1795 in art
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Events from the year 1795 in art.
Events
- Nicolas-Jacques Conté patents the modern pencil 'lead' in France and produces the first Conté sticks.
Works
Hoppner's portrait of the Frankland sisters
- William Blake's monotypes Nebuchadnezzar, Newton,[1] The Night of Enitharmon's Joy and Pity.
- Giuseppe Ceracchi's marble portrait bust of George Washington
- Philip James de Loutherbourg's painting Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June.
- François-Xavier Fabre's Portrait of Lord Holland.
- François Gérard's portrait of fellow-artist Jean-Baptiste Isabey with his daughter and his painting (assisted by Isabey) Bélisaire.
- Francisco Goya's Self-portrait in the studio.
- Guillaume Guillon-Lethière's painting The Death of Cato of Utica
- John Hoppner's Portrait of the Frankland sisters.
Births
- February 10 – Ary Scheffer, French painter of Dutch extraction (died 1858)
- May 3 – Richard James Wyatt, English sculptor (died 1850)
- May 7 – William Fox-Strangways, English diplomat and art collector (died 1865)
- June 23 (bapt.) – William Wyon, English chief engraver at the Royal Mint (died 1851)
- July 11 – Amasa Hewins, American portrait, genre, and landscape painter (died 1855)
- September 12 – John Frederick Herring, Sr., English painter, sign maker and coachman (died 1865)
- October 20 – William Bewick, English portrait painter (died 1866)
- date unknown
- William Behnes, English sculptor (died 1864)
- 1795-1798: Stephen Poyntz Denning, English portraitist, artist and curator (died 1864)
Deaths
- January 3 – Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (born 1730)
- January 13 – John Hickey, Irish-born sculptor (born 1756)
- June 12 – Johann Christian Brand, Austrian painter (born 1722)
- June 23 – Alexei Antropov, Russian barocco painter (born 1716)
- August 4 – Francisco Bayeu y Subías, Spanish painter in the Neoclassic style, primarily of religious and historical themes (born 1734)
- August 31 – Maruyama Ōkyo, Japanese painter (born 1733)
- October 6 - Johann Anton de Peters, German painter and etcher (born 1725)
- November 15 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French portrait painter (born 1719)
- November 18 – Antonio Cavallucci, Italian painter of the late Baroque (born 1752)
- December 1 – Antonio Zucchi, Italian painter of the Neoclassic period (born 1726)
- December 8 – Giovanni Battista Casanova, Italian painter and printmaker (born 1730)
- December 25 – John Alefounder, English portrait and miniature painter (born 1757)
- date unknown
- Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain, French sculptor in the neoclassical style (born 1710)
- Carlo Giuseppe Ratti, Italian art biographer and painter of the late-Baroque period (born 1737)
- Francesco Sozzi, Italian painter (born 1732)
- Paul Theodor van Brussel, Dutch flower painter (born 1754)
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References
- Townsend, Joyce, ed. (2003). William Blake: the Painter at Work. London: Tate Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 1-85437-468-0.
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