Art year 1759
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Overview of the Art Years
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Events
- January 15 : The British Museum opens in Bloomsbury , London .
After an unsuccessful attempt to find work in Bayreuth, Bernardo Bellotto , known as Canaletto , comes to Vienna in January, where he will stay for two years. During this time a total of 13 pictures were created: presumably six Viennese urban interiors designed as counterparts were created for the imperial court , plus two views of Schönbrunn Palace and Park, a panorama of the city from the Belvedere and four views of Hof Palace .
Born
- February 10 : Carlo Lasinio , Italian draftsman, etcher and engraver († 1838 )
- February 21 : Ludovike Simanowiz , Wuerttemberg classicist painter († 1827 )
- March 2 : Jean Baptiste Audebert , French naturalist and painter († 1800 )
- May 20 : William Thornton , British-American architect and inventor († 1828 )
- May 25 : Franz Paul von Herbert , Austrian art patron and representative of the Enlightenment († 1811 )
- July 10 : Pierre-Joseph Redouté , French painter († 1840 )
- August 15 : Jacques Augustin , French portrait and miniature painter († 1832 )
- December 16 : Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois , French painter and physicist († 1832 )
- December 26 : Johann Georg von Dillis , German painter († 1841 )
- Louis-André-Gabriel Bouchet , French portrait and history painter of classicism († 1842 )
Died
- March 27 : August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof , German naturalist and miniature painter (* 1705 )
- May 13 : Lambert-Sigisbert Adam , French sculptor (* 1700 )
- September 27 : Gaetano Fanti , Italian fresco painter (* 1687 )
- Hattori Nankaku , Japanese poet and painter (* 1683 )
See also
Web links
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