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1755 In Art
Events from the year 1755 in art. Events * Canaletto returns from England to Venice, where he continues painting until his death in 1768. Paintings * Jean-Honoré Fragonard – ''Musical Contest'' (1754-1755) * William Hogarth – ''Sealing the Tomb'' * John Shackleton – ''George II'' ( Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh) Births * January 30 - Richard Collins, English chief miniature and enamel painter to George III (died 1831) * February - Albert Christoph Dies, German painter and composer (died 1822) * February 6 – Henry Bone, English enamel painter (died 1834) * February 13 - Philibert-Louis Debucourt, French painter and engraver (died 1832) * April 9 - William Birch, English miniature painter and engraver (died 1834) * April 16 – Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, French painter (died 1842) * July 6 – John Flaxman, sculptor (died 1826) * July 14 - Charles-Antoine Clevenbergh, Flemish painter of still-life (died 1810) * August 4 – Nicolas-Jacq ... [...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] |
German People
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April 16
Events Pre-1600 * 1457 BC – Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. * 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide. * 73 – Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War. *1346 – Stefan Dušan, "the Mighty", is crowned Emperor of the Serbs at Skopje, his empire occupying much of the Balkans. *1520 – The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V. * 1582 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina. 1601–1900 *1746 – The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants. *1780 &n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass are engraved, or may provide an Intaglio (printmaking), intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called "engravings". Engraving is one of the oldest and most important techniques in printmaking. Wood engraving is a form of relief printing and is not covered in this article, same with rock engravings like petroglyphs. Engraving was a historically important method of producing images on paper in artistic printmaking, in mapmaking, and also for commercial reproductions and illustrations for books and magazines. It has long been replaced by various photographic processes in its commercial applications and, partly because of the difficulty of learning th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Miniature
A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century elites, mainly in England and France, and spread across the rest of Europe from the middle of the 18th century, remaining highly popular until the development of daguerreotypes and photography in the mid-19th century. They were usually intimate gifts given within the family, or by hopeful males in courtship, but some rulers, such as James I of England, gave large numbers as diplomatic or political gifts. They were especially likely to be painted when a family member was going to be absent for significant periods, whether a husband or son going to war or emigrating, or a daughter getting married. The first miniaturists used watercolour to paint on stretched vellum, or (especially in England) on playing cards trimmed to the shape required. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Birch (painter)
William Russell Birch (9 April 1755 – 7 August 1834) was an English miniature painter, enameler, and landscape engraver and designer. Life Birch was born in Warwickshire, the son of Anne, née Russell, and physician Thomas Birch. He spent his early childhood in Warwick and was apprenticed to a jeweler, Thomas Jeffreys, and to Sir Joshua Reynolds. The enamelist Henry Spicer trained Birch in the art of enamel painting. Birch exhibited enamel portraits at the Royal Academy from 1781 to 1794. In 1785, he received a medal from the Royal Society of Arts. As an engraver he is best known in England for his ''Délices de la Grande Bretagne,'' consisting of thirty-six plates of ancient buildings in Norwich and elsewhere, published in 1791. After emigrating to Philadelphia in 1794 he made portrait enamels of many people including copies of portraits of George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart. The engraving series he made in 1800 of Philadelphia vistas was so extremely popular it result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 9
Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position. * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius Belisarius (; el, Βελισάριος; The exact date of his birth is unknown. – 565) was a military commander of the Byzantine Empire under the emperor Justinian I. He was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean terri ... receives his promised reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry, mostly of Huns, Hunnic or Slavs, Slavic origin and expert Archery, bowmen. He starts, despite shortages, raids against the Ostrogoths, Gothic camps and Vitiges is forced into a stalemate. *1241 – Battle of Legnica, Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol Empire, Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies. *1288 – Mongol i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1832 In Art
Events from the year 1832 in art. Events * New Society of Painters in Water Colours holds its first exhibition, in London. Awards * Prix de Rome ** for painting – Antoine Wiertz ** for sculpture – François Jouffroy Works * William Etty ** ''The Destroying Angel and Daemons of Evil Interrupting the Orgies of the Vicious and Intemperate'' ** ''Youth on the Prow, and Pleasure at the Helm'' * Hokusai – ''The Great Wave off Kanagawa'' * Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres – ''Portrait of Monsieur Bertin'' * Henry Inman - " Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co" * James Arthur O'Connor – '' A Thunderstorm: The Frightened Wagoner'' * Joseph Paelinck – ''Juno'' * Richard Westmacott - Statue of George Canning, Parliament Square Births * January 6 – Gustave Doré, French illustrator (died 1883) * January 23 – Édouard Manet, French painter, (died 1883) * January 27 – Arthur Hughes, English Pre-Raphaelite painter (died 1915) * February 21 – Louis Maurer, German American lithographer (died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philibert-Louis Debucourt
Philibert-Louis Debucourt, (13 February 1755 – 22 September 1832) was a French painter and engraver. Life Debucourt, was born in Paris in 1755, and became a pupil of Vien. He executed a few plates in mezzotint, such as the ''Heureuse famille'', the ''Benediction de la mariée'', and the ''Cruche cassée'', after his own designs. Most of his work was, however, in aquatint. He became the leading maker of multi-plate colour prints, combining washes of aquatint with line-engraving. He used a number of different techniques, but most involved three colour plates, and a fourth key plate, outlining the design in black. Debucourt's father-in-law was the sculptor Louis-Philippe Mouchy. In the marriage contract Mouchy generously offered to provide a three-room apartment at the Louvre, where Debucourt lived for twelve and a half years. The address of this apartment is often given on his prints. Some of his work was satirical, such as ''La promenade publique'', an aquatint of 1792 show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 13
Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles. * 1503 – Challenge of Barletta: Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta. *1542 – Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. 1601–1900 *1633 – Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. *1642 – The Clergy Act becomes law, excluding bishops of the Church of England from serving in the House of Lords. * 1660 – With the accession of young Charles XI of Sweden, his regents begin negotiations to end the Second Northern War. *1689 – William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England. *1692 – Massacre of Gle ... [...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] |
