1779 in art

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Events from the year 1779 in art.

Events

January 3 – Gustav Philipp Zwinger, German painter (died 1819)
February 20 – Augustus Wall Callcott, English landscape painter (died 1844)
March 21 – Vojtěch Benedikt Juhn, Czech painter and engraver (died 1843)
April 19 - Anson Dickinson, American painter of miniature portraits (died 1852)
May 27 – Juan Antonio Ribera, Spanish Neoclassicism painter (died 1860)
July 8 – Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851)
July 26 – Erik Gustaf Göthe, Swedish sculptor (died 1838)
August 24 – Charles Norris, English topographical etcher and writer known for his landscape work of the Welsh countryside (died 1858)
November 4 – Jan Willem Pieneman, Dutch historical painter (died 1853)
November 5 – Washington Allston, American painter, the "American Titian" (died 1843)
November 6 – Henry Pierce Bone, English enamel painter (died 1855)
December 9 – Moritz Retzsch, German painter and etcher (died 1857)
date unknown
- Paolo Caronni, Italian engraver (died 1842)
- Guillaume Descamps, French painter and engraver (died 1858)
- Vasily Demut-Malinovsky, Russian sculptor in the Empire style (died 1846)

January 26 – Thomas Hudson, English portrait painter (born 1701)
February 4 – John Hamilton Mortimer, English Neoclassical painter known primarily for his romantic paintings and pieces set in Italy and its countryside (born 1740)
March 14 – Joseph-Charles Roettiers, French engraver and medallist (born 1689)
April – Károly Bebo, Hungarian sculptor, builder and decorator noted for his stucco work (born 1712)
June 29 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter (born 1728)
September 14 – Anton Pichler, Austrian goldsmith and engraver (born 1697)
December 6 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (born 1699)
date unknown
- John Giles Eccardt, German-born English portrait painter (died 1779)
- Lorenzo Feliciati, Italian painter (born 1732)

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