Overview of the events of 1796 in art
Overview of the events of 1796 in art
Events from the year 1796 in art .
Lansdowne portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart Young Lord Liverpool by Thomas Lawrence . February 3 – Jean-Baptiste Madou , Belgian painter and lithographer (died 1877 ) February 5 – Pieter Godfried Bertichen , Dutch painter and lithographer (died 1856 ) May 24 – Étienne-Jules Ramey , French sculptor and teacher (died 1852 ) May 28 – William Miller , Scottish Quaker line engraver (died 1882 ) June 27 (bapt.) – George Vincent , English landscape painter of the Norwich School (died c. 1832) June 30 – Antonin Moine , French romantic sculptor (died 1849 ) July 2 – Michael Thonet , German-born furniture designer (died 1871 ) July 3 – Maria Martin , American watercolor painter (died 1863 ) July 17 – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot , French painter (died 1875 ) July 26 – George Catlin , American painter specializing in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West (died 1872 ) August 21 – Asher Brown Durand , American painter of the Hudson River School (died 1886 ) August 30 – Julien-Léopold Boilly , French draughtsman and watercolorist (died 1874 ) September 4 – Peter Fendi , Austrian portrait and genre painter, engraver and lithographer (died 1842 ) September 5 – Jacobus Cornelis Gaal , Dutch painter and etcher (died 1866 ) September 24 – Antoine-Louis Barye , French sculptor (died 1875 ) October 9 – Joseph Bonomi the Younger , English sculptor, artist, Egyptologist and museum curator (died 1878 ) October 19 – Carl Wagner , German romantic landscape painter (died 1867 ) October 24 – David Roberts , Scottish painter (died 1864 ) October 30 – Wilhelm August Rieder , Austrian painter and draughtsman (died 1880 ) November 4 – John Neagle , American portrait painter (died 1865 ) date unknown probable – John Ternouth , English sculptor (died 1848 ) March 9 – Saverio Gandini , Italian painter (born 1729 ) March 29 – Johan Philip Korn , Swedish painter (born 1728 ) April 2 – Ulrika Pasch , Swedish miniaturist painter (born 1735 ) August 6 – David Allan , Scottish painter of historical subjects (born 1744 ) August 8 – Franz Anton Maulbertsch , Austrian painter (born 1724 ) September 3 – Louis Jean-Jacques Durameau , French painter and winner of the Grand prix de Rome (born 1733 ) November 2 – Domenico Pozzi , Swiss painter (born 1745 ) November 12 – Margareta Christina Giers , Swedish painter (born 1731 ) December 29 – Miguel Verdiguier , French sculptor (born 1706 ) date unknown probable – Francesco Battaglioli , Italian painter of veduta and capriccios (born 1722 ) References [ edit ]