
Grigory Ivanovich Ugryumov (Russian: Григорий Иванович Угрюмов; 11 May 1764 in Moscow – 28 March 1823 in Saint Petersburg)Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1991) was a Russian portrait and history painter in the Classical style. Biography He was born to merchant who was originally from Yaroslavl Oblast. In 1770, he was enrolled in the elementary classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts and later studied under Ivan Akimov. He graduated in 1785 and was awarded a gold medal for his painting of Hagar and Ishmael in the desert. In 1787, he received a fellowship to study in Italy, where he made drawings of the statues, especially those of Paolo Veronese and Guido Reni. Upon his return, he became a teacher of history painting at the Academy. In 1794, he became a Candidate Academician and was awarded the title in 1797 for his painting of the legendary 10th century hero Jan Usmar. By 1800, he was a Professor and sat on the board of the Academy. In 1820, he be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 11
Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a 1813 crossing of the Blue Mountains, route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement. *1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British. *1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California. *1889 – An Wham Paymaster robbery, attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medal of Honor, Medals of Honor. *1894 – Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a Pullman Strike, wildcat strike. 1901–present *1919 – Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention, Buenos Aires copyright treaty. *1970 &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1849 In Art
Events from the year 1849 in art. Events * March – ''The Journal of Design and Manufactures'' is established by Henry Cole in London. * May **First exhibition of paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, in London: John Everett Millais' ''Isabella'' and Holman Hunt's ''Rienzi'' at the Royal Academy summer exhibition and Dante Gabriel Rossetti's '' The Girlhood of Mary Virgin'' at the Institution for the Free Exhibition of Modern Art's "St. George's Gallery" on Knightsbridge next to Hyde Park Corner. **John Ruskin publishes ''The Seven Lamps of Architecture''. Awards *Prix de Rome (for painting) – Gustave Boulanger Works *Ivan Aivazovsky – '' Stormy Sea at Night'' *Rosa Bonheur – '' Ploughing in the Nivernais'' *Auguste Couder – '' The Tennis Court Oath, 20 June 1789'' *Gustave Courbet – ''After Dinner at Ornans'' *Asher Brown Durand – '' Kindred Spirits'' *William Holman Hunt – '' Rienzi vowing to obtain justice for the death of his young brother, slain in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Ademollo
Luigi Ademollo (April 30, 1764 – February 11, 1849) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Milan. He studied at the Brera Academy, where he was taught by Giulio Traballesi, Giocondo Albertolli, and Giuseppe Piermarini. He left Milan in 1783 and traveled and worked in Rome and Florence. He married Margaret Cimballi Ferrara in Rome in 1792 and had several children. Ademollo primarily painted frescoes with biblical scenes from the Old and New Testaments. In 1789 he was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He painted in theaters, including the decoration of sipari (theater curtains). He helped fresco the Royal Chapel in the Pitti Palace and also the churches of Santissima Annunziata and Sant'Ambrogio. In Siena, he painted frescoes for the Palazzo Venturi Gallerani and Palazzo Segardi. He died in Florence in 1849. His son Agostino Ademollo (1799–1841) was a writer of romances, including ''Marietta di' Ricci''. His grandson Carlo Ademollo Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 30
Events Pre-1600 * 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. * 1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers. *1513 – Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII. * 1557 – Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile. *1598 – Juan de Oñate begins the conquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. * 1598 – Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. 1601–1900 *1636 – Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege. *1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1834 In Art
Events from the year 1834 in art. Events *October 16 – Burning of Parliament in London witnessed by J. M. W. Turner, John Constable and Augustus Pugin Works Paintings *Carl Blechen – '' The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam'' *Thomas Cole – ''The Savage State'' and '' The Arcadian or Pastoral State'' from '' The Course of Empire'' *Eugène Delacroix – ''The Women of Algiers'' *Edward Hicks – ''Peaceable Kingdom'' *Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres – ''The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorian'' (Autun Cathedral) *Thomas Luny – '' Battle of the Nile, August 1st 1798 at 10 pm'' * John Martin – ''The Deluge'' *J. M. W. Turner – ''The Fountain of Indolence'' Prints *Hiroshige – ''The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō'' (publication begins) *Hokusai – ''One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji'' Sculptures *Francis Chantrey – Memorial to Mary Anne Boulton (Great Tew church, Oxfordshire) *Antoine-Augustin Préault – ''The Killing'' (Musée des Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolph Ackermann
Rudolph Ackermann (20 April 1764 in Schneeberg, Electorate of Saxony – 30 March 1834 in Finchley, London) was an Anglo-German bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and businessman. Biography He attended the Latin school in Stollberg, but his wish to study at the university was made impossible by lack of financial means, and he therefore became a saddler like his father. He worked as a saddler and coach-builder in different German cities, moved from Dresden to Basel and Paris, and then, 23 years old, settled in London. He established himself in Long Acre, the centre of coach-making in London and close to the market at Covent Garden. His extraordinary business instinct, as well as his flair for design and talent for self-promotion, won him the £200 contract to design the ceremonial coach for the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare. After this he designed ''The Royal Sailor'', an 8-wheel omnibus that ran between Charing Cross, Greenwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 20
Events Pre-1600 * 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601–1900 * 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. * 1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. * 1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City). * 1752 – Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57). * 1770 – The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza. * 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord. * 1789 – George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration. * 1792 – France declares war against the " King of Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1836 In Art
Events from the year 1836 in art. Events * June – Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz") begins illustrating ''The Pickwick Papers'' following the suicide of the original illustrator, Robert Seymour. * David Wilkie is granted a knighthood. Works * Thomas Cole – ''View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm'' ''(The Oxbow)'' * Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot – ''Diana Surprised By Actaeon'' * Paul Delaroche – ''Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers'' * Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin – ''Study (Young Male Nude Seated beside the Sea)'' * Caspar David Friedrich – '' Seashore by Moonlight'' * Joseph von Führich – ''Jacob encountering Rachel with her father's herd'' * Christian Albrecht Jensen – ''Hans Christian Andersen'' * Antoine Wiertz – ''Les Grecs et les Troyens se disputant le corps de Patrocle'' * Sir David Wilkie – ''Napoleon and Pius VII at Fontainebleau'' * Matthew Cotes Wyatt – Bronze equestrian statue of George III Births * January 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firmin Didot
Firmin Didot (; 14 April 176424 April 1836) was a French printer, engraver, and type founder. Early life Firmin Didot was born in Paris into a family of printers founded by François Didot, the father of 11 children. Firmin was one of his grandchildren. The family's paper manufactory was located at Essonnes, a town c. 30 km southeast of Paris near Corbeil, which had notable paper factories. Work Didot invented the word "stereotype", which in printing refers to the metal printing plate created for the actual printing of pages (as opposed to printing pages directly with movable type), and used the process extensively, revolutionizing the book trade by his cheap editions. His manufactory was a place of pilgrimage for the printers of the world. He first used the process in his edition of Callet’s ''Tables of Logarithms'' (1795), in which he secured an accuracy till then unattainable. He published stereotyped editions of French, English and Italian classics at a very low p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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