1769 in art

Events from the year 1769 in art.

• 25 April–27 May – First Royal Academy summer exhibition held at Pall Mall in London.
• 1 May–2 June The annual Society of Artists Exhibition of 1769 takes place in Spring Gardens in London.
• 25 August – The Salon of 1769 opens at the Louvre in Paris^[1]

• Joshua Reynolds is knighted.

• Pompeo Batoni – Emperor Joseph II and Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany
• Charles Catton – Self-portrait
• Joseph Ducreux – Marie Antoinette (portrait miniature)
• Nathaniel Dance-Holland
  • Portrait of Capability Brown
  • Portrait of Queen Charlotte
  • The Pybus Family
• Jean-Honoré Fragonard
  • Inspiration (Self-portrait, Louvre, Paris)
  • Self-portrait with palette and brushes (approximate date; Fragonard Museum, Hélène & Jean-François Costa Collection, Grasse)
• Thomas Gainsborough – Portrait of Lady Molyneux^[2]
• Christopher Hewetson – Busts of Charles Townley and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn
• Ozias Humphry – Charlotte, Princess Royal (portrait miniature, Windsor Castle)
• Joshua Reynolds – Portrait of the Earl of Carlisle
• Alexander Roslin – John Jennings, His Brother and Sister-in-Law
• George Stubbs – The Milbanke and Melbourne Families^[3]
• Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert – Love Triumphant (L'Amour prêt à lancer un trait, marble, approximate date)
• Benjamin West – The Departure of Regulus
• Joseph Wright of Derby – An Academy by Lamplight^[4]
• Johann Zoffany
  • The Bradshaw Family
  • The Drummond Family

• January 8 – Pietro Benvenuti, Italian neoclassical painter (died 1844)
• January 31 – Henry Howard, English portrait and history painter (died 1847)
• March 4 – Ellen Sharples, English painter who specialized in portraits and watercolor miniatures (died 1849)
• March 9 – Adélaïde Binart, French neoclassical painter (died 1832)
• March 19 – Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines, French painter and draughtsman (died 1823)
• April 3 – Josiah Wedgwood II, English pottery owner, son of Josiah Wedgwood (died 1843)
• April 13 – Sir Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter (died 1830)
• April 23 – Cornelia Scheffer, Dutch painter and portrait miniaturist (died 1839)
• June 26 – Robert Hills, English painter and etcher (died 1844)
• September 11 – Johann Erdmann Hummel, German painter (died 1852)
• September 19 – George Raper, English naval officer and nature artist (died 1797)
• October 18 – Jacques-Luc Barbier-Walbonne, French historical and portrait painter (died 1860)
• October 23 – James Ward, English painter, primarily of animals, and engraver (died 1859)
• December 9 – Adèle Romany, French painter (died 1846)
• December 23 – Sir Martin Archer Shee, British portrait painter (died 1850)
• December 29 – Robert Havell, Sr., English engraver and publisher (died 1832)
• date unknown
  • Thomas Barker, British painter of landscape and rural life (died 1847)
  • Pierre Charles Cior, French painter of historical subjects, portraits and miniatures (died c. 1838)
  • William Cuming, Irish portrait painter (died 1852)
  • Bartolomé Montalvo, Spanish painter specializing in landscapes, hunted animals and still lifes (died 1846)
  • François Mulard, French neoclassical painter (died 1850)
  • Karl Postl, Austrian painter (died 1818)
  • Sin Wi, Korean painter in the literary artist's style of the late Joseon period (died 1847)
  • Toyokuni, Japanese master of ukiyo-e, especially Kabuki actor prints (died 1825)

• March 22 - Jean-Charles François, French engraver (born 1717)
• May 11 - Francesco Carlo Rusca, Italian painter (born 1701)
• May 31 - Francesco Fontebasso, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period of Venice (born 1707)
• June 24 – Jan Palthe, Dutch portrait painter (born 1717)
• August 17 – Giuseppe Bazzani, Italian painter of the Rococo (born 1690)
• October 13 – Vito D'Anna, Italian painter, one of the most important artists of Sicily (born 1718)
• November 4 – Andreas Brünniche, Danish portrait painter (born 1704)
• November 5 – Prince Hoare, English sculptor (born 1711)
• December 15 – Pierre-Antoine Baudouin, French miniature painter and engraver (born 1723)
• date unknown
  • Jacques-François Amand, French historical painter (born 1730)
  • Giuseppe Grisoni, painter and sculptor (born 1699)
  • Alexis Peyrotte, French decorator painter (born 1699)
  • Sim Sajeong, Korean genre works painter in the style of the Joseon period (born 1707)
• probable – Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese Zen master, noted for his painting and calligraphy (born 1685)