1782 in art
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Events from the year 1782 in art.
Events
- 29 April – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1782 opens at Somerset House in London, UK.[1]
- Spring – George Romney first paints Emma Hart.
- The Nightmare (1781) by Henry Fuseli is shown at the Royal Academy of London.
Works
- Étienne Maurice Falconet – Bronze Horseman (Saint Petersburg)
- Thomas Gainsborough
- George, Prince of Wales
- John Hayes St Leger
- Master Nicholls (The Pink Boy)
- Girl with Pigs
- Thomas Jones – House in Naples and similar oil sketches[2]
- Angelica Kauffman – Allegory of poetry and music
- Joseph Lange – Portrait of his sister-in-law Constanze Mozart
- Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun – Self-portrait in a Straw Hat
- Charles Willson Peale – John Eager Howard in Uniform
- Sir Joshua Reynolds
- George Romney – Two paintings of Emma Hart as Circe
- Gilbert Stuart – The Skater
- Johann Zoffany – Charles Towneley in his Sculpture Gallery
Births
- February 9 – William Havell, English landscape painter, part of the Havell family (died 1857)
- February 17 – Thomas Baxter, English porcelain painter (died 1821)
- March 24 – Orest Kiprensky, Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism (died 1836)
- May 16 – John Sell Cotman – English artist of the Norwich school especially watercolours (died 1842)
- May 25 – Vigilius Eriksen, Danish painter and royal portraitist (born 1722)
- October 13 – Joseph Nigg, Austrian painter, with painting on porcelain a specialty (died 1863)
- December 3 – Henry William Pickersgill, English painter specialising in portraits (died 1875)
- date unknown
- Sir William Allan, Scottish historical painter (died 1850)
- Frédéric Théodore Faber, Belgian landscape and genre painter (died 1844)
- Kazimierz Jelski, Polish architect and sculptor (died 1867)
- Yakov Kolokolnikov-Voronin, Russian portraitist and icon-painter (died 1845)
- Frederick Nash, English painter and draughtsman (died 1856)
- William Sadler, Irish landscape painter (died 1839)
- Johann Baptist Dallinger von Dalling, Austrian painter (died 1868)
- Alexander Varnek, Russian portrait painter (died 1843)
- approximate date – John Edward Carew, Irish sculptor (died 1868)[3]
Deaths
- January 11 – Joseph Johann Kauffmann, Austrian painter of portraits, church decorations, and castle depictions (born 1707)
- March 22 – Joachim Martin Falbe, German portrait painter (born 1709)
- April 16 – Giuseppe Vasi, Italian painter (born 1710)
- May 6 – Johann Caspar Füssli, Swiss portrait painter (born 1706)
- May 15 – Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter (born 1714)[4]
- June 10 – Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman (born 1729)
- June 26 – Antonio Visentini, Italian architect, painter and engraver (born 1688)
- July 17 – Peter Cramer, Danish book illustrator, decorative and theatrical painter (born 1726)
- August 19 – Francesco de Mura, Italian painter of portraits and frescoes (born 1696)[5]
- December 13 – Christian Friedrich Boetius, German engraver (born 1706)
- December 23 – Claude Drevet, French portrait engraver (born 1705)
- date unknown – Maria Maddalena Baldacci, Italian painter born in Florence (born 1718)
References
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- ^ "Sir Joshua Buys a Gainsborough". Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ Sumner, Ann; Smith, Greg, eds. (2003). Thomas Jones (1742-1803): an artist rediscovered. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09923-1.
- ^ Wroth, Warwick William (1887). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ William George Constable (1953). Richard Wilson. Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 15.
- ^ Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo Painting: 1st June - 12th August 1962. Bowes Museum. 1962.