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1826 In Art
Events in the year 1826 in Art. Events * December 25 – Opening of the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace, containing 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812, painted by George Dawe and his Russian assistants Alexander Polyakov and Wilhelm August Golicke. * Samuel Palmer moves to Shoreham, Kent, where he stays for the next decade. Works * Thomas Cole – ''Sunrise in the Catskill Mountains'' * John Constable – '' The Cornfield'' * Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot – '' The Bridge at Narni'' * Eugène Delacroix – **'' The Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero'' (completed) **''Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi'' * William Etty – The Judgement of Paris' * Francesco Hayez - '' Lampugnani's Conspiracy'' * Orest Kiprensky ** '' Portrait of Prince N. P. Trubetzkoy'' ** '' Portrait of O. A. Ryumina'' * Nicéphore Niépce – ''View from the Window at Le Gras'', the first permanent photograph of a natural subject * James Northcote – '':File:Ira Ald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December 25
Events Pre-1600 * 36 – Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China. * 274 – A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian. * 333 – Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of ''Caesar''. * 336 – First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome. * 350 – Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicate his imperial title. Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension. * 508 – Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius. * 597 – Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons. * 800 – The coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome. * 820 – Eastern Emperor Leo V is murdered in a church of the Great Palace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |