Overview of the events of 1797 in art
Events from the year 1797 in art.
- January 19 – Cornelia Aletta van Hulst, Dutch painter (died 1870)
- April 5 – Johann Fischbach, Austrian painter of landscapes and genre art (died 1871)
- May 29 – Louise-Adéone Drölling, French painter and draughtswoman (died 1836)
- June 13 – Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont, French engraver (died 1892)
- July 12 – Adele Schopenhauer, German papercut artist and novelist (died 1849)
- June 16 – Sophie Fremiet, French painter (died 1867)
- July 17 – Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter (died 1856)
- August 8 – Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, French painter (died 1890)
- August 20 – Johan Frederik Møller, Danish painter and photographer (died 1871)
- September 5 – John Blennerhassett Martin, American painter, engraver and lithographer (died 1857)
- September 13 – Joseph Stannard, English painter of the Norwich school (died 1830)
- September 19 – Jan Suchodolski, Polish painter and Army officer (died 1875)
- September 25 – Cornelis Kruseman, Dutch painter (died 1857)
- October 9 – Henry Collen, English Royal miniature portrait painter (died 1879)
- October 29 – Friedrich Loos, Austrian Biedermeier style painter, etcher and lithographer (died 1890)
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- February 12 – Pierre-François Basan, French engraver (born 1723)
- March 6 – William Hodges, English landscape painter (born 1744)
- March 30 – Giorgio Anselmi, Italian painter (born 1723)
- April 4– Pierre-François Berruer, French sculptor (born 1733)
- June 23 – Antonio Diziani, Italian painter of veduta, landscapes and vistas (born 1737)
- July 18 – Jean-Bernard Restout, French painter (born 1732)
- August 18 – Josiah Spode, English potter (born 1733)
- August 29 – Joseph Wright of Derby, English painter (born 1734)
- September 29 - George Raper, English nature artist (born 1769)
- December 14 – John Robert Cozens, English draftsman and painter of romantic watercolor landscapes (born 1752)
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