Art year 1769

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Art year 1769
The early classical Potsdam Temple of Antiquities is completed.

Events

architecture

• In 1769, after a year of construction, the Temple of Antiquities was opened in the western part of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam . Frederick the Great had this small round temple built by Carl von Gontard near the New Palace north of Hauptallee to store his collection of antique art objects, coins and gems . With its counterpart , the friendship temple built in an axis south of the avenue , it is one of the earliest neo-classical buildings in Germany.

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  New Palais and Communs from the north, around 1770

• The New Palais , which began at the end of the Seven Years' War on the west side of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, will be completed after six years of construction. It is considered to be the last significant baroque palace complex in Prussia.

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  Parish church Mittelstrimmig

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  Parish church Mittelstrimmig, interior

• After three years of construction, the parish church of St. Philippus & Jakobus in Mittelstrimmig ( Hunsrück ) was completed in 1769 .

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  Blackfriars Bridge under construction

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  Blackfriars Bridge

• After nine years of construction, Blackfriars Bridge was opened over the Thames in London in 1769 .

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  Syon House after the renovation

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  Hall in Syon House

• After only three years, the renovation of the Syon Park House Estate in the classicism style according to plans by Robert Adam , the father of British classicism and main exponent of the Adam style , is stopped for cost reasons.

Painting and sculpture

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  Heinrich Carl Brandt: Maria Amalie von Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken-Rappoltstein.

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  Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder: Portrait of Prince Heinrich of Prussia.

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  Anna Dorothea Therbusch: Young woman in negligee .

• The 45-year-old Heinrich Carl Brandt (1724–1787) paints Countess Palatine Maria Amalie von Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken-Rappoltstein (1752–1828) as a bride (who later became Queen of Saxony).
• The 47-year-old Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder paints Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1726–1802).
• The 48-year-old Anna Dorothea Therbusch paints the oil painting Young Woman in Negligee .

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  Joseph Ducreux: Maria Antonia of Austria

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  Jean-Honoré Fragonard: Inspiration .

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  Ozias Humphry: Princess Royal Charlotte .

• The 34-year-old Joseph Ducreux paints the Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, who later became Queen of France, in pastel on parchment.
• The 37-year-old Jean-Honoré Fragonard paints the oil painting Inspiration (German: The Poet ).
• Ozias Humphry , 27, is painting a miniature of Princess Charlotte using watercolors on ivory.

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  Alexander Roslin: John Jennings .

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  Johann Zoffany: The Drummond Family

• The 51-year-old Alexander Roslin paints an oil painting of the Swedish court marshal John Jennings (1729–1773) and his siblings.
• The 36-year-old Johann Zoffany paints the oil painting The Drummond Family

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  George Stubbs: The Milbanke and Melbourne Families .

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  Antoine Tassaert: Cupid .

• 45-year-old George Stubbs paints the oil painting The Milbanke and Melbourne Families .
• The 42-year-old Antoine Tassaert created the marble sculptures L'Amour prêt à lancer un trait and Cupido .
• The 30-year-old Christopher Hewetson made the marble busts of Charles Townley (1737–1805) and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet (1749–1789).

Others

• The 46-year-old Joshua Reynolds , first director of the Royal Academy of Arts , is welcomed by King George III. ennobled for his services.

Born

Date of birth saved

• January 1 : Johann Caspar Rahn , Swiss painter and drawing teacher († 1840 )
• January 8 : Pietro Benvenuti , Italian portrait and history painter of classicism († 1844 )
• January 31 : Henry Howard , English history and portrait painter († 1847 )
• April 13 : Thomas Lawrence , British painter († 1830 )

• July 1 : Giovanni Salucci , Italian architect († 1845 )
• August 4th : Wassili Stassow , Russian builder († 1848 )

• September 11th : Johann Erdmann Hummel , German painter († 1852 )
• September 19 : George Raper , British naval officer and illustrator († 1796 )
• October 23 : James Ward , British painter († 1859 )

• December 22nd : Franz Abart , South Tyrolean sculptor († 1863 )
• December 23 : Martin Archer Shee , Irish portrait painter, President of the British Royal Academy of Arts († 1850 )

Exact date of birth unknown

• Karel Postl , Czech classical landscape painter, draftsman and graphic artist († 1813 )
• Utagawa Toyokuni , master of Japanese color, woodcut and painting in the style of ukiyo-e († 1825 )

Died

• February 9 : Johann Georg Trautmann , German painter and graphic artist (*  1713 )
• March 22nd : Jean-Charles François , French engraver and etcher (*  1717 )

• May 11 : Francesco Carlo Rusca , Swiss painter and portraitist (*  1693 )
• May 30th : Francesco Fontebasso , Italian painter of the late Baroque and Rococo (*  1707 )

• August 17th : Giuseppe Bazzani , Italian painter (*  1690 )
• October 13 : Vito D'Anna , one of the most important Rococo painters in Sicily (*  1718 )

• Hakuin Ekaku , Japanese teacher, painter and calligraphy master (*  1686 )

See also

Portal: Fine Arts  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the subject of fine arts

Web links

Commons : Art 1769  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files